The fast-growing Norwegian Festival will be screening 90 films -and a series- between August 29 and September 4, and hosting the Nordic Council Film Prize candidates.

Oslo Pix which has since its inception, dedicated a large arena to Nordic films from emerging and seasoned talents, will be opening and closing with two features celebrated in Cannes: the Norwegian pitch-dark comedy Sick of Myself by Oslo-born Kristoffer Borgli, which bowed at Un Certain Regard, and Swedish Palme d’or winner Triangle of Sadness by Ruben Östlund.

Sick of Myself will also compete for Best Nordic Fiction Film, alongside 6 other titles.

The competition slot dedicated to Nordic Documentaries will present 8 new titles including the world premiere of Norway’s Krigere produced by Medieoperatørene’s Ingvil Giske (The Painter and The Thief).

Krigere is the second part of a trilogy by Jon Haukeland, a graduate from the Wajda School in Warsaw and NYU Tisch School of the Arts. The documentary which uses fiction to tell a story, follows a young troubled boy and a youth worker’s interaction, both in the city and in the countryside. Selmer Media will handle the local release.

As part of the Nordic Focus, Oslo Pix has also joined forces with local distributors and Nordisk Film & TV Fond to present the five films competing this year for the Nordic Council Film Prize.

Iceland’s Lamb by Valdimar Jóhansson will be introduced on site by actor Hilmir Guðnason, writer/director Nathalie Álvarez Mesén who was in Haugesund a few days ago, will be on stage to present the Swedish entry Clara Sola, and cinematographer Sari Aaltonen will be representing the Finnish film The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic.

Other nominees include Joachim Trier’s multi-awarded and B.O. hit in Norway The Worst Person in the World, and Denmark’s Godland by Hlynur Pálmason, which recently world premiere at Cannes Un Certain Regard.

For more details on the Nordic Council Film Prize nominees and their films: CLICK HERE.

Festival highlights include the International Competition with eight high-profile award-winning films, the Norwegian Indie section, Pix Politics with six titles such as John Webster’s The Happy Worker, and Viktor Nordenskiöld’s Behind the Swedish Model, a Focus on Ukraine, supported by The Fritt Ord Foundation and The Bergesen Foundation, a Focus on Abortion and Queer Cultural Year 2022.

Oslo Pix takes place at Vega Scene and Ringen kino, as well as smaller outdoor venues in Oslo.

Around 30,000 visitors are expected to attend this year.

The festival spearheaded by Head of Programming Johanne Svendsen Rognlien, is organised by The Oslo Festival Agency, which also arranges Films from the South and the Arab Film Days in the Norwegian capital.

Full list of Nordic Fiction competition:

  • 12 Dares, Izer Aliu (Norway/Sweden)
  • As in Heaven, Tea Lindeburg (Denmark)
  • Girl Picture, Alli Haapasalo (Finland)
  • Miss Viborg, Marianne Blicher (Denmark)
  • Sick of Myself, Kristoffer Borgli (Norway)
  • So Damn Easy Going, Christoffer Sandler (Sweden)
  • Speak no Evil, Christian Tafdrup (Denmark)

Nordic documentary competition:

  • Daughters, Jenifer Malmqvist (Sweden)
  • Kandis for Life, Jesper Dalsgaard (Denmark)
  • Karaoke Paradise, Einari Paakkanen (Finland)
  • Krigere, Jon Haukeland (Norway)
  • Nelly & Nadine, Magnus Gertten (Sweden/Belgium/Norway)
  • No Place Like Home, Emilie Beck (Norway)
  • Store små mennesker, Gunhild Westhagen Magnor (Norway)
  • The Mission, Tania Anderson (Finland)

For further information, check: www.oslopix.no