Birgitte Stærmose

Director. Birgitte Stærmose holds an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University.

"Room 304" is Stærmose's first feature. Her latest film, "Out of love", a staged monologue based film with street children in Pristina, Kosovo, has been honored with a Special Mention at the Berlinale, the Prix EFA at Rotterdam IFF, Prix de la jeunes at Festival du cinema de Brive, a Jury Special Mention at Melbourne IFF, the award for Best Short at Stockholm IFF and a Danish Academy Award for Best Documentary, and was also nominated for Best European Short at the EFA Awards in 2010.

Her other award-winning shorts have screened worldwide as well: "Small avalanches", based on a short story by Joyce Carol Oates, won UIP Prize for Best European Short at Edinburgh IFF 2003 and was nominated for Best European Short at the European Film Awards. "Principles of attraction", four stories about four women includes "Sophie", the last of these stories. "Sophie" had its international premiere at Sundance in 2007, was selected for New Directors / New Films at MOMA in NYC and was awarded the ARTE prize at Dresden International FF.

Stærmose also directed severel episodes of the danish television series "Norskov" (2015) as well as the danish/swedish feature "Darling" (2017). She has also lead director on international TV series for HBO and Netflix - including 'Industry' (2022) and 'The English Game' (2020)