Tromsø International Film Festival

Outdoor cinema in Tromsø city centre during the 2015 festival
Information board
Festival logo on the wall in the ticket office

The Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) is an annual film festival held during the third week of January in Tromsø, Norway.

History

The inaugural Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in 1991.[1]

Description

TIFF is held each year during the third week of January in Tromsø.

TIFF has six screening venues, including Verdensteatret (Norway's oldest cinema in continuous use) and the Hålogaland Teater. Because the festival takes place toward the end the polar night, it also offers mid-day screenings in an outdoor cinema.[2]

The total number of admissions in 2020 was 58500, which makes TIFF Norway's biggest film festival.[3]

Awards

The film festival presents several awards:

  • The Aurora Prize: TIFF's main prize; films must have their Norwegian premiere at TIFF to compete
  • The FIPRESCI Prize: an international critics' award, with jury members from FIPRESCI
  • The Don Quixote Prize: awarded by the Federation internationale des cine-clubs
  • The Norwegian Peace Film Award: awarded to a film spotlighting and encouraging understanding of violence
  • The Tromsø Palm: awarded to the best short film under 60 minutes
  • The Tromsø Audience Award
  • The Faith in Film Award: awarded to a film which encourages reflection and critical thinking about religion

Aurora Award

Audience Award

Film voted as best movie by popular vote.

Year Film Director Country
1995 Spider and Rose Bill Bennett Australia
1996 Accumulator 1 Jan Svěrák Czech Republic
1997 Palookaville Alan Taylor France
1998 Gadjo dilo Tony Gatlif Romania and France
1999 When the Light Comes Stijn Coninx Germany / Belgium / Netherlands / Norway
2000 Une Liaison Pornographique Frédéric Fonteyne Belgium / France / Switzerland / Luxembourg
2001 In July Fatih Akın Germany
2002 The Princess and the Warrior Tom Tykwer Germany
2003 The Sea Baltasar Kormákur Iceland
2004 The Return Andrey Zvyagintsev Russia
2005 As It Is in Heaven Kay Pollak Sweden
2006 Innocent Voices Luis Mandoki Mexico
2007 USA vs. Al-Arian Line Halvorsen Norway
2008 L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio Agostino Ferrente Italy
2009 Shooting the Sun (US title: The Storm in My Heart) Pål Jackman Norway
2010 For a Moment, Freedom Arash T. Riahi Austria / France / Turkey
2011 Black Swan Darren Aronofsky U.S.A.
2012 Play Ruben Östlund Sweden[6]
2013 No Pablo Larraín Chile[7]
2014 Of Horses and Men Benedikt Erlingsson Germany/Iceland[8]
2015 The Salt of the Earth Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado France, Italy og Brazil[9]
2016 Rams Grímur Hákonarson Iceland and Denmark[10]
2017 Sealers - One last hunt Trude Berge Ottersen and Gry Elisabeth Mortensen Norway[11]
2018 Close-Knit Naoko Ogigami Japan
2019 Woman at war Benedikt Erlingsson Iceland
2020 Parasite Bong Joon-ho South Korea
2021 Ninjababy Yngvild Sve Flikke Norway[12]
2022 Beans Tracey Deer Canada
2023 Let the River Flow (Ellos eatnu – La elva leve) Ole Giæver Norway
2024 The Remarkable Life of Ibelin Benjamin Ree Norway
2025 Touch Baltasar Kormákur Iceland[13]
2026 Calle Málaga Maryam Touzani Marocco[14]

World premieres

Movies that have had their world premiere at Tromsø International Film Festival include:

References

  1. ^ "Media Partners". Tromsø International Film Festivall. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Screening venues". Tromsø International Film Festival (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  3. ^ tiff.no About Tromsø International Film Festival
  4. ^ "Happy holidays (Yinad aliku)". Filmitalia. 23 August 2024. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 8 November 2025.
  5. ^ Popp, Olivia (26 January 2026). "A Sad and Beautiful World triumphs at the 36th Tromsø International Film Festival". Cineuropa. Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  6. ^ "22nd Tromsø International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  7. ^ "23rd Tromsø International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  8. ^ "24th Tromsø International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  9. ^ "25th Tromso International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  10. ^ "26th Tromso International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  11. ^ "27th Tromso International Film Festival". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  12. ^ "31st Tromsø IFF". Retrieved 8 May 2022.
  13. ^ "TOUCH wins the Tromsø Audience Award at TIFF 2025". Tromsø International Film Festival (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  14. ^ "Award Winners at Tromsø International Film Festival 2026". Tromsø International Film Festival (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 26 January 2026.
  15. ^ "Ninjababy (Opening Film/World Premiere)". Tromsø International Film Festival (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 23 January 2025.
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