Sullivan is an established filmmaker, winner in 2004 of an Amanda Award, Best Documentary for Home of the Brave-Land of the Free. With Porn Star? shot over a period of almost two years, Sullivan has focused on Norway's biggest porn star Thomas ‘Rocco' Hansen (22), renowned for only ‘working' with high school seniors. However, now that Rocco has fallen in love with Vanessa, a naïve 19 year-old girl, things are slightly different for him. Sullivan produced the film for Navillus Film.
A total of 12 awards were presented during the award ceremony in Grimstad Art Center last Monday, including the Golden Chair, grand award (NOK 50,000) to Magnus Mork's short film Flatmates , and the Terje Vigen Award (NOK 10.000 ) and Bronze statuette to Lowri Rees' No Man's Land. Ole Giæver won two awards for his short film Tommy: the Prix UIP (€2,000) and the New Talent Award from Nordic Film.
The Grimstad Short Film Festival in Norway is considered as an important platform for debuting young filmmakers in Norway. This year's Norwegian short film jury included award-winning Norwegian filmmakers Hisham Zaman, Charlotte Blom, Torill Kove (Oscar winner for The Danish Poet), Norwegian scriptwriter Erskil Vogt (Reprise) and Danish renowned filmmaker and industry person Henning Carlsen.