Trier's Oslo, August 31st competing for Nordic Council Film Prize
Norwegian director Joachim Trier’s Oslo, August 31st [+see also:
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Scripted by Trier, with Eskil Vogt, the double portrait of a man in existential crises and of contemporary Oslo is produced by Yngve Sæther and Sigve Endresen, for Motlys AS. Launched in this year’s Un Certain Regard at Cannes – and shortlisted for Norway’s Oscar submission – it will screen in the Vanguard section at the upcoming Toronto Film Festival.
Trier’s second feature will be competing with Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s The Truth About Men [+see also:
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The juries' chairmen behind the candidates will also pick the winner which ”is best embedded to a significant degree in Nordic culture, has the highest artistic quality, stands out in terms of artistic originality and combines and refines the many elements of film in a convincing and integrated manner”. The prize will be awarded at Nordic Council’s session on Nov 2 in Copenhagen.
Administrated by Oslo-based Nordic Film & TV Fond Managing Director Hanne Palmquist, the laurels were first awarded in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. The first recipient was Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki’s The Man Without a Past [+see also:
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Since 2005 it has been handed out annually, to Danish director Per Fly’s Drabet (Manslaughter) [+see also:
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