Press release —
Sentimental Value Wins BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language
The BAFTA Film Awards are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts and are widely regarded as the British equivalent of the Oscars. Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value was nominated in eight categories at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in London last night, where it won the award for Best Film Not in the English Language.
Nominations
- Best Film (Maria Ekerhovd & Andrea Berentsen Ottmar)
- Best Film Not in the English Language (Maria Ekerhovd, Andrea Berentsen Ottmar & Joachim Trier)
- Best Director (Joachim Trier)
- Best Screenplay (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)
- Best Leading Actress (Renate Reinsve)
- Best Supporting Actress (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas)
- Best Supporting Actor (Stellan Skarsgård)
- Best Casting (Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman)
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Sentimental Value
Joachim Trier
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Film i Väst is Scandinavia’s leading film fund and has co-produced about 2000 films and drama series since 1992. Thanks to great co-operation with Swedish and international producers over 100 films have been screened in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Toronto and Sundance. Our co-productions have received 22 Oscar nominations since 2011, including the Oscar-winning Sentimental Value by Joachim Trier (2025), as well as 16 Palme d’Or nominations including Ruben Östlund’s winners Triangle of Sadness (2022) and The Square (2017). Film i Väst is a part of Region Västra Götaland.
