National fund Norway, Oslo

Produksjon av spillefilm etter kunstnerisk vurdering (feature film production, artistic assessment)

Run by Norsk filminstitutt (Norwegian Film Institute)

The main production grant for Norwegian features chosen on artistic grounds, with recent awards of NOK 7.5 million to 20 million. Producers choose at application whether to add post release support, which pays 75 percent of distribution income over three years once 10,000 cinema tickets are sold. The writer is named in every published award.

Grant up to NOK 35,000,000Open to writers in NorwayA production company

Next dates not yet published

The money

Amount
Up to NOK 35,000,000Total NFI support for development, production and post release support is capped at NOK 35 million per film, and public money at 80 percent of approved costs. Post release support is up to NOK 8 million.
What it is
Grant
To apply
Free

Who can apply

Applicant
A production company
Where you write
In Norway
Rules
Independent production companies organized as an AS in Norway's business register, established in Norway or the EEA, with audiovisual production as their main purpose, no public majority owner and no significant ties to the main distribution platform. The company carries the accounts and must document its capacity.
Stages
Production
Formats
Feature
Language of the application
Norwegian

When to apply

The fund opens once a year. The next cycle's dates are not yet published; we add them when they are. Fixed deadlines at noon, with the form opening four weeks before; the next dates were not on the page or the NFI deadlines page when read.

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