Norway has selected Sentimental Value , the latest feature from director Joachim Trier , as its submission for the 2026 Academy Awards in the best international feature film category.

Trier’s follow-up to The Worst Person in the World , which was nominated for the best international feature at the 2022 Oscars , reunites the director with actress Renate Reinsve . Sentimental Value premiered in competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix.

Trier’s family drama centers on the sisters Nora and Agnes( Reinsve and Lilleaas), estranged from their charismatic but distant film director father Gustav ( Stellan Skarsgård ). In the wake of their mother’s death, Gustav reappears and tries to reinsert himself into their lives. He’s written an autob

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