Nordisk Film & TV Fond’s supports during the second quarter of 2026

Nordisk Film & TV Fond (NFTVF) granted NOK 29,800,000 to the production of 13 feature films, NOK 12,300,000 to 5 drama series, and NOK 2,640,000 to 4 documentaries in Q2. In addition, NFTVF granted NOK 670,000 for distribution of 5 Nordic films, NOK 260,000 for dubbing of 3 films, and NOK 1,080,000 for 5 industry initiatives. The total of all grants are NOK 46,750,000.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Feature films

Death at Oslo Central (Døden på Oslo S)
Support: NOK 2,500,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Nordisk Film Production
Director: Gunnar Vikene
Writer: Axel Hellstenius
Pitch: Death at Oslo Central is based on the renowned book, film and theatre musical based on the beloved IP by Ingvar Ambjørnsen, now reimagined as a film musical. This is a story of Pelle, Proffen, Lena and Nina - a tale of hope, forgiveness, friendship and loyalty.

Summer in Heat
Support: NOK 3,000,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: RMV Film
Director: Levan Akin
Writer: Jordan Tannahill
Pitch: Four teenage cousins from Europe arrive in their parents’ hometown by the Black Sea, where a family wedding and the weight of traditions stir up tensions and secret desires when they all fall for the same young man.

Elvira Madigan - How to tell a love story (Unge og Smukke)
Support: NOK 1,900,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Meta Film Rights
Director: Marie Grahtø Sørensen
Writers: Marie Grahtø Sørensen, Gunnar Järvstad
Pitch: A love story gone wrong, based on the myth of the circus artist Elvira Madigan. A bold retelling of one of Scandinavia’s biggest love stories, about two young women across time and space, who fall head over heels in love before slowly realising that they might have been lied to all along.

My Fairytale Life (Mit Livs Eventyr)
Support: NOK 4,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Zentropa Entertainment
Director: Nikolaj Arcel
Writers: Nikolaj Arcel, Anders Thomas Jensen
Pitch: The socially awkward Hans Christian Andersen moves to Copenhagen with the hopeless dream of conquering the city's vibrant cultural life and becoming a famous artist. In a colourful and merciless world of actors, playwrights and snobbish benefactors, Christian fiercely fights for the acceptance of the cultural elite and the recognition he so desperately craves.

Ghosts
Support: NOK 1,700,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Uma Film
Director: Milad Alami
Writers: Ingeborg Topsøe, Milad Alami
Pitch: When Zada’s teenage son Navin is shot dead near their home in Copenhagen, the police label him gang-affiliated. Zada doesn’t know what to believe, but when she learns the shooter was a 14-year-old Swedish boy, she is desperate to find out who’s behind the murder. Through a grief group in Malmö, Zada is thrust into a world where victims and perpetrators are one and the same, complicating her pursuit of justice.

Dream Come True (En Ægte Drømmer)
Support: NOK 3,200,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Snowglobe
Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Writer: Juho Kuosmanen
Pitch: A dreamer and recovering alcoholic stumbles upon a legendary shipwreck off the Danish coast, offering a chance at fortune. But as his wild hopes threaten to push his teenage daughter away, he must face the reality that the treasure he truly needs can't be found underwater.

Lisa & Lilly
Support: NOK 2,400,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Nordic Drama Queens
Director: Julia Lindström
Writers: Veronica Sacco, Julia Thelin
Pitch: Lisa & Lilly, based on true events, tells the story of two working-class girls in early 1900s Stockholm who meet at a secret lakeside dance and fall deeply in love. In a society shaped by poverty and strict moral codes, their bond becomes an act of quiet defiance — a tender, courageous struggle for the right to love and live freely.

The Man in the Storeroom (Maðurinn í Kompunni)
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Iceland
Production company: Sagafilm
Director: María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir
Writer: María Sólrún Sigurðardóttir
Pitch: After a self-destructive young man hides in a stranger’s storeroom to get clean, his secret presence disrupts the life of a repressed policewoman, sparking an unlikely bond that pushes them both toward chaos, courage, and personal liberation.

A Beautiful Summer
Support: NOK 1,600,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: SF Studios Production
Director: Mogens Hagedorn
Writer: Line Mørkeby
Pitch: The outgoing and popular Jasmin (19) is in her final year at Rosenholm Gymnasium. Graduation is approaching, but Jasmin is busier spending time with her friends and boyfriend, partying and losing herself. But when she meets her complete opposite in a girl named Ava, she falls head over heels in love. Suddenly she finds herself face to face with anxiety: Who is she when the facade starts to crack?

