Margreth Olin's documentary Songs of Earth to the Toronto Film Festival  Sogns of Earth, a full-length documentary by Margreth Olin about nature, experienced with the guidance of director Margreth Olin's 85-year-old father through Oldedalen in Northwest Norway, will be shown in the documentary section in Toronto.   For one year, I have walked in my father's footsteps in the magnificent nature to which he is so deeply connected. I found a peace that I believe many are missing. It has always been an adventure to walk with my father. Dad has shown me what a gift nature is.  I want to pass on that gift that I received from him, I believe in that - the finest thing you receive, you should pass on," says director, producer, and screenwriter Margreth Olin about her latest film.   Suggested to Take a Walk Olin has previously made acclaimed and award-winning documentaries such as Doing Good (Mannen fra Snåsa, 2016), Childhood (Barndom, 2017), and Self Portrait (Selvportrett, 2020). The work on Songs of Earth (Fedrelandet) began when Margreth came to her 85-year-old father, Jørgen Mykløen, and asked for advice during a demanding period in her life. He responded as he often does, suggesting they should take a walk together.   The result was the documentary Songs of Earth, which will be presented to the North American audience at the continent's most important film festival in Toronto at the beginning of September, where it will be shown in the documentary sidebar.   Margreth Olin has previously participated in Toronto with the film The Angel (Engelen) which had its world premiere there in 2009. The film festival is also one of the world's most important venues for buying and selling films, where buyers, festival programmers, and press from all over the world participate. Songs of Earth has received 5,450,000 NOK (540.00 USD) in development, production, and release grants from The Norwegian Film Institute. Excited about the Canadian Audience -We are extremely happy that the film has been invited to Toronto and will have its North American premiere there. This has been a hope and goal since the start and means a lot for the film's further life. I am excited about the reception from the Canadian audience, they live close to and love nature as Norwegians do says Margreth Olin.   Songs of Earth premieres in Norwegian theatres on September 1st and will be screened in advance at ten beautiful and spectacular places in Norway, including Geirangerfjorden, Oldedalen, Stangholmen by Risør, Gjendesheim, and at the roof of the Oslo Opera. Liv Ullmann and the Palme d'Or-winning and three-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker Wim Wenders are among the film's executive producers. The Toronto International Film Festival unspools between September 7th and 17th. Cast and Credits STARRING Jørgen Mykløen & Magnhild Kongsjord Mykløen DIRECTOR Margreth Olin PRODUCERS Margreth Olin & Lena Faye-Lund Sandvik for Speranza Film AS CINEMATOGRAPHY Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo, Herman Lersveen, Torbjørn Martinsen, Dag Asle Mykløen SOUND Andreas Lindberg Svensson SOUND DESIGN Tormod Ringnes EDITORMichal Leszczylowski MUSIC Rebekka Karijord EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Wim Wenders and Liv Ullmann CO-PRODUCERS BBC, SWR, ARTA NORWEGIAN DISTRIBUTOR Norsk Filmdistribusjon INTERNATIONAL SALES AGENT Cinephil Watch the trailer: https://youtu.be/YafIOotSGHM

Photo: Agnete Brun of director Margreth Olin

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Norwegian talents in Cannes

Amusing and disgusting: Kristoffer Borgli on “Sick of Myself” - I have respect for the art of body horror as much as I have respect for humor and satire, says director Kristoffer Borgli who comes to Un Certain Regard in Cannes with his feature film Sick of Myself.  Read more Andrea Ottmar is this year's Norwegian Producer on the Move The producer of The Worst Person in the World, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, is the only Nordic producer selected to participate in Producer on the Move in Cannes. She is also in Cannes as producer of Kristoffer Borgli's Sick of Myself with the world premiere in Un Certain Regard. Read more Joachim Trier joins competition jury in Cannes Joachim Trier has a long relationship with the Cannes Film Festival and has previously had his films Oslo 31 August (2011) shown in the Un Certain Regard program and Louder Than Bombs (2015) and The Worst Person in the World (2021) in the main competition Read more

Norwegian Fjords in Un Certain Regard

More Than Ever directed by Emily Atef in Un Certain Regard. Great reviews of Emily Atef's More Than Ever screened in Un Certain Regard Bjørn Floberg and Vicky Krieps play the main roles, alongside Gaspard Ulliel in what turned out to be his latest film role, in More Than Ever. Large parts of the film were shot in Hjørundfjorden on the west coast of Norway, and that beautiful area will now be shown at the world's largest and most important film festival in the Un Certain Regard program.  Read more Reviews Reviews

International Distribution Support Scheme from Norway

Thee Wishes For Cinderella by Cecilie Mosli grossed nearly $5m at the Norwegian box office since the release last year. International distributors on board include Impacto Cine for Latin America, Pflug Co. Ltd for Japan, A Contracorriente for Spain and lately Shout! Studios for North America. New Norwegian international distribution support scheme The Norwegian Film Institute is now introducing a subsidy scheme for international distribution that will make it easier for distributors to market Norwegian films in their territories. Read more

Three New Features from Dag Johan Haugerud

Director Dag Johan Haugerud (Beware of Children) to direct three new feature films produced by Motlys Sex, Dreams and Something Stupid Called Love from Dag Johan Haugerud Director Dag Johan Haugerud and production company Motlys receive a total of NOK 19.1 million (Euro 1,90 million) in production grants from the Norwegian Film Insitute for the project Sex, Dreams and Something Stupid Called Love - three films that consist of three loosely connected stories that in various ways depict sexuality, longings, and dreams with a queer sensibility in Oslo today. Read more

