[4] Systad Jacobsen has said that she thoroughly plans and write scripts for her documentaries, influenced by her study of fiction film.
She has recently turned to features in order to control more of the process, but still keep the sensitivity of working with real people.
It had its world premiere in 2011[4] at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, where it won an award for Best Screenplay.
introduces Alma, a teenage girl growing up in a small town in Norway, living with her mom, by a shot of her lying on the kitchen floor.
At a party, Artur finally approaches her with what seems to be sexual intentions and Alma tells her friends about it, but they don’t believe her.
While on the bus, passing the sign with the name of her hometown, Alma and her friend used to raise their middle-finger to it, to show their dislike.
[8] Sandmann – Historien om en sosialistisk supermann ('Sandman – the Story of a Socialist Superman') is a documentary directed by Systad Jacobsen about the Sandman, a character from a television show for children in Germany, Sandmännchen.
[12] Sandman – the Story of a Socialist Superman was nominated for Gullrutten in 2006, in the category for Best TV Documentary.