Norway’s ‘Beware Of Children’ wins world’s largest film prize in Goteborg

Buzzy works-in-progress presentations include Lamb from Iceland and The Innocents from Norway.Beware Of Children, directed by Norway’s Dag Johan Haugerud, has won the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film in Goteborg tonight.The prize money of $104,000 (Sek 1m) makes it the world’s largest film prize.

The backers are Volvo Car Group, Region Västra Götaland and the City Council of Gothenburg.The jury, led by Mia Hansen-Love, said Beware Of Children was “inspiring reflection about the intricacy of education from an adult perspective.

It questions the innocence of one’s childhood in a captivating way.

Human relationships are portrayed with sensitivity and subtlety.

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