Awards and nominations:
2023 Norwegian Dream nominated in categories; best male actor, best script and best director to Norwegian National Amanda Award.
2023 Best male performance to Hubert Miłkowski for Norwegian Dream, Iris Prize LGBTQ+ film festival, UK
2023 Norwegian Dream awarded best cinematography to Patryk Kin at Young and Film festival in Koszalin, the Polish festival for debut films.
2023 Norwegian Dream nominated best first feature at Frameline47: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, USA
2023 Norwegian Dream nominated best first feature at Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, Canada.
2024 Norwegian Dream won Best Youth Film, in Cineworld Recklinghausen Kirchliches Film Festival, Youth Jury, Germany
2023 Norwegian Dream nominated to Best Polish Feature film dFlight award during OFF Camera Film Festival as well as Hubert Miłkowski nominated best male actor for his role as Robert in Norwegian Dream.
2022 Best pitch – Screen international pitch award at Polish days for Norwegian Dream – New Horizon Film Festival, Worclaw, Poland.
2020 Honorable mention Nordic Co-Production Marked at The Norwegian Int´l Film Festival in Haugesund for the pitch of the feature film project Norwegian dream.
2017 Nominated for Prix Europa for Two summers, one winter. Documentary about the Dagbladet journalist Thea Steen, who got cervical cancer and was the initiator of the campaign #sjekkdeg.
2016 The Accidental Rock Star wins the Kanon audience award voted for by Filmweb's users: "Best Norwegian film 2015" in the final with Bølgen and Louder than bombs.
2016 The Accidental Rock Star - Svenn Jakobsen wins the Kanon prize for best sound in 2016.
2016 Honorable Mention for the film The Man Who Knew 75 Languages during the Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Devold is the screenwriter of the film.
2016 Izriqaq - Winner of "best Palestinian short film 2016" - Sunbird award. Devold as co-producer.
2015 The Accidental Rock Star - Svenn Jakobsen nominated for Amanda for best sound and Christoffer Heie and Ida Kolstø for best editing. Heie and Kolstø won Amanda for best editing.
2015 The Accidental Rock Star nominated for best Nordic documentary at CPH:DOX.
2015 The Accidental Rock Star nominated for Politiken's audience award at CPH:DOX.
2013 Izriqaq – Nominated for Muhr arab award, Dubai International Film Festival. Devold as co-producer.
2012 Cultural Pole of the Year in Norway. The Polish Senate, in collaboration with the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, awards a prize to Poles who make a mark outside the country's borders. Handed out by Mayor Fabian Stang under the auspices of the Polish Embassy in Norway.
2009 Nomination for best director in the Polish Independent Movie Awards. Marcin Sztabinski nominated for best actor and Radoslaw Ladczuk for best photographer for the film False Start. The Polish Minister of Culture's scholarship Young Poland for artistic achievements.
2008 Honorable mention for the film False Start during the Short Film Festival in Grimstad. Krzystof Sliwka received the Hourglass from the Dramatists' Association for the film False Start during the Short Film Festival in Grimstad.
2006 2nd prize (money prize of 7000$) during the Next reel Film Festival at the Tisch School of The Arts New York University for the film Tomorrow.
2005 Honorable Mention, Grimstad Short Film Festival for the film The Journalist.
2005 Honorable mention, Turek Film Festival for the film The Journalist.
2004 2nd prize Young and Film - the festival in Koszalin for the film The Journalist.
Films I have worked have been screened at these festivals (selected):
1 CPH:DOX, Denmark – The Accidental Rock Star
2 Frameline47, San Francisco International LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, USA – Norwegian Dream
3 The Inside Out 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox, Toronto, Canada – Norwegian dream
4 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, France – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
5 Warsaw International Film Festival, A-Listed Festival, Poland – Izriqaq
6 International Short Film Festival in Cracow, A-Listed Festival, Poland – two films; The Journalist and False Start
7 IDFA, The Netherlands – two films; The Journalist, War Games
8 Nordic Panorama, Sweden / Denmark. – three films; False Start, Salt and My Norwegian Grandfather
9 The Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, Poland – My Norwegian Grandfather and Norwegian Dream
10 Nordishe Filmtage Lübeck, Germany – four films; Tomorrow, False Start, The Man Who Knew 75 Languages and Norwegian Dream.
