
Director
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
37 years · Hamar, Norway · 17 films
Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, Norway. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken has made several short films using different film techniques, and cultivates the analog idiom in the creative process. One of his greatest successes thus far has been the short film The Devil's Ballroom (2012), which won awards at multiple festivals around the world. Dahlsbakken's first feature film, Returning Home (Å vende tilbake), premiered in 2015 at the Rome Film Fest and was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film. Dahlsbakken continues to develop his own personal film projects, shorts as well as feature films.
Best known for
Filmography 17

A Mouse Hunt for Christmas
2025 · Director


The Arctic Convoy
2023 · Director
On Hulu


Munch
2023 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy


Possession
2022 · Director, Producer
On Kanopy

The Outlaws
2022 · Director, Writer

Project Z
2021 · Director, Writer

Another Happy Christmas
2020 · Director


An Affair
2018 · Director, Writer
On Viaplay Amazon Channel

Going West
2018 · Producer, Director

Cave
2016 · Director, Screenplay

Late Summer
2016 · Director, Writer

Thanks for Dancing
2016 · Director

Returning Home
2015 · Director

Mitt Lys i Mørket
2014 · Writer, Director

A Stranger
2014 · Director

The Devil's Ballroom
2012 · Director

The Time In Between
2010 · Director