“I’m just a film nerd from Norway,” said Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier, in his typically self-effacing manner, as he accepted the Academy Award for best international feature on Sunday — Norway’s first-ever Oscar win.
For Norway’s film community, those watching from inside the Dolby Theatre — Norwegian Film Institute CEO Kjersti Mo and Norway’s Minister of Culture and Equality Lubna Jaffery attended the Oscar ceremony alongside the Sentimental Value team — and those cheering from Oslo, Trier’s triumph was a signal that the country has, at last, arrived.
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“This is a historic moment for Norwegian cinema, and we are trying to make the most of it,” said Mo, speaking to The Hollywood Reporter. “We have long been the underdogs in Scandinavian cinema, compared to Sweden and Denmark, so this means the world to us.”
The Oscars weren’t just Trier’s triumph.
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