Joakim Trier and “The World’s Worst Man” nominated for the Nordic Council’s film prize
If things go Joachim Trier’s way, he could become the first Norwegian director to win the Nordic Council’s film prize twice.
Trier’s blockbuster “The World’s Worst Man” has been nominated as Norway’s candidate for the Nordic Council’s film prize. The prize will be awarded on 1 November in Copenhagen. It must go to a film that “distinguishes itself with high artistic quality and strong roots in Nordic culture”.
In 2016, Joachim Trier became the first Norwegian filmmaker to win the Nordic Council’s film prize. It happened with «Louder Than Bombs». Only two other directors have managed such a double victory: Sweden’s Thomas Vinterberg and Iceland’s Benedikt Erlingsson.
Trier has set a record for the number of times one and the same director has been nominated for the film award, namely five times. He has been nominated for every single film he has made: From «Reprise» and «Oslo, August 31» via «Louder Than Bombs» to «Thelma» and finally «The World’s Worst Man». He shares the record with Icelandic Baltasar Kormákur.
The Nordic Council’s film prize is shared equally between the film’s screenwriter, director and producer. Trier has written the script together with Eskil Vogt. Podusenters are Thomas Robsahm and Andrea Berentsen Ottmar.
The Norwegian jury consisted of Inger Merete Hobbelstad, Emilio Sanhueza and Anne Gjelsvik. They believe “The Worst Man in the World” takes the cinema experience very seriously with its play with genre conventions, clichés and cinematic means. The jury thinks it has “funny, romantic and touching moments which have been discussed extensively and which will be remembered for a long time”.
These are the other nominated films
- “Deformed Land” (Denmark)
- «The blind man who didn’t want to see the Titanic» (Finland)
- “Lamb” (island)
- “Clara Sola” (Sweden)