Joachim Trier ’s Cannes-winning title, Sentimental Value , has been submitted as Norway’s entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 98th annual Academy Awards.

Sentimental Value was chosen from a shortlist of three Norwegian films, including Dreams and Facing War .

The Norwegian Oscar Committee, consisting of representatives from the Norwegian film industry, chaired by the Director of the Norwegian Film Institute, said Sentimental Value profoundly moved them as a jury.

“What we are seeing is a director with the playful confidence to borrow from the great artists of film history, while always maintaining and developing his own voice, and using it to explore the many nuances of human relationships, here in particular a complex father–daughter relationship

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