Tuba Atlantic

{{Infobox film

| name = Tuba Atlantic

| image = Tuba Atlantic.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Hallvar Witzø

| producer = Gudrun Austli

| writer = Linn-Jeanethe Kyed

| starring = David Chocron, Edvard Hægstad, Terje Ranes, Ingrid Viken

| cinematography = Karl Erik Brøndbo

| editing = Vesa Happonen

| released = {{Film date|2010|10|1}}

| runtime = 25 minutes

| country = Norway

| language = Norwegian

}}

Tuba Atlantic is a Norwegian short film directed by Hallvar Witzø.

The film follows a 70-year-old man who has six days to live, and wants to reconcile with his brother after a lifetime of disagreement. When Inger, his local "Angel of Death" comes to help him reach happiness in his final days, he is given his opportunity.

The film was a nominee at the 84th Academy Awards in the category Best Live Action Short Film,{{cite web|url=http://cinemawithoutborders.com/conversations/2950-tuba-atlantic-short-film-oscar.html|title=Tuba Atlantic, nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film Oscar - Cinema Without Borders|publisher=|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-date=2014-02-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202095854/http://cinemawithoutborders.com/conversations/2950-tuba-atlantic-short-film-oscar.html|url-status=live}} but the nomination was rescinded a few months after the ceremony because the film had been shown on television before its theatrical release, contrary to Academy eligibility rules.{{cite web |url=https://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/Search/Nominations?filmId=4389&view=2-Film%20Title-Alpha |title= Search Results - Tuba Atlantic |website=Oscars Awards Database |accessdate=2022-03-01 |quote=After the awards ceremony on February 26, 2012, the Academy was made aware that Tuba Atlantic had been shown on Norwegian television in 2010, making the film ineligible for the 84th Awards under the rules governing the category. In July 2012, the nomination was rescinded by the Board of Governors. }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/oscar-nomination-alone-yet-not-alone-scandal|magazine=Vanity Fair|title=Controversial Oscar Nomination Revoked by Academy|first=Julie|last=Miller|publisher=|date=2014-01-30|accessdate=2017-02-26|archive-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413013231/http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2014/01/oscar-nomination-alone-yet-not-alone-scandal|url-status=live}} The Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten reported, a few days after the Oscars award ceremony on February 26, 2012, that the producers of Tuba Atlantic who submitted the film for consideration by the Academy had checked "no" in response to the question whether the film had been shown on television. The film's director, Hallvar Witzø, told Aftenposten that the Academy had been aware of the television showing, but a spokesperson for the Academy said that the Academy had not known about it.{{cite web |website=NEWSinENGLISH.no |url=https://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/02/29/norways-oscar-film-candidate-should-never-have-been-nominated/ |date=2012-02-29 |accessdate=2022-03-01 |title=Norway's Oscar film candidate 'should never have been nominated' |archive-date=2022-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301235946/https://www.newsinenglish.no/2012/02/29/norways-oscar-film-candidate-should-never-have-been-nominated/ |url-status=live }}