“The Wave” targets the Oscar
04 Sep 2015, Posted by in Uncategorized @en
This week the Norwegian Oscar Committee decided that Roar Uthaug’s “The Wave” will be Norway’s official candidate for the Oscar-nominations as “Best Foreign-Language Feature”.
“”The Wave” is Norway’s – and the Nordic countries’ – first disaster movie; as a genre film with a well-written script, superbly directed, with great acting performances, the committee believes that it will make an impression in the Oscar race,” said chairman of the Norwegian Oscar Committee, CEO Sindre Guldvog, of the Norwegian Film Institute.
Produced by Martin Sundland and Are Heidenstrøm for Fantefilm Fiksjon, “The Wave” is based on the 7 April 1934 real-life tsunami in Norway’s Tafjord, which left 40 people dead. In John Kåre Raake and Harald Rosenløw Eeg’s original screenplay history is about to repeat itself at the Geiranger Fjord, where a geologist realises there are 10 minutes till the inferno hits.
The film had domestic premiere when it opened last month’s Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund (16th of August), and will have have its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (10-20 September). Read more about the “The Wave”‘s selection for TIF here.
Copenhagen Film Fund is proud to have given our support to a film of this caliber and wishes it the best of luck at the Oscars.