Dancing Queen is a 2023 Norwegian family film directed by Aurora Gossé. The film is Gossé's first feature film as a director. Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson plays the lead role as 12-year-old Mina, who falls in love with a young hip hop artist who starts at the same school, and therefore tries to join his dance group, in spite her inability to dance.
The film had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 18, 2023 and its Norwegian theatrical premiere on March 10 of the same year. It was named best children's film at the Norwegian Film Institute's 2023 Amanda Award (Norwegian Wikipedia: Amandaprisen 2023). Dancing Queen also won the award for best comedy at the BUFF children's film festival in Malmö, the audience award at the Seattle International Film Festival and the ECFA award for best European children's film at the Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, all in 2023. It was nominated for the Crystal Bear for best children's and youth film at the Berlin Film Festival.
Contents
Cast
Liv Elvira Kippersund Larsson as Mina
Viljar Knutsen Bjaadal as Edwin, alias the artist E.D. Win
Anne Marit Jacobsen as Mina's maternal grandmother
Andrea Bræin Hovig as Anne Berit, Mina's mother
Cengiz Al as Shaan, dance teacher
Anders Baasmo as Ove, Mina's father
Sturla Harbitz as Markus
Frida Ånnevik as apprentice
Sequel
A sequel, Dancing Queen in Hollywood, screened on May 16, 2025 at the Seattle International Film Festival, and opened in Norway on September 25, 2025.