TIFF 2015 celebrates Norwegian cinema
- 16 Norwegian features, old and new, will be shown at the 14th edition of Romania's most important film event
The 14th edition of the Transilvania International Film Festival (29 May–7 June) will showcase a diverse selection of Norwegian films, grouped into the Norwave – Norway Focus sidebar. Financed by EEA Grants and Norway Grants through the Bilateral National Fund, the sidebar is presented in partnership with the Norwegian Film Institute.
Peter Flinth's Beatles [+see also:
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film profile], Eirik Svensson's Must Have Been Love [+see also:
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film profile] and One Night in Oslo, Liv Ullmann's Miss Julie [+see also:
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interview: Liv Ullmann
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interview: Ine Marie Wilmann
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interview: Ole Giæver
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interview: Ingunn Knudsen
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interview: Hisham Zaman
film profile], and Tommy Wirkola's Dead Snow [+see also:
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TIFF 2015 is also honouring Bent Hamer, one of the best-known Norwegian auteurs, in the 3X3 sidebar. Eggs, Water Easy Reach and 1001 Grams [+see also:
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EducaTIFF, a sidebar for children, will show Grethe Bøe-Waal's Operation Arctic [+see also:
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