Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken (b. 1989) grew up in Hamar, Norway, and has studied media science in Norway and the UK. He is a self-taught filmmaker and trained cinema projectionist. Dahlsbakken cultivates the analog idiom in his creative process. His greatest success has been the widely awarded short film 'The Devil’s Ballroom' (2012). Dahlsbakken's first feature film, 'Returning Home' (2015) was shortlisted as the Norwegian Oscar candidate for best foreign language film.