NFTVF’s supports during the fourth quarter of 2024

The Fund grants NOK 30,250,000 to 13 fiction productions and 7 documentaries in Q4. In addition the Fund granted NOK 3,145,000 for 18 distribution & dubbing-projects and 2 industry initiatives.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Feature films

Disturbed (Röskun)
Support: NOK 1,500,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: H.M.S. Productions ehf.
Director: Bragi Thor Hinriksson
Writer: Helga Arnardóttir
Pitch: In the aftermath of a brutal sexual assault, a young lawyer questions her sanity as she battles inner demons, uncertain whether her paranoia is consuming her or if she is being haunted by the malevolent spirit of a murder victim who met her end in the very place she calls home.

HASHTAG
Support: NOK 2,500,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Nordisk Film Production
Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
Writer: Pernille Fischer Christensen
Pitch: When Maria's beloved husband, Mikael, is accused of sexual abuse, she has to reconsider her perception of her and Mikael's life. Which version of her life story can Maria now trust? Does the truth exist? And what will it take for her to regain control of her narrative?

Nøjsomheden
Support: NOK 1,700,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Nimbus Film Sales
Director: Hella Joof
Writer: Bo Hr. Hansen
Pitch: A story about the bookworm Mona, a young woman from the social housing estate Nøjsomheden in Helsingør. She falls head over heels in love with Nikolaj, who resides in a wealthy neighbourhood on the other side of town. Meanwhile, she tries to get her drug dealer cousin Frederik to realise that he needs to visit his mother, Mona’s beloved and all-embracing Aunt Tut, who is dying from cancer.

Red Snow
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Oy Bufo Ab
Director: Ilja Rautsi
Writer: Ilja Rautsi
Pitch: A Christmas horror comedy about a lonely goth girl, Johanna (16), who yearns to find a sparkling vampire prince – only to get more than she bargained for in a forever middle aged, fat vampire, Martti, who moonlights as Santa for sustenance. Through Christmas Eve, both must go through a meatgrinder of love, hatred and sexual politics as they face each other's hypocrisies - and fountains of blood.

Villain of Villains (Skurkarnas Skurk)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Strive Stories AB
Director: Alain Darborg
Writer: Jessika Jankert
Pitch: 12-year-old Stephanie dreams of becoming a superhero like her deceased mother, but fails the entrance exam for the Hero School. She decides to infiltrate the Villain School to get a second chance. At the Villain School, her loyalty is tested while her pursuit leads her to the ultimate Villain of Villains. An evil entity that poses a threat to the future existence of both heroes and villains.

The Seal Woman (Sælkvinden)
Support: NOK 2,500,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: MOTOR
Director: Tea Lindeburg
Writer: Tea Lindeburg
Pitch: Legend has it that if you drown yourself, you become a seal. But one night every year, these dead seal people shed their skin and return to land in human form. The Seal Woman is the story of a man who steals his deceased wife’s seal skin, forcing her to stay on land to live with him again.

Growth of the Soil
Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Norway
Production company: 4 1/2 FICTION
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Writer: Hans Petter Moland
Pitch: Isak, a man seeking land, settles in a desolate area, struggling alone until Inger, an insecure woman with a cleft lip, joins him out of necessity. Together, they build a life and a family, but tragedy strikes when their third child is born with a cleft lip, and Inger kills it. After serving time in prison, Inger returns a modern woman, with her cleft lip sewn, no longer dependent on Isak.

Drama series

Harvest
Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: DR Drama Production
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Writers: Martin Zandvliet
Pitch: In a modern Danish farming family, the patriarch Gorm unexpectedly chooses to pass the family farm to his youngest daughter, Astrid. This causes a rift within the family, particularly angering the eldest son, Erik, who feels deeply betrayed. Can the family overcome their internal strife and unite to ensure the farm's prosperity and the future of the family?

Nepo Baby (Nepobaby)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Norway
Production company: ELDORADO CONTENT CLUB
Director: Gunnar Vikene
Writers: Siri Seljeseth, Henriette Steenstrup, Tina Rygh
Pitch: When faced with immense wealth, even the best of us can lose our heads and our hearts. In a single day, Emma goes from being an ordinary girl to inheriting one of Norway's oldest and wealthiest shipping dynasties. Her previously unknown father has just passed away and, in secret on his deathbed, included her in his will and the family business. But do her four new siblings think that’s a good idea?

The Crashing (Kolari)
Support: 1,500,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Oy Bufo Ab
Director: Anna Äärelä
Writer: Anna Äärelä
Pitch: A car crash caused by a hunter brings together the lives of four strangers. As they unravel the mystery behind the accident, they come together in a way they would never have imagined.

Everybody Loves Horses (Kaikki rakastavat hevosia)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Kaiho Republic
Director: Inari Niemi
Writers: Tarja Kylmä, Hugleikur Dagsson
Pitch: Everybody Loves Horses tells the love story of an Icelandic horse farmer (Krunka, 48) who hates tourists and a Finnish tourist (Oskari, 55) who is terrified of horses. They are brought together by a trickster horse and 4 days of riding together in the wild Icelandic countryside.

My Brother (Jag for ner till bror)
Support: NOK 1,700,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Filmlance International AB
Director: Sanna Lenken
Writer: Karin Arrhenius
Pitch: My Brother is a mystery drama based on Karin Smirnoff's award winning book. Jana Kippo is torn between two men - the one she is madly in love with and the one she needs to save. Is one of them a killer?

Documentaries

Confessions of a Swedish Man
Support: NOK 350,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Nordic Factory Film
Director: Hampus Linder
Pitch: A destructive masculinity is spreading across the world and limiting opportunities for women and people in general. By challenging and exposing his character, Hampus Linder examines and challenges prevailing norms of masculinity. How do you prevent your own trauma from becoming someone else's wound?

