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Cinema Of Norway
Cinema in Norway has a long history, dating back to the beginning of the 20th century, and has an important stance in Cinema of Europe, European cinema, contributing at least 30 feature-length films a year. There have been over 1,050 films made in Norway ever since cinema's first introduction to the country in 1907. Some of these films have been selected for the most prestigious film festivals around the world such as Cannes Film Festival, Toronto Film Festival, and Venice Film Festival. Fourteen Norwegian films have garnered Academy Awards, Academy Award nominations. Two of them won the award: Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki (1950 film), Kon-Tiki for Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film, Best Documentary Feature Film in 1951 and Torill Kove's The Danish Poet for Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, Best Animated Short Film in 2006. The first domestically produced Norwegian film was a short about fishermen, ''Fiskerlivets farer'' ("The Dangers in a Fisherman's Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best Animated Short Film
The Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film is an award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) as part of the annual Academy Awards, or Oscars, since the 5th Academy Awards (with different names), covering the year 1931–32, to the present. From 1932 until 1970, the category was known as Short Subjects, Cartoons; and from 1971 to 1973 as Short Subjects, Animated Films. The present title began with the 46th Awards in 1974. During the first 5 decades of the award's existence, awards were presented to the producers of the shorts. Current Academy rules, however, call for the award to be presented to "the individual person most directly responsible for the concept and the creative execution of the film." Moreover, " the event that more than one individual has been directly and importantly involved in creative decisions, a second statuette may be awarded." Only American films were nominated for the award until the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morten Tyldum
Morten Tyldum (; born 19 May 1967) is a Norwegian film director. He is best known in his native Norway for directing the thriller film '' Headhunters'' (2011), based on the novel by Jo Nesbø, and internationally for directing the historical drama ''The Imitation Game'' (2014), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, and the science fiction drama '' Passengers'' (2016). Early life Tyldum was born in Bergen, Norway. He was educated at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He originally wanted to be a musician, but abandoned the ambition when he entered film school. Career He had his feature film debut with '' Buddy'' in 2003, a film that won great popular and critical acclaim. Previously he had worked in television, music videos, commercials and short films. He had been named ''Film Talent of the Year'' by the newspaper ''Dagbladet'' in 1999. Since ''Buddy'', he has made the movie '' Fallen Angels'' in 2008 and '' Headhunters'' (''Hodejegerne'') in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Worst Person In The World (film)
''The Worst Person in the World'' () is a 2021 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Joachim Trier, who co-wrote the screenplay with Eskil Vogt. It is the third film in the director's Oslo trilogy, following ''Reprise'' (2006) and '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011). The film premiered in competition at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival to widespread critical acclaim, with Renate Reinsve winning the award for Best Actress for her performance in the film. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay. Plot Julie, a medical student in Oslo, transitions from medicine to psychology and then photography. In her late 20s, she begins a relationship with Aksel Willman, a comic artist 15 years her senior. Now exploring writing, she spends a weekend with Aksel at his parents' house. Aksel suggests starting a family, but Julie is uncertain. While walking home from a publishing event for Aksel, Julie crashes a wedding recep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reprise
In music, a reprise ( , ; from the verb 'to resume') is the repetition or reiteration of the opening material later in a composition as occurs in the recapitulation of sonata form, though—originally in the 18th century—was simply any repeated section, such as is indicated by beginning and ending repeat signs. A partial or abbreviated reprise is known as a petite reprise ( , ). In Baroque music this usually occurs at the very end of a piece, repeating the final phrase with added ornamentation. Song reprises Reprise can refer to a version of a song which is similar to, yet different from, the song on which it is based. One example could be "Time", the fourth song from Pink Floyd's 1973 album '' The Dark Side of the Moon'', which contains a reprise of " Breathe", the second song of the same album. Pink Floyd's 1979 album '' The Wall'' also features a reprise in the form of In the Flesh?/In the Flesh, with the former being the opening track, and the latter being a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo August 31st
