Tromsø International Film Festival
The Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival ( TIFF short; German " Tromsø International Film Festival ", English Tromsø International Film Festival) is an international film event, which takes place every year since 1991 in mid-January in the northern Norwegian town Tromso. The six-day festival, which is considered the most northerly film festival in the world, is Norway's largest film festival, the fifth largest cultural event in the country and largest cultural event in Northern Norway. In 2011 alone attracted over 52,000 spectators around 300 films in six venues, including in Norway's oldest cinema building, the Verdensteatret (engl. " The Theatre of the World "). As official Arctic outpost presented in 2013 the House of Culture in Longyearbyen (Longyearbyen kulturhus ) on Spitsbergen for the first time part of the festival program. On display are new films from around the world, with a focus on productions from Scandinavia, Russia and Canada. In addition, the event an important meeting place for filmmakers from the far north of Europe dar.
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Towards the end of the week-long event six prizes will be awarded at a closing ceremony. In addition to the oldest award, the Audience Award Tromsø Audience Award, this also includes the FIPRESCI Prize, which is awarded by the international film critics association FIPRESCI. However, the main prize in the competition program is the Aurora, which will be awarded 100,000 Norwegian kroner and the winning film ensures a successful film distribution in Norwegian cinemas. For this purpose, only feature films selected by the jury, which have their premiere during the festival. Another section is (Eng. " movie from the North" ), in the short and documentary films from the Barents region and other Arctic regions are shown film fra Nord. The winner of this contest will receive Tromsøpalmen (engl. " The Tromsø Palm" ), doped with 5000 € Director Award. The Norwegian Peace Film Award ( norw Den norske fred movie prisen; . Engl Norwegian Peace Film Award, short NoFPA ) in turn is awarded to movies, to " direct, structural and cultural violence " focus their attention and " a creative and artistic manner for the prevention or reduction contribute of violence or war. "Receiving this award is done in collaboration with the Center for Peace Studies ( Senter for studier fred ) the University of Tromsø and the student 's Network for Peace ( Studentnettverk for fred ). The festival also cooperates a jury of the International Film Club Federation ( French Fédération Internationale des Ciné- Clubs, short FICC ), which awards the Don Quixote Prize.