The Freedom Trap
Support: NOK 400,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Fosfor Produktion
Director: Nima Sarvestani
Pitch: In the shadow of Iran's brutal 1980s political purges, two exiled survivors—one a bereaved brother, the other a former political prisoner—embark on a perilous, decades-long quest for justice. Their relentless pursuit leads to the unprecedented capture and trial of a key executioner, exposing hidden atrocities and igniting hope for a nation's silenced victims.

Fire Water Earth Air (Ild Vand Jord Luft)
Support: NOK 800,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Tambo Film ApS
Director: Rogvi Rasmussen, Phie Ambo, Janne Lindgreen, Ewa Cederstam
Pitch: Fire Water Earth Air is a poetic portrait of climate change in the Global North, weaving together four stories of everyday life in small communities in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and the Faroe Islands with scientific findings to show how we live with the unprecedented environmental changes and prepare for them.

Stripped
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Tally-ho creatives AB
Director: Nils Toftenow, Emmanuel Sydney
Pitch: When Emmanuel Sydney was 13 years old, his father was killed by the police outside his home in Philadelphia. Today he is one of the biggest names in male exotic entertainment. But beneath the muscles and tattoos, he is tormented by questions about who he really is. And when he himself becomes the father of a son, his inner conflicts are brought to a head.

Showtime in Helsinki
Support: NOK 600,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Polygraf
Director: Arthur Franck
Pitch: It was either a grand piece of pointless kabuki theatre or an essential step towards the fall of the Iron Curtain. Showtime in Helsinki is an all-archival documentary fever dream about the perhaps most important, and simultaneously the most forgotten, Cold War event ever to take place.

Our Love (Vår kärlek)
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Story AB
Director: Lia Hietala, Hannah Reinikainen
Pitch: Our Love follows a motley crew of teenagers over four transformative years. When the films starts they are 14 years old and the world seems full of opportunities. But suddenly puberty hits and all the drama that comes with it. Can their friendship survive the turbulence?

Burnt Earth (Maastopalo)
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Yellow Film & TV
Director: John Webster
Pitch: Firefighters from rural and small-town Finland form a specialist brigade to prepare for the large wildfires of the future. Training to become part of the EU Civil Protection Force, they travel to Portugal to learn from their elite colleagues already fighting on the frontlines of our climate emergency.

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

The Girl with the Needle (Pigen med nålen)
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Nonstop Entertainment AB

Spermageddon
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: AB Svensk Filmindustri

My Father's Daughter (Biru Unjárga)
Support: NOK 85,000
Distribution country: SwedenDistribution company: Smorgasbord Picture House

The Children of Silverstreet (Børnene fra Sølvgade)
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: STORYTELLING MEDIA AS

Raptures
Support: NOK 140,000
Distribution country: Finland
Distribution company: B-Plan Distribution

ISMO - The World's Funniest Outsider (Ismo - maailman hauskin ulkopuolinen)
Support: NOK 110,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Stiftelsen Finlands kulturinstitut i Sverige

Crossing (Passage)
Support: NOK 45,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Reel Pictures ApS

Snot & Splash (Räkä ja Roiskis)
Support: NOK 100,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Folkets Bio

Armand
Support: NOK 95,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Another World Entertainment

Laban the Little Ghost (Lilla spöket Laban)
Support: NOK 85,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: SF Studios

Christmas with Astrid Lindgren (Jul med Astrid Lindgren)
Support: NOK 180,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Angel Distribution

Dead Men in the Skitrack (Døde menn går på ski)
Support: NOK 60,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Njutafilms

When the Light Breaks (Ljósbrot)
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: ARTHAUS

Super Charlie
Support: NOK 200,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Nordisk Film Distribution

SLATE DISTRIBUTION

Armand, Love and Dreams (Armand, Kjærlighet, Drømmer)
Support: NOK 330,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Distribution company: Heimili kvikmyndanna ses

The Gullspång Miracle, Loveable, The Girl With the Needle (Miraklet på Gullspång, Elskling, Pigen med nålen)
Support: NOK 350,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Distribution company: Heimili kvikmyndanna ses

DUBBING SUPPORT

JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The Lost Mascot (LasseMajas detektivbyrå - Maskoten som försvann)
Support: NOK 185,000
Language: Finnish, Danish, Norwegian
Distribution company: AB Svensk Film Industri

Spermageddon
Support: NOK 300,000
Language: Danish, Finnish, Swedish
Distribution company: AB Svensk Film Industri

INDUSTRY INITIATIVES SUPPORT

Fredrikstad Animation Festival 2024
Support: NOK 120,000
Country: Norway
Organiser: Norsk Animasjonsforum
Pitch: Fredrikstad Animation Festival is the leading animation festival in the Nordic region, taking place from 24th to 27th of October in Fredrikstad, Norway. The festival gathers over 400 professionals and students for four days with screening, seminars and other events. The festival has a big focus on the Nordic-Baltic animation scene and present over 40 filmmakers in different programmes.

Nordic Film Music Days and HARPA Awards 2025
Support: NOK 160,000
Country: Denmark
Organiser: Brancheklubben for film og Mediekomponister
Pitch: Nordic Film Music Days 2025 is held at Nordische Botschaften in Berlin. Meet the composers, experience their scores, hear about their craft, and celebrate the winner of HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award 2025. As a joint action composers’ organisations from the five Nordic countries celebrate Nordic craftsmanship and Nordic filmmaking at its best. The focal theme is the creation of music and soundscapes.