''All About My Father'' () is a 2002 Norwegian biographical

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written and directed by Even Benestad. ''All About My Father'' is a personal documentary about the director's parent, the famous

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and

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person

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, who lives in the southern Norwegian city of

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. The film won the Teddy Award for best documentary at the 2002

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, the Critics' Award at the 2002

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, the award for Best International Feature Documentary at the 2002

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, and the Documentary Award at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad. It also won the 2002

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for Best Film (Norwegian). The film was well received by critics, getting five out of six points from reviewers in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and the

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radio show ''Filmpolitiet''. Internationally, the film was shown in several

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References

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