11 The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad, Norway – six films; Tomorrow, Endurance, False Start, My Norwegian grandfather, Simons Help
12 New Horizons, Wroclaw, Poland – two films; False Start, My Norwegian Grandfather
13 Young and Film festival in Koszalin, the Polish festival for debut films – two films; Norwegian Dream and The Journalist.
14 OFF Camera Film Festival, Cracow, Poland – Norwegian Dream
15 Cottbus Film Festival, Germany – The man who knew 75 languages
16 Haugesund Film Festival Short program, Norway – two films; Izriqaq and Salt
17 Kosmorama IFF Trondheim – Opening film twice: Norwegian Dream and The Accidental Rock Star
18 Iris Prize, Wales – Norwegian Dream
19 MIX Copenhagen LesbianGayBiTransQueer+ Film Festival – Norwegian Dream
20 Emden International Film Festival, Germany – Norwegian Dream
21 Noordelijk film festival, Netherlands – Norwegian Dream
22 Queer Film Festival, 11 cities in Germany – Norwegian Dream
23 Nordic / Docs, Fredrikstad, Norway. – two films; The Accidental Rock Star, The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
24 Brest European short film festival, France – False Start
25 Filmfest Hamburg, Germany – Norwegian Dream
26 Cinema Pavasaris, Vilnius International Film Festival, Lithuania – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
27 BIFF Bergen International Film Festival, Norway – two films; The Man Who Knew 75 Languages, The Accidental Rock Star
28 Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon – Izriqaq
29 Dubai International Film Festival, United Arab Emirates – Izriqaq
30 BIAF Korean international Film festival (in competition for feature films), South Korea – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
31 Baltic days, Oslo, Norway – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
32 ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival + Agora Hermoupolis, Syros island, Cyclades, Greece – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
33 Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Norway – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
34 Carrefour du animé animation, Forum des images Paris, France – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
35 MONSTRA, Lisbon, Portugal – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
36 BLON Animation & Games Festival, Klaipeda, Lithuania – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
37 Future Animation Film Festival, Bologna, Italy – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
38 Anibar International AnimationFestival, Kosovo – The Man Who Knew 75 Languages
39 Minimalen, Trondheim, Norway – The Journalist
40 Northern Film Festival The Netherlands – The Accidental Rock Star
41 Days of Cinema, Palestine – Izriqaq
42 Boston Palestine film festival, USA – Izriqaq
43 Carthage Film Festival, Tunis – Izriqaq
44 Tangier film festival, Morocco – Izriqaq
45 Polish Film Days, Fredrikstad, Norway (two films; The Accidental Rock Star, The Man Who Knew 75 Languages).
46 Next reel film festival, Tisch school of the Arts, NYU, USA – Tomorrow
47 SHORT at Filmens Hus, Norway
48 Hamarama, Lillehammer cinema, Norway – Salt
49 SHORT at KINOKINO, Stavanger, Norway – Salt
50 Interfilm Festival Berlin, Germany – Salt
51 Saxo Scandinavian Film Festival, Australia – Norwegian Dream
52 London Short Film Festival, England – Salt
53 One world film festival, Czech Republic – The Journalist
54 Cinedance Amsterdam, Netherlands – Salt
55 Jumping Frames, Hong Kong – Salt
56 WGIK student film festival, Moscow, Russia – False Start
57 Bucharest International Dance Film Festival, Romania. – Salt
58 Sinema Dans Ankara, Turkey – Salt
59 North Hollywood Cine fest, USA – Salt
60 Documentary Film Festival in Volda, Norway – The Accidental Rock Star
61 FRAME The London Dance Film Festival, England – Salt
62 Loikka Festival and tour, Finland – Salt
63 Screen dance festival in Stockholm, Sweden – Salt
64 Movimiento and Movimiento, Mexico
65 Nordic Film Fest, Rome, Italy – Salt
66 Collectivo Nordico, Mexico – The Accidental Rock Star
