NFTVF’s supports during the second quarter of 2024

The Fund grants NOK 44,900,000 to 21 fiction productions and 7 documentaries in Q2, in addition NOK 3,190,000 for distribution, dubbing and industry initiatives.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Feature films

Lotte & Totte - My First Friendship (Lotte & Totte - Mit første venskab)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Fridthjof Animation
Directors: Mia Haarup Hagner Fridthjof, Christian Kuntz
Writer: Mia Haarup Hagner Fridthjof
Pitch: When 4-year-old Lotte moves into a new house, she declares to her family that she NEVER wants a new friend. However, that changes when she meets the adventures neighbor boy Totte, and the two become best friends! But one day, Lottes feelings gets the best of her and she destroys their cherished playhouse, shattering their friendship. Lotte must now fight to make everything right again.

Butterfly
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Mer Film
Director: Itonje Søimer Guttormsen
Writer: Itonje Søimer Guttormsen
Pitch: Two sisters with a great distance from each other, reunite to deal with their mother's macabre death in the Gran Canary mountains. The reunion offers both a feared journey into the past and present. They discover that their mother's wild spirit was shameless, but also life-giving, and that a breakdown can offer a new beginning - maybe even together?

Transfer Window (Transfervindue)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: MOTOR
Director: Caroline Sascha Cogez
Writers: Jenny Lund Madsen, Caroline Sascha Cogez
Pitch: When Copenhagen star DJ Lea is struck by incurable cancer, she checks into Magnolia, a utopian hospice of other-worldly beauty. On the other side of the sanctuary’s walls, her wife and their 5-year-old son keep Lea tethered to the life she can no longer live. Flashbacks unveil the making of their family and their deep love for each other, but how do you love when death is breathing down your neck?

On Land and Sea (Hav & Land)
Support: NOK 3,200,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Snowglobe
Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Writer: Hlynur Pálmason
Pitch: At the turn of the 19th century, a family turn their house into a raft and sail over the sea in search of a better home.

Weird Elliot
Support: NOK 1,250,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: HOBAB
Director: Johannes Nyholm
Writer: Johannes Nyholm
Pitch: When autistic vlogger Elliot is forced out of his apartment, he finds traces of a dead body on an old videotape. In his efforts to solve the mystery, he locates the house of the crime, and decides to move in.

Joe’s Assignment (Oppdraget)
Support: NOK 1,700,0000
Country: Norway
Production company: Einar Film Drama
Director: Jens Lien
Writer: Per Schreiner
Pitch: Joe’s Assignment is a humorous “grounded sci-fi” with a narrative set in a dystopian future where AI is everywhere and people have become replaceable. We follow Joe who, after losing his job to an apparently more qualified and effective robot, searches for his new given assignment and wishes to rewire his relationship with his long-term girlfriend, Jenny.

Flåklypa - from Paris to the Pyramids (Flåklypa - Bånn Gass)
Support: NOK 3,000,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Qvisten Animation
Director: Rasmus Sivertsen
Writers: Robert Sprackeling, Karsten Fullu
Pitch: Three unlikely friends try to win the legendary Paris to the Pyramides rally. Their inventions have caused more trouble than they solve, so the mayor has banned them from their tiny village Flåklypa. They have to prove themselves by winning the race and with the marvelous racecar - Il Tempo Gigante - they might have a shot!

Curly Burly (Krølle Bølle)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Nepenthe Film
Director: Jan Rahbek
Writers: Søren Frellesen, Toke Westmark Steensen, Philip LaZebnik
Pitch: Curly Burly, a young Troll, lives with his family on the beautiful island of Bornholm. The entire Troll community stay underground, as life above is dangerous for Trolls. Suddenly a rumble is heard through the corridors. Curly Burly, an adventurer by heart, sneaks up above ground to see what's going on. An thus begins a bigger adventure than he could ever have dreamed of.

Drama Series

Life on Sea Crow Island (Vi på Saltkråkan)
Support: NOK 1,800,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: SF Studios Production
Director: Fredrik Edfeldt Writer: Karin Arrhenius
Pitch: Life on Sea Crow Island is a feelgood story of fellowship and the adventures of summer. Following the children of the story, we get lost at sea, chase a killer fox, sneak on thieves, haunt a shipwreck and experiment with a defibrillator. A new audience will be entertained and fascinated, and older viewers will appreciate the legacy of this beloved Astrid Lindgren classic.

