# Films from the South

Films from the South (Norwegian: Film fra sør) is an international movie festival held annually in Oslo, Norway. Movies from Africa, Asia, and Latin-America are shown. The festival has its origin in the student film club of University of Oslo, and has become one of Norway's most favourite festivals. It has approximately 20,000 visitors each year. The festival functions as a rendezvous to ethnic Norwegians and people with multicultural backgrounds.
The main award is the Silver Mirror for best feature film. Other awards include the audience award, the FIPRESCI-award and the DOK:SØR award for best documentary.

## Awards
### Silver Mirror

    Until 2003 known as 'The Oslo Films from the South Award'.
| Year | Title | Director | Country of origin |
| 1997 | Labyrinth of Dreams | Gakuryū Ishii | Japan |
| 1998 | Innocence | Zeki Demirkubuz | Turkey |
| 1999 | Life Is to Whistle | Fernando Pérez | Cuba |
| 2000 | Amores perros | Alejandro González Iñárritu | Mexico |
| 2001 | Baran | Majid Majidi | Iran |
| 2002 | A House with a View of the Sea | Alberto Aruelo | Venezuela |
| 2003 | James' Journey to Jerusalem | Ra'anan Alexandrowicz | Israel |
| 2004 | Head-On | Fatih Akın | Turkey / Germany |
| 2005 | Electric Shadows | Xiao Jiang | China |
| 2006 | Water | Deepa Mehta | Canada |
| 2007 | Caramel | Nadine Labaki | Lebanon |
| 2008 | Buddha Collapsed Out of Shame | Hana Makhmalbaf | Iran |
| 2009 | City of Life and Death | Lu Chuan | China |
| 2010 | The Housemaid | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 2011 | Las Acacias | Pablo Giorgelli | Argentina |
| 2012 | Wolf Children | Mamoru Hosoda | Japan |
| 2013 | The Dance of Reality | Alejandro Jodorowsky | Chile |
| 2014 | Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | Ronit Elkabetz and Shlomi Elkabetz | Israel |
| 2015 | Ixcanul | Jayro Bustamante | Guatemala / France |
| 2016 | After the Storm (2016 film) | Hirokazu Koreeda | Japan |
| 2017 | Araby | João Dumans and Affonso Uchoa | Brazil |
| 2018 | Burning | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 2019 | — | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |

### Other awards

| Year | FIPRESCI | DOK:SØR | Audience | Honorary | Oslo Cinema launching price |
| 1997 | | | La nave de los sueños | | |
| 1998 | | | Martin (Hache) | | |
| 1999 | | | The Lighthouse | | |
| 2000 | The Day I Became a Woman | | El mismo amor, la misma lluvia | | |
| 2001 | La libertad | | Nine Queens | | |
| 2002 | Whispering Sands | | Son of the Bride | | |
| 2003 | James' Journey to Jerusalem | | Valentín | | |
| 2004 | Earth and Ashes | | Avellaneda's Moon | | |
| 2005 | Paradise now | | Hana & Alice | | |
| 2006 | Climates | | Elsa & Fred | | |
| 2007 | Khadak | | The Year My Parents Went on Vacation | | |
| 2008 | 24 City | War Child | Waltz with Bashir | Raoul Peck | Waltz with Bashir |
| 2009 | A moment in June | Rough Aunties | For a Moment, Freedom | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Still Walking |
| 2010 | A Brand New Life | Benda Bilili! | Castaway on the Moon | Dag Asbjørnsen | Women Without Men |
| 2011 | On the Edge | Tahrir 2011: The good, the Bad & the Politician | Where Do We Go Now? | | |
| 2012 | Neighbouring Sounds | Searching for Sugar Man | Wolf Children | | |
| 2013 | | The Last Station | The Past | Apichatpong Weerasethakul | |
| 2014 | | Concerning Violence | Wild Tales | Alejandro Jodorowsky | |
| 2015 | | Those Who Feel the Fire Burning | Dheepan | Abderrahmane Sissako | |
| 2016 | | Fire at Sea | My Neighbour Totoro | Mahamat Saleh Haroun | |