91. Performing arts

Not until fairly recently has the Norwegian cinema received international recognition but as early as 1959, Arne Skouen's Nine Lives was in fact nominated for an Oscar. Flåklypa Grand Prix (English: Pinchcliffe Grand Prix), an animated feature film directed by Ivo Caprino and released in 1975, is based on characters from Norwegian cartoonist Kjell Aukrust. It is the most widely-seen Norwegian film of all time.

There was however a real breakthrough in 1987 with Nils Gaup's Pathfinder which told the story of the Sami. It was nominated for an Oscar and was a huge international success. Berit Nesheim's The Other Side of Sunday was also nominated for an Oscar in 1997.

Since the 1990s, the film industry has thrived with up to 20 feature films each year. Particular successes were Kristin Lavransdatter, The Telegraphist and Gurin with the Foxtail. Knut Erik Jensen was among the more successful new directors together with Erik Skjoldbjaerg remembered for Insomnia.

Since the turn of the century, there have been a number of successful Norwegian films These include:

• Erik Poppe's Hawaii, Oslo (2004), depicting an imaginative multiracial Oslo without stereotypes; 
• Erik Skjoldbjærg's An Enemy of the People (2005) about a TV celebrity who tries to produce the world's purest bottled water:
• Roar Uthaug's Cold Prey (2006), hailed as one of the best modern Norwegian horror movies;
• full length feature film Reprise (2006), the Norwegian candidate for the best foreign language film Oscar in 2006