Joachim Trier

Joachim Trier is an Norwegian-Danish director and screenwriter whose six feature films have all received widespread critical and box office acclaim. From the beginning of his career, his work has enjoyed global recognition, starting with his debut feature REPRISE (2006), which won the Discovery Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. His second film, OSLO, AUGUST 31ST (2011), has since attained cult status in several countries.

Four of Trier’s films have premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, three of them in the Main Competition, including SENTIMENTAL VALUE (2025), which was awarded the Grand Prix. THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (2021) earned Renate Reinsve the Best Actress Award at Cannes and went on to receive two Academy Award nominations (Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay), two BAFTA nominations (Best International Film and Best Actress), and was named Best Foreign Language Film by the New York Film Critics Circle.

Trier is the most-awarded director in the history of Norway’s Amanda Awards, and four of his films - including SENTIMENTAL VALUE - have been submitted as Norway’s official Oscar entry. SENTIMENTAL VALUE marks his sixth collaboration with co-writer Eskil Vogt and his second with Reinsve. The film is on track to double the French admissions of THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD and is approaching its record-breaking success in Norway. It has already been selected for numerous major festivals, in addition to Cannes, such as Karlovy Vary, Telluride, San Sebastián, the New York Film Festival, and the BFI London Film Festival.