In its February round of support Nordisk Film & TV Fond has invested a total of NOK 9.4 million in production funding to two TV series, two documentaries and an animated film.
The Fund’s NOK 2 million grant to Mikala Krogh’s Scandinavian Star is the biggest ever in the documentary genre.
Full list of February 2019 support:
Production Support
Documentaries
- Scandinavian Star (6x60’)
Grant: NOK 2 million
Recipient: Danish Documentary, Denmark
Producers: Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær, Thomas Heinesen
Director: Mikala Krogh
Expected premiere: 2020
Story: Scandinavian Star will shed a light on the largest unsolved murder investigation in Scandinavia in recent times. The night of April 7th 1990, 159 people died due to arson on the ferry Scandinavian Star, which sailed between Norway and Denmark.
The documentary series is produced by Danish Documentary and Nordisk Film Production Denmark, in co-production with Nordisk Film Production Norway, in association with DR, NRK, TV4 Sweden, with support from the Danish film Institute, the Norwegian Film Institute, the Copenhagen Film Fund, Politiken’s journalistic Fund, Jyllands-Posten’s Journalistic Fund and the West Danish Film Fund.
Currently in the editing stage (with 4 editors working on it), the event documentary series will premiere in April 2020 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the tragedy.
- Fat Front
Grant: NOK 500,000
Recipient: Hansen & Pedersen Film & TV, Denmark
Producer: Malene Flindt Pedersen
Directors: Louise Detlefsen, Louise Unmack Kjeldsen
Expected premiere: October 2019
Story: Fat Front tells the story of fat, young, female body-activists who have lived their whole life with self-hatred and shame because of their bodies. The film follows their personal liberation and political activism and the birth of the movement. It’s about empowerment and learning to accept oneself.
The film is co-produced by Norway’s Medieoperatørerne, Sweden’s Auto Images, in association with TV2 Denmark, SVT, RUV, ERR, support from the Danish Film Institute, the Swedish Film Institute, Fritt Ord, Film i Skåne and the West Danish Film Fund.
Feature Film
- The Ape Star
Grant: NOK 1.9 million
Recipient: LEE Film, Sweden
Producers: Linda Hambäck, Petter Lindblad
Director: Linda Hambäck
Expected premiere: late 2020
Story: The animated feature based on a book by Frida Nilsson, tells of a growing relationship between a mother and a daughter, with the city authorities as the great villain. Orphan Jonna (8) dreams of a mother, but is adopted by a clumsy gorilla. Finally when things are going great, the community man Tord comes and threatens their existence, wanting to throw Jonna back to the orphanage.
Hambäck has teamed up again with Gordon & Paddy’s scriptwriter Jan Vierth and production designer Ola Larsson. Creative illustrator Maria Nilsson Thore has joined the team as character designer.
TV series
- Swiping (Dejta) (8x45’)
Grant: NOK 2 million
Recipient: B Reel Film, Sweden
Producers: Frida Bargo & Fredrik Heinig
Writer: Sara Kadefors
Directors: Jens Sjögren & Rojda Sekersöz
Commissioning broadcaster: SVT
Other broadcasters: DR, Yle, NRK, RÚV
Expected premiere: 2020
Story: The relationship comedy drama tells of Ella, every other week mother of three children, who runs a catering company and juggles work and family. She envies the seemingly happy life of others and starts dating online. This leads to unexpected meetings, great disappointments but also passionate affairs.
- The Investigation (6x44’)
Grant: NOK 3 million
Recipient: Miso Film Denmark
Producers: Peter Bose, Jonas Allen
Writer/Director: Tobias Lindholm
Commissioning broadcasters: C More/TV4, TV2 Denmark
Other broadcasters: TV2 Norway, MTV Finland
Global distributor: Freemantle
Story: Through eight months we follow homicide investigator Jens Møller and his team, while they try to solve the case known in the press as ‘The Submarine Murder’.
Distribution support
- NOK 300,000 in slate distribution to Atlantic Film, Finland for the release of three films including the Swedish film Sune vs Sune
- NOK 200,000 to Norsk Filmdistribusjon, Norway for the release of the Danish film Hacker
- NOK 130,000 to Nordisk Film Distribution, Sweden for the release of the Danish film The Guilty
- NOK 85,000 to Another World Entertainment, Norway for the release of the Finnish film Baby Jane
- NOK 70,000 to Folkets Bio, Sweden for the release of the Finnish film Stupid Young Heart
- NOK 45,000 to Scanbox Entertainment, Sweden for the release of the Icelandic film Woman at War
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