Thessaloniki Documentary Festival is one of Europe’s leading documentary film festivals. The festival screens over 250 documentary films, and international industry professionals gather in Thessaloniki for the festival’s market.
In 1995 Hans Christian Ostrø is kidnapped and brutally killed by terrorists in Kashmir. Now his sister, director Anette Ostrø, tells the story of his final months in captivity, transforming a brutal hostage drama into a deeply personal film about confronting fear and choosing forgiveness over hatred.
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In the heart of Norway's mighty black metal scene, a new force suddenly arises. It has been dangerously quiet for far too long. Three young women have made a three-year pact in which they will dedicate their entire lives to awakening the world, each other and themselves as witches.
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Welcome to the small fishing village of Båtsfjord, where Cod is more important than God. In Cod We Trust is a portrait of a town, and a meditation on home and belonging. It reveals that in the coldest places on earth, you find the warmest and funniest people.
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For decades, astronomers around the world have spent billions searching the universe for stardust, hoping to unlock the mysteries of life. Jon Larsen, a jazz music artist and true renaissance man, had the audacity to simply look down.
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Each Christmas a mystery package arrives. Now young detectives Edle and Brage are on the case to uncover the secret sender once and for all.
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Over a decade on Svalbard, the fastest warming place on earth, Norwegian filmmaker Asgeir witnesses the extraordinary life of polar bear named Frost – a mother struggling to raise her cubs in a rapidly changing Arctic.
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Director Victor Kossakovsky offers a cinematic and wordless interpretation of the myth of Sisyphus in Trillion, the second installment of his empathy trilogy that began with Gunda.
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Enter the world of aspiring entrepreneur Ryan Wiik - where the sky is the limit and opportunity glitters on every horizon. Ryan is hell bent on revitalizing the film industry by acquiring a shut down film studio owned by the Spanish authorities, but his past is lurking in the wings.
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“How can you think if you cannot speak?” Four kids, age 5 to 15, share their thoughts on aphasia, and show us how they communicate and interact with someone who has difficulties expressing themselves verbally.
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Co-produced by Indie Film
Newcomers Competition
Co-produced by Aldeles
Open Horizons
Co-produced by Ten Thousand Images
Open Horizons
Co-produced by Differ Media
Greek Docs
Co-producer Henriette Hoyskel
When: Sunday 8. March 18:00 – 20:00
Where: Salon de Reunion (Port)
Meet the Norwegian filmmakers and representatives from the Norwegian Film Institute attending TIDF.
Sponsored by the Norwegian Embassy in Athens.
Manager International Relations, Documentaries
Production Adviser
Film Commissioner Documentary
The Horse. Photo: Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo
Norwegian Film Institute provides grants for the production and promotion of Norwegian documentaries.
Look at the great selection of new and upcoming documentaries and get insight into films in production.
The Horse. Photo: Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo
La belle année. Photo: Simon Averin Markström
Norway offers great talents, experienced professionals, studio facilities, and the most modern technical equipment available.
Norway you will find dramatic natural beauty — fjords, mountains, midnight sun, and northern lights, dynamic cities and innovative architecture.
La belle année. Photo: Simon Averin Markström
Funding is available for different formats with a Norwegian minority co-producer.
Sørfond grants top financing for co-production of fiction and documentary films where the main producer is located in a DAC-country.
This scheme is designed to stimulate increased exports of Norwegian films by providing grants for the marketing and distribution of Norwegian films abroad.
You may apply for funding of collective launch events and financing initiatives held in international arenas.
The film production incentive grants return on costs spent in Norway to international films and series produced entirely or partly in Norway.
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