Films from the South () is an international movie festival held annually in

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. Movies from Africa, Asia, and Latin-America are shown. The festival has its origin in the student film club of

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

,Norsk Filmklubbforbund: Fullt kjør med Film fra Sør
/ref> and has become one of Norway's most favourite festivals. It has approximately 20,000 visitors each year. The festival functions as a rendezvous to ethnic Norwegians and people with multicultural backgrounds. The main award is the Silver Mirror for best feature film. Other awards include the audience award, the

FIPRESCI The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for ''Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique'') is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the wor ...

-award and the DOK:SØR award for best documentary.

Awards

Silver Mirror

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Other awards

References

Film festivals in Norway Norwegian film awards Festivals in Oslo {{Europe-film-festival-stub