Anne Karoline Frogner (born February 3, 1961) is a Norwegian filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer. She is one of Norway's foremost documentary filmmakers and is a stills photographer for the image agency Samfoto. She is the director of production company Integritet Film AS and the author of several books. Her films often cover human rights issues. In 1990 she started a children's art centre in Betlehem. She was made a

Government scholar Government scholar (Norwegian, ''statsstipendiat'') is a position awarded by the Parliament of Norway upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Culture and the Ministry of Education and Research and funded directly over the State budget of Nor ...

in the State budget of Norway of 2014.

Films

*2011: ''Gacacas and the Fairness in the Grass'' *2011: '' Duhozanye - We Who Comfort Each Other'', about a widows society in Rwanda. *2009: ''Kirsten Flagstad Place'', a documentary film about opera singer

Kirsten Flagstad Kirsten Malfrid Flagstad (12 July 1895 – 7 December 1962) was a Norwegian opera singer, who was the outstanding Wagnerian soprano of her era. Her triumphant debut in New York on 2 February 1935 is one of the legends of opera. Giulio Gatti-Casa ...

. *2003: ''Tradra - Yesterday I Became a Romani'', a documentary about travellers in Norway. *1999: ''Stolen Time/Thirst'', a short story project based on three short stories by

Knut Hamsun Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, Point of view ...

. *1995: ''The Time Of Darkness'' - drama based on the lives of ten female members of the

Norwegian Resistance The Norwegian resistance (Norwegian: ''Motstandsbevegelsen'') to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms: *Asserting the legitimacy of the exiled government, ...

during World War II who were arrested by the Nazis and deported to

labour camps A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment. Labor camps have many common aspects with slavery and with prisons (espec ...

in Germany. *1994: ''Asil - Lisa Went to School'' - O''r Vice Versa'', a short film about a dyslexic girl. *1990: ''Whistling Not Allowed'', a short film about Norwegian girls dating German soldiers during World War II. *1989: ''God Bless the Child'', a short film about

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

children playing

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. *1988: ''A Portrait of Anja Breien.''

Awards

* 2013: Norwegian government grant. *2004: Amanda Award nomination for best documentary and the people's choice award, for ''Tradra''. *1995: Amanda Award for best documentary, ''Times Of Darkness'' *''Times of Darkness:'' Best Documentary Award, Women's Film Festival, Turin *''Times of Darkness:'' Best Film, Nordic Glory of Jyvaskyla in Finland. * The Osterø Award for humanitarian work, Military Deny Peace Prize 1995. *''Whistling Not Allowed'': Nordic Film, Lübeck 1990. * The Jewish community planted a tree bearing Frogner's name for ''Times Of Darkness'' - ''Women's Encounter with Nazism''.

Books

*1997: ''Portrait of a Neighbour: A Portrait of Eight Immigrant Women'' *1995: ''Times Of Darkness - Women's Encounter with

Nazism Nazism ( ; german: Nazismus), the common name in English for National Socialism (german: Nationalsozialismus, ), is the far-right totalitarian political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) i ...

''. *1994: ''Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa'': children's book, along with

Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson (28 June 1955 – 21 November 2008) was a Norwegian poet, children's writer and translator, of Icelandic citizenship (Icelandic name Jón Sveinbjörn Pétursson), born and raised in Norway. He made his literary debu ...

, illustrated by

Annie Goetzinger Annie Goetzinger (18 August 1951 – 20 December 2017) was a comics artist and graphic novelist from Paris, France. From the mid-1970s until her death in 2017, she worked on award-winning graphic novels as well as press cartoons for newspapers su ...

. *1992: ''A Suffering without Borders: the Face of Kurdish Refugees'' (along with Unn-Iren Aasdalen) Cappelen . *1991: ''Intifada Children: A Meeting with Palestinian Women and Children''

Compilation DVD

*2004: ''Times Of Darkness'' Films included on this DVD: ''God Bless the Child'', ''Whistling Not Allowed'', ''Asil - Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa'', ''Stolen Time'' and ''Time of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism''.

Exhibitions

*2014: The film ''Duhozanye. The Widows of Rwanda'' about the gacaca-trials during the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, was screened at the Memorium

Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany, for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries, and other crimes, in World War II. Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi Germany invaded m ...

from 10/4-12/5 as part of the exhibition, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the

Rwandan genocide The Rwandan genocide occurred between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this period of around 100 days, members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group, as well as some moderate Hutu and Twa, were killed by armed H ...

. *2011: ''Gacacas and the Fairness'' ''in the Grass'',

Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities The Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities ( no, Senter for studier av Holocaust og livssynsminoriteter, or ''HL-senteret'') is a Norwegian research institution. It is organised as an independent foundation and is an affiliat ...

Bygdøy Bygdøy or Bygdø is a peninsula situated on the western side of Oslo, Norway. Administratively, Bygdøy belongs to the borough of Frogner; historically Bygdøy was part of Aker Municipality and became part of Oslo in 1948. Bygdøy is a popul ...

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

. *2011: ''Dag og Karoline Frogner - Photo series from Rwanda, and Le Marais in Paris'', Modum art union - Modum. *1998: ''Bertolt Brecht'' Multimedia performance with music, Hennie Onstad Art gallery, Bayern Prison, Bredtvedt Female Correctional Facilities. *1991: ''Intifada Children'' Current Art Gallery,

References

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