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.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NFTVF) granted NOK 17,800,000 to the production of 8 films, NOK 7,200,000 to 5 drama series, and NOK 1,400,000 to two documentaries in Q3. In addition, NFTVF granted NOK 1,840,000 for distribution of 14 Nordic film titles, NOK 450,000 for dubbing of four films, and NOK 1,470,000 for seven industry initiatives.
PRODUCTION SUPPORT
Feature films
The Kid
Support: NOK 1,900,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Garagefilm International AB
Director: Baker Karim
Writer: Baker Karim
Pitch: Fourteen-year-old Max lives with a constant noise in his head, fragile self-confidence, and dreams of a hip-hop career. But when he suddenly finds himself holding a baby, his own flesh and blood, the world comes to a halt. Max is forced to grow up in an instant; against all odds and in a struggle with his own limitations he masters his greatest challenge yet: to love someone else more than himself.
Seacrow Island - the movie (Vi på Saltkråkan - långfilmen)
Support: NOK 2,100,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: SF Studios Production AB
Director: Fredrik Edfeldt
Writer: Karin Arrhenius
Pitch: A lyrical, funny, and emotional drama about growing up during a summer in the archipelago. With Tjorven at its heart, the story explores life, death, responsibility, loneliness, and community through humour, imagination, and Saltkråkan’s unique warmth. A few days of events on Saltkråkan mirror Tjorven’s transition in life — growing up. A summer condensed — this day, a lifetime.
Shitballs (Kúluskítur)
Support: NOK 1,300,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: Compass ehf. (Compass Films)
Director: Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir
Writer: Álfrún Helga Örnólfsdóttir
Pitch: A struggling Icelandic singer and activist who loves plants more than people becomes obsessed with a dying plant species called Shitballs, but to rescue them she needs to regrow her love for humans.
Honey Trap
Support: NOK 3,000,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Zentropa Sweden AB
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Lone Scherfig
Pitch: A thrilling espionage drama about seduction, deception and love in the shadow of the Cold War.
11 Hours (11 timer)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Fenomen Studios AS
Director: Emilie Beck
Writers: Amy Black Ndiaye, Caroline B. Arnesen
Pitch: When a man takes a daycare centre hostage, staff member Sara must do whatever it takes to protect the children and stay alive.
Peer Gynt
Support: NOK 4,000,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Unlimited stories AB
Director: Per Fly
Writer: Per Fly
Pitch: From small-town wedding crasher to international arms dealer to megachurch poster boy, Peer Gynt reinvents himself endlessly — but no reinvention can outrun Solveig, the love of his life, the woman who has always seen straight through him.
Incidents of Intimacy (Intime hændelser)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Zentropa Entertainments3 ApS
Director: Jesper Just
Writers: Jesper Just, Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen
Pitch: A woman unable to access her own feelings constructs intimacy by stealing objects from people instead of getting close to them. Gradually, the objects start to take on a life of their own, and her controlled world turns into a site of emotional horror as a new reality dawns, dominated by autonomous, unruly feelings.
Nightling (Tannfeen)
Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Qvisten Animation AS
Directors: Lise Myhre, Rasmus A. Sivertsen
Writer: Lise Myhre
Pitch: When the Tooth Fairy accidentally endangers both the human and fairy worlds, she must go on an epic quest to set things right.
Drama series
The Shadow of Guilt (I skuldens skugga)
Support: NOK 2,500,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Creative Society Production Stockholm AB
Director: Lisa Farzaneh
Writer: Jimmy Nivrén Olsson
Pitch: A new installment of the famous Fjällbacka franchise. Erica Falck is returning to the vilage she grew up in, and is drawn into an investigation of the murder of her friend that took place 20 years ago.
Conflict 1944 (Konflikti 1944)
Support: NOK 700,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Backmann & Hoderoff Oy
Director: Aku Louhimies
Writer: Aku Louhimies
Pitch: CONFLICT 1944 sheds light on a largely forgotten, and at times uncomfortable, chapter in Finnish history: the Lapland War. The series explores the human dimension of a nation at a decisive crossroads. Will Finland retain its independence, and if so, at what cost to a young and fragile country?
Helsinki-Tallinn (Roba: Helsinki-Tallinna)
Support: NOK 500,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Yellow Film & TV
Director: Juha Lankinen
Writer: Juha Karvanen
Plot: Helsinki Tallinn is a procedural police drama that follows a team of Finnish police officers assigned to a newly established joint investigation unit in Tallinn. Working alongside their Estonian counterparts, they investigate crimes that cross national borders. As the investigations deepen, the team uncovers a criminal conspiracy and a suspected mole within law enforcement.
Seven Days of Us
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: ASP VARHOS AB
Director: Hallvar Witzö
Writer: Alex Haridi
Plot: It’s Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Björk family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andreas' elder daughter — who is usually off saving the world — will be joining them in the north of Sweden, at their aging country estate. But when the family realise they all have to quaranteen, nothing turns out as planned…
Fantasy Resort
Support: NOK 2,500,000
Country: Norway
Production company: ANTI AS
Director: Sebastian Kåss
Writers: Benjamin Berglund, Emmeline Berglund
Pitch: In 2008, an ambitious reality showrunner and a failed fiction writer join forces to resurrect reality TV — and accidentally create the abomination that dominates television today.