Reykjavík Fusion
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: Sameinuðu íslensku kvikmyndaveldin
Directors: Gunnar Páll Ólafsson, Samúel Bjarki Pétursson
Writers: Birkir Blær Ingólfsson, Hörður Rúnarsson
Pitch: Talented chef, Jónas, attempts to clear his name and win back his family after wrongful imprisonment. As society turns its back on the ex-convict, his last resort is to commit his first crime. By accepting dirty money to set up a fine-dining restaurant, he’s forced to run a money-launder operation to pay it back - not only putting his parole in jeopardy but also his own life and the ones he loves.

Reykjavík 112
Support: NOK 2,100,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: Ný miðlun
Directors: Tinna Hrafnsdóttir, Reynir Lyngdal
Writers: Björg Magnúsdóttir, Óttar M. Norðfjörð
Pitch: A young woman is brutally murdered in her home. The only witness is her seven-year-old daughter, Margét. Huldar, the rookie detective in charge of the investigation, is under pressure to find this murderer before he kills the witness. Freyja, a female psychologist, is called in to take care of the little girl and get a description about her mother's murderer.

We Come in Peace (Vi kommer i fred)
Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Black Spark Film & TV
Director: Jens Jonsson
Writer: Lars Lundström
Pitch: When Sweden becomes the site of 'first contact' with extra-terrestrial life, a struggling biologist must navigate public hysteria and political corruption to prevent a war of the world.

Requiem for Selina
Support: NOK 950,000
Country: Norway
Production company: ANTI
Directors: Rikke Gregersen, Ole Sebastian Kåss
Writers: Emmeline Berglund
Pitch: Requiem for Selina is a historical drama about the making of the influencer industry, inspired by true events. It’s the memoirs of the very first beauty blogger telling the story of the bullied girl she used to be in the early 2000s, and how she avenged herself on the world by becoming the country's most dangerous role model and the mother of all unrealistic beauty standard-fuck ups.

The Boy Next Door
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Aamu Filmcompany
Director: Hannaleena Hauru
Writer: Eva-Maria Koskinen
Pitch: Linnéa (33) encounters her childhood love to find out why he disappeared mysteriously 20 years ago and discovers a dark secret with tentacles deep in their two families.

A Better Man (Ølhunden Berit)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Maipo Film
Directors: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, Gjyljeta Berisha
Writer: Thomas Seeberg Torjussen
Pitch: An internet troll dresses up as a woman to escape social persecution when hackers reveal his identity to the public.

Queen of Fucking Everything
Support: NOK 1,200,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Rabbit Film
Director: Tiina Lymi
Writer: Tiina Lymi
Pitch: Crime-without-police -series toned with grim humor. A successful real estate agent falls betrayed from the upper class to the lowest class, but she fights herself back to another upper class, the criminal elite. One morning our middle-aged main character, Linda, wakes up to find out her husband has disappeared, is probably dead, and has, (without her knowing,) left her with millions in debt.

The Excavation (DANEFÆ)
Support: NOK 1,800,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Uma Film
Director: Dagur Kári Petursson
Writer: Lars K. Andersen
Pitch: The Excavation combines a modern-day relationship drama with an archaeological murder mystery. Skilled archaeologist Ester has neglected her own career during her marriage to the brilliant professor Michael Toksvig. That all changes when she makes a discovery from the Viking Age - but will her marriage to Michael survive the fact that Ester's discovery is about to re-write the history of Denmark?

Guts (Kylmä kausi)
Support: NOK 1,500,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Just Republic
Directors: Akseli Tuomivaara, Petra Lumioksa
Writer: Jemina Jokisalo
Pitch: Guts is a drama-thriller series about women who are the best cross-country skiers in the world. They compete hard against each other in a sport that is very tough both physically and mentally, but at the same time fall in love, break up and try to maintain their close relationships. Guts is a story about the dark sides that arise from within when we go after our dreams.

