The Kingdom of

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...

has submitted films in the

Academy Award for Best International Feature Film The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a ...

category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition in 1980, failing to submit a film only once, in 1983. The

is handed out annually by the

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to a

feature-length A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-

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dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. , six films from Norway have been nominated for the award: '' Nine Lives'' (1957), '' The Pathfinder'' (1987), '' The Other Side of Sunday'' (1996), ''

Elling ''Elling'' is a Norwegian Black comedy film directed by Petter Næss. Shot mostly in and around the Norwegian capital Oslo, the film, which was released in 2001, is primarily based on Ingvar Ambjørnsen's novel ''Brødre i blodet'' ("Blood bro ...

'' (2001), ''

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'' (2012) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021).

Submissions

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956. The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films. Following this, they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award. Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Norway for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony.

Shortlisted Films

Each year since 2010, the Norwegian Oscar Committee has announced a three-film shortlist prior to announcing the official Norwegian Oscar candidate. The following films were shortlisted by Norway but not selected as the final candidate: * 2021: '' Betrayed'', ''

Ninjababy ''Ninjababy'' is a 2021 Norwegian dramedy film directed by Yngvild Sve Flikke, from a screenplay by Johan Fasting, based on Inga H Sætre's graphic novel ''Fallteknikk''. The film stars Kristine Thorp, Arthur Berning and Nader Khademi. The film ...

'' * 2020: '' Disco'', '' Self-Portrait'' * 2019: '' Beware of Children'', ''

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'' * 2018: '' Blind Spot'', '' Utøya: July 22'' * 2017: '' Hunting Flies'', '' Tree Feller'' * 2016: ''

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'', '' Welcome to Norway'' * 2015: '' Homesick'', '' Returning Home'' * 2014: '' Blind'', '' Letter to the King'' * 2013: ''

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'', ''

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'' * 2012: '' I Belong'', '' The Orheim Company'' * 2011: '' Oslo, 31 August'', ''

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'' * 2010: ''

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'', ''

A Somewhat Gentle Man ''A Somewhat Gentle Man'' ( no, En ganske snill mann and also known as ''Regnskap'') is a 2010 Norwegian crime comedy film directed by Hans Petter Moland. It premiered on 19 March 2010, and was the sixth feature-film directed by Hans Petter Mo ...

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References

External links

The Official Academy Awards DatabaseIMDb Academy Awards Page
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Submissions

Shortlisted Films

See also

Notes

References

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