The Trip to Piedmont (Resan till Piemonte)
Support: NOK 210,000
Distribution country: Norway, Denmark
Date of premiere: 25.09.2026, 29.10.2026
Distribution company: SF
Beloved (Kjærast)
Support: NOK 140,000
Distribution country: Sweden, Denmark
Date of premiere: 16.10.2026, 17.09.2026
Distribution company: Svensk Filmindustri
Little Ghost Laban - in good spirits (Lilla spöket Laban busar vidare)
Support: NOK 250,000
Distribution country: Denmark, Norway
Date of premiere: 22.10.2026, 23.10.2026
Distribution company: Svensk Filmindustri
Árru
Support: NOK 90,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Date of premiere: 08.10.2026
Distribution company: Heimili kvikmyndanna ses.
Bloody Men (Jävla karlar)
Support: NOK 130,000
Distribution country: Norway
Date of premiere: 06.11.2026
Distribution company: SF NORGE AS
Fjord
Support: NOK 150,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Date of premiere: 02.10.2026
Distribution company: TriArt Film
Nightborn (Yön Lapsi)
Support: NOK 130,000
Distribution country: Norway
Date of premiere: 20.11.2026
Distribution company: SF NORGE AS
The Fires
Support: NOK 90,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Date of premiere: 24.09.2026
Distribution company: Another World Entertainment ApS
A Mouse Hunt for Christmas (Hvis ingen går i fella)
Support: NOK 60,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Date of premiere: 03.12.2026
Distribution company: Smarabio
The Beauty of Errors (Kappale Kauneinta Suomea)
Support: NOK 120,000
Distribution country: Norway
Date of premiere: 30.10.2026
Distribution company: Indie Film Distribusjon AS
Tell Everyone (Kerro kaikille)
Support: NOK 60,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Date of premiere: 23.10.2026
Distribution company: Stiftelsen Finlands kulturinstitut i Sverige
Santa’s Workshop (Julenissens verksted)
Support: NOK 200,000
Distribution country: Denmark
Date of premiere: 12.11.2026
Distribution company: Nordisk Film Distribution
The Last Resort (Paradis)
Support: NOK 100,000
Distribution country: Iceland
Date of premiere: 19.11.2026
Distribution company: Heimili kvikmyndanna ses.
Laban the little Ghost - In good spirits (Lilla spöket Laban busar vidare)
Support: NOK 150,000
Language: Danish, Finnish, Norwegian
Distribution company: Svensk Filmindustri
Santa’s Workshop (Julenissens verksted)
Support: NOK 100,000
Language: Danish
Distribution company: Nordisk Film Distribution
A Mouse Hunt for Christmas (Hvis ingen går i fella)
Support: NOK 100,000
Language: Icelandic
Distribution company: Smarabio
Pikkuli and Starlight Reindeer (Pikkuli ja Tähtipeura)
Support: NOK 100,000
Language: Swedish
Distribution company: AittoFlow Ltd.
INDUSTRY INITIATIVES SUPPORT
Nuuk International Film Festival 2026 and Greenland Producers Forum
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Greenland
Organiser: Polarama Greenland ApS
Pitch: Nuuk International Film Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary edition as the film festival of the northernmost capital of the world! We provide a platform for Greenlandic filmmakers to reach new audiences, and we showcase international cinema for the Greenlandic people. This year we're introducing Greenland Producers Forum to match Nordic producers with Greenlandic film projects and filmmakers.
Digital Storytelling 2026 - Art and the New Machine
Support: NOK 30,000
Country: Norway
Organiser: Amoroso Angela Maria
Pitch: Digital Storytelling is a Norwegian industry seminar exploring storytelling, visual effects, animation and emerging technologies across film, television and interactive media. Returning for its 20th anniversary in 2026, the event brings together Nordic and international filmmakers, visual effects artists, technologists, and students to discuss creativity, craft, and the future of the moving image.
Nordic Genre Lab 2026
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Finland
Organiser: Riimu Creative
Pitch: Nordic Genre Lab is a training and networking programme for producer-director teams designed to accelerate the development of genre feature film projects from the Nordic countries. The programme consists of mentoring, matchmaking, and a pitching competition organised in Helsinki during Finnish Film Affair. Eight projects from Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Faroe Islands have been selected.
Nordisk Panorama Industry 2026
Support: NOK 690,000
Country: Denmark
Organiser: Filmkontakt Nord
Pitch: Nordisk Panorama Forum and Market serves as the key Nordic industry platform for financing, distribution, and international market access, helping Nordic documentaries and short films reach global audiences.
2026 Copenhagen TV Festival & Copenhagen Masterclasses
Support: NOK 100,000
Country: Denmark
Organiser: Copenhagen TV Festival
Pitch: Copenhagen TV Festival is the leading professional gathering for the Nordic television industry. Every year, more than 1,000 film & TV professionals, commissioners and executives come together for three days of creative inspiration, knowledge-sharing and networking. Alongside the festival, Copenhagen Masterclasses offers exclusive masterclasses with internationally acclaimed TV series creators.
Finnish Film Affair 2026
Support: NOK 250,000
Country: Finland
Organiser: Helsinki International Film Festival - Love & Anarchy
Pitch: Finnish Film Affair, organised during the Helsinki International Film Festival for the 15th time, is the meeting place for Finnish and international audiovisual professionals, as well as a marketing platform for the sales and distribution of Nordic films. Finnish Film Affair also supports the internationalisation of national industry professionals by organising training sessions and panel discussions.
Aarhus Series & Film Festival
Support: NOK 200,000
Country: Denmark
Organiser: Filmby Aarhus
Pitch: Aarhus Series & Film Festival is Denmark's first festival dedicated to both TV series and film. Bringing together audiences, creators, and industry professionals, the festival celebrates the power of shared storytelling through screenings, talks, debates, networking, and the prestigious Series Awards. The 2026 edition takes place 1–8 November across Aarhus.
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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.
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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