Admissions for Norwegian films
Source: Norwegian Film Distributors Association
Weekly updates with national figures for Norwegian features.
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Gone with the Woman went with Hollywood Award
Norwegian director Petter Næss’ Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen) – Norway’s official submission for the Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature – received Monday (22 October) the Hollywood Discovery Award for Best Feature.
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Top German Award for Holst's Mirush
Norwegian director Marius Holst’s third feature, Mirush (Blodsbånd), received Sunday (22 October) the grand prix for Best Feature at Germany’s Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival – the fifth Norwegian win in the showcase for four years.
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Black Pearl and Petro-Dollars for Bawke in Abu Dhabi
After screening at 94 festivals, and returning with 28 prizes, Norwegian director Hisham Zaman’s 2005 short, Bawke, produced by Gudny Hummelvoll, of 4 ½ Productions, bagged its so far biggest cash award Friday (20 October) at the inaugural Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) in Abu Dhabi.
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NOK 3.5 million EU Money for Norwegian Cinema
Six Norwegian production houses have received NOK 3.5 million development funding from the EU Media programme – three companies received support for three-four projects, three for one each, ”with a potential to reach international audiences.”
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NOK 35 million New State Money for Norwegian Film
For the third consecutive year, the Norwegian government has increased its budget for support of local films, adding NOK 35 million to its 2008 allocation, after NOK 31 million in 2006 and NOK 29 million in 2007.
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Gone with the Woman Meets Hollywood
Norwegian director Petter Næss’ Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen) – Norway’s official submission for the Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature – met Hollywood already this month as the openener of the Hollywood Film Festival, which runs between 17-22 October.
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A National Epic
One of Norway's most famous paintings was transformed in 1926 into a grand-scale silent film drama from rural Norway. The film has finally been restored and made available.
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Golden Swan to Marius Holst
Marius Holst received Saturday evening the Golden Swan for Best Director at the closing ceremony of Copenhagen International Film Festival.
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Refseth to head new film institute
Nina Refseth has been appointed managing director of the new Norwegian Film Institute, until further named ”the new enterprise.” A Master in history of ideas, Refseth (42), has a substantial management experience from Norwegian culture life, most recently as ceo of Norwegian publishing house, Det Norske Samlaget.
Source: Screen Daily.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
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Norwegian films awarded at Nordisk Panorama
USA vs Al-Arian and Flatmates received the top awards at Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities festival which wrapped Tuesday September 25 in Oulu, Finland.
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Reprise, Sons Go for the Nordic Council Film Prize
Norwegian directors Joachim Trier's Reprise and Erik Richter Strand's Sons (Sønner) are among the nine nominées for the Nordic Council Film Prize, which - with its DKK 350,000 - is the largest film award in Scandinavia.
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Gone with the Woman Goes for the Oscar
Norwegian director Petter Næss’ Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen), which will have its international première at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, will represent Norway in the race for the Oscar nomination as Best Foreign-Language Feature.
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Reprise shortlisted European Film Award
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s feature debut, Reprise, which most recently won three Amandas – Norway’s national film prize – for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Script, has been shortlisted for the European Film Award 2007.
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Gone with the Woman in Toronto
Director Petter Næss returns to Toronto with his latest work, Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen), a wryly humorous examination of modern romance that is as endearingly absurd as his Academy Award-nominated Elling.
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Contemporary Norway
The Norwegian Film Institute will this season present English subtitled feature films and feature length documentaries from the last 25 years.
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The Bothersome Man to Bother the US
Norwegian director Jens Lien’s The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen), which was launched last year at the Cannes International Film Festival to win ACID award of the Critics’ Week, will be theatrically released in the US on 24 August. American distributor, Film Movement LLC, which purchased the film through international sales agent, Bavaria Film International, will première the film in New York before it enters the nationwide circuit. A frequent traveller to promote Norwegian cinema, the Jørgen Storm Rosenberg production for Tordenfilm starring Trond Fausa Aurvåg (who this year is Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen) in Haugesund) has screened at more than 50 international festivals, and received more than 30 awards.

Norwegian Film News
In June 2007, the Norwegian Parliament approved the «White Paper on Film Policy». According to this, The Norwegian Film Institute, The Norwegian Film Fund and The Norwegian Film Development Agency will merge into one institution.
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Norwegian films to Montreal
Montreal World Film Festival, August 23-September 3 will screen three Norwegian films, including the International premiere of Marius Holst's Mirush.
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The Troublesome Woman
-I'm mostly engaged by stories and not by film generally, says Petter Næss, the country's most productive director, whose two new films hit the Norwegian cinema theatres this autumn: The comedy Gone with the Woman and the children's film Leaps & Bounds.
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Amanda Winners 2007
The Amanda Award ceremony was shown live on TV2 from the Haugesund Concert Hall on Friday 17 August. As many as 26 Norwegian films received a theatrical release during the past year and have consequently been considered for this film award.
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16 films feature at Nordic Co-Production Forum
16 new Scandinavian and German feature film projects, with budgets between $1.2 and $9m (Euros 0.9m-7m), will be presented at the second Nordic Co-Production Forum, which takes place between Aug 22-23 as part of the New Nordic Films market during the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund..
Source: Screen Daily.com (Jorn Rossing Jensen)
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Haugesund ready for 25th and record year
Unspooling for the 25th time in Haugesund, the Norwegian International Film Festival is set for a record year with more than 1,400 professionals attending, including 250 for the New Nordic Films market.
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Norwegian Amandas with a touch of the Oscars
US screen legend Lauren Bacall will lend star quality and a touch of the Oscars to the Amanda ceremony – Norway’s national prizes, which will be awarded at a TV2-televised gala from the Festiviteten Concert Hall in Haugesund on Friday, Aug 16, preceding the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival.
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Norwegian films in Haugesund
Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen/Petter Næss) is the opening film of the 35th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on Saturday, 18 August. Stig Svendsen's The Radio Pirates (Radiopiratene) will open the Children Film Fest.
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Soon Gone to Toronto
Norwegian director Petter Næss' Gone with the Woman (Tatt av kvinnen), which will open the 35h Norgwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund on Saturday, 18 August, has been selected for the Contemporary World Cinema sidebar at the 32nd Toronto International Film Festival, which runs between Thursday, 6-Saturday, 15 September.
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Ten Norwegian films to San Sebastian
38 films to form the Cold Fever - The New Nordic Cinema retrospective at San Sebastian Film Festival
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The Kautokeino Rebellion starts in Tromsø
The Kautokeino Rebellion (Kautokeino-opprøret) - Norwegian director Nils Gaup’s much-delayed Sami epic – will open the 18th Tromsø International Festival on Wednesday, 16 January 2008. ”Tromsø is simply the perfect place for the launch – it is a film of international calibre, deeply rooted in the region,” explained festival director Martha Otte.
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Crystal Globe for The Art of Negative Thinking
Norwegian director Bård Breien’s feature debut, The Art of Negative Thinking (Kunsten å tenke negativt), received the Crystal Globe for Best Director at Best Director at the 42nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which ended on Saturday, 7 July.
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My Daughter the Terrorist awarded in Russia
Norwegian director Beate Arnestad’s My Daughter the Terrorist was awarded the Best International Documentary Award at the Message to Man International Film Festival in St. Petersburg, which wrapped Friday (22 June).
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