Anne Karoline Frogner (born February 3, 1961) is a Norwegian filmmaker, photographer, writer and lecturer. She is one of Norway's foremost documentary filmmakers[1] and is a stills photographer for the image agency Samfoto. She is the director of production company Integritet Film AS and the author of several books.

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Her films often cover human rights issues. In 1990 she started a children's art centre in Betlehem.[2] She was made a Government scholar in the State budget of Norway of 2014.[3]

Films

• 2011: Gacacas and the Fairness in the Grass
• 2011: Duhozanye - We Who Comfort Each Other, about a widows society in Rwanda.[4][5]
• 2009: Kirsten Flagstad Place, a documentary film about opera singer Kirsten Flagstad.[6]
• 2003: Tradra - Yesterday I Became a Romani, a documentary about travellers in Norway.[7]
• 1999: Stolen Time/Thirst, a short story project based on three short stories by Knut Hamsun.[8]
• 1995: The Time Of Darkness - drama based on the lives of ten female members of the Norwegian Resistance during World War II who were arrested by the Nazis and deported to labour camps in Germany.[9][10][11][12]
• 1994: Asil - Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa, a short film about a dyslexic girl.
• 1990: Whistling Not Allowed, a short film about Norwegian girls dating German soldiers during World War II.
• 1989: God Bless the Child, a short film about Palestinian children playing Intifada.
• 1988: A Portrait of Anja Breien.

Awards

• 2013: Norwegian government grant.[3]
• 2004: Amanda Award nomination for best documentary and the people's choice award, for Tradra.
• 1995: Amanda Award for best documentary, Times Of Darkness
• Times of Darkness: Best Documentary Award, Women's Film Festival, Turin
• Times of Darkness: Best Film, Nordic Glory of Jyvaskyla in Finland.
• The Osterø Award for humanitarian work, Military Deny Peace Prize 1995.
• Whistling Not Allowed: Nordic Film, Lübeck 1990.
• The Jewish community planted a tree bearing Frogner's name for Times Of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism.^{[citation needed]}

Books

• 1997: Portrait of a Neighbour: A Portrait of Eight Immigrant Women
• 1995: Times Of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism.[13]
• 1994: Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa: children's book, along with Jón Sveinbjørn Jónsson, illustrated by Annie Goetzinger.[14]
• 1992: A Suffering without Borders: the Face of Kurdish Refugees (along with Unn-Iren Aasdalen) Cappelen ISBN 82-02-13303-3.
• 1991: Intifada Children: A Meeting with Palestinian Women and Children

Compilation DVD

• 2004: Times Of Darkness

Films included on this DVD: God Bless the Child, Whistling Not Allowed, Asil - Lisa Went to School - Or Vice Versa, Stolen Time and Time of Darkness - Women's Encounter with Nazism.

Exhibitions

• 2014: The film Duhozanye. The Widows of Rwanda about the gacaca-trials during the aftermath of the genocide in Rwanda, was screened at the Memorium Nuremberg Trials from 10/4-12/5 as part of the exhibition, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide.[15]
• 2011: Gacacas and the Fairness in the Grass, Norwegian Center for Studies of Holocaust and Religious Minorities - Bygdøy, Oslo.
• 2011: Dag og Karoline Frogner - Photo series from Rwanda, and Le Marais in Paris, Modum art union - Modum.
• 1998: Bertolt Brecht Multimedia performance with music, Hennie Onstad Art gallery, Bayern Prison, Bredtvedt Female Correctional Facilities.
• 1991: Intifada Children Current Art Gallery, Oslo.

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