Stars
Joachim Calmeyer
Tomas Norström
Bjørn Floberg
Reine Brynolfsson
Sverre Anker Ousdal
Leif Andrée
Gard B. Eidsvold
Lennart Jähkel
Trond Brænne
Bjørn Jenseg
Writers
Bent Hamer
Jörgen Bergmark
Full Cast & Crew
[Cast Group]
Actor: Joachim Calmeyer | Character: Isak Bjørvik
Actor: Tomas Norström | Character: Folke Nilsson
Actor: Bjørn Floberg | Character: Grant
Actor: Reine Brynolfsson | Character: Malmberg
Actor: Sverre Anker Ousdal | Character: Dr. Jack Zac. Benjaminsen
Actor: Leif Andrée | Character: Dr. Ljungberg
Actor: Gard B. Eidsvold | Character: Bakkerman
Actor: Lennart Jähkel | Character: Green
Actor: Trond Brænne | Character: Ordforer
Actor: Bjørn Jenseg | Character: Vaktmester
Actor: Jan Gunnar Røise | Character: Vaktmesterassistent
Actor: Karin Lunden | Character: Svensk selskapsdame
Actor: Päivi Laakso | Character: Finsk selskapsdame
[Directors Group]
Name: Bent Hamer | Role: Director
[Writers Group]
Name: Bent Hamer | Role: Writer
Name: Jörgen Bergmark | Role: Writer
[Producers Group]
Name: Jörgen Bergmark | Role: Producer
Name: Arve Figenschow | Role: Producer
Name: Bent Hamer | Role: Producer
[Music Group]
Name: Hans Mathisen | Role: Composer
[Cinematography Group]
Name: Philip Remy Øgaard | Role: Cinematographer
[Editing Group]
Name: Pål Gengenbach | Role: Editor
[Casting Group]
Name: Mette Holme Nielsen | Role: Casting Director
Name: Betten Vaager | Role: Casting Director
[Production Design Group]
Name: Billy Johansson | Role: Production Designer
[Costume Design Group]
Name: Karen Fabritius Gram | Role: Costume Designer
[Makeup Department]
Name: Eros Codinas | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Eva Rygh | Role: Makeup Department
[Production Management]
Name: Nina B. Andersson Figenschow | Role: Production Manager
[Assistant Directors]
Name: Binne Thoresen | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
[Art Department]
Name: Per Arild Amundsen | Role: Art Department
Name: Gudrun Johanna Benonysdottir | Role: Art Department
Name: Paul André Fuller | Role: Art Department
Name: Lars Erik Gurholt | Role: Art Department
Name: Rolf Kise | Role: Art Department
Name: Erik Magnussen | Role: Art Department
Name: Olivier Marcouiller | Role: Art Department
Name: Geir Opheim | Role: Art Department
Name: Jens Petter Svensrud | Role: Art Department
Name: Karen Søndrol | Role: Art Department
Name: Pål Tohje | Role: Art Department
Name: Katja von Zernichow | Role: Art Department
[Sound Department]
Name: Per Carleson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Petter Fladeby | Role: Sound Department
Name: Linda Forsén | Role: Sound Department
Name: Lars Jameson | Role: Sound Department
Name: Tomas Naug | Role: Sound Department
Name: Wille Peterson-Berger | Role: Sound Department
Name: Morten Solum | Role: Sound Department
[Special Effects]
Name: Pål Morten Hverven | Role: Special Effects
[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: Erik Aavatsmark | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Charles Curran | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Knut Haraldsen | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ingeborg Klyve | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Hilde Malme | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jens J. Patterson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Ståle Rue | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Terje Røkke | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Matthew R. Soria | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Johan Wallin | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Ingvill Fjeldstad | Role: Costume Department
Name: Kari Steihaug | Role: Costume Department
[Editorial Department]
Name: Janne Karin Hansen | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Bente Helle | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Torulf Henriksen | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Kirsti Marie Hougen | Role: Editorial Department
[Location Management]
Name: Kristian Mejdell Nissen | Role: Location Management
Name: Eirik Ohna | Role: Location Management
Name: Audun Skarbøvik | Role: Location Management
[Music Department]
Name: Lars Petter Kristiansen | Role: Music Department
Name: Erik Valderhaug | Role: Music Department
[Production Department]
Name: Terez Hollo-Klausen | Role: Production Department
Name: Pål Erik Solberg | Role: Production Department
[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Aslaug Konradsdottir | Role: Script and Continuity Department
[Additional Crew]
Name: Bjørn Bjølseth | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Andrzej Kiwala | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Hanne Liseth | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Anders Lunde | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jan Erik Nielsen | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Karen Rudolph | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Caroline Størmer | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Morten Swang | Role: Additional Crew
Trailers
