The largest grant of NOK3.6 million was allocated in January to the Finnish series Estonia produced by Fisher King.

Production Support

TV Series

  • Estonia
    Format: 8x45’
    Grant: NOK 3.6 million
    Recipient: Fisher King, Finland
    Producers: Matti Halonen, Johannes Lassila
    Main writer: Miikko Oikkonen
    Directors: Måns Månsson, Juuso Syrjä
    TV Commissioners: MTV, C More, TV4
    Global sales: Beta Film
    Logline: The worst maritime accident since Titanic. The powerful character driven event series of the disaster and the accident investigation of Estonia cruiser that sank in the Baltic sea 1994 with 850 passengers.

    The series is co-produced by Martina Stöhr and Petra Jönsson of Kärnfilm Sweden, Riina Sildos of Estonia’s Amrion, and André Logie of Belgium’s Panache Production. Filming is due to start in April, with a premiere set for the fall 2022.
  • Chorus Girls (Dansegarderoben)
    Format: 8x42’
    Grant: NOK 2 million
    Recipient: Apple Tree Productions, Denmark
    Producer: Dorthe Riis Lauridsen
    Main writers: Ditte Hansen, Louise Mieritz
    TV Commissioner: TV2
    Further details to be announced at a later date.
  • Rumours (Rykter)
    Format: 30x10’
    Grant: NOK 750,000
    Recipient: Mothership Entertainment, Norway
    Producers: Linda Bolstad Strønen, Eidar Nakken, Marie Fuglestein
    Main writers: Christoffer Ebbesen, Sigrid Kolbjørnsen
    Directors: Kjersti Steinsbø, Nina Knag, Sigrid Kolbjørnsen, Andreas Milde
    TV Commissioner: NRK
    Logline: Rumours is a series about friends, bullies and big emotions. An island newcomer sparks a year filled with secrets, love and gossip for the local 10th graders. And when summer comes all friendships, love interests and future plans must be reconsidered.

    Linda Bolstad Strønen said she wants to “create a realistic drama about 13-14 years old real issues, while “putting it into a narrative form whose tempo and beat frequency is closer to what they are used to in today's social media.”

    “The result is a public service-relevant drama that the target group doesn’t perceive as an educational reprimand, but as a captivating fiction series that understands how difficult it is to be young in Norway.”

    The series has also received support from Vestnorsk Filmsenter, Mediefondet Zefyr, and the Norwegian Film Institute.

    Shooting is due to start late March, with a premiere set for the fall 2022.

Feature Films

  • Eternal (For evigt)
    Grant: NOK 1.5 million
    Recipient: Hyæne Film, Denmark
    Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph
    Director: Ulaa Salim
    Further details to be announced at a later date.
  • Ebba
    Grant: NOK 1 million
    Recipient: Oslo Pictures, Norway
    Producers: Dyveke Bjørkly Graver, Renée Hansen Modyszewski
    Director: Johanna Pyykkö
    Writer: Johanna Pyykkö, Jørgen Færøy Flasnes
    Domestic distributor: Scandinavian Film Distribution
    Logline: In this mysterious drama thriller, the lonely 18-year-old Ebba finds a beautiful, wounded man in the Oslo harbour. When she discovers he has amnesia, she lies and tells him they’re lovers. As he recovers, Ebba finds that he might not be as innocent as she first thought.

    The film is co-produced by France’s Bathysphere Productions, Arte France and Sweden’s Garagefilm, with co-financing from SVT, NRK, support from the Norwegian Film Institute, and Oslo Film Fund. Filming is due to start in May 2022.

Documentary

  • Remote Control
    Grant: NOK 600,000
    Recipient: House of Real, Denmark
    Producer: Jesper Jack
    Director: David Borenstein
    Domestic distribution: DR
    Logline: Through stories from four continents, Remote Control enters the rapidly growing field of behavioural engineering to see how the internet is used to weaponise our emotions against us.

    Jesper Jack who produced Borenstein’s earlier film Dream Empire, said he and David started researching the topic of tech utopianism and anti-democratic forces starting to emerge. “As the project progressed and Trumpism made tech criticism everyone's business, we adjusted our focus to what we found more interesting: how technology feeds on what makes us human and hack humanity through our emotions. We want to understand this new reality through bold and big questions,” he said.

    “Remote Control is not only a film that interweaves character driven stories-a little bit like Eric Gandini's Videocracy - but also six webisodes where these character stories are expanded.” According to the producer, one of three short docs -Love Factory, has screened on NYTimes OpDocs and has been watched more than 2 million times on YouTube, which helped him to attract co-financiers and distribution.

    So far, the film has received support from The New York Times, the Danish Film Institute, DR, SVT, VGTV and ZDF/ARTE. Scenes have been shot in Macedonia, China, the US and filming continues in Denmark. The anticipated premiere is set for late 2023.

Distribution and Dubbing Support Distribution

  • NOK 440,000 to TriArt, Sweden for the release of the Norwegian film The Innocents and Icelandic film Lamb.
  • NOK 300,000 to Another World, Norway for the release of the Swedish documentary The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, the Danish film Wild Men and Icelandic film Lamb.
  • NOK 200,000 in slate support to Bío Paradís (Heimili kvikmyndanna), Iceland for the release of the Finnish film Compartment No6, Swedish film Pleasure and Norwegian film Ninjababy.
  • NOK 250,000 to NonStop Entertainment, Sweden for the release of the Finnish film Hatching.
  • NOK 170,000 to Njuta Films, Sweden for the release of the Finnish animated film The Exploits of Moominpappa-Adventures of a Young Moomin.
  • NOK 96,000 to Camera Film, Denmark for the release of the Icelandic film Lamb.

Dubbing

  • NOK 130,000 to Sena, Iceland for the dubbing of the Danish animated film Little Allan-The Human Antenna.

Industry Initiatives Support

  • NOK335,000 to Fonden de Københavnske Filmfestivaler for CPH:Industry.