2025 Iris Prize

The Hammer of Witches

A group of women are facing charges for witchery, and if sentenced, face execution. In their hunt for scapegoats the prosecuting authorities go beyond questioning – applying tests and torture methods to get the confessions needed to progress to trials. The accused know they won’t escape this alive, but can they somehow preserve their reputation?

DIRECTOR:

Marin Håskjold (She/Her/Hers)

PRODUCER:

Una Mathiesen Gjerde

WRITER:

Marin Håskjold

RELEASE YEAR:

2025, Language: Norwegian, Danish and Swedish

Norway, 15 mins

Mae grŵp o fenywod yn wynebu cyhuddiadau o hudoliaeth, ac os cânt eu dedfrydu, cânt eu dienyddio. Yn eu helfa am fwch dihangol, mae’r awdurdodau erlyn yn mynd y tu hwnt i gwestiynu – gan gymhwyso profion a dulliau arteithio i gael y cyffesion sydd eu hangen i symud ymlaen i dreialon. Mae’r rhai a gyhuddir yn gwybod na fyddant yn dianc rhag hyn yn fyw, ond a allant rywsut gadw eu henw da?


Marin Håskjold is a filmmaker, artist, and producer based in Oslo, Norway. Her debut film, the award-winning What is a Woman? has been screened at prestigious film festivals and in 2021, it was awarded with a Norwegian Academy Award, the Amanda, for Best Short.

Mae Marin Håskjold yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau, artist a chynhyrchydd sydd wedi’i leoli yn Oslo, Norwy. Mae ei ffilm gyntaf, What is a Woman?, sydd wedi ennill gwobrau, wedi cael ei dangos mewn gwyliau ffilm mawreddog ac yn 2021, dyfarnwyd Gwobr Academi Norwy iddi, yr Amanda, am y Ffilm Fer Orau.

2025 Iris Prize Shortlist