Homesick (2015 film)

Homesick
Film poster
Directed byAnne Sewitsky
Written byAnne Sewitsky
StarringIne Marie Wilmann
Release dates
  • 23 January 2015 (2015-01-23) (Sundance)
  • 27 March 2015 (2015-03-27) (Norway)
Running time
106 minutes
CountryNorway
LanguageNorwegian

Homesick (Norwegian: De nærmeste) is a 2015 Norwegian drama film directed by Anne Sewitsky. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[1] It was one of three films shortlisted by Norway to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards,[2] but it lost out to The Wave.[3]

  1. ^ "Sandra Bullock's 'Our Brand Is Crisis,' Robert Redford's 'Truth' to Premiere at Toronto". Variety. 18 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ^ "Krigstraumer, søskenkjærlighet og katastrofer på Oscar-kortlisten". Norwegian Film Institute. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
  3. ^ ""Bølgen" er Norges Oscar-kandidat". NRK. 2 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.