Three new films, two TV series and two documentaries receive support

Production support

Feature Films

• The Wait (Odotus)
  Grant: NOK 700,000
  Recipient: Backmann & Hoderoff, Finland
  Producers: Kaarina Gould, Andrei Aién, Aku Louhimies
  Director: Aku Louhimies
  Script: Inka Kallén, Aku Louhimies
  Cast: Inka Kallén, Aku Hirviniemi, Andrei Alén, Adeliina Arajuuvi
  Domestic distribution: Aurora Studios
  Premiere: Early 2021
  The film is co-financed by C More/MTV3, with support from the West Finland Film Commission.
  Story: The Wait is a movie about love, honesty and longing. Set in the secluded Finnish archipelago, the story and timeless characters are inspired by Nobel Prize nominated author Juhani Aho’s classic novel from 1893. We follow Elli, a woman who undergoes an enormous emotional battle between sense and passion. A visitor from the past triggers a chain of events that will test the choices she makes.
• CLUE (Clue-Maltesergåten)
  Grant: NOK 1,000,000
  Recipient: Maipo Film, Norway
  Producer: Cornelia Boysen
  Script: Aleksander Kirkwood Brown
  Director: Thale Persen
  Cast: Julia Mælumshagen Nymoen, Kenza Olympia Iteka, Felix Sollie, Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Bjørn Floberg
  Domestic distribution: Nordisk Film
  Premiere: Fall 2021
  Story: The film is an action-packed crime story for pre-teens based on the first four books in the Clue series written by Jørn Lier Horst. The three young kids Cecilia, Une and Leo get on a mission to find out who is the dead body found on the beach near the Pearl Guesthouse where Cecilia works.

• EVA & ADAM – To Be or Not to Be Together (Eva & Adam-Att vara eller inte vara ihop)
  Grant: NOK 1,200,000 million
  Recipient: Filmlance International, Sweden
  Producer: Francy Suntinger
  Director: Caroline Cowan
  Script: Måns Gahrton, Johan Unenge
  Domestic distribution: SF Studios
  Premiere: Spring 2021
  The film is co-produced by Film i Väst, SVT, with support from the Swedish Film Institute.
  Story: The children’s film is based on the characters and universe of the ‘Eva & Adam’ book series written by Måns Garthon and Johan Unenge. When Adam starts a new school, he meets Eva. Suddenly, everything is different. Eva has just sealed an ‘anti-boy’ pact because boys are all so immature. But nothing is as wonderful and as hard as your first love.

Documentary Support

• Warriors for Trump
  Grant: NOK 750,000
  Recipient: Guldbrandsen, Denmark
  Producer: Peter Engel
  Director: Christoffer Guldbrandsen
  Distributor: DR
  Premiere: January 2021
  The film was co-financed by SVT, NRK, Yle, ZDF/Arte, Film Fyn, Nordvision, with support from the Danish Film Institute.
  Story: Director Christoffer Guldbrandsen has had unique access to two of the main actors behind the political campaign that helped Donald Trump secure the US presidential election of 2016: the political strategist and adviser Roger Stone, and the Trump campaign's communications adviser, Michael Caputo. Through these people, the film takes us all the way into the engine room of the media campaign.
• Broadcast
  Grant: NOK 500,000
  Recipient: Plattform Produktion, Sweden
  Producers: Axel Danielson & Maximilien Van Aertryck
  Directors: Maximilien Van Aertryck, Axel Danielson
  Domestic distribution: Plattform Distribution with Filmcentrum Bio
  World sales: Heretic Outreach
  The film is co-financed so far by the Swedish Film Institute, SVT, Film i Väst, the Danish Film Institute and ARTE.
  Story: Broadcast explores the very basic building element of modern communication: the photographic image. In the film the directors deconstruct its use, codes and conventions, as well as people’s capability to understand them. They question how to enable media literacy in society with an entertaining approach, using familiar scenes from films, social media and television.

TV Series

• Hunters Season 2 (Jägarna säsong 2)
  Format: 6x45’
  Grant: NOK 2,500,000
  Recipient: SF Studios
  Production Sweden Producer: Per Janérus
  Directors: Jens Jonsson, Johan Lundin
  Head-writers: Björn Carlström, Stefan Thunberg
  Cast: Rolf Lassgård, Lena Endre, Simon J. Berger, Johan Marenius Nordahl, Annika Nordin
  TV Commissioner: C More/TV4
  Global distributor: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE)
  Premiere: 2021
  The series is produced by Harmonica Films and SF Studios, in co-production with Filmpool Nord, co-financing from DR, MTV3, with support from Creative Europe Media.
  Story: A few years have passed since we left Erik Bäckström (Rolf Lassgård) in Norrbotten, Sweden. Now with a successful career behind him, Erik is living a comfortable life. He’s enjoying the time on his hands and taking care of his family that now includes his nephew, Peter (Johan Marenius Nordahl), his wife and their daughter. Peter is also settling in his role as a local police officer. All seems well until convicted murderer Joar Särn (Simon J Berger) confesses to a 15-year old murder.

• Jerry Maya’s Detective Agency (Lassemajas detektivbyrå)
  Format: 6x45’
  Grant: NOK 2,000,000
  Recipient: FLX, Sweden
  Producer: Andreas Emanuelsson
  Writers: Jessica Ericstam (head-writer), Janne Vierth, Jacob Seth Franssom, Daniel Karlsson (co-writers)
  Directors: Ted Kjellson, Gustaf Åkerblom
  Cast: Elis Nyström, Ellen Sari Littorin, Anders Jansson
  TV commissioner: C More/TV4
  Premiere: Christmas 2020
  The series was co-produced by Filmpool Nord.
  Story: The series is based on the popular book series written by Martin Widmark, with illustrations from Helena Willis. Each episode is based on a book, so far never adapted for the screens. We follow classmates Jerry and Maya on their crime solving adventures in the small town of Valleby.

Distribution Support

• NOK 120,000 in slate support to Iceland’s Bíó Paradis (Heimili kvikmyndanna ses) for the release of the Danish films Another Round and Wildland.

Film Cultural Initiatives Support

• NOK 300,000 to Filmkontakt Nord for Nordisk Panorama Forum & Market.