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Norwegian filmmaker
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Bård Breien (born 28 November 1971) is a Norwegian film director.
Debut - The Art of Negative Thinking
Breien's directorial feature film debut was the 2007 movie The Art of Negative Thinking, a dark comedy about adjusting to life in a wheel chair and socializing with other people who have disabilities. The film won Breien a Crystal Globe award for best director at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic. The movie's main character is despondent about his predicament in a wheelchair "and spends much of his time drinking, smoking pot and watching Vietnam War movies." The Art of Negative Thinking has been shown at numerous international film festivals, and a Variety write up described the movie as being about a "therapy rebellion".