CV

Thomas Østbye PLYMSERAFIN
Orgnr: 986817263mva

Tverrbakken 4 c
0475 Oslo, Norway
(+47)   41 44 96 11
plymserafin@gmail.com
www.plymserafin.com 
		
Thomas A Østbye is an artist and filmmaker running PLYMSERAFIN production company.
He works with installation, photography, and film. And also do film editing and teaching.

EDUCATION
Diploma in filmediting at The Norwegian Film School  			       
Study of  Gamelan Gong Kebyar music in Bali 				      
North Norway Art and Film School 					                    
Shouth-Indian Classical / Carnatic music and Mrdangam under 
Thiruvarur R Khrishnamurti, and at the Tamil cultural center   
Comparative Religion & History of Philosophy, University of Oslo       


FILM WORKS

HUMAN
2009, 25min, 35mm film, dolby SRD
–Awards at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad:
  GULLSTOLEN / Best Norwegian Shortfilm
  The Critics Award
  Filmworker union’s award for best cinematography and sound design.
– Awarded The GOLDEN KEY at Kassel DokFest, Germany
– European Filmdays TIFF Tromsø
– Nordic Panorama Reykjavik, Iceland
– The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival, Volda
– EuroDok Oslo, Norway
– Minimalen Shortfilmfestival Trondheim, Norway

Story
2008, 12 min double sided video installation, HD.
– UKS  Unreturnable exhibition oslo

Veil  /  Slør
2007, 5min, dvcam stereo. 
   2008
– Minimalen Shortfilmfestival in Trondheim
– Torronto Worldwide Shortfilmfestival Canada
– One World Romania Bucharest
– University of Glasgow 
   2007
– Trunk Nordic Art Video Festival, Sverige.
– Organ 3 artfestival, Oslo.
– Bergen International Film Festival, Norway.
– Exile Film Festival Göteborg
– Veil can be seen at dagbladet and is already watched there by 40.000.
– In the back seats of Oslo taxi’s summer 2007
– numerous shopping-centers throughout Norway, in connection with the 
   Equality and Anti-discrimination directorate’s Conscious campain.
– It was premiered with outdoor-screening at Serieteket - Deichmanske.

6 conceptions of freedom / 6 forestillinger om frihet
2006, 20 min, 35mm film, dolby SRD. 
   2008
– FIPA Biarritz/France
– Kongsvinger Prison Norway.
– Aye Aye Film Festival Nancy, Lorraine
   and in traveling program ECHO from Prag around Europe.
– St. Petersburg
   2007
– Won Best Documentary Award at Euganea Moviemovement - Italy.
– SILVERDOCS - Silverspring, USA.
– Sheffield Doc / Fest Sheffield UK 
– Madrid Experimental Cinema Week, Spain.
–  45min shorts Klingenberg Kino,  Oslo/Norway
– Bergen International Film Festival, Norway.
– SPLIT Film Festival - Croatia.
– European Film Festival Palic - Serbia.
– Norwegian Short Film Festival - Grimstad 
– EuroDok - Oslo 
– MOLOCH! Open - Oslo
– Kontakt - Ukraine 
   2006
– Oslo International Film Festival - Oslo
– Le Centre Culturel Français - Oslo

in your dreams  /  drømme kan du gjøre senere 
2005, 6 min, 35mm stills, HDCAM-SR. 
   2007
– Kritisk Rom human rights and asylum politics at Vika kino Oslo. Co-organizer.
– ART4LUX Pepenieres Europeennes pour jeunes artistes. Luxembourg.
– Exile Film Festival Göteborg
   2006
– Won the Prix Français at The National Art Exhibition (Høstutstillingen)
– Won the Shortfilm award at Bergen International Filmfestival 
– Nominated for the Amanda Awards - Best Norwegian Shortfilm
– Nominated for the Governments Human Rights Award
– Nordic Panorama Danemark
– Calgary International Filmfestival  Cannada
– Tempo Documentary Filmfestival  Stocholm – Sverige
– FutureShorts  København 		
– M:DOX  Malmø 
– Videomedeja  Novi Sad – Serbia 
– Cite International des Arts Paris Frankrike
– S1 Salon   S1 Artspace Sheffield – England
– CPH Shortfilm  København 
– Agder artsenter Kristiansand				
– Porsgrunn art assosiation 
– John skies or Sally swims Video art festival, UKS Oslo
– Barents Spektakel Artfestival in Kirkenes	
– Agitator politics and film, Hausmania Oslo
– Minimalen Shortfilmfestival Trondheim
– Eat the rich  Lillehammer and Oslo 
– Frogner Kino art and politics Oslo 
   2005
– Films from the south (Film fra sør) with political debatte Cinemateket Oslo 
– The Norwegian Shortfilm Festival Grimstad 
– Highlights from Norwegian Shortfilm Festival at Rockefeller Oslo 
– Highlights from Norwegian Shortfilm Festival at Cinemateket in Oslo and Bergen
– Documentary meets Art  the Documentary Film Club, Oslo
– The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival Volda 
– Highlights from The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival  Oslo

