Oscar 2024: The feature films Armand, Quisling - The Final Days, and Sex are shortlisted as this year's Norwegian Oscar entry.
One of these three films will be selected on September 19th to represent Norway for an Oscar in the Best International Feature Film competition.These are three films that the Norwegian Oscar Committee believes have a good chance to stand out in the competition for an Oscar in the Best International Feature Film category.
During one fatal afternoon in an empty elementary school the two mothers of Armand (6) and Jon (6) get into a desperate fight to be believed when one son is accused of crossing boundaries against the other. All means are used, and soon a blend of madness, desire, and obsession arises. Where the truth lies is impossible to know, and soon everything evolves less and less around the children, whom we never meet, and more about the adults.DRAMA | 2024 | 116 MINORIGINAL TITLE Armand DIRECTOR Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel SCREENWRITER Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel PRODUCTION Andrea Berentsen Ottmar for Eye Eye CAST Renate Reinsve, Ellen Dorrit Petersen Thea Vaulen, Øystein Røger, Endre Hellestveit, Vera Veljovic DOMESTIC RELEASE Sep 27, 2024 SALES Charades FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
A psychological drama about the infamous Vidkun Quisling, Prime Minister of Norway, a notorious Nazi collaborator and responsible for one of the greatest betrayals during World War II. The film stars Gard B. Eidsvold (Beforeigners, 2022) and Anders Danielsen Lie (The Worst Person in the World, 2021) in the leading roles as Vidkun Quisling and the priest Peder Olsen respectively. With the story of Quisling’s last days, we get a condensed insight into a psychological and claustrophobic battle about truth and lies, faith and doubt.The Norwegian, Vidkun Quisling was so synonymous with helping the enemy that his name made it into English dictionaries. Deservedly so, as Quisling asked Hitler to occupy Norway and was functioning as Prime Minister of Norway when Hitler did just that. When the German occupation of Norway ended after five years, it was time for rebuilding and healing, but Quisling had to be held accountable for his war crimes.DRAMA | 2024 | 119 MINORIGINAL TITLE Quislings siste dager DIRECTOR Erik Poppe SCREENWRITERS Anna Bache-Wiig, Siv Rajendram Eliassen and Ravn Lanesskog PRODUCTION Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae for Paradox CAST Gard Eidsvold, Anders Danielsen Lie DOMESTIC RELEASE Sep 13, 2024 SALES REinvent FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
Two chimney sweeps living in monogamous, heterosexual marriages both end up in situations that challenge their views on sexuality and gender roles.Sex is the first film in the trilogy Sex Dreams Love. NORWAY 2024, NOREGIAN | DRAMA | 125 MINORIGINAL TITLE Sex DIRECTOR Dag Johan Haugerud PRODUCTIONS Yngve Sæther, Hege Hauff Hvattum for Motlys CAST Jan Gunnar Røise, Thorbjørn Harr, Siri Forberg, Birgitte Larsen DOMESTIC RELEASE Mar 1, 2024 SALES M-Appeal FESTIVALS Norwegian Film Institute
The Norwegian Oscar Committee, consisting of representatives from industry organizations, the Norwegian Film Critics' Association, and the Norwegian Film Institute, decides which film to submit to the Oscar Academy in the category of Best International Feature Film. The committee first narrows the field down to a shortlist of three films. Then, the producers and directors of the three films present their plans for a potential Oscar campaign to the committee, which subsequently decides which of the three films will represent Norway.
The decision will be announced on Thursday, September 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM at a press conference at the Cinemateket, located at the Norwegian Film Institute in Oslo.
The King's Choice (Kongens nei) was on the Academy shortlist in 2016 and Hope (Håp) was on the shortlist in 2021. The 97th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles on March 3, 2025.
