Helle Hansen

Independent Documentary Film Consultant

Helle
Hansen

Journalist, filmmaker and consultant with a keen eye for content, context and presentation.

Profile

Journalist, filmmaker and consultant with a keen eye for content, context and presentation, and with a great interest in culture, politics and social conditions. Moderator and evaluator. Works independently and structured, masters the creative development conversation. Former Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute (2011–16), the Norwegian Film Institute (2016–20) and Film Fund North / FFN (2021–2024). Team player with an extensive international network.

I can offer

  • Pitch, development, rough-cut, strategy, financing & applications for documentaries
  • Masterclasses and seminars
  • Moderating and jury work
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Extensive international network
Helle Hansen on stage — MakeDox, 2026 MakeDox, 2026

Experience

Currently
Mid Norway Film Centre
Trondheim, Norway, 2024–
The Balkan Network of Film Centers
Coordinator, 2019–
MakeDox Documentary Film Festival
MakeCoProDox Forum, North Macedonia, 2019–
Dokumentarnica
Slovenia, 2022–
Modern Times Review
Regular writer
Production Companies
A5
Norway
Artic Light
Norway
Cinéphage Productions
France
Differ Media
Norway
f(x) Productions
Norway
Indie Film
Norway
Medieoperatørene
Norway
Monster
Norway
Noumena Films
Iceland
OsloPictures
Norway
Paranord Film
Norway
Petra Pan Film
Slovenia
SantogUsant
Norway
Seabird Production
Denmark
Snake oil media
Norway
Stray Dogs
Norway
Organizations
BoostHGB
Sweden
Danish Film Institute
Denmark
Dokumentarnica
Slovenia
FilmFyn
Denmark
Odense Film Workshop
Denmark
Sunny Side of the Doc
France
The Why Foundation
Denmark
Festivals
Nordic Panorama
Sweden
CPH:DOX
Denmark
Stockfish Film & Industry Festival
Iceland
MakeDox
North Macedonia
Icedocs
Iceland
Festival of Slovenian Film Portoroz
Slovenia
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Greece
FipaDoc
France
DocPoint
Finland
Tromsø International Film Festival
Norway
Masterclasses
Film School University
Moldova, 2025
MOLDOX – International Documentary Film Festival
Moldova, 2024
Stockfish Film & Industry Festival
Iceland, 2024
B2B
Prague, 2023
Dokumentarnica
Slovenia, 2022
Icedocs
Iceland, 2022 & 2023
Jury
m:brane
Sweden
Moldovan National Film Center
Moldova
Doc.fest München
Germany
IceDocs
Iceland
MakeDox
North Macedonia
FipaDoc
France
DOKUDOC
Slovenia
Institutions
Danish Film Institute
2011–2016
incl. The Look of Silence (Oscar-nominated), The Mole
Norwegian Film Institute
2016–2020
incl. The Painter and the Thief (Sundance · Oscar), Gunda (Oscar), Sisters on Track (Netflix)
Film Fund North / FFN
Norway, 2021–2024
incl. Before we Die, Spy Whale, In Cod we Trust
Journalist / Filmmaker
Journalist, producer, filmmaker
TV Stations in DK: DR · Nordisk Film · TV3 · TV 2 · TV STOP · 1992–2011
The Look of Silence — Gran Premio della Giuria, Venezia 2014
The Look of Silence · Venezia 2014

Films

Director
Trust
Trust (Tillid)
8 min · DR, Seabird Production · 2025
Trust from an F-35 fighter pilot's perspective.
DRTV
Words Matter
Photo: Henrik Bohn Ipsen
Words Matter (Ordet Fanger)
35 min · DFI, DR2, Larm Film · 2012
The rhetoric of the debate on immigration and how it has evolved over 25 years.
Watch on Vimeo Danish Film Institute
BZ
Photo: Henrik Saxgren
BZ
72 min · DFI, DR2, Bastard Film · 2006
The story of the Danish squatters' movement.
Watch on Vimeo Danmark på Film: Fra Slumstormere til BZ DFI teaching material
Children Underground
Photo: Einar vid Neyst
Children Underground (Børn under jorden)
28 min · Koncern TV- og Filmproduktion · 1998
The film is a story about human destinies in today's Denmark, where illegal refugees are a growing phenomenon.
Danish Film Institute
The Youth House
Photo: Einar vid Neyst
The Youth House (Børnehuset)
32 min · Filmforsyningen, Statens Filmcentral, DR · 1997
A portrait of a house in Copenhagen run by young people. About democracy and empowerment.
Danish Film Institute
Books
69
69
Bastard Film / Verve Books · 2008
Editor and journalist. About the squatted Youth House, Jagtvej 69 — culture, music, visual arts, theatre.
Helle Hansen — masterclass, IceDocs, Iceland Masterclass · IceDocs, Iceland

Education

2025
Diploma in Leadership — Art and Culture
University College Copenhagen

Contact

Independent Documentary Film Consultant

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