Erik Poppe’s ‘Beloved’ to Open Haugesund: ‘All Eyes Are on Norway,’ Says Festival Chief Tonje Hardersen
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Jon Fosse's only original screenplay gets its world premiere in Norway
Photo: Jarvin – Jarle Vines / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) A new film built on the only original screenplay by Nobel Prize-winning author Jon Fosse will have its world premiere Aug. 23 when it opens the 54th Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway. The drama, called “Beloved” (“Kjærast”), is directed by Oscar-shortlisted Erik Poppe and stars Leo Magnus de la Nuez and Kristi-Helene Giæver Engeberg as a couple whose love is …
Jon Fosse's long-awaited collaboration with Erik Poppe, "Kjærast", opens the 54th Norwegian Film Festival on August 23, 2026.
Jon Fosse film opens film festival Director Erik Poppe's new film "Kjærast", which was made in collaboration with Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, will premiere at the Haugesund Film Festival. The film festival kicks off on Sunday, August 23. The director will be present on the red carpet with the film's actors, including Kirsti-Helene Engeberg who plays the lead role. Jon Fosse is not scheduled to attend the premiere, the festival informs NTB. - …
Director Erik Poppe's new film "Kjærast", which was made in collaboration with Nobel Prize winner Jon Fosse, will premiere at the Haugesund Film Festival.
Jon Fosse's first screenplay, Kjærast, opens the 54th Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on August 23. The film is directed by Erik Poppe and was partly shot in our area.
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