PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Feature Films

• Passage
  Grant: NOK 1,500,000
  Recipient: French Quarter Film, Sweden
  Producer: Mathilde Dedye
  Director: Levan Akin
  Logline: Passage is a story about love and longing for a place to belong. It’s about chosen families, created by people who have no place within their biological families.
  
  The latest feature film by award-winning Levan Akin (And Then We Danced, Dough) is being co-produced by Sweden’s Ludvig Andersson at RMV Film, Charlotta Denward at SVT, France’s Nadia Turincev and Omar El Khadi at Easy Riders Films, Denmark’s Katja Adomeit at Adomeit Film, Turkey’s Ersan Çongar at Bir Film, Georgia’s Anna Khazaradze and Nino Chichua at 1991 Productions. Further details will be announced at a later date.

Drama Series

• Emergency Unit
  Format: 8x50’
  Amount: NOK 2,500,000
  Recipient: Nordisk Film Production Norway
  Producer: Sigur Mikal Karoliussen
  Concept director: Simen Alsvik, episodic director Oskari Sipola
  Main writers: Tarja Kylmä, Paula Mononen
  Commissioners: NRK, Yle
  Logline: An earthquake hits Northern Pakistan, leaving thousands of locals in need. A Nordic Medical team travels to build a hospital and make a difference. Across nations and language barriers the team must fight against time in order to save lives.
  
  The series is being produced by Nordisk Film Production and ITV Studios Finland for NRK and YLE, with co-financing from SVT, DR and RÚV as part of N12. Aurora Studios is co-coproducing. Filming is due to start mid-November, with the premiere set for the fall 2023.

• Keep it Together (Hålla Samman)
  Format: 8x29’
  Grant: NOK 1,200,000
  Recipient: Anagram Sweden
  Producers: Emma Åkesdotter Ronge, Ann Lundberg
  Concept director: Maria Blom, episodic director Martin Larsson
  Main writer: Erik Ahrnbom, with Martin Larsson, episodic writers Ida Kjellin, Vanja Torp.
  Commissioner: SVT
  World Sales: The Yellow Affair
  Logline: Keep it together is a dramedy that tackles different aspects of family life. From the daily situations to the life altering ones. It’s about how you take on life with humour and warmth and hold on to the good times. Despite what life throws your way. Filming in Ystad just wrapped. The premiere is set for the fall 2023.

• Ronja – The Robber’s Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter)
  Format: 2 seasons of 8x60’
  Grant: NOK 4,000,000
  Recipient: Filmlance International, Sweden
  Producers: Bonnie Skoog Feeney, Mattias Arehn
  Head-writer: Hans Rosenfeldt
  Concept Director: Lisa James Larsson
  Commissioner: Viaplay
  Global sales: Viaplay Content Sales
  Logline: Based on Astrid Lindgren’s literary classic, Ronja-the Robber’s Daughter is an epic fantasy adventure family series, a timely coming-of-age story, and hymn to nature. Filming is due to start August 22.

• The House
  Format: 6x60’
  Grant: NOK 1,600,000
  Recipient: DR Drama, Denmark
  Producers: Rikke Tørholm Kofoed, Rikke Sasja Lassen
  Details TBA

Documentaries

• A Heart is Always Red (Ett hjärta är alltid rött)
  Grant: NOK 350,000
  Recipient: Docster Pictures, Sweden
  Producer: Hjalmar Palmgren
  Director: Anders "Balsam" Hellström
  Distribution: SVT, Folkets Bio
  Logline: The film is both a music doc about the Swedish rock band ‘Imperiet’, and a snapshot of the 80s, political activism, and the personal price the top Swedish band had to pay to reach fame and success.
  
  The documentary is co-produced by Thomas Robsahm at Amacord, Norway, with co-financiers SVT, Film Stockholm, Gotlands Filmfond, NRK, DR, YLE, Konstnärsnämnden and crowd-funding.
• Some Walk in Broken Shoes
  Grant: NOK 750,000
  Recipient: Auto Images, Sweden
  Producer: Ove Rishøj Jensen
  Director: Magnus Gertten
  Distribution: TriArt, SVT
  Sales: Auto Images
  Logline: Cornelis Vreeswijk was deeply loved by friends and partners. But he also had a dark side, triggered by jealousy and addictions. As an artist, Cornelis' self-confidence was enormous, but as a private person it was often the opposite.
  
  The doc biopic is co-produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen of Hansen & Pedersen, Denmark, with co-financing from NRK, Yle, DR, Film i Skåne, TriArt in Sweden, Camera Film in Denmark, support from the Swedish Film Institute and the Danish Film Institute. The domestic release is set for September 2023.
• Spark
  Grant: NOK 1,000,000
  Recipient: A5 film, Norway
  Producer: Mari Bakke Riise
  Directors: Silje Evensmo Jacobsen, Kristin Nybø
  Logline: Intimate youth documentary series which spreads the love and joy of dance, with excitement towards what make it or break it in street dance, and with deep personal stories. Further details TBA.

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

• NOK 200,000 to SF Studios, Denmark for the release of the Swedish Palme d’or winning film Triangle of Sadness.
• NOK 200,000 to SF Studios, Denmark for the release of the Swedish film The Emigrants.
• NOK 150,000 to Camera Film, Denmark for the release of the Norwegian film The Worst Person in the World.
• NOK 110,000 to Fidalgo, Norway for the release of the Daish film Rose.
• NOK 90,000 to FilmBazar, Denmark for the release of the Swedish film Comedy Queen.

INDUSTRY INITIATIVES SUPPORT

• NOK 370,000 to Filmkontakt Nord for Nordisk Panorama Industry Days, Malmö
• NOK 200,000 to NRK, RöU1 for Scandinavian Screening, Oslo.