Norway has a notable Film industry , film industry. The first domestically produced Norwegian film was a short about fishermen, ''Fiskerlivets farer'' ("The Dangers in a Fisherman's Life"), dating from 1907. The List of Norwegian films before 1930, first feature was released in 1911, produced by Halfman Nobel Roede. In 1931 Tancred Ibsen, grandson of playwright Henrik Ibsen, presented Norway's first feature-length sound film, ''Den store barnedåpen'' ("The Great Christening"). Throughout the 1930s, Ibsen dominated the nation's film industry. Fellow film director Leif Sinding was also very successful during this period. Ibsen produced conventional melodramas more or less on the model of Hollywood films. In the early 21st century, several Norwegian film directors have had the opportunity to go to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood to direct various independent films. As of 2011, nearly 900 films had been produced in Norway, with a third of these being made within the last 15 years.

Notable films

1920s

*Pan (1922 film), Pan (1922) *Troll-elgen (1927 film), Troll-elgen (1927) *Laila (1929 film), Laila (1929)

1930s

*Den store barnedåpen (1931) * To levende og en død (film), To levende og en død (1937) * Gjest Baardsen (film), Gjest Baardsen (1939)

1940s

*Tante Pose (film), Tante Pose (1940) *Bastard (1940 film), Bastard (1940) *Tørres Snørtevold (1940) *Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941) *Det grodde fram - Trondheim 1940 - 1945 (1947)

1950s

*Kon-Tiki (1950 film), Kon-Tiki (1950) *Aldri annet enn bråk (1954) *Nine Lives (1957 film), Ni Liv (Nine Lives) (1957) *Fjols til fjells, Fjols til fjells (Fools in the Mountains) (1957) *Lake of the dead, De dødes Tjern (Lakes of the Dead) (1958) *The Chasers (1959 film), Jakten (The Chasers) (1959)

1960s

*The Man Who Could Not Laugh, Mannen som ikke kunne le (The Man Who Could Not Laugh) (1968)

1970s

*Olsenbanden tar gull (1972) *Flåklypa Grand Prix, Flåklypa Grand Prix (The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix) (1975) *Lasse & Geir (1976)

1980s

*Orion's Belt (film), Orions belte (Orion's Belt) (1985) *Pathfinder (1987 film), Ofelaš (aka. Veiviseren, Pathfinder) (1987)

1990s

*Døden på Oslo S, Døden på Oslo S (Oslo, Central Station) (1990) *Mørketid (1994) *Kjærlighetens kjøtere, Kjærlighetens kjøtere (Zero Kelvin) (1995) *Søndagsengler, Søndagsengler (The Other Side of Sunday) (1996) *Insomnia (1997 film), Insomnia (1997) *Junk Mail (film), Junk Mail (1997)

2000s

*Elling (2001) *Heftig og begeistret (2001) *Mongoland (2001) *Villmark, Villmark (Dark Woods) (2003) *Kitchen Stories, Salmer fra Kjøkkenet (Kitchen Stories) (2003) *Buddy_(2003_film), Buddy (2003) *Hawaii, Oslo (2004) *The Bothersome Man, Den brysomme mannen (The Bothersome Man) (2006) *Fritt Vilt, Fritt Vilt (Cold Prey) (2006, sequels in 2008 and 2010) *Reprise (film), Reprise (2006) *Den siste revejakta (2008) *Rovdyr, Rovdyr (Manhunt) (2008) *The Kautokeino Rebellion, Kautokeino-opprøret (The Kautokeino Rebellion) (2008) *Max Manus (film), Max Manus (2008) *Dead Snow, Død Snø (Dead Snow) (2009) *Knerten, Knerten (Twigson) (2009)

2010s

*Troll Hunter , Trolljegeren (Trollhunter) (2010) *King of Devil's Island , Kongen av Bastøy (King of Devil's Island) (2010) *A Somewhat Gentle Man, En ganske snill mann (A Somewhat Gentle Man) (2010) *Headhunters (film), Hodejegerne (Headhunters) (2011) *Oslo, August 31st (2011) *Kon-Tiki (2012 film), Kon-Tiki (2012) *The Wave (2015 film), Bølgen (The Wave) (2015) *The King's Choice, Kongens nei (The King's Choice) (2016) *Utøya: July 22 (2018) *Thelma (2017 film), Thelma (2017)