Kitchen Stories | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi178913561/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi178913561/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563445734230.mp4?Expires=1788310299&Signature=JXkykbPhTtLO315S2RJ-uGJbP6YqXtUKbst4ezSK4cramuMznflN1HzYJAV6RGF~laD2ZlUbDsAdXeaQeq0OPdGs29qhbDlBS6xJjJvLwCWKts1k8c64Cd2YflC1i3yEAw~X3gRFiUgnMyDvJSRfi52YybTp8a9ui3VD~ukYTS0SJTHMH-tXRLaN6EA6mj7t86Ayq3zdi5ywZ-nNP-FE~isqyk3qb3HVsBvPsxj-xaGKbAuJmbUz1e3pbnWP95tyRbqQkqgvQlDd-IKgeflRqZ5OiAkoL2tnZ2QxtOfZzAzkEQakTld4160q-hXy2-mNv8L9j08qVszolntbdbZ10A__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA
Release Schedule
Norway: January 15, 2003 (Tromsø International Film Festival)
Norway: January 17, 2003
France: May 15, 2003 (Cannes Film Festival)
Czech Republic: July 5, 2003 (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
Denmark: August 15, 2003 (Copenhagen International Film Festival)
Canada: September 7, 2003 (Toronto International Film Festival)
Greece: September 16, 2003 (Athens Film Festival)
Sweden: September 19, 2003
Greece: September 26, 2003
France: October 5, 2003 (Cinessonne Film Festival)
Spain: October 25, 2003 (Valladolid International Film Festival)
Israel: November 27, 2003
France: December 9, 2003 (Paris, premiere)
Italy: December 10, 2003 (Rome, premiere)
Switzerland: December 17, 2003 (French speaking region)
France: December 17, 2003
Italy: December 19, 2003
United Kingdom: January 2, 2004
Belgium: January 28, 2004
Germany: February 5, 2004
Hungary: February 12, 2004
Denmark: February 13, 2004
United States: February 19, 2004 (Portland International Film Festival)
Poland: February 20, 2004
United States: February 20, 2004 (limited)
Serbia: February 28, 2004 (Belgrade Film Festival)
Switzerland: March 4, 2004 (German speaking region)
Mexico: March 10, 2004 (Muestra Internacional de Cine)
Czech Republic: March 21, 2004 (European Union Film Festival)
Czech Republic: March 25, 2004
United States: March 26, 2004 (Cleveland International Film Festival)
Argentina: April 14, 2004 (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
Netherlands: April 22, 2004
Finland: April 30, 2004
Estonia: May 14, 2004
Mexico: May 21, 2004 (Mexico City)
Japan: May 22, 2004
China: June 10, 2004 (Shanghai International Film Festival)
Philippines: June 26, 2004 (Cinemanila Film Festival)
Austria: January 6, 2005
Spain: May 27, 2005
Iceland: August 31, 2006 (Iceland International Film Festival)
Japan: November 4, 2015 (Tokyo Gohan Film Festival)
Awards
Nominee | 2003 | European Film Awards | EFA People's Choice Award | Best European Director | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | São Paulo International Film Festival | International Jury Award | Best Feature Film | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Amanda Awards, Norway | Amanda | Best Film (Årets norske kinofilm) | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Lübeck Nordic Film Days | Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Copenhagen International Film Festival | Golden Swan | Best Director | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | Copenhagen International Film Festival | Golden Swan | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Tromsø International Film Festival | FIPRESCI Prize | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories | For a touching, intelligent and multi-layered film, beautifully designed, skillfully performed and scripted, that delivers an always relevant fable of friendship, self-realisation and modernity, observing with grace, intelligence and, most of all, humour, the timeless desire of the human heart to escape classification.
Winner | 2003 | São Paulo International Film Festival | International Jury Award | Best Director | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | Camerimage | Golden Frog | Philip Remy Øgaard, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Valladolid International Film Festival | Silver Spike | Best Film | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Valladolid International Film Festival | Best Director of Photography | Philip Remy Øgaard, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | Valladolid International Film Festival | Golden Spike | Best Film | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Winner | 2003 | Ghent International Film Festival | Best Screenplay | Jörgen Bergmark, Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | Ghent International Film Festival | Grand Prix | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Nominee | 2003 | Cannes Film Festival | SACD Prize | Directors' Fortnight | Bent Hamer, Kitchen Stories
Box Office
Austria: USD 26654
Germany: USD 183491
Norway: USD 695528
Domestic: USD 351235
Period: Mar 14 – 16, 2003 | Weeks in release: 9 | Gross to date: USD 695528 | Interval gross: USD 14072
Period: Mar 7 – 9, 2003 | Weeks in release: 8 | Gross to date: USD 663824 | Interval gross: USD 20528
Period: Feb 28 – Mar 2, 2003 | Weeks in release: 7 | Gross to date: USD 620664 | Interval gross: USD 22752
Period: Feb 21 – 23, 2003 | Weeks in release: 6 | Gross to date: USD 569648 | Interval gross: USD 24064
Period: Feb 14 – 16, 2003 | Weeks in release: 5 | Gross to date: USD 523576 | Interval gross: USD 30544
Period: Feb 7 – 9, 2003 | Weeks in release: 4 | Gross to date: USD 452944 | Interval gross: USD 44480
Period: Jan 31 – Feb 2, 2003 | Weeks in release: 3 | Gross to date: USD 358408 | Interval gross: USD 56392
Period: Jan 24 – 26, 2003 | Weeks in release: 2 | Gross to date: USD 236480 | Interval gross: USD 84296
Period: Jan 17 – 19, 2003 | Rank: 6 | Weeks in release: 1 | Gross to date: USD 84136 | Interval gross: USD 84136