Mattias Skoglund, Kasper Kalle Skovsbøl and Ellen-Astri Lundby among latest Fund recipients

From mid-November to mid-January the Fund allocated NOK 10,910,000 for production support and industry initatives. The Fund has also successfully implemented the new application system, where two of the applications were processed.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

Feature Film

The Home (Hemmet)

Support: NOK 800,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: [sic] film
Producer: Siri Hjorton Wagner
Director: Mattias Skoglund
Writers: Mattias Skoglund, Mats Strandberg
Distribution: Scandinavian Film Distribution, Bio Paradis, SVT, Yle
Sales: LevelK
Pitch: Joel reluctantly returns to his childhood home to put his mother in a home for people with dementia. Monika is unrecognisable and Joel becomes convinced that there’s something far more terrifying than memory loss that is haunting her.

The film is set to premiere in 2025.

Riviera

Support: NOK 1,700,000
Country: Sweden
Production company: B-Reel Films
Producers: Mattias Nohrborg, Olivier Guerpillon
Director: Sofia Norlin
Writers: Sofia Norlin, Jean-Pol Fargeau
Distribution: Scandinavian Film Distribution, TriArt Film, DR
Pitch: Masa, 23, has fled war in Congo and made it to Sweden. When he is denied asylum another time, he sets off on a journey through Europe, ending up in Marseille. There, he will keep searching for a place in life, while dreaming of the girl he once met.

The film is a Swedish-Norwegian-French co-production, with Motlys AS, set to premiere in 2025.

Kaja the Great (Kaja den store)

Support: NOK 3,500,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Storm Films
Producers: Ruben Thorkildsen, Asle Vatn
Director: Martin Lund
Writers: Martin Lund, Thorkild Schrumpf
Distribution: Scanbox, NRK
Sales: Trust Nordisk
Pitch: The small cell KAJA (136 weeks) is sick of not being able to divide herself as the others and sets out on a dangerous journey, to find a way to mutate. But out there in the body she learns that mutating can destroy the body she is a small part of.

The film is an animated family feature, with additional support by the Norwegian Film Institute. It is set to premiere in 2026.

No rest for the Wicked

Support: NOK 2,200,000
Country: Denmark
Production company: SF Studios Production
Producer: Lars Bredo Rahbek
Director: Kasper Kalle Skovsbøl
Writers: Rasmus Birch, based on Karl Heinrich Ulrichs’ Manor
Distribution: SF Studios, DR
Sales: Charades
Pitch: Faroe Islands, 1872. Havoc breaks out in an isolated island community when a fisherman rises from his grave in search of an unfulfilled love. The locals fight to keep the revenant at bay but will realise that true love finds a way no matter what.

The film is being produced with co-financing from the Danish Film Institute, and set to premiere in 2025.

Stargate

Support: NOK 1,300,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Motlys
Producer: Hege Hauff Hvattum
Director: Ida Sagmo Tvedte
Writers: Ida Sagmo Tvedte, Ingvild Rishøi
Distribution: SF Studios, TriArt, NRK
Sales: REinvent
Pitch: Christmas is near, and as dad gets drunk at the pub the two young sisters Ronja and Melissa take on his job as Christmas tree sellers to cover for him. A warm and magical tale about cold beer, wet mittens, kind helpers and the power of imagination.

The screenplay is based on Ingvild Rishøi’s novel Stargate - A Christmas Story. The film is being co-produced by Sweden’s B-Reel Films, with additional support from the Norwegian Film Insitute and the Oslo Film Fund. The film is set to premiere in 2025.

Documentary

Lapp versus Sami (Lapp versus Same)

Support: NOK 700,000
Country: Norway
Production company: Ten Thousand Images
Producers: Mette Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Johanna Dorothea Raita
Director: Ellen-Astri Lundby
Distribution: SVT, NRK
Pitch: In 1905, a Northern Sami group was forcibly relocated from north Norway to central Sweden, where a Southern Sami group already lived. Three generations later, Northern and Southern Sami face each other in court. Who has the best right to this land?

The documentary is co-produced by Jesper Bergom-Larsson at Saltfilm Sweden AB and SVT, and co-financed with support from the Swedish Film Institute, the Norwegian Film Institute and the International Sami Film Institute.

INDUSTRY INITIATIVE SUPPORT

Nordic Film Market 2024

Support: NOK 560,000
Organizer: Göteborg Film Festival
Country: Sweden
Pitch: Nordic Film Market is the leading market in the Nordics featuring a lineup of new films available for distribution, work in progress, projects in development, spotting talent and trends from the region. Held in parallell with the Göteborg Film Festival, the industry programme also includes the conference and marketplace TV Drama Vision focusing on drama series, and the Nostradamus initiative.

HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award & Nordic Film Music Days 2024

Support: NOK 150,000
Organizer: Brancheklubben for Film- og Mediekomponister
Country: Denmark
Pitch: HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award & The Nordic Film Music Days is a popular fixture on the event calendar during BERLINALE – a unique opportunity to spotlight Nordic composers and celebrate their music. Through seminars, panels meeting and handing out the HARPA award we communicate and highligth the quality of Nordic film and media-music.

For all supported projects: CLICK HERE.