''Oslo, August 31st'' () is a 2011 Norwegian drama film directed by Joachim Trier. It is the second film, along with ''Reprise'' (2006) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021), in Trier's Oslo trilogy. The film is a homage to, and loosely based on Pierre Drieu La Rochelle's novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' (1931) and Louis Malle's feature film '' The Fire Within'' (1963). The film premiered at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. It won the Best Film and Best Cinematography awards at the Stockholm International Film Festival (SIFF). It received widespread critical acclaim, and was one of three films on the Norwegian shortlist for submissions to the 84th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On his first opportunity to take an overnight trip from the rehab centre, he meets an old girlfriend and then attempts suicide by filling his pockets and walking into a lake. Unable to go through with it, he returns to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oslo Trilogy
The Oslo trilogy () consists of the Norwegian drama films ''Reprise'' (2006), '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). The three standalone films are all set in Oslo and feature the actor Anders Danielsen Lie in a leading role. They were directed by Joachim Trier who co-wrote them with Eskil Vogt. Films ''Reprise'' ''Reprise'' (2006) is about two Norwegian men in their 20s who struggle with personal relationships and burgeoning careers as novelists. ''Oslo, August 31st'' '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011) is loosely based on the French novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, with the plot relocated to Oslo instead of Paris. It is about a recovering heroin addict who tries to reconnect with old friends and society during one day. ''The Worst Person in the World'' '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021) is about a bourgeoise woman around the age of 30 and her unstable relationships. Cast and crew The actor Anders Danielsen Lie p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDb
IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. Since 1998, it has been owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. , IMDb was the 51st most visited website on the Internet, as ranked by Semrush. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes), million person records, and 83 million registered users. Features User profile pages show a user's registration date and, optionally, their personal ratings of titles. Since 2015, "badges" can be added showing a count of contributions. These badges rang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Trier
Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian filmmaker. His films have been described as "Melancholia, melancholy meditations concerned with existential questions of love, ambition, memory, and identity (social science), identity." He has received numerous accolades, including the Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Cesar Awards. He is best known for his Oslo trilogy which comprises the films ''Reprise (film), Reprise'' (2006), ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), and ''The Worst Person in the World (film), The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the last film, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards, with the film also nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature. He is also known for directing Louder Than Bombs (film), ''Louder Than Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leif Sinding
Leif Sinding (19 November 1895 – 13 May 1985) was a Norwegian film director and journalist. He worked for the newspapers ''Verdens Gang (1868–1923), Verdens Gang'', ''Aftenposten'', and ''Morgenbladet''. Among his silent films are ''Himmeluret'' from 1925, based on Gabriel Scott's comedy, and ''Fjeldeventyret'' from 1926. He directed the film ''Bra mennesker'' (1937), based on a play by Oskar Braaten, and the films ''De vergeløse'' (1939) and ''Tante Pose (film), Tante Pose'' (1940), both based on novels by Gabriel Scott. In 1941 he directed the comedy ''Kjærlighet og vennskap''. During the German occupation of Norway Sinding Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, collaborated with the Axis forces, was a member of Nasjonal Samling, and was sentenced to four years forced labour Legal purge in Norway after World War II, after the war. Filmography * ''Himmeluret'' (1925) * ''Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser'' (1926) * ''Den nye lensmannen'' (1926) * ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered theatrical realism, but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include ''Brand'', ''Peer Gynt'', '' Emperor and Galilean'', '' A Doll's House'', '' Ghosts'', '' An Enemy of the People'', '' The Wild Duck'', '' Rosmersholm'', '' Hedda Gabler'', '' The Master Builder'', and '' When We Dead Awaken''. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and ''A Doll's House'' was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth in Telemark since the mid-1500s. Both his parents belonged socially or biologically to the Paus family of Rising and Altenburggården—the extende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tancred Ibsen
Tancred Ibsen (11 July 1893 – 4 December 1978) was a Norwegian military officer, aviator, film director and screenwriter. Background Ibsen was the son of Sigurd Ibsen and Bergljot Bjørnson. He was the grandson of both Henrik Ibsen and Nobel laureate Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. He married dancer and actress Lillebil Ibsen in 1919, and remained married to her until his death in 1978. His son Tancred Ibsen Jr. (1921–2015) was a Norwegian diplomat. Aviation career In 1917, Tancred Ibsen started pilot training at Kjeller Airport and began his career in the Norwegian Army Air Service. He started the first civilian active airplane company, '' A/S Aero'' in 1920, financed by his uncle, businessman Einar Bjørnson, and two shipowners. The company successfully operated demonstration, advertising, and limited mail flights with Ibsen as the head pilot. The company also chartered airplanes to the Det Norske Luftfartrederi routes in southern Norway. The activity of ''A/S Aero'' ended, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
