OSLO ON THE BIG SCREEN

Oslo may not be a globally well-known city, but it has still been beautifully captured in a number of movies and series. These are the must-see productions that ­ manage to provide that authentic Oslo feeling.

THE TRIER TRILOGY

Joachim Trier’s Indie movies Reprise (2006), Oslo, August 31st (2011) and The Worst Person In The World (2021) make up a trilogy called The Oslo Trilogy. All three of them are stand-alone films, but have in common the fact that they feature Anders Danielsen Lie in a leading role and are co-written with Eskil Vogt. While showing humans in their most raw and perhaps therefore most beautiful form(s), these movies also give the city of Oslo a serious amount of screen-time – ranging from the most famous spots such as the Frogner Park, Bygdøy beaches, Barcode district and the Ekeberg views, to the most ordinary side streets and green lungs of our city. Multiple film festival nominations throughout the years prove that you’ll perhaps see the same as we do in these films – about the human condition and about Oslo. With that said, it ’s perhaps the third and conclusive movie The Worst Person In The World that really created an international splash. It premiered in competition at Cannes Film Festival in 2021 to widespread critical acclaim, resulting in Renate Reinsve winning the award for Best Actress. The film was also nominated for both Best Original Screenplay and Best Foreign Film at the 2022 Academy Awards. Stream it here: AppleTV, Hulu. In Norway: Viaplay, Disney+, TV2 Play.