Tromsø International Film Festival

Tromsø International Film Festival Frozen Land - Moving Pictures, January 19-25 2026. The 34th edition of the festival will take place 15.-21 January 2024.
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Tromsø International Film Festival is a popular film festival for our audience, and at the same time an important meeting point for Norwegian and international film industry. The festival has had an incredible growth since it first commenced in 1991. The total of admissions in 1991 was 5200 - in 2020 it was nearly 60,000. This makes TIFF Norway's biggest film festival. Artistic profile and social

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TIFF shall be an arena for joint cinematic experiences focusing on artistic quality, curated on the background of the festival’s values, in particular humanism and freedom of speech. TIFF shall be a gathering place and screening venue for the northern based film industry. TIFF shall preserve and promote film and other cultural heritage through the yearlong operation of Verdensteatret. TIFF shall be an educational arena for children and youngsters on the art of film, moving images and media science. Outdoor Cinema
Tromsø International Film Festival is set in the dark polar nights, which give's TIFF the unique possibility to screen films outdoor. The outdoor cinema is located at the main square in the heart of Tromsø. The program includes a selection of shorts and documentaries from the Films from the North program, along with special screenings and various other events. TIFF 2020 facts:
68554 admissions in total (all screenings and events - unofficial numbers)
58320 admissions in total to official TIFF screenings
6331 admissions to additional screenings and industry events
3903 admission to parties and social events
10856 individual participants
1538 accreditated participants - including 80 media representatives and 316 volunteers
The festival generates an amount of 26 million NOK into trade and business*

* Marketing report from 2011 by Bedriftskompetanse AS.

The Oscar nominations are in, and seven of the TIFF 2025 films have earned nominations! 👏🌟🏆In total the films have gotte...
24/01/2025

The Oscar nominations are in, and seven of the TIFF 2025 films have earned nominations! 👏🌟🏆In total the films have gotten 37 nominations at this year’s Academy Awards. Congratulations to the nominees.🙌🎬

Emilia Pérez - Jaques Audiard for 13 nominations including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

The Brutalist - Brady Corbet for 10 nominations including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

A Complete Unkown - James Mangold for 8 nominations including Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.

Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross for 2 nominations for Best Motion Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof for Best International Feature Film

Flow - Gints Zilbalodis for 2 nominations for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film

Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot for Best Animated Feature Film

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Nå er Oscar-nominasjonene ute, og syv av TIFF 2025-filmene er blitt nominert!👏🌟🏆Til sammen har disse filmene fått 37 nominasjoner fra årets Academy Awards. Gratulerer til alle de nominerte.🙌🎬

Emilia Pérez - Jaques Audiard for 13 nominasjoner inkludert Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress.

The Brutalist - Brady Corbet for 10 nominasjoner inkludert Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.

A Complete Unkown - James Mangold for 8 nominasjoner inkludert Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress.

Nickel Boys - RaMell Ross for 2 nominasjoner for Best Motion Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof for Best International Feature Film

Flow - Gints Zilbalodis for 2 nominasjoner for Best International Feature Film and Best Animated Feature Film

Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot for Best Animated Feature Film

Did you know these TIFF-films are heading to the cinema? If you didn't find time during the festival week, check them ou...
22/01/2025

Did you know these TIFF-films are heading to the cinema? If you didn't find time during the festival week, check them out this year at Aurora kino Fokus 🎬😍👇
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Visste du at disse TIFF-filmene skal på kino? Hvis du ikke fikk sett filmene under festivaluka kan du se de på Aurora kino Fokus i år!🎬😍👇

Mange av filmene som vises på TIFF kommer på kino fremover, så får du ikke med deg alle filmene denne uka, fortvil ikke 😍

The 35th edition of Tromsø International Film Festival is over, and we want to extend a big thank you to everyone who ha...
21/01/2025

The 35th edition of Tromsø International Film Festival is over, and we want to extend a big thank you to everyone who has been part of this year's festival - our audience, guests, collaborators, volunteers, staff, and ambassadors.❤️🙌

Check out the photo gallery taken by our photographers:

Jamie Michael Bivard, Mats Gangvik, Petra Polčičova, Sebastián Wilches, Magdalena Wojtas, Mervi Anneli Salo, Trond Kjetil Holst.