Ten Years of SØRFOND, Six new Projects

Farming the Revolution. Photo: Akash Basumatari Sørfond grants for 2022 announced today Sørfond has this week granted 3 million NOK in support for six international co-productions with Norwegian minority producers. This year the funding goes to projects from Bhutan, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Morocco, and two projects from India. Read more

New and Upcoming Features and Documentaries

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Co-Produce with Norway

The Norwegian Film Institute (NFI) funds minority co-production of feature films, documentaries, drama series, short films and video games. The NFI also operates the Norwegian Incentive Scheme and the Norwegian South Film Fund, Sørfond. In addition, regional film funds support co-productions for fiction and documentary feature films and drama series, and the regional film centres support co-production for documentaries and for shorter formats.  Read more

Contacts

Stine Oppegaard Manager International Relations Feature Films Cell: +47 908 59 638 stine.oppegaard@nfi.no Jakob Berg Communication Adviser Cell: +47 971 97 766 jakob.berg@nfi.no

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The Worst Person in the World has received Oscar nominations in the categories Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay

Two Oscar Nominations for The Worst Person in the World

Best Original Screenplay (Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier) and Best International Film (Joachim Trier). Photo: Oslo Pictures.

Joachim Trier's award-winning cinema success The Worst Person in the World has received Oscar nominations in the categories Best International Feature Film and Best Original Screenplay -Amazing, two nominations for Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in the World; in the categories International Film and Original Screenplay. This is the result of hard work by filmmakers, actors, producers, distributors, and other important supporters. We are a big step closer to an Oscar for a Norwegian film and a Norwegian original screenplay, which is written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier. It has been a wonderful journey for everyone involved: from the World Premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, actress award to Renate Reinsve to great admissions both in Norway and internationally, weekly international nominations and awards as well as touring at festivals. All the attention and now the two Oscar nominations put not only The Worst Person in the World but also Norwegian films in general on the world map. We keep our fingers crossed and hope for not only one, but two, Oscar statues at the award ceremony on Sunday, March 27, says Kjersti Mo, CEO of the Norwegian Film Institute.   Best Norwegian Film Ever in the US Neon acquired the American rights to the Norwegian drama from Joachim Trier The Worst Person in the World after the world premiere in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in July 2021. In recent months, Trier, Reinsve and everyone behind the film have worked intensely and purposefully together with Neon for today’s Oscar nominations. February 4, The Worst Person in the World opened in US cinemas, with screenings in New York City and Los Angeles. The film had the highest PSA for any film of 2022, and the third-highest for any film of 2021 after Licorice Pizza and Spider-Man: No Way Home. The film made $135,042 at four NY/LA theatres with a per-screen average of $33,768, making it the best opening for a Norwegian film ever in the US. French and British Nominations for The Worst Person in the World Nearly 220,000 French people have already seen the The Worst Person in the World in cinemas, and it has been nominated for the French national film award César in the category for best foreign film. The Awards ceremony is set to take place on February 25. The Worst Person in the World has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Non-English Film. In addition, Renate Reinsve is nominated in the category for best actress. The British Film Awards will be presented on March 13 at the Royal Albert Hall in London. About The Worst Person in the World The screenplay is written by Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier. Joachim Trier's third film in the Oslo trilogy after Reprise and Oslo August 31 is a melancholic comedy about love in our time. In the main roles we find Renate Reinsve, Anders Danielsen Lie and Herbert Nordrum.   Producers are Thomas Robsahm and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar for Oslo Pictures. The Norwegian premiere was on 15 October 2021, and it has so far been seen by more than 230,000 people in Norway. The Norwegian distributor is SF Studios. The international sales agent is the French company MK2 and the American distributor is Neon.   The Norwegian Film Institute has contributed with a total of Euro 60.000 in support for the film's Oscar campaign, in addition to Euro 3.600.000 in production and distribution grants.   Oscar Nominations for Norwegian Minority Co-Productions The Danish animation film Flee (Jonas Poher Rasmussen) was nominated in the categories Animated Feature Film, Feature Documentary as well as International Feature Film. Flee is co-produced with Norwegian Maria Ekerhovd for Mer Film with co-production support from the Norwegian Film Institute. The Indian film, Writing with Fire (Rintu Thomas & Sushmit Ghosh), co-produced with Tone Grøttjord-Glenne for Sant & Usant is also nominated in the category Feature Documentary, and has received production support from the Norwegian SØRFOND. Academy Members voting Academy members from each of the 17 branches vote to determine the nominees in their respective categories – actors nominate actors, film editors nominate film editors, etc. In the Animated Feature Film and International Feature Film categories, nominees are selected by a vote of multi–branch screening committees. All voting members are eligible to select the Best Picture nominees. This year, the Academy saw its highest ever voter participation in the organization’s history, with members submitting ballots from 82 countries. Active members of the Academy are eligible to vote for the winners in all 23 categories beginning Thursday, March 17, through Tuesday, March 22. The 94th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 27, 2022, at the Dolby® Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® in Hollywood and will be televised live on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT and in more than 200 territories worldwide. #norwayfilmoscar#theworstpersonintheworld#fineartmagazine