Cinema of Norway

Norway has had a notable cinema industry for some time. After the turn of the century a few Norwegian film directors have had the opportunity to go to Hollywood to direct various independent films.

Notable Films

See also List of Norwegian films

1920s

• Pan (1922)

1930s

• Den store barnedåpen (1931)

1940s

• Tante Pose (1940)
• Bastard (1940)
• Tørres Snørtevold (1940)

1950s

• Kon-Tiki (1950)
• Aldri annet enn bråk (1954)
• Ni Liv (1957)

1960s

• The Man Who Could Not Laugh (1968)

1970s

• Olsenbanden tar gull (1972)
• Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975)

1980s

• Orion's Belt (1985)
• The Pathfinder (1987)

1990s

• Døden på Oslo S (1990)
• Kjærlighetens kjøtere (1991)
• Insomnia (1997)
• Junk Mail (1997)

2000s

• Elling (2001)
• Heftig og begeistret (2001)
• Villmark (2002)
• Kitchen Stories (2003)
• Svidd neger (2003)
• Den Brysomme Mannen (2006)
• Fritt Vilt (2006)
• Reprise (film) (2006)
• Switch (2007)
• Rovdyr (2008)
• The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
• Max Manus (2008)
• Død Snø (2009)

Notable Short Films

• A Year Along the Abandoned Road (1991)
• De beste går først (2002)
• Sniffer (2006)
• The Danish Poet (2006)

Actors

• Maria Bonnevie
• Wenche Foss
• Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
• Kristoffer Joner
• Helge Jordal
• Alfred Maurstad
• Toralv Maurstad
• Arve Opsahl
• Sverre Anker Ousdal
• Bjørn Sundquist
• Liv Ullmann
• Rolv Wesenlund
• Pia Tjelta
• Aksel Hennie
• Ryan Wiik
• Ane Dahl Torp

Directors

• Martin Asphaug
• Edith Carlmar
• Ivo Caprino
• Olav Dalgard
• Nils Gaup
• Erik Gustavson
• Bent Hamer
• Gill Holland
• Tancred Ibsen
• Jens Lien
• Hans Petter Moland
• Petter Næss
• Erik Poppe
• Øyvind Sandberg
• Erik Skjoldbjærg
• Arne Skouen
• Ola Solum
• Liv Ullmann
• Roar Uthaug
• Petter Vennerød
• Svend Wam
• Harald Zwart

Other notable persons in the Norwegian film industry

• John M. Jacobsen (producer)
• Philip Øgaard (cinematographer)
• Svein Krøvel (cinematographer)

Awards

The Norwegian equivalent of the Academy Awards is the Amanda award, which is presented during the annual Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund. The prize was created in 1985. The Amanda award is presented in following categories: Best Norwegian Film, Best Directing, Best Male Actress, Best Female Actress, Best Film for Children and Youth, Best Screenplay, Best Short Film, Best Documentary (however, a documentary can also win the Best Film award), Best Foreign Film and an honorary award.

The documentary Kon-Tiki (film) by Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951. It is the only feature film in Norwegian history to win an Academy Award. In 2006 the Norwegian/Canadian animated short film The Danish Poet, directed by Norwegian Torill Kove and narrated by Norwegian screen legend Liv Ullman, won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, and became the second Norwegian production to receive an Academy Award.

Film festivals

• Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen
• Kosmorama – Trondheim International Film Festival[1], Trondheim
• Tromsø International Film Festival[2], Tromsø
• ØyaKino, Oslo

Film commissions

• Western Norway Film Commission, Bergen

Film schools

Film schools include:

• The Norwegian Filmschool in Lillehammer.

Other alternatives for more theoretical higher education in film include:

• Bachelor degree in Film- and TV-production at University of Bergen.
• Bachelor degree in Film Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology.