Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Film Festivals
» Kosmorama, Trondheim - April
» Norwegian Film Festival, Hauge-sund - August
» Bergen International Film Festival - October
Cinema
Norway has a small but internationally respected film industry. Pioneering the industry's
claims to international recognition were the Oscar-nominated Nils Gaup and Arne Skouen.
OtherdirectorstocatchtheeyeincludeMariusHolst,BeritNesheim,AnjaBreienandJens
Lien.
TheonlyNorwegianfeaturefilmtowinanAcademyAwardwasThorHeyerdahl's
Kon-
Tiki
for Best Documentary Feature in 1951. In 2006
The Danish Poet
, which was directed
by Norway's Torill Kove and narrated by Liv Ullmann, won the Oscar for Best Animated
Short Film, and became the second Norwegian production to receive an Academy Award.
TheNorwegianfilmindustry'sownversionoftheHollywoodspectacularistheAmanda
Awards,whichhasbeenrunningsince1985andwhichisheldduringHaugesund'sNorwe-
gian Film Festival in August.
Of the movies filmed in Norway,
Black Eyes,
by Russian director Nikita Michalkhov,
was set in the spectacular landscapes around Kjerringøy in Nordland, while Caspar
Wrede's
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
was filmed in Røros.
Architectural Highlights
» Oslo Opera House, Oslo
» Arctic Cathedral, Tromsø
» Art nouveau, Ålesund
» Bryggen area, Bergen
» Heddal Stave Church, Notodden
» Miners' cottages, Røros
» Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim
» Sami Parliament, Karasjok
» Stave church, Urnes
