Co-Producing with the Nordic Countries 2016
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BERLIN 2016 CO-PRODUCING WITH THE NORDIC COUNTRIES 1 INDEX THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTION PROGRAMS Denmark 4 Danish Film Institute Regional Film Funds Finland 8 Finnish Film Foundation Audiovisual Finland and Film Commissions Iceland 10 Icelandic Film Centre The Ministry of Industries and Innovation Norway 12 Norwegian Film Institute Regional Film Funds Film Commissions Sweden 17 Swedish Film Institute Regional Film Funds NORDISK FILM & TV FOND 20 CREATIVE EUROPE DESKS Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 24 CONTACTS 27 CREDITS Page 01 LITTLE WING, Selma Vilhunen – Finland, Making Movies Oy © Cata Portin Page 03 LAND OF MINE, Martin Pieter Zandvliet – Denmark, Nordisk Film Production © Christian Geisnæs Page 20 SIV SLEEPS ASTRAY, Catti Edfeldt & Lena Hanno Clyne – Sweden, Snowcloud Films AB © Karolina Pajak Page 24 SPARROWS, Rúnar Rúnarsson – Iceland, Nimbus Film © Sophia Olsson Page 28 THE LAST KING, Nils Gaup – Norway, Nordisk Film © Ian Brodie Editor: Tytti Rantanen Layout: Maikki Rantala 2 THE NORDIC COUNTRIES AND THEIR CO-PRODUCTION PROGRAMS 3 DENMARK DANISH FILM INSTITUTE The Danish Film Institute (DFI) • There must be Danish creative or has established an international department technical participation in the production. with the remit of advising Danish producers • There must be a distribution deal for on international funding possibilities, while theatrical distribution in Denmark or being the point of contact for international broadcast on national Danish TV. producers seeking information on the • The financing in the major co-producing Danish production landscape and financing country has to be secured. possibilities. Applications will be evaluated Minority Co-Production Funding based on the following criteria The purpose of funding co-productions is • Creative strength to strengthen partnerships and creative • Creative and financial collaboration exchange between Danish and international between the Danish company and its producers. The DFI highly values the co-producer, including previous projects opportunities afforded from co-productions and future plans – international financing, cultural and • The level of creative and technical business exchange and distribution – and collaboration, the participation of therefore encourages such partnerships. Danish talent and crew and the overall Danish spend. Successful Co-Produced Films: • The nature of the distribution deal VIRGIN MOUNTAIN signed by the producer by Dagur Kári (Iceland) MOUNTAIN DFI is able to allocate no more than by Yaelle Kayam (Israel) 60% of the Danish spend. LONGWAY NORTH by Rémi Chayé (France) Applications are submitted to Noemi Ferrer, LOUDER THAN BOMBS Head of DFI International, and assessed by by Joachim Trier (Norway) a DFI panel consisting of Commissioning THE RAMS Editors, the Head of Feature Film, the Head by Grímar Hákonarsson (Iceland) of DFI International and the Director for Film Funding. Subsidy Application Requirements dfi.dk DFI can fund 5–9 minority co-productions per year. The annual budget amounts to Deadlines for application 2016 DKK 12 million. 23 February – noon • The application must be submitted by 24 May – noon a Danish production company. 20 September – noon 4 DENMARK Minority Co-Production Features supported in 2015 FEATURE FILMS DIRECTOR PRODUCTION DANISH COUNTRY COMPANY CO-PRODUCER OF ORIGIN GODLESS Ralitza Petrova Klas Film Snowglobe Bulgaria HJERTESTARTER Arild Andresen Motlys SF film Production Norway LUIS AND HIS FRIENDS Christoph & Wolfgang Ulysses Filmproduktion A. Film Production Germany FROM OUTER SPACE Lauenstein, Sean McCormack SAMEBLOD Amanda Kernell Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Sweden Production SE Production DK THE LITTLE VAMPIRE Richard Claus, First Look BV A. Film Production Netherlands Karsten Kiilerich THE UNTAMED Amat Escalante Mantarraya Snowglobe Mexico Producciones TOM OF FINLAND Dome Karukoski Helsinki Filmi Fridthjof Film Finland TONIC IMMOBILITY Nathalie Teirlinck Savage Film 41Shadows Belgium 5 DENMARK Documentaries Selection Process The Danish Film Institute (DFI) can fund The application form can be found on the international co-productions of documen- DFI website and must be addressed directly taries, short fiction and transmedia. to one of the three film commissioners. The DFI can fund 4–6 minority co- Evaluation of each submission will be made productions per year. by the individual film commissioner; in addition the projects will also be discussed Application Requirements by an editorial group consisting of the film • The application must be submitted by commissioners, the head of unit and head a Danish production company of production. The purpose is to ensure that • There must be