You can also check out the highlights-video by our videographers:

Emma Nordström, Albert Osbæck Adelkilde, Arjun Acharya, Kirill Johnsen

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Den 35. utgaven av Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival er over og vi ønsker å takke alle som har bidratt til festivalen - publikum, gjester, partnere, våre frivillige, ansatte, ambassadører og samarbeidspartnere.❤️🙌

Sjekk ut bildegalleriet tatt av våre fotografer:

Jamie Michael Bivard, Mats Gangvik, Petra Polčičova, Sebastián Wilches, Magdalena Wojtas, Mervi Anneli Salo, Trond Kjetil Holst.

Du kan også nå se videoen av våre videografer:

Emma Nordström, Albert Osbæck Adelkilde, Arjun Acharya, Kirill Johnsen

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Check out some of our favorite memories captured by our photographers and videographers!

The snow has settled on the Winter Cinema and on TIFF 2025❄️📽️We want to give a big hug to everyone who has spent time w...
20/01/2025

The snow has settled on the Winter Cinema and on TIFF 2025❄️📽️We want to give a big hug to everyone who has spent time with us at TIFF this past week!🫂❤️

Look how you filled up our film screenings and our many different events! 🌟 You made this festival amazing, so a big thank you to all of our audience, volunteers, guests and staff👏🎉❤️

📸:
Jamie Michael Bivard
Mats Gangvik
Petra Polčičova
Magdalena Wojtas .wojtas
Sebastián Wilches
Trond Kjetil Holst
Dina Rindsem Ertsås

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Snøen har lagt seg på utekinoen og på TIFF 2025❄️📽️Vi sender ut en god klem til alle som har deltatt på årets festival sammen med oss!🫂❤️

Se hvordan dere har fylt opp filmvisningene og de mange forskjellige arrangementene under festivalen!🌟 Dere har gjort denne festival absolutt fantastisk, så tusen takk til alle våre publikummere, frivillige, gjester og stab👏🎉❤️

📸:
Jamie Michael Bivard
Mats Gangvik
Petra Polčičova
Magdalena Wojtas .wojtas
Sebastián Wilches
Trond Kjetil Holst
Dina Rindsem Ertsås

The votes are in! The Tromsø Audience Award 2025 goes to TOUCH by Baltasar Kormákur!🏆🎉🎬Congratulations to Kormákur’s sec...
20/01/2025

The votes are in! The Tromsø Audience Award 2025 goes to TOUCH by Baltasar Kormákur!🏆🎉🎬

Congratulations to Kormákur’s second Tromsø Audience Award! The first one being in 2003 for his film THE SEA.🌊

Turns out the Tromsø audience loves Icelandic films! This is the fifth Icelandic film that wins the audience award at TIFF!👏

Read more about this year’s winning film at tiff.no🔗
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Stemmene er klar! Publikumsprisen Tromsø Audience Award går til TOUCH av Balthasar’s Kormákur!🏆🎉🎬

Gratulerer til Kormákur som vinner publikumsprisen for andre gang! Første var i 2003 for filmen HAVET. 🌊

Det viser seg at Tromsøpublikumet er glad i islandsk film! Dette er den femte islandske filmen som vinner Tromsø Audience Award på TIFF👏

Du kan lese mer om årets vinner på tiff.no🔗

Extra Screenings at Verdensteateret Monday 20/01🎥✨We are putting up extra screenings for some of the most popular films ...
19/01/2025

Extra Screenings at Verdensteateret Monday 20/01🎥✨

We are putting up extra screenings for some of the most popular films from the festival! So if you did not get the chance this week, come to Verdensteateret🤟🏼✨

