Joachim Trier reacts to Sentimental Value earning nine Oscar nominations and his first Best Director nod, praising his cast—Elle Fanning, Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård—and calling the recognition a 'really big deal' for a Norwegian-language, international co-production; he’s in Los Angeles with his family as Oscar campaigning begins.
At Berlin's 38th European Film Awards, Sentimental Value won Best European Film and swept major prizes, including Best European Director (Joachim Trier), Best European Screenwriter (Trier and Eskil Vogt), Best European Actor (Stellan Skarsgård) and Best European Actress (Renate Reinsve); it also earned Best Composer (Hania Rani). Sirāt took four technical awards, Bugonia won makeup/hair, Liv Ullmann received the European Lifetime Achievement Award, Jafar Panahi addressed Iran's situation in a speech, and Alice Rohrwacher received the European Achievement in World Cinema Award.
At the 38th European Film Awards in Berlin, Sentimental Value won Best Film and led with six wins overall, including Best Director for Joachim Trier and acting honors for Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård; Sirāt followed with five European wins across categories like cinematography, editing and production design, highlighting Europe’s diverse cinema, while It Was Just an Accident was the lone title not to win.
At the 38th European Film Awards in Berlin, Joachim Trier won Best European Director for Sentimental Value, which also took home Best Screenwriting (Eskil Vogt and Trier), Best European Actor (Stellan Skarsgård), and Best European Actress (Renate Reinsve), while the film’s win spree included scores and acting recognition; Sirāt dominated multiple craft categories, Arco won Best European Animated Feature, and Liv Ullmann and Alice Rohrwacher received Lifetime Achievement honors as Panahi opened with a plea for Iran's crackdown.
At the 38th European Film Awards, Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve won best actor and actress for Sentimental Value, which also earned Best Screenplay for Trier and Vogt; Sirāt picked up production design, sound design, editing, and the inaugural Best Casting award; Arco won European Animation Feature; Sound of Falling won Costume Design. Liv Ullmann received the lifetime achievement award, and Alice Rohrwacher was honored with European Achievement in World Cinema. Iranian director Jafar Panahi used the ceremony to condemn Tehran’s crackdown, and the awards moved from December to January to boost buzz around European contenders.
Renate Reinsve is gaining acclaim for her performance in 'Sentimental Value,' making her a strong contender for an Oscar nomination, after nearly quitting acting to become a carpenter.
Norwegian director Thea Hvistendahl's zombie movie "Handling the Undead," premiering at Sundance and to be released in the U.S. by Neon, subverts classic zombie tropes in a visually-charged chronicling of a hot summer's day in Oslo when the dead mysteriously come back to life. The film, based on a novel by John Ajvide Lindqvist, focuses on three parallel storylines of grief and loss, featuring stars Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie. Reinsve, known for her role in "The Worst Person in the World," portrays a grieving mother in the film, which explores themes of hope and confusion. The director's stylistic choice of a toned down, dialogue-light genre film was inspired by her desire to create a cinematic experience, and the makeup and prop design aimed for realistic depictions of the undead. Despite the buzz surrounding the reunion of Reinsve and Danielsen Lie, they do not share a scene in the film, but their collaboration was secured before the success of "The Worst Person in the World." Reinsve, with multiple projects in the pipeline, hopes audiences will connect with her character in "Handling the Undead" as they did with her previous roles.