List of Norwegian films of the 2000s explained

Films produced in Norway in the 2000s:

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	2000
80 grader aust for Birdland
Aberdeen			Drama	Co-produced with UK and Sweden
Cool and Crazy			Documentary
Detector			Drama / comedy	Entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival
Get Ready to be Boyzvoiced				It has been screened multiple times on Australian television channel SBS.
Odd Little Man / When I Hit Jesus... with a Slingshot			Comedy / family	Based on the biographic memoirs of Odd Børretzen The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2001.
	2001
Aria			Animated short	Canadian-Norwegian coproduction
Elling				Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
You Really Got Me			Comedy	Original title: Amatørene ^[1]
	2002
All About my Father				Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2002.
Coastal Life			Documentary
Hold my Heart				The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2003.
I Am Dina		Gérard Depardieu, Maria Bonnevie, Christopher Eccleston, Bjørn Floberg, Mads Mikkelsen, Wenche Foss	Period drama	The most expensive Norwegian movie to date, with a budget of 144 million NOK ($21 million). Despite the story being set in northern Norway, and most characters played by Norwegian actors, the dialogue is in English.
	2003
Buddy				Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2004.
Burned Negro			Comedy / horror	Banned in Australia
Jonny Vang
Kitchen Stories			Drama / comedy	Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2003.
Mother's Elling			Drama	Prequel to Elling
Olsenbanden Jr. går under vann				First feature film of the Olsenbanden Jr. franchise, a spin-off of the Olsenbanden film series.
The Woman of My Life
	2004
The Crossing			Thriller
Asfaltevangeliet			Drama
The Color of Milk			Comedy / romance
Hawaii, Oslo				The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2005. Was nominated for the 2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Just Bea
Monsterthursday			Drama / romance	Sequel to Mongoland
Olsenbanden Jr. På Rocker'n
This is the Song you Need			Comedy
Through My Thick Glasses (Gjennom mine tykke briller)			Animated short	Canadian-Norwegian coproduction
Ungdommens råskap
Uno
	2005
37½			Comedy
Elsk meg i morgen			Drama	Sequel to Elling
Factotum		Matt Dillon, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei	Drama / comedy	Principally a Norwegian production, but with an American cast and about an American author.
The Giant (Norwegian Documentary)			Documentary
Import-Export			Comedy
Izzat			Action / mafia
Kissed by Winter			Drama	The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Was nominated for the 2005 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Naboer			Thriller	Second Norwegian movie ever to receive an over-18 rating.
Pitbullterje			Drama / comedy
	2006
The Art of Negative Thinking			Black comedy	Beien won a Crystal Globe award as best director for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
The Bothersome Man			Drama / comedy
Free Jimmy			Animation / comedy	Norway's first computer animated feature film Winner of the "Best Film" award at the Amanda awards in 2006.
Cold Prey			Horror
Comrade Pedersen			Drama
Olsenbanden Jr. på Cirkus			Comedy / family
Long Flat Balls	Bjørn Fast Nagell, Harald Zwart
Reprise				The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Was nominated for the 2007 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Sons			Drama / thriller	Was nominated for the 2007 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Uro			Crime / drama	Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival
	2007
Bitter Flowers		Trond Espen Seim, Bjørn Floberg	Thriller / crime	First film in the Varg Veum series, based on the Gunnar Staalesen novels.
Elias and the Royal Yacht			Animation / family
Gone with the Woman				The Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Hearts (Norwegian Documentary)			Documentary
Kill Buljo			Action / comedy	Spoof of the Kill Bill-movies, set in Sami territory.
Mars & Venus			Drama / comedy
Mirush			Drama
Natural Born Star			Documentary
O' Horten			Drama	Chosen for Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Film Festival. Skjonberg was awarded an Amanda Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.
Olsenbanden Jr. og Sølvgruvens hemmelighet
The Radio Pirates			Drama / family
Switch			Youth drama
USA vs. Al-Arian			Documentary	Awarded the Audience Prize at the Tromsø International Film Festival
	2008
Backwoods			Horror
Cold Prey 2			Horror
Fallen Angels			Thriller / crime	Part of the Varg Veum series.
House of Fools			Drama
Fatso			Drama / comedy
The Kautokeino Rebellion			Drama / action
Kurt turns Evil			Animation	Based on a novel by Erlend Loe
Long Flat Balls II			Comedy
The Man Who Loved Yngve		Rolf Kristian Larsen, Jørgen Langhelle	Drama	Was nominated for the 2008 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Max Manus
Troubled Water			Drama
	2009
The Orange Girl			Drama	Based on a book by Jostein Gaarder.
Betrayal			War / thriller
Dead Snow	Tommy Wirkola		Horror / comedy
Magic Silver	Katarina Launing, Roar Uthaug	Ane Viola Semb, Johan Tinus Lindgren, Jan Gunnar Røise, Finn Schau	Children's / family	Original title: Julenatt i Blåfjell
North	Rune Denstad Langlo		Drama / comedy	Was nominated for the 2009 Nordic Council Film Prize.
Upperdog	Sara Johnsen		Drama
Vegas	Gunnar Vikene		Drama
Hidden	Pål Øie		Psychological horror

External links

• Norwegian film at the Internet Movie Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: You Really Got Me (2001) . IMDb . 2 March 2001 . 2018-09-06.