67 Greenland Eyes, International Film Festival, Denmark, Norway, Faroe Islands and Greenland – My Norwegian Grandfather
68 Küstendorf Film and Music Festival, Serbia – False Start
69 OFF Akademia Filmow, Poland – False Start
70 Cieszyn, Film Festiwal "Wakacyjne kadry", Poland – Tomorrow
71 International Festival of Film schools in Poitiers, France – Tomorrow
72 Toffifest, Torun, Poland - Norwegian Dream
73 Out On Film, Atlanta LGBT FIlm Festival, USA – Norwegian Dream
74 OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Fort Lauderdale, USA – Norwegian Dream
75 Palm Springs LGBTQ+ Film Festival, USA – Norwegian Dream
76 Nordic Pride Film Day - Shanghai China – Norwegian Dream
77 International Queer Film Festival Merlinka, Serbia – Norwegian Dream
78 Seoul International Pride Film Festival, South Korea – Norwegian Dream
79 Queer Screen's 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival, Australia – Norwegian Dream
80 36th Image+Nation Culture Queer, Montreal, Canada – Norwegian Dream
81 Trento Film Festival, Trento, Italy – My Norwegian Grandfather
82 25th Film by the sea festival, Vlissingen, The Netherlands – Norwegian Dream
83 Reel Affirmations International LGBTIQ+ film festival, Washington DC, USA – Norwegian Dream
84 The 41st Chicago LGBT+ International Film Festival Reeling2023, Chicago, USA – Norwegian Dream
85 Twisted Arts, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA – Norwegian Dream
86 Chéries-Chéris (Festival du Film Lesbien, Gay, Bi, Trans & ++++ de Paris,, France – Norwegian Dream
87 18th Festival CINÉMARGES, Bordeaux, France – Norwegian Dream
88 25th Pink Apple Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland – Norwegian Dream
89 7th Festival Ciné Friendly - Festival Normand Du Cinéma LGBTQIA+, Rouen, France – Norwegian Dream
90 Cineworld Recklinghausen Kirchliches Film Festival, Germany – Norwegian Dream
91 Borderlines Film Festival, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Powys and Worcestershire, UK – Norwegian Dream
92 42nd International Film Festival of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay – Norwegian Dream
93 26th Cinema on the border, Cieszyn, Poland – Norwegian Dream
94 ReelQ Pittsburg LGBT film festival, Pittsburg, US – Norwegian Dream
95 Queer Movie Nights, Athens, Greece – Norwegian Dream
96 14th Zinetiendo, Zaragossa International Lesbian, Gay, Trans, Bisexual, Queer and Intersex Film Festival. Spain – Norwegian Dream
97 Annual Aarhus Film Festival, Denmark – Norwegian Dream
98 Proud Film Festival, Denmark – Norwegian Dream
99 Nordic Focus Film Festival Gdansk – Norwegian Dream
100 31st PRIDE PICTURES Queer Filmfestival Karlsruhe – Norwegian Dream
101 11th Umeå European Film Festival, Sweden – Norwegian Dream
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Other screenings (not TV or festivals):
Norwegian Dream for the staff at the European Parliament in Brussels and in Luxembourg
Blue screen, The Accidental Rock Star, Norway
Lincoln Center, New York, USA – two films; My Norwegian Grandfather, Salt
Krakow Salt mines, Poland – Salt
Stavanger cinema, Norway – Two summers, one winter
The Accidental Rock Star shown in the "cultural schoolbag" in Vestfold, Norway
The Accidental Rock Star shown at Olavsfestkino 2019
Norway Dance Moments at Goethe Institute in Krakow – Salt
Poland Circolo Scandinavio Roma, Italy
East village New York, International Dance Film Screening, USA – Salt
5 Public screens Stavanger, 2014 – Salt
In cinema program for Oslo's "kinomotografer", as pre-runner film – The Journalist
Norwegian short films 2005 DVD, by Norwegian Film Institute – The Journalist
Amandus Film Festival, Lillehammer – The Accidental Rock Star
DVD distribution of Norwegian Dream in Great Britain, Germany and US 2024
Norwegian regular cinema distribution – The Accidental Rock Star in 2015
Norwegian-, German-, Polish-, Austrian-, Netherlands- and US- regular cinema distribution – Norwegian Dream in 2023/24
Norwegian Dream distributed through HBO Max in several countries in Eastern- and Central Europe.