I Belong and Kon-Tiki almost share Trondheim's Cannon awards
- The two films by Norwegian directors Dag Johan Haugerud and Espen Sandberg-Joachim Rønning each picked up five prizes from the Norwegian film workers' unions
Norwegian director Dag Johan Haugerud's feature debut, I Belong, which was last week named Best Norwegian Film 2012 by the Norwegian Critics Association, collected five Cannon prizes, when the Norwegian film workers' eight unions last night (April 15) presented their annual awards at opening of the 14th Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival.
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Norway's annual video prizes were presented at the closing ceremony of the 31st Norwegian Video Festival at Lillehammer last Friday (12 April). "For the third time in recent years a Norwegian film - Kon-Tiki - took most of the prizes; it confirms the strong position of local cinema on the home market," said video consultant Erik Zmuda, of Norwegian cinema association Film & Kino.
Best Norwegian Film/Rentals: Varg Veum: At Night All Wolves Are Grey. Dir: Alexander Eik (SF Norge)
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