Psalmer från köket / Kitchen Stories

Co-production.

During the rapid expansion of the welfare state in the 50s, a Swedish social anthropologist is assigned to document the kitchen routines of a Norwegian loner. Rational objectivity is the order of the day, but confronted with a real human being causes the sci-entist to re-evaluate things.

Credits

Director: Bent Hamer

Writers: Bent Hamer, Jörgen Bergmark

Producer: Bul Bul AS

DoP: Philip Øgaard

Editor: Pål Gengenbach

Cast: Joachim Calmeyer, Tomas Norström, Bjørn Floberg, Reine Brynolfsson, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Leif Andrée, Gard B. Eidsvold, Elisabeth Moberg, Kirsten Hagen, Bjørn Jenseg, Jan Gunnar Røise , Karin Lunden, Päivi Laakso, Lennart Jähkel

Nominations & Awards

Tromsø International Film Festival: FIPRESCI-Award

Cannes International Film Festival, Quinzaine: Europa Cinemas Label

Cannes International Film Festival, Quinzaine: Regard Jeune Prize

Distribution prize to 52 countries

Festival Paysages de Cineastes Chatenay M… France Audience Award and Best Photographer: Philip Øgaard.

Copenhagen International Film Festival, Denmark: Golden Swan: Best Director.

Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund: Amanda: Best Film.

Cinessonne Film Festival, France: Le Prix Etudiants.

Ghent International Film Festival: Script Award.

Sao Paulo International Film Festival Brazil: Jury Award, Best Director.

Valladolid International Film Festival: Best Director of Photography Award to Philip Øgaard.

Valladolid International Film Festival: Special Jury Prize, Silver Spike.

Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany: Baltic Film Prize.

2003: Norway: Arne Skouen Award. Bent Hamer.

2003: Norway: Kodak Award – Photographer of the Year Philip Øgaard.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: Norwegian Entry 2003.

Links

IMDB

Release Date

19 September 2003, Sweden