05/05/2020 - On this occasion, the country’s film agency has granted support to two features and five high-end TV series, for a total of about €3.2 million

Director Ole Giæver, whose drama Let the River Flow has received €800,000 in backing

The Norwegian Film Institute, the country’s audiovisual agency, announced the recipients of its latest round of funding last week. In detail, the body has set aside 36.5 million Norwegian crowns (approximately €3.2 million) and backed seven new productions.

The big winners of this slate of funding are two domestic features – namely, Ole Giæver’s drama Let the River Flow (9 million Norwegian crowns, or €800,000), set during the Alta River conflict in the north of Norway in the late 1970s and produced by Mer Film AS, and Kristoffer Borgli’s black comedy Sick of Myself [+see also:
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Finally, five high-end TV series were in receipt of support. They include the second season of Øystein Karlsen’s financial drama Exit (6.5 million Norwegian crowns, or €575,000, produced by FremantleMedia Norge AS), along with some brand-new productions: Terje Solli’s The Superhero School (4.7 million Norwegian crowns, or €415,000, staged by Seefood TV AS), Ole Martin Hafsmo’s King Johan (4 million Norwegian crowns, or €352,000, produced by PLAN-B TV AS), Tord T Olsen’s Rabalder (3.5 million Norwegian crowns, or €308,000, a NordicStories Nord AS production) and Liv Mari Ulla Mortensen’s I Do Not Live Here (1.325 million Norwegian crowns, or €115,000, staged by Maipo Film).