Don't Call Me Mama

DON’T CALL ME MAMA feature debut from Nina Knag, starring acclaimed actress, Pia Tjelta and produced by The Global Ensemble Drama. The film is in pre-production and shooting will commence in June 2024.

Starring Pia Tjelta (Made in Oslo, 2022; Blind Spot, 2018; State of Happiness, 2018) alongside Kristoffer Joner (War Sailor, 2022; The Quake, 2018), Tarek Zayat (Shorta, 2020) and Kathrine Thorborg Johansen (Power Play, 2024; Ragnarok, 2023). Synopsis Eva, a popular high school teacher and wife to the town's mayor, faces the ultimate test when she falls in love with a young asylum seeker, sparking a forbidden relationship with fatal consequences for them both. The film explores nuances of nativity and exploitation, power and powerlessness, and what appears to be a simple tale of forbidden love evolves into a thought-provoking moral study on cynicism and selfishness masked by generosity. The script is written by Nina Knag and Kathrine Valen Zeiner (Made in Oslo, 2022; Wisting, 2019). Nina Knag will make her feature debut as a director with DON’T CALL ME MAMA. She is behind several award-winning short films and has experience as a series director. DON’T CALL ME MAMA is led by award-winning actress Pia Tjelta who in 2018 conquered at San Sebastian Film Festival, taking home the Silver Shell for Best Actress for her role in Tuva Novotny’s debut feature, Blind Spot. “DON’T CALL ME MAMA is a thought provoking and brilliant script about surpassing forbidden boundaries leading to fatal consequences for everyone involved.