{"id":424106,"date":"2026-01-23T02:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424106\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T02:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T02:22:10","slug":"sentimental-value-director-joachim-trier-reacts-to-his-first-oscar-nod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/424106\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentimental Value Director Joachim Trier Reacts to His First Oscar Nod"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIn his first interview since becoming a best director Oscar nominee, Joachim Trier<\/a> can\u2019t help but gush over his Sentimental Value<\/a> cast.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI\u2019ve always watched the Oscars<\/a>, I\u2019m a third-generation filmmaker \u2014\u00a0[I\u2019d] be in Oslo in the morning there and falling asleep [while] my parents are watching the Oscars, it was always fun,\u201d the Danish-Norwegian filmmaker tells The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday in the wake of Sentimental\u2018s impressive nine nods<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cUsually it\u2019s the international<\/a> category that you\u2019re looking for, but this was remarkable,\u201d says Trier. \u201cThe whole film family is in there. I was so moved. It\u2019s interesting, the first name out of all the nominations to be called was Elle Fanning<\/a>! She\u2019s such a prolific actor and she\u2019s had a career for so long and she came to our film and blessed it with her smartness and her craft. She\u2019s just a lovely person. And then right after Inga [Ibsdotter Lilleaas] was called out \u2014\u00a0\u2018Oh my god!\u2019 \u2014\u00a0and yeah, it\u2019s very moving.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrier\u2019s sixth film is nominated for best picture, best director, best actress (Renate Reinsve<\/a>), best supporting actress (Fanning and Ibsdotter Lilleaas), best supporting actor (Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd), best editing, as well as best original screenplay and best international feature \u2014\u00a0nominations Trier shares with writing-producing partner Eskil Vogt.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI wasn\u2019t expecting it,\u201d the Worst Person in the World filmmaker continues about his first best director nod. \u201cI\u2019m really, really happy. It means a lot. The group I\u2019m nominated with, I know all of them. They\u2019re my friends, actually, and they\u2019re really great directors, all of them. So to be included in that group is a win already for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tHe describes the recognition as \u201ca really big deal\u201d for someone who has had a camera in his hand from a young age, and takes a moment to, again, laud the performances of his cast. \u201cStellan and Renate, we wrote for them\u2026 We really wanted to work with them, and they said yes, and I think that that\u2019s been a blessing, that the actors have really been brave and gone vulnerable and done risky stuff and taken a leap of faith with this project.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe creative also takes a moment to touch on what it means to land a best picture nomination as a Norwegian-language film, and flying the flag for international cinema. \u201cThat\u2019s why I\u2019m blessed. I don\u2019t take this for granted,\u201d says Trier. \u201cI\u2019ve traveled around festivals my whole adult life, seen short films and great films that don\u2019t necessarily get the attention it deserves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tTrier also touches on his less traditional approach to financing his films \u2014\u00a0the star tends to work through European co-productions and has previously explained refusing financiers for varying reasons. \u201cI work in a very particular way, in a very particular climate, don\u2019t I?\u201d he says. \u201cI\u2019m not into any power games\u2026 I do a lot of screenings, both Stateside and in Norway, for a lot of ordinary people who go to the movies. We talk to people and we try to get the film into a place where it doesn\u2019t condescend the audience, where they are allowed to interpret and not every answer is given.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThere are many people collaborating in terms of financing from different countries, and I found that that being recognized that we are now [by] the Academy is really a lovely thing, because it\u2019s a bit of an unusual way of working in the States.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen asked if there were any performance or scene other than in Sentimental Value that really knocked Trier off his feet this year, he praised One Battle After Another. \u201dIf I may speak of an ensemble, I think a film that has a great variety of amazing performances is One Battle After Another. I feel that the whole group is really, really incredible, and it\u2019s led by a wonderful director, obviously \u2014\u00a0I would say, maybe the greatest director of our generation,\u201d he adds about Paul Thomas Anderson. \u201cSo I\u2019m very proud that we are traveling alongside that film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWith the 2026 Oscars set to take place on\u00a0March 15, for now Trier is taking some time to enjoy the news and has his whole family with him in Los Angeles to make it extra special. After that, it\u2019ll be back-to-back dinners, luncheons, and glitzy events as the campaign kicks into fifth gear.<\/p>\n

\n\tLuckily, he\u2019s looking forward to it. \u201cEskil and I have been nominated before, so I know how much fun it is to be a part of this,\u201d he says, \u201cto meet colleagues, go to dinners and talk about movies.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In his first interview since becoming a best director Oscar nominee, Joachim Trier can\u2019t help but gush over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424107,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[10546,25102,88,2091,85494,115772,201765,29506,85403,85495,5514,134588],"class_list":["post-424106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-awards","tag-elle-fanning","tag-entertainment","tag-international","tag-joachim-trier","tag-oscar-nominations","tag-oscar-nominations-2026","tag-oscars","tag-oscars-2026","tag-renate-reinsve","tag-sentimental-value","tag-stellan-skarsgard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}