Aurora Gossé

Aurora Gossé, born in 1987 is educated as director at The Norwegian Film School. Her graduation film, WE WHO SEE IN THE DARK, won the Critics Award at The Short Film Festival in Grimstad in 2015 and was nominated for the Students Academy Awards the same year. With the music video ECHO she won This Year's Talent at VidAwards in 2016 and got an honorable mention at The Short Film Festival in Grimstad. It was also shortlisted for the Nordic Music Video Awards. She has directed two family films and a tv-series of the popular CASPER & EMMA franchise. She has also directed the series TAINTED, COUNTRYMEN and SUPER HERO ACADEMY for NRK and TV2.

“I am convinced that this can be a fun, touching and warm family film that will delight and inspire many. The slightly overweight underdog Mina knows what she wants and fights to achieve her dream, no matter how much opposition she faces. She is an energetic and brave 12-year-old at the turning point between children and young people, in the middle of a time where emotions are extra strong and a lot is at stake. When the popular boy Edvin Lyse starts at her school, she falls head over heels in love and decides to become the world's best hip hop dancer to win his heart. But does she have what it takes? And is Edvin really her great love? When I read the script for the first time, I fell for Mina as soon as she replaced her healthy lunch box with lunch box number 2. From the moment she danced uncontrollably in the living room and the grandmother entered, I was sold. These situations set up a main character that I think many people will root for from the start and who has an exciting journey ahead of them.”