Films from the South (Norwegian: Film fra sør) is an international movie festival held annually in Oslo, Norway. Movies from Africa, Asia, and Latin-America are shown. The festival has its origin in the student film club of University of Oslo,[1] and has become one of Norway's most favourite festivals.[1] It has approximately 20,000 visitors each year.[2] The festival functions as a rendezvous to ethnic Norwegians and people with multicultural backgrounds.[2]
The main award is the Silver Mirror for best feature film. Other awards include the audience award, the FIPRESCI-award and the DOK:SØR award for best documentary.
Awards
Silver Mirror
- Until 2003 known as 'The Oslo Films from the South Award'.[3]
| Year | Title | Director | Country of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997[4] | Labyrinth of Dreams | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| 1998[5] | Innocence | Zeki Demirkubuz | Turkey |
| 1999[6] | Life Is to Whistle | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2000[7] | Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico |
| 2001[8] | Baran | Majid Majidi | Iran |
| 2002[9] | A House with a View of the Sea | Alberto Aruelo | Venezuela |
| 2003[10] | James' Journey to Jerusalem | Ra'anan Alexandrowicz | Israel |
| 2004[11] | Head-On | Fatih Akın | Turkey / Germany |
| 2005[12] | Electric Shadows | Xiao Jiang | China |
| 2006[13] | Water | Deepa Mehta | Canada |
| 2007[14] | Caramel | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| 2008[15] | Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame | Hana Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| 2009[16] | City of Life and Death | Lu Chuan | China |
| 2010[17] | The Housemaid | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2011[18] | Las Acacias | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina |
| 2012[19] | Wolf Children | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| 2013[20] | The Dance of Reality | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Chile |
| 2014[21] | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel |
| 2015[22] | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala / France |
| 2016 | After the Storm (2016 film) | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| 2017 | Araby | João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa | Brazil |
| 2018 | Burning | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 2019[23] | N/A | Park Chan-wook |
Other awards
| Year | FIPRESCI | DOK:SØR | Audience | Honorary | Oslo Cinema launching price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997[4] | La nave de los sueños | ||||
| 1998[5] | Martin (Hache) | ||||
| 1999[6] | The Lighthouse | ||||
| 2000[7] | The Day I Became a Woman | El mismo amor, la misma lluvia | |||
| 2001[24] | La libertad | Nine Queens | |||
| 2002[9] | Whispering Sands | Son of the Bride | |||
| 2003[25] | James' Journey to Jerusalem | Valentín | |||
| 2004[26] | Earth and Ashes | Avellaneda's Moon | |||
| 2005[12] | Paradise now | Hana & Alice | |||
| 2006[27] | Climates | Elsa & Fred | |||
| 2007[28] | Khadak | The Year My Parents Went on Vacation | |||
| 2008[15] | 24 City | War Child | Waltz with Bashir | Raoul Peck | Waltz with Bashir |
| 2009[16] | A moment in June | Rough Aunties | For a Moment, Freedom | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Still Walking |
| 2010[17] | A Brand New Life | Benda Bilili! | Castaway on the Moon | Dag Asbjørnsen | Women Without Men |
| 2011[18] | On the Edge | Tahrir 2011: The good, the Bad & the Politician | Where Do We Go Now? | ||
| 2012[19] | Neighbouring Sounds | Searching for Sugar Man | Wolf Children | ||
| 2013[20] | The Last Station | The Past | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | ||
| 2014[21] | Concerning Violence | Wild Tales | Alejandro Jodorowsky | ||
| 2015[22] | Those Who Feel the Fire Burning | Dheepan | Abderrahmane Sissako | ||
| 2016 | Fire at Sea | My Neighbour Totoro | Mahamat Saleh Haroun |
References
- ^ a b Norsk Filmklubbforbund: Fullt kjør med Film fra Sør
- ^ a b "Om Film fra Sør". Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
- ^ SØLVSPEILET
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database: 1997 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database: 1998 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database: 1999 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database: 2000 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Prisvinnere 2001 via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Internet Movie Database: 2002 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Vinnerfilmene Film fra Sør 2003 via Wayback Machine.
- ^ ÅRETS FILMPRISER via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Prisvinnere 2005
- ^ "Prisvinnere Film fra Sør 2006". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ "Karamell ( 2007 )". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-17.
- ^ a b Film fra Sørs prisvinnere
- ^ a b FFS 09: Årets prisvinnere
- ^ a b Tre koreanske filmer vant Film fra Sør-priser
- ^ a b Film fra Sør: Årets prisvinnere på Film fra Sør 2011
- ^ a b Årets prisvinnere - Film fra Sør 2012
- ^ a b Awards Films From the South 2013
- ^ a b Awards Films From the South 2014
- ^ a b Awards Films From the South 2015
- ^ "Sutradara Korsel, Park Chang-wook Raih Penghargaan Kehormatan di Festival Film Norwegia". KBS World Radio (in Indonesian). November 8, 2019. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Internet Movie Database: 2001 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Internet Movie Database: 2003 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Internet Movie Database: 2004 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Internet Movie Database: 2006 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards
- ^ Internet Movie Database: 2007 Oslo Films from the South Festival Awards