Monday 20th of January, you can watch:

11.45 The Seed of The Sacred Fig
15.00 All We Imagine as Light
17.30 SKI
19.30 A Complete Unknown

There will be a Rush Ticket Sale at the door🙏🏼
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Ekstra Filmvisninger på Verdensteateret Mandag 20/01🎥✨

Vi har satt opp ekstravisninger på noen av de mest populære filmene fra festivalen! Så hvis du ikke fikk sjansen i løpet av festivaluken, kom til Verdensteateret🤟🏼✨

Mandag 20.Januar kan du se:

11.45 The Seed of The Sacred Fig
15.00 All We Imagine as Light
17.30 SKI
19.30 A Complete Unknown

Det er Rush Ticket Sale i døra🙏🏼

Check out the podcast episodes from the Film Talks with Montages now!💬🎞️Where guest directors were interviewed by Montag...
19/01/2025

Check out the podcast episodes from the Film Talks with Montages now!💬🎞️

Where guest directors were interviewed by Montages editor Karsten Meinich.

Check them out here: https://www.tiff.no/en/film/f5665740-12d8-4276-8aa6-3281ead86f6d

About the episodes:

Fleur Fortune talks about her remarkable and starry debut film The Assessment, playing in our Competition program.

Arild Østin Ommundsen and Silje Salomonsen talk about the world premiere of the opening film Everything Must Go.
Note: This session is in Norwegian.

Gregory Kershaw talks about his latest documentary, the elegant and cinematic Gaucho Gaucho.

Special edition with three Palestinian directors: Scandar Copti (Happy Holidays) (this year’s Aurora Prize winner), Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown) and Tromsø-based Mohamed Jabaly in conversation about their films and being Palestinian artists.

Innovative documentarist Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his unexpected venture into the musical genre with his new feature The End.

📷: Magdalena Wojtas, Petra Polčičova, Trond KjetMontagesrtyna Minkiewicz

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Sjekk ut podcast-episodene fra Filmprat med Montages nå! 💬🎞️

Der gjestedirektører blir intervjuet av Montages-redaktør Karsten Meinich.

Sjekk de ut her: https://www.tiff.no/film/f5665740-12d8-4276-8aa6-3281ead86f6d

Om episodene:

Fleur Fortune snakker om sin bemerkelsesverdige og stjernespekkede debutfilm The Assessment, som vises i vårt konkurranseprogram.

Arild Østin Ommundsen og Silje Salomonsen snakker om verdenspremieren på åpningsfilmen Alt skal bort.
Merk: Denne sesjonen er på norsk.

Gregory Kershaw snakker om sin nyeste dokumentar, den elegante og filmatiske Gaucho Gaucho.

Spesialutgave med tre palestinske regissører: Scandar Copti (Happy Holidays) (vinner av Auroraprisen 2025), Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown) og Tromsø-baserte Mohamed Jabaly i samtale om filmene sine og det å være palestinske kunstnere.

Den nyskapende dokumentaristen Joshua Oppenheimer snakker om sitt uventede eventyr inn i musikal-sjangeren med sin nye spillefilm The End.

📷: Magdalena Wojtas, Petra Polčičova, Trond Kjetil Holst, Martyna Minkiewicz

Make sure your voice is heard and vote for your favorite film from TIFF 2025 now!🎬🏆The deadline to vote is at 23:00 toni...
19/01/2025

Make sure your voice is heard and vote for your favorite film from TIFF 2025 now!🎬🏆

The deadline to vote is at 23:00 tonight, Sunday 19. January.👩‍💻🧑‍💻👨‍💻

Vote at ➡️ tiff.no/en/vote

One lucky person will also win an iPad, given by our media partner ❤️

📷: Petra Polčičová, Mats Gangvik
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Gi stemmen til din favorittfilm fra TIFF 2025 på publikumsprisen Tromsø Audience Award!🎬🏆