2020s

*The Worst Person in the World (film), Verdens verste menneske (The Worst Person in the World) (2021) *Troll (2022 film) , Troll (2022)

Notable short films

*The Spirit of Norway (1988) *A Year Along the Abandoned Road, Året gjennom Børfjord (A Year Along the Abandoned Road) (1991) *De beste går først, De beste går først (United We Stand) (2002) *Sniffer (short film), Sniffer (2006) *The Danish Poet, Den danske dikteren (The Danish Poet) (2006)

Actors

*Liv Ullmann *Kristofer Hivju *Ingrid Bolsø Berdal *Henki Kolstad *Maria Bonnevie *Anders Baasmo Christiansen *Wenche Foss *Harald Heide-Steen Jr. *Kristoffer Joner *Helge Jordal *Alfred Maurstad *Toralv Maurstad *Arve Opsahl *Sverre Anker Ousdal *Bjørn Sundquist *Tobias Santelmann *Trond Espen Seim *Rolv Wesenlund *Pia Tjelta *Aksel Hennie *Ane Dahl Torp *Nicolai Cleve Broch *Morten Rudå

Directors

*Joachim Trier *André Øvredal *Martin Asphaug *Anja Breien *Edith Carlmar *Ivo Caprino *Eva Dahr *Olav Dalgard *Karoline Frogner *Nils Gaup *Erik Gustavson *Bent Hamer *Gill Holland *Marius Holst *Tancred Ibsen *Jens Lien *Vibeke Løkkeberg *Hans Petter Moland *Marja Bål Nango *Petter Næss *Sara Margrethe Oskal *Erik Poppe *Øyvind Sandberg *Erik Skjoldbjærg *Arne Skouen *Ola Solum *Liv Ullmann *Trond Espen Seim *Roar Uthaug *Petter Vennerød *Tommy Wirkola *Svend Wam *Harald Zwart

Other notable persons in the Norwegian film industry

*John M. Jacobsen (producer) *Philip Øgaard (cinematographer) *Svein Krøvel (cinematographer)

Awards

The Norway, Norwegian equivalent of the Academy Awards is the Amanda award, which is presented during the annual Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund. The prize was created in 1985. The Amanda award is presented in following categories: Best Norwegian Film, Best Directing, Best Male Actor, Best Female Actress, Best Film for Children and Youth, Best Screenplay, Best Short Film, Best Documentary (however, a documentary can also win the Best Film award), Best Foreign Film and an honorary award. The Documentary film, documentary ''Kon-Tiki (1950 film), Kon-Tiki'' by Thor Heyerdahl received the Academy Award for Documentary Feature at the 24th Academy Awards in 1951. It is the only feature film in Norwegian history to win an Academy Award. In 2006 the Norway, Norwegian/Canada, Canadian animated short film The Danish Poet, directed by Norwegian Torill Kove and narrated by Norwegian screen legend Liv Ullmann, won an Academy Award for Animated Short Film, and became the second Norwegian production to receive an Academy Award. As of 2013, five films from Norway have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film: ''Nine Lives (1957 film), Nine Lives'' (1957), ''Pathfinder (1987 film), The Pathfinder'' (1987), ''The Other Side of Sunday'' (1996), ''Elling'' (2001) and ''Kon-Tiki (2012 film), Kon-Tiki'' (2012).

Film festivals

*Arctic Film Festival, Svalbard *Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen *Kosmorama, Kosmorama – Trondheim International Film Festival, Trondheim *Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival, Kristiansand *Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund *Tromsø International Film Festival

Tromsø

Film commissions

*Western Norway Film Commission, Bergen

Film schools

Film schools include: *The Norwegian Filmschool in Lillehammer. Other alternatives for more theoretical higher education in film include: *Bachelor degree in Film- and TV-production at University of Bergen. *Bachelor degree in Film Science at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. There are also several more practical private film collages: *Studies in Film- and TV-production at Noroff Institute *Studies in Film- and TV-production at Nordic Institute of Stage and Studio (NISS) *Studies in Film- and TV-production at Westerdals School of Communication

References

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