The Norwegian gathering took place virtually, with limited physical screenings also happening at the outdoor Winter Cinema. The documentary The Truffle Hunters by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw received both the festival’s main award, the Aurora Prize, and the Fipresci International Critics’ Award at the 32nd edition of the Tromsø International Film Festival, which took place from 17-23 January. The Russian film Scarecrow by Dmitry Davydov won the Faith in Film Award. The Norwegian Peace Film Award was given to There Is No Evil by Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof. Meanwhile, the Tromsø Palm, awarded to the best film in the short/doc sidebar Films from the North, with films from the Barents Region, went to Epa by Swedish directors Jakob Arevärn and Fredrik Oskarsson. Three films by Norwegian directors, one sophomore effort and two feature debuts, had their world premieres at the Tromsø-based gathering, the only international film festival in the.
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