Siste frist for å stemme er kl 23:00 i dag, søndag 19. januar.👨‍💻🧑‍💻👩‍💻

tiff.no/vote

En av de som stemmer er med i trekningen om en iPad, gitt av vår mediepartner ❤️

📷: Petra Polčičová, Mats Gangvik

What a blast it has been!!🔥 And what a Saturday🙏🏼Thank you all for being a part of the Closing Day yesterday✨ It was so ...
19/01/2025

What a blast it has been!!🔥 And what a Saturday🙏🏼

Thank you all for being a part of the Closing Day yesterday✨ It was so much fun seeing you enjoy the Family Day, the Closing Ceremony and the Closing Party🪩

Congratulations to all our prize winners👏🏻👏🏻

Already looking forward to next year! Meanwhile we have films rolling today and tomorrow🎥✨

📸 Magdalena Wojtas Mats Gangvik Petra Polčičova Martyna Minkiewicz Sebastian Wilches
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For en fest det har vært!!🔥 Og FOR en Lørdag🙏🏼

Tusen takk til alle som var en del av Closing Day i går✨ Det var så gøy å se dere være med på familiedagen, Closing sermonien og ikke minst Closing Party🪩

Gratulerer så masse til våre prisvinnere👏🏻👏🏻

Vi gleder oss allerede til neste år! Men i mellomtiden kan dere gå på filmvisninger både i dag og i morgen🎥✨

📸 Magdalena Wojtas Mats Gangvik Petra Polčičova Martyna Minkiewicz Sebastian Wilches

Hope you all had a blast at last nights screenings and closing party!💥We have a perfect recipe for a slow Sunday✨☕️//Håp...
19/01/2025

Hope you all had a blast at last nights screenings and closing party!💥

We have a perfect recipe for a slow Sunday✨☕️

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Håper dere alle hadde en hyggelig kveld på filmvisning og Closing Party!💥

Vi har den perfekte oppskriften på en hyggelig søndag✨☕️

Congratulations to all the prize winners at Tromsø International Film Festival 2025!🎞️❤️🙌 Aurora Prize: Happy Holidays -...
18/01/2025

Congratulations to all the prize winners at Tromsø International Film Festival 2025!🎞️❤️🙌

Aurora Prize: Happy Holidays - Scandar Copti
FIPRESCI: Love - Dag Johan Haugerud
Don Quixote: Holy Cow - Louise Courvoisier
Norwegian Peace Film Award: The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof
Tromsø Palm Short: In My Hand - Liselotte Wajsted and Marja Helander
Tromsø Palm Feature: Teenage Life Interrupted - Åse Svenheim Drivenes
Faith in Film Award: When Fall is Coming - François Ozon

https://www.tiff.no/en/news/her-er-arets-prisvinnere-2

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Gratulerer til alle prisvinnerne på Tromsø internasjonale filmfestival 2025!🎞️❤️🙌

Aurora prisen: Happy Holidays - Scandar Copti
FIPRESCI: Kjærlighet - Dag Johan Haugerud
Don Quixote: Holy Cow - Louise Courvoisier
Den Norske fredsfilm prisen: The Seed of the Sacred Fig - Mohammad Rasoulof
Tromsøpalmen Kortfilm: In My Hand - Liselotte Wajsted and Marja Helander
Tromsøpalmen Langfilm: Teenage Life Interrupted - Åse Svenheim Drivenes
Faith in Film-prisen: When Fall is Coming - François Ozon

https://www.tiff.no/nyheter/her-er-arets-prisvinnere-2

Let's celebrate our amazing audience!!🫵🏼💃🏼We want to let you know that you can be a part of deciding who wins the Audien...
18/01/2025

Let's celebrate our amazing audience!!🫵🏼💃🏼

We want to let you know that you can be a part of deciding who wins the Audience Award! You have watched this years films at several different venues, you have hopefully gotten some new input, perspectives, and maybe even found your new favorite film🧐🤟🏼

