Bård Breien

Bård Breien
Born	(1971-11-28) November 28, 1971 (age 53)

Bård Breien (born 28 November 1971) is a Norwegian film director.

Debut - The Art of Negative Thinking

Breien's first feature film as director was the 2007 movie The Art of Negative Thinking, a dark comedy about adjusting to life in a wheel chair and socializing with other people who have disabilities. The film won Breien a Crystal Globe award for best director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.[1] The movie's main character is despondent about his predicament in a wheelchair "and spends much of his time drinking, smoking pot and watching Vietnam War movies".[2] The Art of Negative Thinking has been shown at numerous international film festivals and a Variety article described it as being about a "therapy rebellion".[3]

See also

• Norwegian films of the 2000s

References

1. Award for Negative Thinking July 10, 2007 Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2. Reyhan Harmanci "The Art of Negative Thinking", San Francisco Chronicle, April 27, 2008
3. Tizard, Will, "Talk with: program director Julietta Zacharova; Karlovy Vary International Film Festival", Variety, June 25, 2007
   - Simon, Alissa The Art of Negative Thinking Daily Variety, July 5, 2007