List of film festivals in Norway

The list includes the names of the film festivals that take place in Norway , both in the national language and in English , provided that this alternative name is used as an international name by the respective festival itself. The following are also mentioned: the year of the respective first festival edition, the place (city) in which the respective festival venue (s) are located, and the content specialization of the respective festival. The term international is used here if there are no geographical restrictions with regard to the production countries of the films. The list is arranged in ascending order according to the year of foundation, a change in color in the rows marks a change in the decade of the foundation date.

since	Name of the film festival	int. name	place	Alignment
1973	The norske filmfestivalen	The Norwegian International Film Festival	Haugesund	national and international feature films
1978	Kortfilmfestivalen in Grimstad	The Norwegian Short Film Festival	Røros (1978–1981), Trondheim (1982–1987), Grimstad (since 1988)	national and international short films
1989	Minimal Kort Film Festival	Minimal Short Film Festival	Trondheim	national and international short films
1991	Film Fra Sør	Films from the South	Oslo	Feature, documentary and short films from Africa , Asia and Latin America
1991	Oslo Internasjonale Film Festival	Oslo International Film Festival	Oslo	international fiction , documentary, animation and short films
1991	Skeive Filmer - Oslo Gay and Lesbian Film Festival		Oslo	Films with gay and lesbian themes
1991	Tromsø Internasjonale Film Festival	Tromsø International Film Festival	Tromso	international films
1996	Sami Film Festival (Samisk filmfestival)	Sámi Film Festival	Kautokeino	international films by and for seeds
1997	The Norske Documentary Film Festival	The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival	Volda	international documentaries
1998	Kristiansand Internasjonale Barnefilmfestival	Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival	Kristiansand	international children's films
2000	70mm festivals	70mm film festival	Oslo	70mm films
2000	Bergen Internasjonale Film Festival	Bergen International Film Festival	Mountains	international feature films and documentaries, national short films
2003	Fjell film festivals	The Nordic Mountain Film Festival	Chandelier	international mountain and adventure films
2003	Nordisk Ungdomsfilm Festival - NUFF	Nordic Youth Film Festival	Tromso	Films and workshops by and with young filmmakers from the Nordic countries and around the world
2005	Dale Amatørfilmfestival	Dale Amateur Film Festival	Dale	international amateur films
2005	Film contact North - Nordisk Panorama		Bergen (2005), Aarhus (2006), Oulu (2007), Malmö (2008), Reykjavík (2009)	Short films and documentaries from the Nordic countries
2005	Kosmorama Trondheim Internasjonal Film Festival	Kosmorama Trondheim International Film Festival	Trondheim	international films