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1254 articles available in total starting from 18/07/2002. Last article published on 03/07/2025.

Poppe’s Troubled Water wins Critics Award

Erik Poppe’s drama Troubled Water was awarded the Norwegian Film Critics’ 2009 Award in Oslo yesterday. The Norwegian filmmaker previously won the prestigious award in 2005 for Hawaii, Oslo....  

30/04/2009 | Awards | Norway

Kids’ house Filmbin shooting Bestevenner

The Lillehammer-based Filmbin, the only Norwegian production company dedicated entirely to children’s and youth films, are working on their feature project, Bestevenner (“Best Friends”). Currently...  

30/03/2009 | Production | Norway

Manus scoops 5 Canons, Kristiansen Best Director

At Monday night’s annual Canon Awards ceremony, organized as part of the 5th Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (March 5-10), Norwegian box office hit Max Manus was bestowed five...  

11/03/2009 | Festivals | Norway

NFI backs Moland-Skarsgård comedy

The Norwegian Film Institute has awarded NOK 6.5m to Regnskap (“Accounts”), a major project that will reunite top Norwegian filmmaker Hans Petter Moland (The Beautiful Country) with Swedish star...  

09/03/2009 | Production | Norway

Orange Girl leads local openers

Eva Dahr’s The Orange Girl, one of the biggest Norwegian films of 2009, is opening today through Sandrew Metronome. The film was co-produced with Germany and Spain. The Orange Girl is the third...  

27/02/2009 | Releases | Norway

Interview: Rune Denstad Langlo • Director

“I like the rhythm of melancholy, then absurd humour, then melancholy again”

Denstad Langlo uses his best of his documentary skills to make an “off-road” movie set against the stunning mountains of northern Norway  

23/02/2009

North

Truthful to the Nordic tradition of absurdist comedy-drama, and cleverly marketed as an “anti-depressant off-road movie”, North worked its magic on Berlinale audiences  

23/02/2009 | Films | Reviews

North melts the ice

North, the opening film of the Panorama Special and the only Norwegian film of the 2009 Berlinale, looks like a true sleeper hit for sales company Memento Films. Very warmly welcomed at its first...  

08/02/2009 | Berlinale 2009 | Panorama Special/Norway

Zentropa expands in Norway

The Danish production outfit Zentropa has further expanded into Europe, with the opening of an office in Norway, headed by producer Valerie Saunders. The US-born Saunders, who moved to Denmark 25...  

21/01/2009 | Production | Norway

Record 22.5% local market share in 2008

Last year was the best since 2003 for Norwegian films, which upped their total admissions by almost 50% from 2007 to almost 2.7 million in 2008, according to preliminary figures published by...  

19/01/2009 | Box Office | Norway

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