If so, make sure you boost your favorite on tiff.no🙏🏼

📸 Dina Rindsem Ertsås Mats Gangvik Jamie Michael Bivard Petra Polčičova Mervi Salo Trond Kjetil Holst
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La oss gi en varm applaus til vårt fantastiske publikum!!🫵🏼💃🏼

Vi vil minne dere på at deres stemme teller når Publikumsprisen skal deles ut! Dere har sett flere filmer, på flere av TIFF's kinosaler, og kanskje har dere fått nye tanker, perspektiver, og kanskje funnet en ny favorittfilm🧐🤟🏼

Så benytt anledningen til å stemme frem din favoritt på tiff.no🙏🏼

📸 Dina Rindsem Ertsås Mats Gangvik Jamie Michael Bivard Petra Polčičova Mervi Salo Trond Kjetil Holst

Wow!! What a Friday🙏🏼 Thank you all for being a part of the festival, we love to see you enjoy the films, talks, masterc...
18/01/2025

Wow!! What a Friday🙏🏼 Thank you all for being a part of the festival, we love to see you enjoy the films, talks, masterclasses, Q&As and all inbetween✨

We still have two full days with screenings, and some extra screenings on Monday🕺🏼

Come join us for a last hurray of TIFF 2025 - Closing Party👏🏻

📸 Mats Gangvik Jamie Michael Bivard Sebastián Wilches Petra Polčičová Magdalena Wojtas Trond Kjetil Holst Mervi Salo

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Wow!! For en Fredag🙏🏼 Tusen takk til dere alle for å være en del av festivalen, vi elsker å se dere på filmvisning, film talks, masterclasses, Q&As og alt imellom!✨

Vi har fortsatt to hele dager med filmvisninger, og noen ekstravisninger på Mandag🕺🏼

Kom bli med på årets siste fest - Closing Party👏🏻

📸 Mats Gangvik Jamie Michael Bivard Sebastián Wilches Petra Polčičová Magdalena Wojtas Trond Kjetil Holst Mervi Salo

Today’s film tips will take you to all of our wonderful screening venues!📽️🎞️Which one is your favorite?😍  ☑️Start the d...
18/01/2025

Today’s film tips will take you to all of our wonderful screening venues!📽️🎞️Which one is your favorite?😍
 
☑️Start the day at Kulturhuset to watch My Favourite Cake at 09:00. 
☑️At 11:00, move over to to hear director George Sikharulidze introduce his film Panopticon, followed by a Q&A!
☑️At 15:30 you can sink into one of the comfortable couches at Driv kino to see Baby.
☑️At in Fokus 1 you can see The Assessment at 19:15.
☑️Then end the day at Alfheim with Natatorium at 22:15.
 
We hope you’ll have an amazing day at TIFF!😌🫶
 
Photo: Petra Polčičová, Sebastián Wilches, Magdalena Wojt, Mats Gangvik.
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Dagens filmtips tar deg med til alle våre fantastiske visningssteder!🎞️📽️ Hvilken er din favoritt?😍
 
☑️Start dagen på Kulturhuset for å se My Favourite Cake kl. 09:00.
☑️Kl. 11:00 kan du dra til for å høre regissør George Sikharulidze introdusere filmen Panopticon, etterfulgt av en Q&A!
☑️Kl. 15:30 kan du synke ned i en av de komfortable sofaene på Driv kino for å se Baby.
☑️På i Fokus 1 kan du se The Assessment kl. 19:15.
☑️Så kan du avslutte dagen på Alfheim med Natatorium kl. 22:15.
 
Vi håper du får en fantastisk dag på TIFF!😌🫶
 
Foto: Petra Polčičová, Sebastián Wilches, Magdalena Wojt, Mats Gangvik.

