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Joachim Trier
Joachim Trier () (born 1 March 1974) is a Danish-born Norwegian filmmaker. His films have been described as "Melancholia, melancholy meditations concerned with existential questions of love, ambition, memory, and identity (social science), identity." He has received numerous accolades, including the Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix at Cannes Film Festival, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Cesar Awards. He is best known for his Oslo trilogy which comprises the films ''Reprise (film), Reprise'' (2006), ''Oslo, August 31st'' (2011), and ''The Worst Person in the World (film), The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). For the last film, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay at the 94th Academy Awards, with the film also nominated for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Best International Feature. He is also known for directing Louder Than Bombs (film), ''Louder Than Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oslo Trilogy
The Oslo trilogy () consists of the Norwegian drama films ''Reprise'' (2006), '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011) and '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021). The three standalone films are all set in Oslo and feature the actor Anders Danielsen Lie in a leading role. They were directed by Joachim Trier who co-wrote them with Eskil Vogt. Films ''Reprise'' ''Reprise'' (2006) is about two Norwegian men in their 20s who struggle with personal relationships and burgeoning careers as novelists. ''Oslo, August 31st'' '' Oslo, August 31st'' (2011) is loosely based on the French novel ''Will O' the Wisp'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, with the plot relocated to Oslo instead of Paris. It is about a recovering heroin addict who tries to reconnect with old friends and society during one day. ''The Worst Person in the World'' '' The Worst Person in the World'' (2021) is about a bourgeoise woman around the age of 30 and her unstable relationships. Cast and crew The actor Anders Danielsen Lie p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cannes Film Festival 2025
The 78th annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 13 to 24 May 2025. French actress Juliette Binoche served as jury president for the main competition. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the Palme d'Or, the festival's top prize, for the drama film ''It Was Just an Accident.'' The official double poster for the festival featuring actress Anouk Aimée and actor Jean-Louis Trintignant in the movie ''A Man and a Woman'' (1966) by Claude Lelouch, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival, 19th Cannes Film Festival, was designed by Hartland Villa. French actor Laurent Lafitte served as host for the opening and closing ceremonies. During the festival, two Honorary Palme d'Or were awarded: the first was awarded to Robert De Niro during the festival's opening ceremony, and the second was awarded on short notice to Denzel Washington before the world premiere of ''Highest 2 Lowest''. One day after the announcement of the ACID (Cannes), ACID official selection, Palestini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Academy Award For Best Original Screenplay
The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award (also known as an Oscar) for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the Oscars for 1957, the two categories were combined to honor only the screenplay. See also the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a similar award for screenplays that are adaptations of pre-existing material. Eligibility Screenplays are eligible if they are not based on "previously published material". The Writer's Branch of the academy determines if a screenplay is adapted or original, based on possible sources in question, interviews given about the film and the film's publicity materials, and sometimes places screenplays in a different category than the Writers Guild of America. For the 75th Academy Awards, ''Gangs of New York'' was nominated as an original screenplay despite being based on the book Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Edinburgh International Film Festival
The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF), established in 1947, is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all titles are World, international, European or UK Premieres), in all genres and lengths. It also presents themed retrospectives and other specialized programming strands. History Early years The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) originated as the International Festival of Documentary Films and was opened by John Grierson, founder of the British documentary movement. The International Festival of Documentary Films was presented by the Edinburgh Film Guild alongside the 1947 Edinburgh International Festival. Key figures in this initiative were the Guild's Norman Wilson and the film journalist and wartime civil servant, Forsyth Hardy.McArthur, Colin, "The Rises and Falls of the Edinburgh International Film Festival", in Dick, Eddie (ed.) (1990), ''From Limelight to Satellite: A Scottish Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Procter (film)
''Procter'' is a 2002 British-Norwegian short film directed by Joachim Trier, starring John Joyce and Michael Hucks. It tells the story of a man who finds a video tape depicting a mysterious suicide and tries to figure out what happened. Plot Charles Procter shaves and goes to work. He spills coffee in his lap and goes home to change clothes. In the garage, he finds a car on fire with a dead man inside. Nearby is a video camera on a tripod, which Procter takes and brings home. The video depicts a man who goes through his morning routine, briefly meets a girl with a dog, pours petrol on the car and himself, steps into the car and lights himself on fire. Procter rewatches the video several times. The police turns up and asks about the incident. The dead man had lived a few floors above him. His name was Paul Ferguson. Procter does not mention the video to the police. Procter goes to the park where the girl from the video had been seen. He eventually sees the girl walk by and figur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
