Karoline Frogner
Anne Karoline Frogner (born February 3, 1961) is a Norwegian filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer. She is one of Norway's foremost documentary filmmakers and is a stills photographer for the image agency Samfoto. She is the director of production company Integritet Film AS and the author of several books.
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Karoline Frogner
- Occupation
- filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer
- Born
- 1961 · Oslo.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Honours
- Hans Christian Ostrøs minnepris
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Anne Karoline Frogner (born February 3, 1961) is a Norwegian filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer. She is one of Norway's foremost documentary filmmakers and is a stills photographer for the image agency Samfoto. She is the director of production company Integritet Film AS and the author of several books.
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Biography
Biography
Her films often cover human rights issues. In 1990 she started a children's art centre in Betlehem. She was made a Government scholar in the State budget of Norway of 2014.
Key facts
Key facts
• Occupation — filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer
Compilation DVD
Compilation DVD
• 2004: Times Of Darkness Films included on this DVD: God Bless the Child, Whistling Not Allowed, Asil - Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa, Stolen Time and Time of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 2014: The film Duhozanye. The Widows of Rwanda about the gacaca-trials during the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, was screened at the Memorium Nuremberg Trials from 10/4-12/5 as part of the exhibition, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide. • 2011: Gacacas and the Fairness in the Grass, Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities - Bygdøy, Oslo. • 2011: Dag og Karoline Frogner - Photo series from Rwanda, and Le Marais in Paris, Modum art union - Modum. • 1998: Bertolt Brecht Multimedia performance with music, Hennie Onstad Art gallery, Bayern Prison, Bredtvedt Female Correctional Facilities. • 1991: Intifada Children Current Art Gallery, Oslo.
Identity
Identity
Karoline Frogner is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as photographer, film director, film producer and screenwriter.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1961
Karoline Frogner was born on 3 February 1961.
Books
• 1997: Portrait of a Neighbour: A Portrait of Eight Immigrant Women • 1995: Times Of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism. • 1994: Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa: children's book, along with Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson, illustrated by Annie Goetzinger. • 1992: A Suffering without Borders: the Face of Kurdish Refugees (along with Unn-Iren Aasdalen) Cappelen. • 1991: Intifada Children: A Meeting with Palestinian Women and Children
Films
• 2011: Gacacas and the Fairness in the Grass • 2011: Duhozanye - We Who Comfort Each Other, about a widows society in Rwanda. • 2009: Kirsten Flagstad Place, a documentary film about opera singer Kirsten Flagstad. • 2003: Tradra - Yesterday I Became a Romani, a documentary about travellers in Norway. • 1999: Stolen Time/Thirst, a short story project based on three short stories by Knut Hamsun. • 1995: The Time Of Darkness - drama based on the lives of ten female members of the Norwegian Resistance during World War II who were arrested by the Nazis and deported to labour camps in Germany. • 1994: Asil - Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa, a short film about a dyslexic girl. • 1990: Whistling Not Allowed, a short film about Norwegian girls dating German soldiers during World War II. • 1989: God Bless the Child, a short film about Palestinian children playing Intifada. • 1988: A Portrait of Anja Breien.
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Awards
• 2013: Norwegian government grant. • 2004: Amanda Award nomination for best documentary and the people's choice award, for Tradra. • 1995: Amanda Award for best documentary, Times Of Darkness • Times of Darkness: Best Documentary Award, Women's Film Festival, Turin • Times of Darkness: Best Film, Nordic Glory of Jyvaskyla in Finland. • The Osterø Award for humanitarian work, Military Deny Peace Prize 1995. • Whistling Not Allowed: Nordic Film, Lübeck 1990. • The Jewish community planted a tree bearing Frogner's name for Times Of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism.
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- 1.Women Make Movies.
- 2.Kulturmeglerne.
- 3.Kulturdepartementet. Statsstipend til Erling Borgen og Karoline Frogner. Regjeringa.no. 2013-10-14.
- 4.Frogner, Karoline. Duhozanye: The Widows of Rwanda. Integritet Film. 2011-05-10.
- 5.Duhozanye: A Rwandan Village of Widows The Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights. genderandsecurity.org. 12 October 2011.
- 6.Frogner, Karoline. Kirsten Flagstads Plass. Integritet Film. 2009-04-20.
- 7.Frogner, Karoline. Tradra - I går ble jeg tater. Integritet Film. 2004-03-10.
- 8.Frogner, Karoline. Tørst - Framtidens forbrytelser. Norsk Film, Statens Studiesenter for Film. 1999-02-26.
- 9.Frogner, Karoline. Mørketid. 1995-03-10.
- 10.Encyclopaedia Judaica - Volume 15 - Page 311 Fred Skolnik, Michael Berenbaum - 2007 "Karoline Frogner, a Norwegian film producer, did the film and book Morketid: kvinners mote med nazismen ("Time of Darkness: Women's Encounters with Nazism," 1995). It records interviews with several women who ..."
- 11.Bowker's Complete Video Directory - Volume 4 - Page 2761 Bowker Staff, R.R. Bowker Company - 1998 "Times of Darkness: Mørketid. (1997). Women's Studies. Color. 90 mins. (Subtitled: English). Directed by Karoline Frogner. Tells the rarely heard story of women's ..."
- 12.MØRKETID - KVINNERS MØTE MED NAZISMEN (1995). BFI. October 2023.
- 13.Frogner, Karoline. Mørketid : kvinners møte med nazismen. Cappelen. 1995. 8202149096.
- 14.Frogner, Karoline. Lisa gikk til skolen. Gyldendal. 1994. 8205226415.
- 15.Memorium Nuremberg Trials.
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