The Danish Woman (Danska konan)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: Gullslottid
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Writers: Olafur Egill Egilsson, Benedikt Erlingsson
Pitch: When Ditte Jensen retires from the Danish Secret Service she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik to live out her life in anonymity. But Ditte can not stop being how she is. An elite soldier and a warrior. With her deep rooted sense of justice she sees her neighbor’s problems and is compelled to help, whether they want her help or not. And in her world, the end justifies the means. Always.

Documentaries

Truth.com
Support: NOK 650,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Making Movies
Director: Tonislav Hristov
Pitch: A documentary about fakes that fly, while facts stay put. A female journalist takes on fake news and Russian trolls in the Balkans. Follow the money, find the sources.

Fatherhood (Tre fedre)
Support: NOK 600,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Indie Film
Directors: August B. Hanssen, Even G. Benestad
Pitch: Three men are expecting their first child. Kris, David and Sindre, all in their early thirties, are living in a steady multi-partnership. Kris will give birth to their baby. The film chronicles their pregnancy and the life that awaits them - and their child

A Sweetness from Nowhere (En ljuvlighet från ingenstans)
Support: NOK 700,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Garagefilm
Director: Ester Martin Bergsmark
Pitch: A personal essay film about healing and transformation meets a nature film about cockroaches, jellyfish, and the autonomic nervous system. This, in turn, encounters a post-apocalyptic drama. Where the apocalypse, instead of being an end, can be a multitude of openings and several beginnings to alternative ways of being in the world.

Kyiv Soloists
Support: NOK 700,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Indie Film
Director: Trond Kvig Andreassen
Pitch: In the Kyiv Soloists we get to experience the Russian war on Ukraine through the eyes of a Ukrainian string ensemble left in the limbo of touring Europe with their powerfull muisc.

The Arctic Circle of Lust (Pohjoinen intohimo)
Support: NOK 550 000
Country: Finland
Production company: Zone2 Pictures Oy
Director: Markku Heikkinen
Pitch: The sexuality of northern Finnish family men, hidden from their spouses, friends and the surrounding community, forces them to find a solution: to hide it or come out with it.

Architecture as Invention
Support: NOK 1 200 000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Paloma Productions
Director: Michael Madsen
Pitch: In Architecture as Invention director Michael Madsen enter into a creative conversation with star architect Daniel Libeskind. The conversation happens through six architectural challenges that Libeskind has to tackle over six days, aiming to create a final masterpiece resonating Libeskind’s previous work and his life story.

Atuarfik My School in Greenland (Atuarfik - Min skole i Grønland)
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Plus Pictures
Director: Ulla Søe
Pitch: Aturafik is a children documentary series of 10 episodes / 8-10 min. for 5-10 year old children. We follow a 5th grade class in Ilulissat in Greenland over a year and get close to what matters to this children. Although times with family, football and computers are important, the school is very important too, because you are with friends and explore who you are and in relation to others.

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

Niko - Beyond the Northern Lights
Support: NOK 190,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Nordisk Film Distribution

Crossing (Passage)
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Mer Film

The Last Journey (Den sista resan)
Support: NOK 200,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Selme Media

Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde)
Support: NOK 15,000
Disribution country: Finland
Distribution company: Elävän kuvan keskus ELKE ry

Solitude (Einvera)
Support: NOK 80,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Njutafilms

The Arctic Convoy (Konvoi)
Support: NOK 85,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Studio Show Entertainment

A New Kind of Wilderness (Ukjent landskap)
Support: NOK 45,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Angel Distribution

Paradise is Burning (Paradiset brinner)
Support: NOK 45,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: Angel Distribution

Rome (Rom)
Support: NOK 145,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Distribution company: Scanbox

Nightwatch: Demons are forever (Nattevagten - Dæmoner går i arv)
Support: NOK 70,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Another World Entertainment

Some of Us Walk in Raggedy Shoes (Somliga går med trasiga skor)
Support: NOK 75,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Another World Entertainment

Arnie Alligator & the Jungle Drum (Arne Alligator och djungelkompisarna)
Support: NOK 90,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Distribution company: SF Studios

Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure (Bamse og verdens minste eventyr)
Support: NOK 175,000
Distribution country: Finland
Distribution company: Nordisk Film

Tove's Room (Toves værelse), Handling the Undead (Håndtering av udøde), Sex
Support: NOK 300,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Distribution company: Heimili kvikmyndanna

Snot & Splash - The Mystery of Disappearing Holes (Räkä ja Roiskis), Stormskerry Maja (Myrskyluodon Maija), TBA
Support: NOK 300,000
Distribution country: Norway
Distribution company: Fidalgo

DUBBING

Bamse and the World's Smallest Adventure (Bamse og verdens minste eventyr)
Support: NOK 80,000
Dubbing into: Finnish
Distribution company: Nordisk Film

Arnie Alligator & the Jungle Drum (Arne Alligator och djungelkompisarna)
Support: NOK 80,000
Dubbing into: Danish
Distribution company: SF Studios

Snot & Splash - The Mystery of Disappearing Holes (Räkä ja Roiskis)
Support: NOK 30,000
Dubbing into: Danish
Distribution company: Scanbox

Snot & Splash - The Mystery of Disappearing Holes (Räkä ja Roiskis)
Support: NOK 75,000
Dubbing into: Norwegian
Distribution company: Fidalgo

INDUSTRY INITIATIVES

Nordic Animation - Annecy Hub 2024
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Norway
Organizator: Qvisten Animation
Pitch: A Nordic networking event arranged by the major animation producers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. We have the aim of promoting Nordic Animation industry and secure new collaborations and financing for Nordic animation productions.

Filling the Gap
Support: NOK 200,000
Country: Denmark
Organizator: Filmgreb
Pitch: This course umbrellas ambition is to create a healthy balance between artistic ambition, business and optimization of the producers and their colleagues' well-being, update their knowledge about financing, as well as reinforce their business identity to appear unique and strong in the market.

Stockfish Film & Industry Festival - SFIF
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Iceland
Organizator: Kvikmyndahátíð í Reykjavík
Pitch: The Stockfish Film & Industry Festival (SFIF) is a non-profit organization, founded by the professional societies of filmmakers in Iceland, with a focus on establishing meaningful connections to implement and benefit cross-border collaborations between the Icelandic and the international film industries. SFIF 2024 will be held from April 4th to April 14th marking the festival’s 10th anniversary.

Scandinavian Screening
Support: NOK 200,000
Country: Denmark
Organizator: DR Sales
Pitch: The main market where global buyers can screen the very latest, very best Nordic television programmes in all genres, both scripted and non-scripted, for adults as well as for children.

Nordic Animation Seminar in Helsinki
Support: NOK 40,000
Country: Finland
Organizator: Artiverum
Pitch: Animation specific seminar for professionals, students and those who wish to work in animation with one-to-one meetings between students and top producers, top directors and top designers from all five Nordic countries, in context with Finnish Film Affair.

Reykjavik International Film Festival Industry Days
Support: NOK 150,000
Country: Iceland
Organizator: Reykjavík International Film Festival
Pitch: The Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) 2024 Industry Days will spotlight Nordic and Arctic filmmaking, featuring work-in-progress showcases, Young Voices Think Tank, workshops, and networking events. With a focus on sustainability and democracy, RIFF aims to foster collaboration among Nordic filmmakers, elavate regional storeis and inspire industry-wide change.

Nuuk International Film Festival 2024
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Greenland
Organizator: Polarama Greenland ApS
Pitch: Nuuk, Greenland is the northernmost capital in the world and since 2017, a group of enthusiasts from the Greenlandic film industry have run the Nuuk International Film Festival. The festival celebrates cinematic art, especially from the indigenous peoples in the Nordics, but it is also a central part of the Greenlandic film ecosystem, a showcase for Greenlandic filmmakers and an opportunity for film collaboration across the Nordic and Arctic regions.

Film Sales Support 2024
Support: NOK 70,000
Country: Germany
Organizator: European Film Promotion
Pitch: FILM SALES SUPPORT (FSS) is a programme for European sales companies. It is designed to help promote and sell European films outside Europe. FSS offers grants to European sales companies.

For all funded project: CLICK HERE.