Danish creative or technical each project receives a creative evaluation participation in the production as well as a sound financial and productional • A confirmed distribution deal must be review. Funding awards are announced submitted for theatrical distribution in approximately one month after submission. Denmark, national Danish broadcast and/ or another approved distribution platform Deadlines for application 2016 31 March – noon 11 August – noon 03 November – noon Minority Co-Production Documentaries supported in 2015 DOCUMENTARIES DIRECTOR PRODUCTION DANISH COUNTRY COMPANY CO-PRODUCER OF ORIGIN ACALI EXPERIMENTET Marcus Lindeen Fasad Bullitt Film Sweden AQUARELA Victor Kossakovsky Aconite Productions Danish Documentary UK Production POST-PUNK DISORDER Jukka Kärkkäinen Mouka Filmi Magic Hour Films Finland SHADOW WORLD Johan Grimonprez Louverture Films Final Cut for Real USA THE ISLAND AND Mike Day Intrepid Cinema Radiator Film UK THE WHALES THE RESCUER Hark Joon Lee Eclipse Film Good Company South Korea Pictures THE ROAD Zhang Zanbo Galaxion Films Plus Pictures China 6 DENMARK REGIONAL FILM FUNDS The regional film funds make an important The fund’s primary goals are to invest in contribution to the success of Danish films Danish and international film and television and television. productions that are produced in the member municipalities and intended for THE WEST DANISH FILM FUND national and international distribution. The West Danish Film Fund is located in The Copenhagen Film Fund primarily Denmark’s second biggest city, Aarhus, and invests in international productions of high annually invests around EUR 1.5 million in artistic merit with Danish co-producers, or film and media productions. Beyond fund- Danish projects with substantial interna- ing the organization provides equipment, tional financing and distribution in place. professional film studios, film workers, The fund’s focus is on productions wholly or industrial parks, training and talent partly shot in the region. development, as well as scouting services. cphfilmfund.com The Fund supports and invests in co- productions that have Danish artistic or FILM FYN technical participation with a connection to FilmFyn is located on the island of Funen the region. and manages an annual budget of EUR 1.5 The Fund is working to establish a film million, of which more than EUR 1 million and media commission. This will enhance is invested in feature films and television the West Danish Film Fund’s visibility on the series shot on location in the area. international stage and hopefully encourage The fund primarily gives support to more major and minority co-productions. feature films, but any film with investment filmpuljen.dk potential will be considered, based on the local spend in the seven municipalities COPENHAGEN FILM FUND behind FilmFyn. Danish productions or The Copenhagen Film Fund was founded international productions with Danish in 2013 by the initiative of the Producers minority co-producers will typically be Association as a partnership between eight required to spend more than 200% of the Copenhagen municipalities, the Capital investment granted locally. Region and a number of players in the local In 2013 FilmFyn established Film film industry. The Fund has a budget of Commission Fyn, in part to be better able EUR 4.7 million as of 2016. to guide international producers to the right locations, people, facilities and resources available in the area. filmfyn.dk 7 FINLAND FINNISH FILM FOUNDATION The Finnish Film Foundation supports Eligibility for co-production support is and promotes the Finnish film industry. determined with the following criteria: Founded in 1969, The Foundation operates • Involvement of a Finnish co-producer under the Ministry of Education and Culture with Finnish distribution rights and is regulated by the Film Promotion • Creative and/or technical input Act and the Film Promotion Decree. from Finland The Foundation receives its funding from • Distribution of some kind in Finland lottery and pool funds and in 2015 • Relevance of the project for Finnish The Foundation handed out over EUR audiences 25,5 million in support for the production, • Possibilities for an ongoing distribution and exhibition of films. co-operation between the parties Production Support The Support Application is made by Production support is given to an average the Finnish co-producer. There are of 80 films per year. The Foundation’s sup- no fixed deadlines for applying but it port makes up around 40 percent of the is recommended that the Finnish co- average feature film budget. The rest of the production partner is brought in as early as average budget is made up by television and possible. The amount of production support distribution companies, the producers’ own for minority co-productions has traditionally investment