Oscar-Academy Awards 2026: Acceptance Speech of Joachim Trier for Best International Film, Sentimental Value

Joachim Trier won as Ibternation feature Film at Academy Awards 2026, for the movie Sentimental Value. Here is the Acceptance Speech.

"Thank you. Oh my goodness. Thank you so much. I'm just a film nerd from Norway. Thank you so much. Honestly, this means the world to me. Thanks to the Academy. And thanks to Neon who brought our film over here, MK2, who helped us. This film is about a very dysfunctional family, and it's the opposite of what I felt with this beautiful group behind me. I think I make films to feel at home with people, and I've really felt at home with the crew. There's 1,072 people on these credits, and I love them all, and I share this with them. The cast behind me, I've never been so proud. Thanks for wanting to work with me. My real family. My mom and dad for showing me movies.

My wife Helle for, you know, it's not so easy to be with filmmakers. I love you. My kids, [inaudible]. I want to...because I'm in this category, and I feel I represent global filmmakers. In a moment like this, I would just want to recognize the wonderful films we were nominated together with. Important, beautiful films that reflect our present crisis and the crisis of the past. And I want to end by quoting, or not actually quoting, but paraphrasing rather, the wonderful American writer James Baldwin, who makes us remember that all adults are responsible for all children. Let's not vote for politicians who don't take this seriously into account. Okay. Thank you".