The Academy Awards, known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. This year's Norwegian entry in the Best International Feature category is Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value. On this page, you will find more information about the 98th Oscars and Norwegian films in contention.
In a landmark moment for Norwegian cinema, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value took home the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.
Norwegian Oscar nominations:
- Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value was nominated for nine Oscars.
- Emilie Blichfeldt's The Ugly Stepsister was nominated in the Best Makeup and Hair category.
- Espen Nordahl, Storm Studios was nominated for his VFX work on Sinners in the Best Visual Effects category
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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The Ugly Stepsister is a daring and unexpected take on Cinderella’s world-famous tale, seen through the eyes of the ugly stepsister, combining comedy and horror by Emilie Blichfeldt. In a twisted take on the classic Cinderella story, ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ follows Elvira as she battles to compete with her insanely beautiful stepsister. In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira will go to any lengths to catch the prince’s eye. ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ is the gory tale of the blood and sweat, grit, and gold that goes into making Elvira the belle of the ball.
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Liv Ullmann, a Norwegian animated short film, and two Norwegian co-productions are so far the Norwegian winners of an Oscar.
Liv Ullmann received an honorary Oscar in 2022 for her long service to the art of cinema. In 1952, the Norwegian-Swedish documentary Kon-Tiki received an Oscar for Best Documentary. The Danish poet of Torill Kove won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2007. No Other Land, a Palestinian-Norwegian co-production directed by Basel Adra, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor and Hamdan Ballal won the Oscar in 2025.
In addition, several Norwegian productions have been shortlisted and nominated for awards.
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