Joachim Trier’s Norwegian drama Sentimental Value has surged to the front of this year’s awards race, earning eight Golden Globe nominations and trailing only Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another among film contenders.
The Golden Globes organisation lists the film in the best motion picture – drama field and the non-English language category, alongside directing and screenplay nods for Trier and long-time collaborator Eskil Vogt. Renate Reinsve is recognised for lead actress in a drama, with Stellan Skarsgård, Elle Fanning and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas all competing in supporting acting races, giving the film one of the widest spreads of performance nominations this year.
Sentimental Value centres on an acclaimed filmmaker who returns to Oslo to reclaim the family home and ends up turning his fractured relationship with his two daughters into material for a new movie, a choice that reopens buried resentments once a famous American actor enters the family orbit. The comedy-drama premiered in competition at Cannes in May, where it won the Grand Prix, before rolling out across Europe and North America under distributors including Neon and Mubi.
In a statement after the nominations were announced, Trier said he felt deeply grateful that voters had embraced a quiet story about family, reconciliation and the way art can help repair strained bonds, stressing that the honour belongs to his cast and to Vogt, who shaped the script with him. He has framed the film as a continuation of his interest in messy, modern families, following the attention around his earlier collaboration with Reinsve on The Worst Person in the World.
Fanning, nominated for supporting actress, called the production a once-in-a-lifetime experience and praised Trier as a gentle director who created a safe space in Oslo for his actors to experiment, adding that she feels thrilled to stand alongside performers she has long admired. Lilleaas described the news as unreal and said she shares it with her co-stars and with the film’s backers, while Skarsgård said the recognition means a great deal because the film is built from delicate, everyday moments rather than large plot twists or spectacle.
The sweep underscores how aggressively the Globes have widened their embrace of international cinema this season, with Trier joining Jafar Panahi and Chloé Zhao on the directing list and non-English dramas filling much of the drama lineup. For Neon, which now fields multiple titles across the ballot, Sentimental Value becomes a key pillar of its awards slate heading into the 83rd Golden Globe ceremony on January 11, 2026, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and air on CBS with Nikki Glaser returning as host.
