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29/10/2026

Debate: The road to a new deal on streamer investment and producer rights

Across Europe, governments are reshaping streaming investment rules, while producers push for a greater share of the rights and value created. France and Germany offer contrasting models as the Nordics consider their different options.
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29/10/2026

A week of Nordic meeetings and culture awards in Helsinki

In his acceptance speech for the Nordic Council Film Prize, Joachim Trier made it very clear why we need culture and funding for it. The next day, Nordic Ministers of Culture received industry recommendations from the Nordic Market Working Group, appointed by NFTVF.
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29/10/2026

New market opportunities at the Nordic region’s leading animation festival

This year’s Fredrikstad Animation Festival showcased a broad range of Nordic, Baltic and global animated films in competition sections, as well as introducing a new market for animation.
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29/10/2026

Beyond the backlot: Reinventing drama in the age of virtual production

From MMC Studios’ vast LED stages in Cologne to the new IDA Hub in Estonia, virtual production is expanding across Europe, promising greater creative freedom and lower costs. But can it overcome skills gaps and high investment costs to become an everyday tool for producers?
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28/10/2026

Finnish storytelling meets Lithuanian craftsmanship in Nightborn

Producers Daniel Kuitunen and Arturas Dvinelis discuss the collaboration process behind the Nordic-Baltic co-production at Riga International Film Festival.
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27/10/2026

Nordic projects take three MIA prizes as industry weighs new financing and audience strategies

At Rome’s audiovisual market, the region’s projects made a strong showing, while executives from SVT, IPR.VC, DR, Yle and Nordisk Film examined the pressures reshaping production, investment and commissioning.
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22/10/2026

From fear to financing: Nordic children's projects chart different paths at Cinekid

Nine Nordic projects at Cinekid for Professionals revealed shared concerns alongside contrasting approaches to co-production, animation and sustainability.
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21/10/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff of Bufo and B-Plan

Bufo co-founders, esteemed Finnish producers Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari, talk Red Snow, The Squirrel and some hard lessons about finding audiences.
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21/10/2026

Aarhus launches unified festival to strengthen the audiovisual industry

Aarhus brings its film and series festivals together under one brand, creating a stronger platform for both audiences and the Nordic production community, Festival Manager Theresa Valbæk shared new goals and ambitions with NFTVF.
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01/10/2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s support during the third quarter of 2026

Top financing of 15 productions: from police series to films about shitballs in the sea, a reinvented Peer Gynt, and the Tooth Fairy, as well as a documentary of Pippi Longstocking, told by the people who have portrayed her around the world.
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23/06/2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond launches its new “Open Calls” section on nordiskfilmogtvfond.com

NFTVF has started collecting Nordic open calls aimed at professionals who want to submit projects to festivals or participate in labs, workshops or other events. Submit calls or find ongoing ones!
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25/06/2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s supports during the second quarter of 2026

Last grants before summer include productions based on both true events and myths, and fictional explorations of cultural icons H.C. Andersen and Ingmar Bergman.
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15/09/2026

Personal stories take centre stage at Nordic Talents

This year’s two Nordic Talents prize projects turn intimate experiences into bold stories about identity, growing up, belonging and the search for direction.
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26/03/2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s supports during the first quarter of 2026

Half of the films that received support for distribution to other Nordic countries in Q1 are aimed at children and youth, as well as two of the eleven top financed productions.
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18/06/2026

Upcoming changes to Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s Guidelines & Funding Policy

From August on, new distribution criteria for feature films will be implemented. For drama series, NFTVF's support median will rise from 3% to 4%.
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18/05/2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond appoints Cecilie Aspenes as new Fiction Advisor

Norwegian Aspenes, who has a background as a producer and film commissioner, will succeed Torleif Hauge in June.
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21/10/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Misha Jaari and Mark Lwoff of Bufo and B-Plan

Bufo co-founders, esteemed Finnish producers Mark Lwoff and Misha Jaari, talk Red Snow, The Squirrel and some hard lessons about finding audiences.
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03/09/2026

Nordic Film Talks: May el-Toukhy

Danish writer/director May el-Toukhy’s new film Woman Unknown, premiering in Venice Competition, looks at the aftermath of World War 2 by exploring women’s stories usually erased from history books.
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27/08/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Erik Poppe

Veteran Norwegian filmmaker Erik Poppe explains why he had to wait 25 years to make Beloved, based on Nobel-winning author Jon Fosse’s only original screenplay.
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19/06/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Animation Special with Linda Hambäck and Tonje Skar Reiersen

As Annecy kicks off, the internationally awarded Hambäck and Reiersen discuss why human creativity, and bold and playful stories, will help the animation industry continue thriving in the age of AI.
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18/05/2026

Nordic Film Talks at Cannes: Nicolas Winding Refn and Marie Ulven

Danish auteur Refn says he’s a modern-day Hans Christian Andersen, inspired by the globe, but shooting his new film Her Private Hell in Copenhagen; Norway’s Ulven moves from music to acting in Low Expectations.
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23/04/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Martin Zandvliet

The Danish Oscar nominee explores complex family and farming dynamics in his first TV show, Harvest, and convinced his starry cast to drive tractors for authenticity.
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18/03/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Ester Bergsmark

The Swedish filmmaker spent seven years exploring ideas in A Sweetness From Nowhere, now premiering at CPH:DOX. She calls it a nerve-racking process that envelops everything from disco jellyfish to footage she shot for an abandoned sci-fi film.
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12/02/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Hanna Bergholm

After her global hit Hatching, the Finnish writer/director comes to Berlinale Competition with her English-language debut, Nightborn, offering a twisted take on parenthood.
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29/01/2026

Nordic Film Talks: Eskil Vogt

The Oscar nominated co-writer of Sentimental Value describes his collaborative writing process with Joachim Trier; and how he’s writing a new script to “mix Bergman and Hitchcock.”
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Latest trailers

FEATURE FILM 30/10/2026

Growth of the Soil

Growth of the Soil, based on Knut Hamsun’s Nobel Prize-winning novel, premieres tonight in Norwegian cinemas.

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FEATURE FILM 29/10/2026

Lionheart

The Danish feature film Lionheart premieres in national cinemas today.

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FEATURE FILM 23/10/2026

Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer

The Finnish animation Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer premieres in national cinemas today.

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DOCUMENTARY 19/10/2026

The Smuggler

The Swedish documentary The Smuggler premieres in national cinemas on Friday.

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DOCUMENTARY 15/10/2026

The Mystery Package

The Norwegian documentary The Mystery Package premieres in national cinemas tomorrow.

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FEATURE FILM 10/10/2026

Betty Balloon

The Danish animation Betty Balloon is currently screening in national cinemas.

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DRAMA SERIES 09/10/2026

Harvest

The Danish seven-episode drama series Harvest premieres today on DRTV.

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FEATURE FILM 08/10/2026

Tell Everyone

The Finnish feature film Tell Everyone premieres in national cinemas tomorrow.

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FEATURE FILM 07/10/2026

Almost There

The Norwegian feature film Almost There premieres in national cinemas on Friday.

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