The Cannibal (Kannibalen på Fårö)
Support: NOK 2,400,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Anagram Sverige
Director: Gustaf Skarsgård
Writer: Peter Birro
Pitch: A screenwriter in a creative crisis visits Ingmar Bergman's house on Fårö to get inspiration for the film about Bergman's life he is working on. He soon discovers a demonic presence on the island that seems to do everything in its power to prevent him from finishing the script. As he tries to escape, he realises that he is trapped, and that the only way out is to confront the Cannibal of Fårö.

Good Times (Hyviä vuosia)
Support: NOK 800,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Bardy Studios
Director: Pamela Tola
Writers: Aleksi Bardy, Katja Kallio
Pitch: Three couples in their sixties spend three summers in Pärnu. Just when you think you're there, life happens: Someone falls ill, someone dies, someone falls in love with someone they shouldn't have fallen in love with.

The Rusty World - Steel Hearts (Den Rustne Verden - Stålhjerter)
Support: NOK 2,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Eye Candy Film
Director: Stefan Fjeldmark
Writers: Pernille Bønlykke Toustrup, Stefan Fjeldmark
Pitch: The year is 2075. In Atlas City Summer holidays have just been cancelled for the Siblings Lark, Peter, Bowie and Ramona. Older sister, Lark, tries to fix it, and that starts an epic adventure with the 4 of them travelling across “The Rusty World” where humans no longer live. Only wild robots live there. It’s the quest of their lives. And a story about friendship and integrity.

Cocobanana and the Dinosaur Hunt (Kokosbananas og dinosaurjakten)
Support: NOK 3,300,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Den Siste Skilling
Directors: Kjersti G. Steinsbø, Will Ashurst
Writers: Bobbie Peers, Rolf Magne Golten Andersen, Tshepo Moche
Pitch: Cocobanana is half coconut, half banana, and 100% ingenious inventor. He moves to the village Nutbay and promises his father to give up inventions in order to fit in — but secretly invents a pet dinosaur for his classmate Pea Peanut. Soon the whole town is swept up in dinosaur fever! When jealous Leif Lime throws Nutbay into chaos, Cocobanana must use his hidden talents to save the day.

Drama Series

Britta
Support: NOK 1,900,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: SAM Productions
Director: Goran Kapetanovic
Writer: Adam Price
Pitch: After a tough childhood in a debt-ridden working-class home, office assistant Britta Nielsen manages to achieve a stable middle class life. However, an economic crisis forces her back into a desperate situation, leading to one of Denmark’s largest fraud cases. Over 25 years, she steals 117 million kroner meant for aiding the socially vulnerable.

Dead Women Talking (Kuollut nainen puhuu)
Support: NOK 1,200,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Helsinki-filmi
Director: Marja Pyykkö
Writer: Tua Harno
Pitch: Two young and ambitious reporters, Olivia and Noora, host a podcast solving crimes against women. Covering the case of beauty queen murders in the 1980s, they risk their own lives to give a voice to the silenced.

The Emperor (Kejsaren)
Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: Rainy Days Film & TV
Director: Milad Alami
Writer: Ronnie Sandahl
Pitch: The Emperor is an explosive mystery thriller about a family's secrets and betrayal. When Erik Eriksson, owner of a shattering glass factory, discovers his wife has been kidnapped, he and the police are dragged into the toxic soil of Sweden’s collapsing “Glass Kingdom”. A dark, twisted thriller emerges – driven by one burning question: Erik Eriksson, victim or villain?

The Strain (Grønne fingre)
Support: NOK 2,700,000
Country: Norway
Production: Rubicon Produksjon
Director: Eva Sørhaug
Writers: Harald Rosenløw Eeg, Lars Gudmestad
Pitch: After her daughter gets into serious trouble and is threatened with death, Karla is forced to help a criminal network in order to save her daughter — and achieve justice.

Ted & Paula's Tadpole Journey
Support: NOK 3,000,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Tadpoles Rights
Director: Joonas Utti
Writer: Jocelyn Geddie
Pitch: Set in a vast and perilous pond, we follow the underwater odyssey of Ted & Paula, two adventurous tadpole siblings as they navigate their quirky pond in a fast-paced, laugh-out-loud quest to level up, grow up, and chase big dreams - all while discovering the power of teamwork and sibling bonds.

