“Fedrelandet” is Norway’s next Oscar candidate. The leader of the committee, Kjersti Mo, announced this on Friday. Documentary for the first time The Norwegian Oscar committee believes that “Fedrelandet” is a meditative depiction of Norwegian nature and a father who is closely connected to this landscape. – It is an existential and heartfelt documentary that shows how nature is threatened by climate change and that at the same time depicts the course of the family. This is the first time a documentary film is a Norwegian candidate in the category for best international film, write NFI in a press release. “Fedrelandet” (2023) Documentary film in which filmmaker Margreth Olin follows her 85-year-old father’s footsteps over the course of a year. The action takes place in scenic surroundings in her hometown of Oldedalen in Sogn og Fjordane, where her father also grew up. Had its world premiere at the CPH film festival. DOX (Copenhagen) in March. The Norwegian cinema premiere was 1 September 2023. Directed by Margreth Olin. She had with her, among others, Liv Ullmann and Win Wenders as executive producers. The film received a dice roll of five from news Filmpolitiet’s reporter. Three Norwegian films fight for the place There was great excitement about which Norwegian film would be the next Oscar candidate. Earlier this week, the Norwegian Oscar committee announced that it was between the feature films “Ellos Eatnu – Let the river live” and “A Happy Day”, and also the documentary film “Fedrelandet”. – These are three films the Norwegian Oscar committee believes have good potential to stand out in the competition for an Oscar in the category of best international film, the Norwegian Film Institute wrote after the films were announced. Now “Fedrelandet” is still Norway’s Oscar hope. Jørgen Mykløen looks out over Oldedalen in “Fedrelandet”. Photo: Norsk Filmdistribsjon Olin: – Means an enormous amount – It means an enormous amount, says director Margreth Olin, who herself was present at the announcement on Friday. “Fedrelandet” follows Olin’s 85-year-old father, Jørgen Mykløen in Oldedalen in Nordfjord. The film is about his life, lived in balance with nature, surrounded by mountains, calving glaciers and wild wildlife. The fact that it is precisely a documentary that is selected as Norway’s candidate for the fight to win an Oscar is important, says Olin. – We are living in the golden age of the documentary, she says. She further says that it is a great honor to be allowed to represent Norway with this film. Filmmaker Margreth Olin, together with her father Jørgen Mykløen and producer Liv Ullmann at the premiere of “Fedrelandet”. Photo: Javier Auris Takes over the baton after “The Seal of War” The new Oscar candidate takes over the baton from “The Seal of War”, which last year was the candidate in the competition to be nominated for the category best international film. The war film, on the other hand, did not progress to the final and decisive round and therefore did not receive an Oscar nomination either. The hope is now that this year’s candidate manages what “The worst human being in the world” managed two years ago. They received a total of two Oscar nominations. Now it says that it remains to be seen whether the Norwegian contribution manages to bring home an Oscar statuette in 2024. The prestigious Oscar ceremony takes place in Los Angeles in the USA on 13 March next year.
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