Sentimental Value. Photo: Kasper Tuxen
Joachim Triers award-winning feature Sentimental Value made history today by receiving nine nominations for the 98th Oscars Academy Awards®. The nominations include Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Actress and Best Director.
On Thursday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the nominations for the 98th Oscars Academy Awards®.
Sentimental Value received a record nine nominations:
Best Picture, Best International Feature, Best Actress - Renate Reinsve, Best Director - Joachim Trier, Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Stellan Skarsgård, Best Original Screenplay - Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Best Editing - Olivier Bugge Coutté,
"This is historic. Never before has a Norwegian film received so many Oscar-nominations" says Kjersti Mo, CEO of Norwegian Film Institute.
Joachim Trier is the first Norwegian director to be nominated for International Feature Film twice. The Worst Person in the World was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature Film in 2022.
This is the first time a Norwegian film has been nominated for Best Picture.
"That Sentimental Value has been nominated for Best Picture is truly extraordinary. No Norwegian feature film has ever reached this level, and even in a Nordic context this is a rare achievement. It places Joachim Trier among the very foremost filmmakers internationally" says Kjersti Mo.
“We are completely overwhelmed by the recognition the film has received from the Academy. This is an enormous acknowledgement of Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, the actors, and everyone involved in the making of the film. We will build on this opportunity and contribute to taking Norwegian cinema even further,” say producers Maria Ekerhovd and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar.
“The Oscar nominations for Sentimental Value is a major artistic recognition for Joachim Trier and the substantial collective effort behind the film – an effort that has resulted in an unprecedented achievement for a Norwegian feature film. This confirms that Norwegian cinema is of the highest international level, and that a long-term commitment to artistic freedom and artistic excellence can give truly extraordinary results. The international impact of Sentimental Value strengthens the confidence, visibility, and leverage for Norwegian cinema, and this momentum must be sustained and developed further“ says Kjersti Mo, CEO of Norwegian Film Institute.
Norwegian feature The Ugly Stepsister, directed by Emilie Blichfeldt, has been nominated for Makeup and Hairstyling (Thomas Forsberg and Anne Cathrine Sauerberg).
Sinners was nominated in a record 16 categories including Best Visual Effects, the nominees include Espen Nordahl of Norwegian VFX company Storm Studios.
The 98th Oscars Academy Awards® will be presented on March 15 in Los Angeles.
Sentimental Value was the big winner at this year’s European Film Awards, winning Best Film, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Composer, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
At the Golden Globes, Stellan Skarsgård received Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Sentimental Value.
Sentimental Value had its world premiere at the Cannes Festival 2025, where it became the first Norwegian film to win the Grand Prix.
Sentimental Value has received NOK 32,9 million in grants and funding from the Norwegian Film Institute. International Sales Agent is MK2 (France) and Neon is the US distributor.
Sisters Nora and Agnes reunite with their estranged father, the charismatic Gustav, a once-renowned director who offers stage actress Nora a role in what he hopes will be his comeback film. When Nora turns it down, she soon discovers he has given her part to an eager young Hollywood star. Suddenly, the two sisters must navigate their complicated relationship with their father - and deal with an American star dropped right into the middle of their complex family dynamics.
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