question: Who directed the film that "Homesick" lost out to be Norway's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards?
answer: Roar Uthaug
context: Title: Iraqi Odyssey
  Passage: Iraqi Odyssey is a 2014 Swiss documentary film directed by Samir.  It was one of seven films shortlisted by Switzerland to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.  On 27 August 2015 it was selected to represent Switzerland for the Foreign Language Oscar but it was not nominated.
  Title: Jack (2014 film)
  Passage: Jack is a 2014 German drama film directed by Edward Berger.  The film had its premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.  It was one of eight films shortlisted by Germany to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to "Labyrinth of Lies".
  Title: Enclave (film)
  Passage: Enclave (Serbian: Enklava, Енклава ) is a 2015 German-Serbian co-produced drama film directed by Goran Radovanović.  It was one of six films shortlisted by Serbia to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.  On 3 September 2015 it was selected to represent Serbia for the Foreign Language Oscar.
  Title: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
  Passage: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (German: Vor der Morgenröte ) is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Maria Schrader.  It was listed as one of eight films that could be the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected.  However, it was later chosen as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
  Title: Returning Home
  Passage: Returning Home (Norwegian: Å vende tilbake ) is a 2015 Norwegian drama film directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken.  It was one of three films shortlisted by Norway to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to "The Wave".
  Title: 600 Miles
  Passage: 600 Miles (Spanish: 600 Millas ) is a 2015 Mexican drama film directed by Gabriel Ripstein.  It was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the award for Best First Feature.  It was one of fourteen films shortlisted by Mexico to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards.  On 17 September 2015 it was selected to represent Mexico for the Foreign Language Oscar but it was not nominated.
  Title: The Wave (2015 film)
  Passage: The Wave (Norwegian: Bølgen ) is a 2015 Norwegian catastrophe drama film directed by Roar Uthaug.  It was Norway's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but failed to be nominated.  The movie presents a futuristic event in Møre og Romsdal for the Åkerneset crevasse to end in disaster; an avalanche resulting in an 80 meter tall tsunami that will destroy anything in its direction.
  Title: Homesick (film)
  Passage: Homesick (Norwegian: De nærmeste ) is a 2015 Norwegian drama film directed by Anne Sewitsky.  It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.  It was one of three films shortlisted by Norway to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to "The Wave".
  Title: Dora or the Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents
  Passage: Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents (German: Dora oder Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern ) is a 2015 Swiss drama film directed by Stina Werenfels.  It was screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.  It was one of seven films shortlisted by Switzerland to be their submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards, but it lost out to "Iraqi Odyssey".
  Title: Ciro Guerra
  Passage: Ciro Guerra (born 6 February 1981) is a Colombian film director and screenwriter.  He made his first film "Wandering Shadows" in 2004 at the age of 23.  The film was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards, however it was not nominated.  His next film "The Wind Journeys" competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival and was selected as Colombian submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards; it also was not selected.
citations: Homesick (film) The Wave (2015 film)