Mariken Halle is a filmmaker from Oslo, educated at Nordland Art and Film School and the Valand Academy in Gothenburg. From 2011-2014 she ran Vapen och dramatik together with Clara Bodén and Ronja Svenning Berge and made, among others, the films Kanskje i morgen (2011) and Verden venter (2014).

Since 2017 she has been part of Alternativet produksjon together with Magnus Mork, Guro Bruusgaard and Katja Eyde Jacobsen. Together with them she has made the feature film Vi er her nå (2020) and Morgendagens helter (2025). In January 2021 she co-founded the artist-driven distribution structure Filmbyrået Jack.

Her latest feature film, Morgendagens Helter, will premiere in cinemas on September 5, 2025, and tour in cinemas around the country until December 5.

Morgendagens Helter tour dates

Mariken's homepage

Alternativet produksjon

This changes everything Naomi Klein

The shock doctrine Naomi Klein

Drilled Podcast about the oil industry

Petroganda Podcast about desinformation in the oil industry

Cassavetes on Cassavetes

Vakkert arbeid ("Beautiful Work") is a podcast series in which Marte Vold talks to filmmakers about how they work, think and doubt in their work. She tries to get answers to questions she herself wonders about as a filmmaker: What is it that gives life to a film? How do you capture it? And how do you balance artistic, material and emotional aspects in the fringe zone between the art world and the commercial film industry?