Norway has had a notable cinema industry for some time. In the early 21st century a few Norwegian film directors have had the opportunity to go to Hollywood to direct various independent films. As of 2011, there had been nearly 900 films produced in Norway, with a third of these being made in the last 15 years.
Notable films
1920s
- Pan (1922)
- Troll-elgen (1927)
- Laila (1929)
1930s
- Den store barnedåpen (1931)
- To levende og en død (1937)
- Gjest Baardsen (1939)
1940s
- Tante Pose (1940)
- Bastard (1940)
- Tørres Snørtevold (1940)
- Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941)
- Det grodde fram - Trondheim 1940 - 1945 (1947)
1950s
- Kon-Tiki (1950)
- Aldri annet enn bråk (1954)
- Ni Liv (1957)
- Fjols til fjells (1957)
- De dødes Tjern (1958)
- Jakten (1959)
1960s
- The Man Who Could Not Laugh (1968)
1970s
- Olsenbanden tar gull (1972)
- Flåklypa Grand Prix (1975)
1980s
- Orion's Belt (1985)
- The Pathfinder (1987)
1990s
- Døden på Oslo S (1990)
- Mørketid (1994)
- Kjærlighetens kjøtere (1995)
- Søndagsengler (1996)
- Insomnia (1997)
- Junk Mail (1997)
2000s
- Elling (2001)
- Heftig og begeistret (2001)
- Villmark (2002)
- Kitchen Stories (2003)
- Den brysomme mannen (2006)
- Fritt Vilt (2006)
- Reprise (film) (2006)
- Rovdyr (2008)
- Fritt Vilt II (2008)
- The Kautokeino Rebellion (2008)
- Max Manus (2008)
- Død Snø (2009)
- Knerten (English title: Twigson) (2009)
2010s
- The Troll Hunter (2010)
- King of Devil's Island (2010)
- Headhunters (2011)
- Kon-Tiki (2012)
Notable short films
- A Year Along the Abandoned Road (1991)
- De beste går først (2002)
- Sniffer (2006)
- The Danish Poet (2006)
Actors
- Maria Bonnevie
- Wenche Foss
- Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
- Kristoffer Joner
- Helge Jordal
- Alfred Maurstad
- Toralv Maurstad
- Arve Opsahl
- Sverre Anker Ousdal
- Bjørn Sundquist
- Liv Ullmann
- Trond Espen Seim
- Rolv Wesenlund
- Pia Tjelta
- Aksel Hennie
- Ryan Wiik
- Ane Dahl Torp
- Nicolai Cleve Broch
Directors
- Tommy Wirkola
- Martin Asphaug
- Edith Carlmar
- Ivo Caprino
- Olav Dalgard
- Nils Gaup
- Erik Gustavson
- Bent Hamer
- Gill Holland
- Tancred Ibsen
- Jens Lien
- Hans Petter Moland
- Petter Næss
- Erik Poppe
- Øyvind Sandberg
- Erik Skjoldbjærg
- Arne Skouen
- Ola Solum
- Liv Ullmann
- Trond Espen Seim
- Roar Uthaug
- Petter Vennerød
- Svend Wam
- Harald Zwart
- Marius Holst
- Karoline Frogner
- Vibeke Løkkeberg
- Anja Breien
Other notable persons in the Norwegian film industry
- John M. Jacobsen (producer)
- Philip Øgaard (cinematographer)
- Svein Krøvel (cinematographer)
Awards
The 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 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 Norwegian/Canadian animated short film The Danish Poet, directed by Norwegian Torill Kove and narrated by Norwegian screen legend Liv Ullman, 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), The Pathfinder (1987), The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Elling (2001) and Kon-Tiki (2012).
Film festivals
- Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen
- Kosmorama â€" Trondheim International Film Festival, Trondheim
- Tromsø International Film Festival[1], Tromsø
- ØyaKino, Oslo
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
See also
- Cinema of the world