11/03/2009

At Monday night’s annual Canon Awards ceremony, organized as part of the 5th Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival (March 5-10), Norwegian box office hit Max Manus [+see also:
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The WWII drama won Best Screenplay (Thomas Nordseth-Tiller), Best Actress (Agnes Kittelsen), Best Producers (John M. Jacobsen and Sveinung Golimo), Best Cinematography (Geir Hartly Andreassen) and Best Sound Editing (Baard Haugan Ingebregtsen and Tormod Ringhnes). The film has now sold over 1.1m admissions in Norway.

The Man Who Loved Yngve [+see also:
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The Trondheim Film Festival screened a total 78 feature films from 34 countries, including opening film Mammoth [+see also:
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