Awards

Kosmorama is proud to have dedocated their competition program to the filmmakers of tomorrow, the new voices that we believe are about to make their mark on the global film industry in the years to come. Not only do the films have to be excellent, the directors also need to show that they have got that little something extra as a film-artist or storyteller.

The programmers of Kosmorama work together to find and nominate the films for this award. A professional jury decide on the winner of the New Directors Award amongst the nominees.

The winners of the New Directors Award and Audience award are announced prior to the final film on the 12. March and on kosmorama.no. The winner in 2023 received an art print by Kjell Erik Kili Olsen and 10.000 NOK in prize money.

The Audience Award is Kosmorama’s most popular prize, where the audience decides the winner. All audience members can vote for their favorite film, and the winner is announced just before the screening of the closing film on Sunday during the festival week. The voting form is made available digitally during the festival week and can easily be found at kosmorama.no.

All films in the program series New Directors, Relations, Society, Documentary, View Askew, and Ramaskrik are included in the competition. You cannot vote for the opening film, closing film, or films in the program series Reruns, Retrospective, Culinary Cinema, Kosmokids, and Events.

The Edith Carlmar Award was established in 2003 by the Norwegian Film Institute to honor Norway’s first female film director, Edith Carlmar, who passed away that same year. Originally, the award was an industry prize intended for a person or company in the Norwegian film industry who demonstrated integrity, a fearless capacity for innovation, and a willingness to break boundaries in their work. From 2010, the award was presented during the Femmina International Film Festival and was given to a professional woman filmmaker who met these criteria. After Femmina was discontinued in 2017, the award has been managed by Kosmorama – Trondheim International Film Festival.

Statutes

• The Edith Carlmar Award is an annual individual prize presented to a professional female filmmaker in Norway who has shown integrity, a fearless capacity for innovation, and a willingness to break boundaries.
• The award jury consists of three members, one of whom is recruited from the academic film community, while the other two are active within other areas of the film field. One of these must be part of the active film industry.
• Kosmorama (Filmfest Trondheim A/S) appoints the jury members.
• Members are appointed for two-year terms: one member in odd-numbered years and two members in even-numbered years. One member is appointed as the jury chair.
• The jury unanimously selects the winner of the year and provides a written justification for their choice. The jury’s rationale accompanies the award at the ceremony.
• The Edith Carlmar Award carries a prize of NOK 50,000 and is presented at a suitable event during Kosmorama’s festival week.

Click here to see an overview of previous Edith Carlmar Award winners. The award is presented in collaboration with Sparebank 1 SMN.

NTNU Filmpris (NTNU Film awards) aims to honour those who work to promote film production in Trøndelag, and who through their own activities are contributing to further visibility and developing the film industry in Trondheim and Trøndelag. The prize aims to stimulate and incentivise further development, and contribute to a robust, creative and innovative film industry-environment in the region. The prize is directed towards singular people and companies who produce films, who work and live in the region of Trøndelag. The prize is based on professional excellence, development and innovation