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Director Pål Sletaune and actress Noomi Rapace | Norwegian Film Institute supports new features from Sletaune, Lien and Kristiansen
The Norwegian Film Institute has today (28 January) chipped in NOK 55,1m (€6.7m) for the production of five new features, including new films by award-winning directors Pål Sletaune, Jens Lien and Stian Kristiansen.
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| Norwegian films at the 2010 Berlinale
Three Norwegian features and one short film is selected for the 60th International Film Festival in Berlin and an international jury has selected Norwegian actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen as the only Scandinavian Shooting Star.
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A Somewhat Gentle Man | Hans Petter Moland, 2010 | A Somewhat Gentle Man from Norway eyes Berlin’s Golden Bear
Norwegian director Hans Petter Moland’s A Somewhat Gentle Man (En ganske snill mann) will compete for the Golden Bear – the grand prix - at the Berlin International Film Festival, which takes place between 11-21 February.
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Rafiki (Bestevenner) | Christian Lo, 2009 | Berlin’s Generation Kplus selects three Norwegian films
Two Norwegian first features, Åsleik Engmark’s Twigson (Knerten) and Christian Lo’s Rafiki (Bestevenner), will compete for the Crystal Bear in Generation Kplus, the children’s film programme at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which runs between 11-21 February.
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Tomme tønner (English title tbc) | Leon Bashir, Sebastian Dalén, 2010 | Admissions for Norwegian films
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Weekly updates with national figures for Norwegian features
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Sara Johnsen's Upperdog in competition for the Nordic Film Prize in Gothenburg | Two Norwegian contenders for the Nordic Film Prize in Göteborg
Two Norwegian features, Sara Johnsen’s Upperdog and Margreth Olin’s The Angel (Engelen), will compete for the Nordic Film Prize (SEK 100,000/€9,828) at Sweden’s Göteborg International Film Festival, which takes place between 29 January-8 February.
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Maria Bonnevie as Lea in The Angel | Margreth Olin, 2009 | Festival prizes for The Angel, Yatzy and ORPS
At the Black Nights Film Festival in Tallinn, Estonia, Marie Bonnevie received the Best Actress Award for Margreth Olin’s The Angel
(Engelen), which has so far sold 90,000 tickets in Norwegian cinemas. Gunnar Vikene’s Vegas was named Best Film for Young Audiences, and Katja Eyde Jacobsen’s Yatzy was given a Special Mention at the festival, which ended on 6 December.
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Three Norwegian shorts for Sundance: (from left) Still Birds, The Fight and Little Miss Eyeflap | Three Norwegian shorts for Sundance
Besides the Norwegian production of Russian directors Andrei Nekrasoc and Olga Konskaya’s documentary, Russian Lessons, the Sundance Film Festival – America’s largest showcase for independent cinema – has selected three Norwegian shorts for competition.
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Shooting Star 2010: Anders Baasmo Christiansen | Anders Baasmo Christiansen - Norway's Shooting Star 2010
An international jury has selected Norwegian actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen as the only Scandinavian Shooting Star at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival (between 11-21 February) - he will be one of the 10 young actors, who will participate in European Film Promotion's introduction programme for new talent.
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From Russian Lessons | Norway teaches Russian Lessons at Sundance
Produced by Norway’s Piraya Film, Russian directors Andrei Nekrasov and Olga Konskaya’s documentary, Russian Lessons, has been selected for the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place in Park City, Utah, USA, between 21-31 January, 2010
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Maria Bonnevie in Margreth Olin's The Angel (2009) | Fifteen Norwegian features at Black Night Film Festival
A total of fifteen Norwegian features are present at the Black Nights Film Festival in Estonian city of Tartu from November 27th thru Desember 6th.
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The Prize Winners, Katja Eyde Jacobsen (Yatzy) and actor Henrik Medstad (Orps - The Movie) | Lübeck prizes for Norwegian children’s films
Norwegian director Atle Knudsen’s feature debut, "ORPS-The Movie", was named Best Children’s Movie by the Children’s Jury at the 51st Nordic Fiim Days in Lübeck – the largest showcase of Nordic films outside Scandiavia, which ends today (Sunday, 8 November).
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Emilie K. Beck and Eva Dahr in Lübeck (photo Sigurd Moe Hetland) | Strong focus on Norway in Lübeck
Norwegian director Eva Dahr’s The Orange Girl (Appelsinpiken) will open the Nordic Film Days in Lübeck – the largest showcase of Nordic cinema outside Scandinavia – which runs between Wednesday 4th - Sunday 8th November. The following month, Berlin-based distributor, Neue Visionen, will release the film on 55 prints.
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Through A Glass, Darkly received the award for Best Live-Action Feature at the Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2009 | Three Chicago top prizes for Norwegian kidpics
Norwegian films collected three first prizes at the 26th Chicago International Children’s Film Festival – North America’s largest showcase for kidpics, screening 250 films to audiences exceeding 25,000 – which ended on Sunday, 1 November.
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Stine Helgeland | Helgeland to join Norwegian Film Institute in charge of promotion and international relations
The Norwegian Film Institute has appointed Executive Vice President Acquisitions and Distribution Stine Helgeland, of Sandrew Metronome International, Executive Director of Promotion and International Relations, as of 1 February, 2010.
