The short film Retrett is about the truth-seeking movement artist Gritt (35) who, after some intense years and various defeats abroad, has to start again from scratch in Oslo.

We follow Gritt in various situations in her new everyday life where she struggles to gain a foothold, and through her voice we gain insight into a mind that tirelessly tries to create meaning through poetic considerations and potential art projects. For behind Gritt's shame and defeat beats a heart hopeful for a true and poetic life in the service of art.

The film deals with exclusion, dignity and the difficulties of preserving one's own reality in the face of the prevailing. It portrays a troublesome woman rarely featured in film.

Itonje Søimer Guttormsen (b. 1979) lives in Oslo and works with film and ritual performance. She has a BA in film directing from the Norwegian Film School (2008), and an MFA in Filmic Processes from Akademin Valand, Gothenburg (2017). Retrett premiered at the Short Film Festival in Grimstad in 2016, where it received the film critic award. The film was nominated for an Amanda the same year, had its international premiere at the Rotterdam International Film Festival (IFFR) in 2017, and received major awards at the Minimal and Riga International Film Festival. Søimer Guttormsen is the founder of KORET (2008-), ByFlimmer (2014-16), and Lilithism, an ongoing group work based on the myth of Lilith, most recently in the exhibition «The Lilithists» at Akershus Kunstsenter (April 2020).

Birgitte Larsen (b. 1981) lives in Oslo and is a graduate of the Theater Academy (2003) and the Academy of Writing in Bergen (2016). She works as an actress at the National Theater and is a House Playwright at the House of Drama (2020-22). She has, among other things, played in Som du ser meg by Dag Johan Haugerud and Egress by Knut Åsdam.

Søimer Guttormsen has continued to collaborate with Birgitte Larsen, photographer Patrik Säfström and sound designer/composer Erik Ljunggren, and the feature film GRITT will be released this spring. Here we follow our troublesome title hero on her journey from a Norwegian-American cultural festival in New York to various environments in and outside of Oslo. The film is produced by Mer Film by Maria Ekerhovd and will be in cinemas this spring.