Sølvrev takes the prize for best film at this year's SRF Kuben.

At this year's SRF Kuben – where the best creative work on the west coast is recognised – it was Sølvrev who took the top prize for best film with the music video Storm. The film was made for international artist Qing Feng Wu and Universal Music Taiwan, in collaboration with Norwegian artist Aurora.

The song Storm is a beautiful ballad exploring some dark thoughts and feelings, and how two souls find each other, find the light, and lift their gaze through that journey. Inspired by Norwegian winters – with only a couple of hours of daylight each day – director and producer duo Sigurd Fossen and Christer Dyngeland wanted to explore the concept of light as a symbol of hope, in the middle of an otherwise empty, white and cold landscape.

• "When you are dark on the inside you can feel very much like a stranger, as though everything is a kind of dream, and that is what we wanted to reflect in the visual universe of this video. At its core it is all about the special connection that can form between two people, and how we can be a light in the darkness for each other, even when we are physically far apart," says producer Christer Dyngeland.

This is the second consecutive time Sølvrev has taken the top prize in the film category – again with a project for Aurora.

• "Aurora is one of Norway's most exciting brands to work for. Her ability to create a larger visual universe has given us many exciting challenges and allowed us to take many steps forward professionally and creatively – steps we also draw on in more commercial advertising work. Our goal for next year must be to win an award for an equally ambitious concept in an advertising campaign. We believe there is enormous potential for standing out even more in advertising and building strong visual universes around brands that consumers notice and become fans of," says director Sigurd Fossen.

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One approach was to film in what is perhaps Norway's most unique oak forest, full of large trees, heavy snow and temperatures down to minus 12 degrees, but to succeed with the abstract scenes and gain full control of the lighting, the forest was also recreated indoors.

• "With over 40 people on set, this is the largest production Sølvrev has carried out to date. We are never afraid of a challenge, and a great example of that is how Christer stood out in the forest and figured out how to recreate it inside the studio. This required countless hours of work and the moving of eight-metre-tall trees across Oslo. With that kind of effort and so many skilled and dedicated people on set, it is incredibly gratifying to receive such a strong response to what we achieved," Fossen concludes.