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Norway is ecstatic about the country’s first Oscar for Best International Feature Film with Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value.” The film, which is Trier’s sixth feature and follow up to “The Worst Person in the World” – which had landed nominations in the international category and for original screenplay 2022 – premiered at Cannes last year […]
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