Gullruten, Andebu | Ola won the Golden Route: – Indescribably huge

– This is indescribably big, said a moved Ola on stage, after he and the director, Ragnhild Nøst Bergem, received the award.

On Saturday evening, the TV industry gathered in Bergen for the award ceremony. And in the “best documentary” category, it was the story of Ola Henningsen, in the film “Ola, en quite ordinary unusual guy” that went to the top.

The film is about Ola who lives on Vidaråsen in Andebu, a village where people with and without mental disabilities live side by side in Andebu.

In the documentary, the director follows Ola over several years, and the result was a film that received an award on Saturday.

– Wow! Thank you very, very much. Now I’m really happy. Thanks to everyone who has been involved in making the film since I started making films in 2014. Thanks to everyone at Vidaråsen where you live. This is a film about your life. You dare to take chances, you are a great inspiration and you have wise thoughts about life. Thank you very much, said the director when she stood side by side with Henningsen on stage on Saturday evening.

– Thank you for letting me have the chance, said the main character in the film as he wiped a tear from his eye.