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Lead actress Karoline Stemre as Marianne in Vegas | Gunnar Vikene, 2009 | Special Mention for Vegas in Rome
Norwegian director Gunnar Vikene’s Vegas was given a Special Mention at the 4th Rome International Film Festival, which ended on Friday, 23 October. Lead actress Karoline Stemre flew in to receive the honour at the closing ceremony; Vikene and producer Maria Ekerhovd, of Cinenord Spillefilm, attended the screening of Vegas, which was Norway’s first entry in the festival.
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Norwegian documentaries in Monocle magazine | Five-page article on Norwegian documentaries in Monocle magazine
Monocle magazine - a global briefing covering international affairs, business, culture and design - focuses on Norwegian documentaries under the heading "Keep it reel - Norway" in its October issue.
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Anders Baasmo Christiansen in North(Nord) | Rune Denstad Langlo, 2009 | 2morrow top prizes for North in Moscow
Norwegian director Rune Langlo’s feature debut, North (Nord), won top prizes in two out of six categories – Image and Sound – at the 2Morrow International Festival of Contemporary Cinema, which wrapped in Moscow on Monday, 20 October.
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Kristoffer Joner as KK in Hidden | Pål Øie. 2009 | Hidden discovered After Dark
Norwegian director Pål Øie’s thriller, Hidden (Skjult), has been picked up by US distributor After Dark Films for the annual, week-long Horrorfest: 8 Films To Die For, which is organised for the fourth time from 29 January, 2010.
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Feature debut and box office hit: Knerten | Åsleik Engmark, 2009 | Record opening for Engmark’s Knerten
Norwegian director Åsleik Engmark’s feature debut, Knerten, took 65,214 admissions from app 80 screens during its opening weekend – the most successful launch of a children’s film in Norway since 2003, exceeding The Junior Olsen Gang and the Silver Mine Mystery (Olsenbanden Jr: Sølvgruvens hemmelighet, 2007) which reached 60,640.
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Norwegian features Down Under are receiving thumbs up | Thumbs up for Norwegian films Down Under
Starting October 16th through November 1st, Norwegian features Max Manus and The Man who loved Yngve will be screened at the Nordic Film Festival in the Australian cities of Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne. The media Down Under has already given thumbs up for the Norwegian entries.
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Marie Haagenrud and Alex Batllori in Through a Glass, Darkly | Jesper W. Nielsen, 2008 | Two Schlingel-prizes for Norwegian Gaarder-film
Two juries gave top prizes to Through a Glass, Darkly (I et speil i en gåte), from Jostein Gaarder’s novel, at Schlingel, the international children and youth film festival in Chemnitz, Germany, which closed on 10 October.
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Together by Matias Armand Jordal | More acclaim for Together
Norwegian director Matias Armand Jordal’s Together (Sammen) received the Church of Iceland Award at the 6th Rekjavik International Film Festival, which ended on Sunday, 27 September. “A realistic and hopeful film that reminds us that the smallest touch can do wonders,” explained the jury. Together was part of a Norwegian Focus screening at the festival.
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| Max Manus in the run for an Oscar nomination
The Norwegian Oscar committee has selected Max Manus (Espen Sandberg and Joachim Roenning ) as the Norwegian candidate for the Academy Award nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature. Nominations will be announced on 2 February, 2010; the 82nd awards ceremony will take place in Los Angeles on 7 March, 2010.
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From Belarusian Waltz | Dir. Andrzej Fidyk | Norwegian Belarusian Waltz nominated for an Emmy
For the first time a Norwegian documentary has been nominated for an Emmy, the Oscar of the TV world. Produced by Torstein Grude, for Stavanger-based Piraya Film, Polish director Andrzej Fidyk’s Belarusian Waltz will compete for the prize in the “Outstanding Arts and Culture Programming” category.
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| Three Norwegian films in Toronto
Norwegian director Margreth Olin’s first feature, The Angel (Engelen), will have its world première in the Discovery sidebar in Toronto The film will be domestically released on 2 October.
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| Two Norwegian films on the European Film Awards short list
Two Norwegian features - Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s Max Manus, and Rune Denstad Langlo’s North (Nord) – are on the short list of the 48 European films which will be considered for the European Film Awards 2009.
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| Langlo’s North nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize
Norwegian director Rune Denstad Langlo’s feature debut, North (Nord), has been nominated for the 6th Nordic Council Film Prize – Scandinavia’s largest cinema award, which comes with DKK 350,000 (app
€47,000) to be shared by the film’s scriptwriter, director and producer. The winner will be announced on 21 October, and receive the prize on 27 October, during the Nordic Council’s session in Stockholm.
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Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow (Død snø) is nominated for four awards at Screamfest 2009 | Four Scream nominations for Dead Snow
Norwegian director Tommy Wirkola’s Dead Snow (Død snø), which had its international première at this year’s Sundance International Film Festival, has been nominated for four Scream awards, which will be announced during a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre, staged and organised by Spike TV which will air the show on 27 October.
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Norwegian Culture Minister Trond Giske | Scandinavian Cinema: The Norwegian Model
”Of course it would help winning an Oscar - the sooner the better,” said Norwegian culture minister Trond Giske, who wants to establish Norway as the leading film country in Scandinavia.
Source: Festivalavisa, The Norwegian International Film Festival, Jørn Rossing Jensen)
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