Shaping Up  /   Den Skal Tidlig Krøkes
   2004, 6 min, s-8mm film.  
   2005
– Dance Screen IMZ - Shout East Dance Brighton
– Dance Film Day  London 
– SYNCH - festival of electronic arts Lavrion Greece
   2004
– Minimalen Trondheim  Won Hederlig omtale
– Oslo Art Festival  oslo 
– Video 2004 (Nordic and Baltic Videoart) Bergen Kunsthall Landmark
– Highlights from Norwegian Shortfilmfestival Rockefeller Oslo
– Pipshow III   live-art festival, Oslo Fine Art Academy-Fabrikken Oslo.
–Videodance / Tessaloniki int.  Athens and Tessaloniki
– Dance for camera / Ultima festival Cinemateket Oslomailto:plymserafin@gmail.comhttp://www.plymserafin.comshapeimage_1_link_0shapeimage_1_link_1

OTHER MEDIA (selected)

   2009

– Waiting Dynamics, becoming while waiting

   prosjektrom på Skulpturarena öst / Carlberner Tbane.

   2008

SEDES på Nordnorsken i Bodø rundt i NordNorge.

   2007

city of lost cameras, photo & installation.

   at Organ Festival 3, oslo

   2006

SI SEDES IS, 15 min, 

   3 track videoinstallation with space-selective sound.

   Si sedes is at the French Cultural Center.

–                        (Do I have to understand You?) 

  3 text on paper plates.

   2005....

Sedes video, & videoinstallation

– SoundArt:  as ”PlymSerafin” 12 min Vinyl.

– Photo serial: ”Blackmetall

– Videoworks  for the dance performance

  ”ALICE ” by lady KNOT -Katrine Bølstad.

nice colors 2005, 1min videoloop innstallation.

H&M – SOMASODOMA 2002, animation,

  on the pervation of individual comunication.

Breakfastfilm 2001, 5 min, metrical crossrythm,

  everydaylife in relation to the national discourse.

– Performance: The Tarzan of Now

  Academi for scenekunst.

SHEEPWARRIOR, Installation Litago gallery.

Vulcan deep with ”Vesturleid”

  at gallery ”Nylistasafnir” in Reykjavik.

FILM-EDITING (selected)


– KILLL experimental music dvd, 35min, togheter with Are Mykkelbost.

– Svev documentary 30min, by Brage Kvasbø.

– Finaly 2006 Artfilm 21min, 35mm film, by Knut Aasdam.

– Face to Face (”Ansikt til ansikt”) 2005, TV, 6 episode

   portrait serial of Norwegian artists with fine art photographer

   Morten Kroghvold. Won the National TV award Gullfisken 2006

– Blissed 2005 Artfilm 12min, 35mm film, by Knut Aasdam

– Asylsøkere 2005, 8min, 35mm, animation, director: Kaja Polmar.

– Brick Vision 2004, Artfilm, 13 min, 16mm film, by Andreas J Riiser.

– 60552 2004, Videoart, 4 min, by Kjersti Nordskar.

– Across Cannada (”Cannada på tvers”)

   2004-05, TV, 6 episode documentary serial and 50 min

   international version. Won the National TV award Gullfisken 2005.

– Hiking with Lars Monsen 2005,TV,6episode documentary serial.

– Commercials 2004-06 for television and cinema.

– Den som frykter ulven Restructuring of featurefilm to a tv-serial

   Cinematographer; on the film-installation

– Distant by artist Kaja Haugen Pedersen.

   Freelance photographer for ”Unicom” and Listen to Norway.


TEACHING

– Position as editing teacher for the documentaryfilm directors at

   Lillehammer University College -Ma & Ba.

– Did some workshops at Norh Norway Art and Film School.

2001-2004

2002

2000


1999-2000

1999-2000

Awards and Grants (selected)

Prix Français at The National Art Exhibition (Høstutstillingen)    

   3mnd residence at Cite International des Arts -Paris 2005-6

Der Goldene Schlüssel at Kassel DokFilmFest, Germany 2009.

Gullstolen Best Norwegian Shortfilm 2009 Kortfilmfestivalen 2009

The Critics Award at Kortfilmfestivalen i Grimstad 2009

Best Documentary Award at Euganea Moviemovement -Italy 2007

Best Shortfilm Award at Bergen International Filmfestival 2005

Special Mention at Minimalen 2004

– Nominated for the Amanda Awards - Best Norwegian Shortfilm

– Nominated for the Governments Human Rights Award 2006

– Nominated for Nordic Panorama Danemark 2006 & Iceland 2009

Official selection Silverdocs 2007

– Oslo by’s Kulturstipend filmkunstner 2007.

– 3 year working grant from Arts Council Norway 2007.

– Bought by the Arts Council Norway.

THOMAS  ØSTBYE  –  PLYMSERAFIN

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