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.
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.
The total number of admissions in 2020 was 58500, which makes TIFF Norway's biggest film festival.tiff.no About Tromsø International Film Festival
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 2025: The 2025 Aurora Award was won by the Palestinian family drama Happy Holidays, written and directed by Scandar Copti.
2026: A Sad and Beautiful World
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 2013 No Pablo Larraín Chile 2014 Of Horses and Men Benedikt Erlingsson Germany/Iceland 2015 The Salt of the Earth Wim Wenders and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado France, Italy og Brazil 2016 Rams Grímur Hákonarson Iceland and Denmark 2017 Sealers - One last hunt Trude Berge Ottersen and Gry Elisabeth Mortensen Norway 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 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 Norway2025TouchBaltasar KormákurIceland2026Calle Málaga Maryam TouzaniMarocco
World premieres Movies that have had their world premiere at Tromsø International Film Festival include: 2001 Cool and Crazy 2008 The Kautokeino Rebellion 2016 Doing good 2021 Ninjababy 2025 Everything Must Go
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