Documentaries

The Slim Revolution
Support: NOK 800,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Eight Pictures
Directors: Laurits Nansen, Nikolaj Viborg
Pitch: The Slim Revolution takes you into the heart of a medical revolution, in which health has become big business. With unique access, the film explores how market forces shape our bodies, our choices, and our future. A thought-provoking and intimate story about power, ethics, and billions.

The Iran Deal
Support: NOK 1,000,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: Bullitt Film
Director: Karen Stokkendal Poulsen
Pitch: Diplomacy is founded on a fragile and slowly built material: trust. In a common effort, on behalf of the international community, top negotiators made a deal with Iran in 2015, only to see Trump tearing it apart and the world turning to war. This is their story – and the story of the world we live in.

Carmen!
Support: NOK 440,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Gimmeyawallet Production
Director: Pihla Viitala
Pitch: In a documentary filmed over eight years, a young girl navigates between modern society and traditional Finnish romani culture towards womanhood.

Second Acts (Portti)
Support: NOK 400,000
Country: Finland
Production company: Filmimaa
Director: Anu Kuivalainen
Pitch: Second Acts is a poetic documentary about transformation through theatre. At Helsinki-based Portti Theatre, current and former prisoners step on stage not to play roles — but to strip them away. Behind tattoos and trauma, they ask: Who do I want to be?

DISTRIBUTION SUPPORT

Bamse and the Secret of The Sea (Bamse och havets hemlighet)
Support: NOK 190,000
Distribution country: Finland
Date of premiere: 13.05.2026
Distribution company: Nordisk Film

The Love That Remains (Ástin sem eftir er)
Support: NOK 90,000
Distribution country: Sweden
Date of premiere: 22.05.2026
Distribution company: TriArt Film

Dante (Dante & miljonerna)
Support: 200,000
Distribution country: Norway
Date of premiere: 29.01.2027
Distribution company: Arthaus Stiftelsen for Filmkunst

La Belle Année (La Belle Année - Det vackra året)
Support: 100,000
Distribution country: Norway
Date of premiere: 05.06.2026
Distribution company: Indie Film Distribusjon

Kraken
Support: NOK 90,000
Distribution country: Finland
Date of premiere: 29.05.2026
Distribution company: Polonium

DUBBING SUPPORT

Bamse and the Secret of The Sea (Bamse och havets hemlighet)
Support: NOK 90,000
Language: Finnish
Distribution company: Nordisk Film

Unstoppable (Ustoppelig)
Support: NOK 70,000
Language: Danish
Distribution company: Scanbox Entertainment

Dante
Support: NOK 100,000
Language: Norwegian
Distribution company: Arthaus Stiftelsen for Filmkunst

INDUSTRY INITIATIVES SUPPORT

Film Sales Support 2026
Support: NOK 70,000
Country: Germany
Organiser: 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 of EUR 5,000 or EUR 5,500 (including the Inclusion Top Up Grant) to European sales companies.

Nordic Animation - Annecy Hub 2026
Support: NOK 110,000
Country: Norway
Organiser: Nordic Animation Association
Pitch: Nordic Animation seeks support to coordinate a joint Nordic booth and delegation at Mifa 2026. The initiative will promote Nordic animated content, boost co-productions, and strengthen the region’s global visibility through a unified presence, targeted networking, and shared branding at the world’s leading animation market.

TIFF Industry
Support: NOK 150,000
Country: Norway
Organiser: Stiftelsen Tromsø Internasjonale Filmfestival
Pitch: Tromsø International Film Festival, Norway's largest, organises an industry programme for Nordic and Arctic film professionals, with master classes, a focus on new media trends, networking and two separate financing forums for Documentaries and Feature films.

Reykjavik International Film Festival Industry Days 2026
Support: NOK 150,000
Country: Iceland
Organiser: Reykjavík International Film Festival
Pitch: Industry Days at Reykjavík International Film Festival is a professional platform for the Nordic and Arctic film community. It brings together development labs, works-in-progress, and networking, with a focus on underrepresented voices, Indigenous storytelling, climate narratives, and cross-border collaboration in independent cinema.

New Nordic Films 2026
Support: NOK 600,000
Country: Norway
Organiser: Den Norske Filmfestivalen
Pitch: New Nordic Films is a key Nordic film market showcasing outstanding feature films and hosting the Nordic Co-Production Market — an ideal gateway to discover new projects, connect with international partners, and meet emerging talent across the Nordic and global film industry. Held during the Norwegian Int. Film Festival in Haugesund, New Nordic Films welcomes around 350 international industry professionals.

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