National Film & Television School
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) is a film, television and games school established in 1971 and based at Beaconsfield Studios in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England. It is featured in the 2024 ranking by ''The Hollywood Reporter'' of the top 15 international film schools. As of 2021 it had over 500 students and about fifteen hundred a year on its short courses delivered in Beaconsfield and at its hubs in Glasgow, Leeds, and Cardiff. Beaconsfield Studios consists of film and television stages, animation, and production design studios, edit suites, sound post-production facilities, a music recording studio, and four dubbing theatres. The school completed an expansion in early 2017, adding a third cinema and a Television Studio. The BBC stated that the NFTS was the "leading centre of excellence for education in film and television programme making", and noted that it was "relevant to the industry's present and future needs". British Film Magazine once described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ebeltoft
Ebeltoft is an old port town on the central east coast of Denmark with a population of 7,287 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark It is located in Syddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland on the larger Djursland peninsula of Jutland. Ebeltoft is known for its old town center with cobble-stoned streets and centuries-old half-timbered houses. Plans for the conservation of this peculiar environment, was initiated in the 1960s by the city council and the National Museum of Denmark. Apart from this overall old-village charm, Ebeltoft holds several other notable institutions such as Glasmuseet Ebeltoft, one of the world's first glass museums, Jylland (ship), Fregatten Jylland, the longest wooden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
European Film College
European Film College (Danish: Den Europæiske Filmhøjskole) is a film school and a Danish folk high school in Denmark, offering 1-year film foundation programme in practical filmmaking covering the fields of screenwriting, camera, sound, acting, lighting, directing, editing, documentary and producing. The school is based in Ebeltoft and 120 students from around the world graduate from the programme every year. Background A board was established in 1989 in Denmark to promote and further film making for young people in Europe. European Film College subsequently opened on its present premises in May 1993, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects. Since the opening European Film College has trained more than 2000 young people in the art and craft of film making. The institution is based on the Danish tradition of the Folk High School (folkehøjskole), adult education institutions that do not grant academic degrees but aim to give students a common foundation in a particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Norsk Film
Norsk Film was a Norwegian film production company established in 1932 and disestablished in 2001. It was located in Bærum, with studio facilities at Jar A jar is a rigid, cylindrical or slightly conical container, typically made of glass, ceramic, or plastic, with a wide mouth or opening that can be closed with a lid, screw cap, lug cap, cork stopper, roll-on cap, crimp-on cap, press-on ca .... The company was the leading film producer in Norway by number of films, with a total of about 150 cinema productions at the time of its disestablishment, or about 25% of all Norwegian films. References Film production companies of Norway 2001 disestablishments in Norway Mass media companies established in 1932 Companies based in Bærum Mass media companies disestablished in 2001 Norwegian companies established in 1932 {{norway-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix
''The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix'' () is a 1975 Norwegian stop-motion-animated sports film directed by Ivo Caprino. It is based on characters from a series of books by Norwegian cartoonist and author Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely seen Norwegian film of all time, having sold some 5 million tickets since its release to a population which currently numbers just over 5 million. The film sold 28 million movie tickets in the former Soviet Union. Plot In the village of Flåklypa, ( En. Pinchcliffe), the inventor Reodor Felgen ( En. Theodore Rimspoke) lives with his animal friends Ludvig ( En. Lambert) (a nervous, pessimistic and melancholic hedgehog) and Solan Gundersen ( En. Sonny Duckworth) (a cheerful and optimistic magpie). Reodor works as a bicycle repairman; one day, the trio discovers that one of Reodor's former assistants, Rudolf Blodstrupmoen ( En. Rudolph Gore-Slimey), has stolen his design for a race car engine and has become a world champion Formula Seven driver. Solan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Other Munch
''The Other Munch'' () is a 2018 Norwegian documentary film directed by Emil and Joachim Trier. It is about the process of creating an exhibition of paintings by Edvard Munch, curated by the writer Karl Ove Knausgård. Synopsis The film follows the work with the exhibition ''Mot skogen – Knausgård om Munch'' ("To the woods – Knausgård on Munch"), held in the summer of 2017 at the Munch Museum in Oslo and curated by the writer Karl Ove Knausgård. Knausgård and the filmmaker Joachim Trier travel in the footsteps of Edvard Munch to understand his paintings better. They discuss parallels between Munch's and Knausgård's works. Production The Munch Museum approached Knausgaard about curating an exhibition of Munch's work. The exhibition became a success and drew close to 130,000 visitors. The documentary film directed by the brothers Emil and Joachim Trier was produced by Nicolai Moland and Thomas Robsahm for Don't Look Now. In addition to the film, the exhibition resulted in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
