Norway submitted the 2026 Oscar winner for Best International Feature Film.
Norway’s entry was Sentimental Value, a Norwegian-language family drama directed by Joachim Trier. At the 98th Academy Awards, the film won the International Feature Film prize, making Norway the country associated with the winning submission.
The category honors a feature-length film made outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track. Countries do not submit a film directly as a single universal national production; each participating country selects an eligible entry for Academy consideration. That is why the question asks which country submitted the winner rather than simply asking where the film was made.
Sentimental Value won over entries from Brazil, France, Spain and Tunisia. The nominated films were The Secret Agent, It Was Just an Accident, Sirāt and The Voice of Hind Rajab, respectively. Norway’s win was therefore a country-level submission victory as well as a recognition of Trier’s film.