Question: Which country does the director of Norwegian submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film , A Handful of Time primarily work in ?

text: List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956 . [ 4 ] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Following this , they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award . [ 3 ] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Norway for review by the Academy for the award by the year of the submission and the respective Academy Award ceremony .
The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition in 1980, failing to submit a film only once, in 1983. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. As of 2019[update], five films from Norway have been nominated for the award: Nine Lives (1957), The Pathfinder (1987), The Other Side of Sunday (1996), Elling (2001) and Kon-Tiki (2012).
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1957 ( 30th ) Nine Lives Ni Liv Arne Skouen Nominated
1962 ( 35th ) Cold Tracks Kalde spor Arne Skouen Not Nominated
1980 ( 53rd ) Life and Death Liv og død Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not Nominated
1981 ( 54th ) Julia Julia Julia Julia Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not Nominated
1982 ( 55th ) Victoria L Leve sitt liv Petter Vennerød and Svend Wam Not Nominated
1984 ( 57th ) The Chieftain Høvdingen Terje Kristiansen Not Nominated
1985 ( 58th ) Wives - Ten Years After Hustruer - ti år etter Anja Breien Not Nominated
1986 ( 59th ) Hard Asphalt Hard asfalt Sølve Skagen Not Nominated
1987 ( 60th ) The Pathfinder Ofelaš Nils Gaup Nominated
1988 ( 61st ) The Ice Palace Is-slottet Per Blom Not Nominated
1989 ( 62nd ) A Handful of Time Lekce Faust Martin Asphaug Not Nominated
1990 ( 63rd ) Herman Herman Erik Gustavson Not Nominated
1991 ( 64th ) Frida - Straight from the Heart Frida - med hjertet i hånden Berit Nesheim Not Nominated
1992 ( 65th ) The Warrior 's Heart Krigerens hjerte Leidulv Risan Not Nominated
1994 ( 66th ) The Telegraphist Telegrafisten Erik Gustavson Not Nominated
1994 ( 67th ) Cross My Heart and Hope to Die Ti kniver i hjertet Marius Holst Not Nominated
1995 ( 68th ) Kristin Lavransdatter Kristin Lavransdatter Liv Ullmann Not Nominated
1996 ( 69th ) The Other Side of Sunday Søndagsengler Berit Nesheim Nominated
1997 ( 70th ) Junk Mail Budbringeren Pål Sletaune Not Nominated
1998 ( 71st ) Only Clouds Move the Stars Bare skyer beveger stjernene Torun Lian Not Nominated