Anne-Cath Vestly’s Grandma and the Eight Children and a film adaption of Norwegian author Lars Saabye Christensens’s novel Beatles, both received production funding from the NFI, which Friday (20 January) allocated NOK 42.6 million for four features and three documentaries.
The British Film and Television Academy (BAFTA) has included Norwegian director André Øvredal’s The Troll Hunter (Trolljegeren) on the short list of 15 international films considered for Best Non-English-Language Feature.