How to attend?
Festival pass provides access to all films and performances.
You can buy festival pass for one (700 NOK), two (1200 NOK) or three days (1600 NOK).
Festival pass is included program, coffee and tea.
More information and link here.
Where in Lillehammer does the festival take place?
The festival venues are located in the city center. There you will find the cinema, the restaurant for the festival dinner, the Victoria Hotel and other hotels, along with cafes and nightlife options. Everything is within a few minutes’ walk of Lillehammer train station.
The festival program takes place in the Lillehammer Cinema Theater, Kirkegaten 69
How to arrive in Lillehammer?
From Oslo (Oslo Airport is the closest airport)
145 km to Lillehammer from Oslo Airport – 1 hr 44 minutes by train
NOTE: Train strike in Norway. Visit vy.no or entur.no for updated information
Train every hour from Oslo to Lillehammer. It is a local train where reservation is not needed.
The train comes from Drammen and goes to Oslo S – Lillestrom – Oslo Airport – Hamar – Lillehammer
Lillehammer train station is in a short walking distance (200 meters) from the festival venue and the hotels in the city center.
TICKETS: https://entur.no/ or the app ENTUR or on ticket mashines at the station
Where can I stay?
Scandic Victoria Hotel
Address: Nymosvingen 3, Lillehammer
Scandic Victoria Hotel is the main festival hotel located in the heart of Lillehammer and a short walk from Lillehammer Cinema Theater- the festival venue.
The hotel offers rooms including breakfast at the following prices:
Single room: 1390
Double room: 1690
Use the following code: BMAD230926 through www.scandichotels.no (valid until August 6th.)
After this date, you can become a Scandic member/friend (for free) and get rooms at the same price—or even cheaper.
Aksjemöllen Hotel
Address: Elvegata 12
Aksjemöllen, once the local mill in Lillehammer, is a small cozy boutique hotel only 200 meters from the cinema theater. The hotel has a nice roof top bar.
Price: The hotel offers a 20% discount on all their rooms. Book your room through aksjemollen.no/en and use the discount code: mad
Home Hotel Hammer
Address: Storgata 108
Home Hotel Hammer is a centrally located hotel short distance from the train station and the cinema theater. In addition to breakfast, the room price includes a light afternoon and evening meal.
Book your room with a 15% discount using this link:
https://app.mews.com/distributor/2864d74c-1e34-4ffd-a81d-b0910143c107?mewsVoucherCode=Filmfestival
For more information, see
https://www.strawberryhotels.com/hotels/norway/lillehammer/home-hotel-hammer/
Hotel Breiseth
Address: Jernbanegaten 1-5
Hotel Breiseth is a newly renovated, historic hotel in the heart of Lillehammer, just steps from the train station. The 69 unique, art-filled rooms are inspired by the Lillehammer Painters who once paid for their stays with artwork.
For more information, see
https://www.firsthotels.com/hotels/norway/lillehammer/hotel-breiseth
For other accommodation options see booking.com, hotels.com or Airbnb.
Where can I eat?
The centre of Lillehammer has many cafes and restaurants close to the cinema theater.
All hotels recommended have included breakfast.
The Scandic Victoria Hotel offers a dinner buffet the 24th and 25th in the dinner breaks. A buffet with one meat dish, one fish dish and one vegetarian dish with side dishes. These dinners will be available only to those who have made a reservation in advance. Book your dinners when you register for your festival pass. Also for guests staying in other hotels.
The last night, the 26th, we will have a festival dinner with music and performance at the restaurant Hygge, where we have booked the whole restaurant from 7 pm to midnight. They can seat 200 people and have a stage. We hope to fill most of the venue so that we have the restaurant to ourselves and can plan some music and entertainment from the stage.
We need to pre-order the main course, this is done when you buy your festival pass.
Language
The festival will bring together people from across the world, making English the official language of the festival. This also applies to social events.