We’ve put up two extra screenings on Monday 20. January!😎Get your tickets now to: - The Seed of the Sacred Fig at 11:45 ...
17/01/2025

We’ve put up two extra screenings on Monday 20. January!😎Get your tickets now to:

- The Seed of the Sacred Fig at 11:45
- All We Imagine As Light at 15:00

At 🎬🎟️
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Vi har satt opp ekstravisninger på mandag 20. januar!😎Skaff deg billett nå til:

- The Seed of the Sacred Fig kl 11:45
- All We Imagine As Light kl 15:00

På 🎬🎟️

Check out the first episode of Film Talks with Montages, where editor Karsten Meinich and Director Fleur Fortuné is disc...
17/01/2025

Check out the first episode of Film Talks with Montages, where editor Karsten Meinich and Director Fleur Fortuné is discussing her first feature film The Assessment.

Montages are hosting the Film Talks at Tromsø bibliotek og byarkiv, where they are talking to visiting filmmakers and other festival guests.

Today, Friday 17. January at 16:00 will be a special edition with three Palestinian directors: Scandar Copti (Happy Holidays), Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown) and Tromsø-based Mohamed Jabaly in conversation about their films and being Palestinian artists.

Saturday 18. January 12:00 innovative Josua Oppenheimer talks about his unexpected venture into the musical genre with his new feature The End.
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Sjek ut første episode av Film Talks med Montages, hvor redaktør Karsten Meinich og regissør Fleur Fortuné diskuterer hennes første spillefilm The Assessment.

Montages holder Film Talks på Tromsø bibliotek og byarkiv under festivalen, hvor de har samtaler med festivalens gjestende filmskapere.

I dag, fredag 17. janaur kl 16:00 blir det en spesialutgave med tre palestinske regissører. Scandar Copti (Happy Holidays) og Mahdi Fleifel (To a Land Unknown) møter Tromsøs egen Mohamed Jabaly for en samtale om filmene i programmet og hvordan det er å være palestinsk regissør nå.

Lørdag 18. januar kl 12:00 kommer Joshua Oppenheimer for å fortelle om sin overraskende overgang til fiksjon med den særegne øko-musikalen The End.

TIFF 2025: I denne første episoden av årets Filmprat fra Tromsø møter vi den franske regissøren Fleur Fortuné, til samtale om hennes spillefilmdebut The Assessment, med Alicia Vikander og Elizabeth Olsen i hovedrollene.

Thank you all for being a part of Day 4 at the festival🙏🏼💥Here are some photos from Q&A's, Winter Cinema, Xn TIFF, scree...
17/01/2025

Thank you all for being a part of Day 4 at the festival🙏🏼💥

Here are some photos from Q&A's, Winter Cinema, Xn TIFF, screening at Alfheim, Volunteers, Arctic Pride Party at Driv & Attentatfest at Blårock!! What a day🤘🏻

We are ready for Friday, are you?🫵🏼

📸 Dina Rindsem Ertsås Sebastian Wilches Petra Polčičová Mervi Salo Mats Gangvik Trond Kjetil Holst

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Tromsø International Film Festival is a popular film festival for our audience, and at the same time an important meeting point for Norwegian and international film industry. TIFF 2021 will be the 31st edition of the festival. The festival is due January 18-24. The festival has had an incredible growth since it first commenced in 1991. The total of admissions in 1991 was 5200 - in 2019 it was 60000. This makes TIFF Norway's biggest film festival. Purpose Tromsø International Film Festival screens challenging quality films for a local, national and international audience. Outdoor Cinema Tromsø International Film Festival is set in the dark polar nights, which give's TIFF the unique possibility to screen films outdoor. The outdoor cinema is located at the main square in the heart of Tromsø. The program includes a selection of shorts and documentaries from the Films from the North program, along with special screenings and various other events. TIFF 2019 facts: 60501 admissions in total 10905 individual participants 1630 accreditated participants - including 111 media representatives and 263 volunteers 5 screening venues + outdoor cinema The festival generates an amount of 26 million NOK into trade and business.* * Marketing report from 2011 by Bedriftskompetanse AS.