List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Best Foreign Language Film 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 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue.[1] 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.[2]
As of 2016, five films from Norway have been nominated for the award: Nine Lives (1957), The Pathfinder (1987), The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Elling (2001) and Kon-Tiki (2012).
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.[2] 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.[1] 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.
| Year (Ceremony) | Film title used in nomination | Original title | Director | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 (30th) |
Nine Lives | Ni Liv | Skouen, ArneArne Skouen | Nominated |
| 1962 (35th) |
Cold Tracks | Kalde spor | Skouen, ArneArne Skouen | Not Nominated |
| 1980 (53rd) |
Life and Death | Liv og død | Vennerød, PetterPetter Vennerød and Wam, SvendSvend Wam | Not Nominated |
| 1981 (54th) |
Julia Julia | Julia Julia | Vennerød, PetterPetter Vennerød and Wam, SvendSvend Wam | Not Nominated |
| 1982 (55th) |
Victoria L | Leve sitt liv | Vennerød, PetterPetter Vennerød and Wam, SvendSvend Wam | Not Nominated |
| 1984 (57th) |
The Chieftain | Høvdingen | Kristiansen, TerjeTerje Kristiansen | Not Nominated |
| 1985 (58th) |
Wives – Ten Years After | Hustruer - ti år etter | Breien, AnjaAnja Breien | Not Nominated |
| 1986 (59th) |
Hard Asphalt | Hard asfalt | Skagen, SølveSølve Skagen | Not Nominated |
| 1987 (60th) |
The Pathfinder | Ofelaš | Gaup, NilsNils Gaup | Nominated |
| 1988 (61st) |
The Ice Palace | Is-slottet | Blom, PerPer Blom | Not Nominated |
| 1989 (62nd) |
A Handful of Time | Lekce Faust | Asphaug, MartinMartin Asphaug | Not Nominated |
| 1990 (63rd) |
Herman | Herman | Gustavson, ErikErik Gustavson | Not Nominated |
| 1991 (64th) |
Frida – Straight from the Heart | Frida - med hjertet i hånden | Nesheim, BeritBerit Nesheim | Not Nominated |
| 1992 (65th) |
The Warrior's Heart | Krigerens hjerte | Risan, LeidulvLeidulv Risan | Not Nominated |
| 1994 (66th) |
The Telegraphist | Telegrafisten | Gustavson, ErikErik Gustavson | Not Nominated |
| 1994 (67th) |
Cross My Heart and Hope to Die | Ti kniver i hjertet | Holst, MariusMarius Holst | Not Nominated |
| 1995 (68th) |
Kristin Lavransdatter | Kristin Lavransdatter | Ullmann, LivLiv Ullmann | Not Nominated |
| 1996 (69th) |
The Other Side of Sunday | Søndagsengler | Nesheim, BeritBerit Nesheim | Nominated |
| 1997 (70th) |
Junk Mail | Budbringeren | Sletaune, PålPål Sletaune | Not Nominated |
| 1998 (71st) |
Only Clouds Move the Stars | Bare skyer beveger stjernene | Lian, TorunTorun Lian | Not Nominated |
| 1999 (72nd) |
The Prompter | Suffløsen | Heier, HildeHilde Heier | Not Nominated |
| 2000 (73rd) |
Odd Little Man | Da jeg traff Jesus... med sprettert | Leikanger, SteinStein Leikanger | Not Nominated |
| 2001 (74th) |
Elling | Elling | Næss, PetterPetter Næss | Nominated |
| 2002 (75th) |
Hold My Heart | Tyven, tyven | Diesen, Trygve AllisterTrygve Allister Diesen | Not Nominated |
| 2003 (76th) |
Kitchen Stories | Salmer fra kjøkkenet | Hamer, BentBent Hamer | Not Nominated |
| 2004 (77th) |
Hawaii, Oslo | Hawaii, Oslo | Poppe, ErikErik Poppe | Not Nominated |
| 2005: (78th) |
Kissed by Winter | Vinterkyss | Johnsen, SaraSara Johnsen | Not Nominated |
| 2006 (79th) |
Reprise | Reprise | Trier, JoachimJoachim Trier | Not Nominated |
| 2007 (80th) |
Gone with the Woman | Tatt av Kvinnen | Næss, PetterPetter Næss | Not Nominated |
| 2008 (81st) |
O' Horten | O' Horten | Hamer, BentBent Hamer | Not Nominated |
| 2009 (82nd) |
Max Manus | Max Manus | Rønning, JoachimJoachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg |
Not Nominated |
| 2010 (83rd) |
Angel[3] | Engelen | Olin, MargrethMargreth Olin | Not Nominated[4] |
| 2011 (84th) |
Happy, Happy[5] | Sykt lykkelig | Sewitsky, AnneAnne Sewitsky | Not Nominated |
| 2012 (85th) |
Kon-Tiki[6] | Kon-Tiki | Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg | Nominated[7] |
| 2013 (86th) |
I Am Yours[8] | Jeg er din | Iram Haq | Not Nominated |
| 2014 (87th) |
1001 Grams[9] | 1001 Gram | Bent Hamer | Not Nominated |
| 2015 (88th) |
The Wave[10] | Bølgen | Roar Uthaug | Not Nominated |
| 2016 (89th) |
The King's Choice[11] | Kongens Nei | Erik Poppe | TBD |
See also
- List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Academy Award-winning foreign language films
- Cinema of Norway
References
- 1 2 "Rule Thirteen: Special Rules for the Foreign Language Film Award". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
- 1 2 "History of the Academy Awards - Page 2". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-06-29.
- ↑ "Angel soars into Oscar race". cineuropa. Retrieved 2010-10-06.
- ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
- ↑ "63 Countries Vie for 2011 Foreign Language Film Oscar". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-10-14.
- ↑ "Kon-Tiki enters Oscar race for Norway". Screendaily. Retrieved 2012-09-13.
- ↑ "Oscars: Hollywood announces 85th Academy Award nominations". BBC News. Retrieved 2013-01-10.
- ↑ "Oscars: Norway Nominates 'I Am Yours' for Foreign Language Category". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-09-24.
- ↑ "Oscars: Norway Selects '1001 Grams' for Foreign Language Candidate". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ Roxborough, Scott (3 September 2015). "Oscars: Norway Picks 'The Wave' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
- ↑ Sandwell, Ian (8 September 2016). "Oscars: Norway picks 'The King's Choice'". ScreenDaily. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
