Tromsø International Film Festival
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The Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual film festival
held in Tromsø
, Norway
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The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991, and today TIFF is the largest film festival in Norway as considered by attendance figures; in 2010 there were 58 267 admissions. In 2006 TIFF presented more than 100 films from about 30 different countries. TIFF has 7 screening venues, including one outdoor cinema
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Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
held in Tromsø
Tromsø
Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
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The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival was held in 1991, and today TIFF is the largest film festival in Norway as considered by attendance figures; in 2010 there were 58 267 admissions. In 2006 TIFF presented more than 100 films from about 30 different countries. TIFF has 7 screening venues, including one outdoor cinema
Outdoor cinema
An outdoor cinema consists of a digital or analog movie projector, scaffolded construction or inflatable projection screen, and sound system....
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Audience Award
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, directed by Darren AronofskyDarren AronofskyDarren Aronofsky is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University to study film theory and the American Film Institute to study both live-action and animation filmmaking...
(U.S.A.) - 2010 For a Moment, FreedomFor a Moment, FreedomFor a Moment Freedom is a 2008 film, written and directed by Austrian-Iranian filmmaker Arash T. Riahi.-Synopsis:Fast-moving and packed with action, For a Moment Freedom tells of the odyssey of three Iranians groups of refugees: a married couple with a child, two young men with two children, and...
, directed by Arash T. RiahiArash T. RiahiArash T. Riahi is an award-winning Austrian-Iranian independent filmmaker and screenwriter who has lived in Vienna since 1982....
(Austria / France / Turkey) - 2009 Jernanger, directed by Pål JackmanPål JackmanPål Jackman is a Norwegian film director and musician.As a musician he appears under the name Jackman, both as a solo artist and with his own alternative rock trio. In the trio format has with him his brother Morten Jackman on drums and John Lilja on bass. The trio has released an EP and an...
(Norway) - 2008 L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio (film), directed by Agostino Ferrente (Italy)
- 2007 USA vs. Al-ArianUSA vs. Al-ArianUSA vs AL-ARIAN is 2007 documentary film about Sami Al-Arian and his family during and after his federal trial on terrorism-related charges. It was directed by the Norwegian director Line Halvorsen.According to the St...
, directed by Line HalvorsenLine HalvorsenLine Halvorsen is a Norwegian film maker. She was educated at the University of Trondheim and in the documentary film department at Volda University College....
(Norway) - 2006 Innocent VoicesVoces inocentesVoces inocentes is a 2004 Mexican film directed by Luis Mandoki. The plot is set during the Salvadoran Civil War in 1980, and is based on writer Óscar Torres's childhood. The film serves as a general commentary on the military use of children. The movie also shows injustice against innocent...
, directed by Luis MandokiLuis MandokiLuis Mandoki is a Mexican film director working in Mexico and Hollywood.Luis Mandoki studied Fine Arts in Mexico and at the San Francisco Art Institute, the London College of Printing, and the London International Film School...
(Mexico) - 2005 As It Is in HeavenAs It Is in HeavenAs It Is in Heaven is a 2004 film directed by Kay Pollak and starring Michael Nyqvist and Frida Hallgren. It was a box office hit in Sweden and several other countries...
, directed by Kay PollakKay PollakKay Pollak is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish film director. After a long break from film-making, he returned in 2004 with As It Is in Heaven , a major box office success in Sweden. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film...
(Sweden) - 2004 The Return, directed by Andrey ZvyagintsevAndrey ZvyagintsevAndrey Petrovich Zvyagintsev is a Russian film director and actor. He is mostly known for his 2003 film The Return, which won him a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.-Biography:...
(Russia) - 2003 The Sea, directed by Baltasar KormákurBaltasar KormákurBaltasar Kormákur is an Icelandic actor, theater and film director, and film producer. He is best known for directing the films 101 Reykjavík, Hafið, A Little Trip to Heaven , and a film based on the book Mýrin by Arnaldur Indriðason...
(Iceland) - 2002 The Princess and the WarriorThe Princess and the WarriorThe Princess and the Warrior is a 2000 German drama film written and directed by Tom Tykwer with Franka Potente, star of his previous movie Run Lola Run , in a leading role...
, directed by Tom TykwerTom TykwerTom Tykwer is a German film director, screenwriter, and composer. He is best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run , Heaven , Perfume: The Story of a Murderer , and The International ....
(Germany) - 2001 Im JuliIm Juli-Plot:At the beginning of his summer holiday, a somewhat naïve trainee teacher Daniel buys a ring from a stall run by Juli . The ring bears a Mayan sun symbol, which, according to Juli, has the power to lead him to the woman of his dreams, whom he will recognise by a similar sun symbol...
, directed by Fatih AkınFatih AkinFatih Akın is a German film director, screenwriter and producer of Turkish descent.- Personal life :Akın was born in 1973 in Hamburg to parents of Turkish ethnicity...
(Germany) - 2000 Une Liaison PornographiqueUne liaison pornographiqueUne liaison pornographique is a 1999 romantic drama film by Frédéric Fonteyne, and written by Philippe Blasband.-Cast:*Nathalie Baye — Her*Sergi López — Him*Jacques Viala — Interviewer *Paul Pavel — Joseph Lignaux...
, directed by Frédéric FonteyneFrédéric FonteyneFrédéric Fonteyne is a Belgian film director. He studied film at the Institut des arts de diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve.- Filmography :* Short Films** 1998 Bon anniversaire Sergent Bob...
(Belgium / France / Switzerland / Luxembourg) - 1999 When the Light Comes, directed by Stijn ConinxStijn ConinxStijn, Baron Coninx is a Belgian film director best known for the movie Daens. He was made a Baron by King Albert II of Belgium...
(Germany / Belgium / Netherlands / Norway) - 1998 Gadjo diloGadjo diloGadjo dilo is a 1997 film, directed and written by Tony Gatlif. The title means "Crazy Gadjo [non-Gypsy]" in Romani.Most of the film was shot at the village of Creţuleşti some kilometers from Bucharest and some of the actors are local Romani people.-Plot:...
, directed by Tony GatlifTony GatlifTony Gatlif is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer.- Biography :...
(France) - 1997 PalookavillePalookaville (film)Palookaville is a 1995 motion picture about a pair of trio burglars and their dysfunctional family of origin. Prominent actors featured in the film include William Forsythe, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Vincent Gallo, Adam Trese and Frances McDormand...
, directed by Alan TaylorAlan Taylor (director)Alan Taylor is an American television and film director, television producer, and screenwriter. Taylor has directed for numerous programs on both network television and premium cable, most notably on HBO...
(U.S.A.) - 1996 Accumulator 1Accumulator 1Accumulator 1 is a 1994 film directed by Jan Svěrák. The film won the Grand Prize at the 7th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1996. Judges at the festival that year included actress Kim Novak and actor-director Mario Van Peebles....
, directed by Jan SvěrákJan SverákJan Svěrák is a Czech film director. He is the son of screenwriter and actor Zdeněk Svěrák. He studied documentary filmmaking at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague...
(Czech Republic) - 1995 Spider & Rose, directed by Bill BennettBill Bennett (director)Bill Bennett is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter.-Biography:He has directed 16 films since 1983. His film Backlash was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Three years later his film Malpractice would be screened in the same section at...
(Australia)