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Norwegian directors Joachim Trier’s Thelma, Erik Poppe’s U – July 22 and Iram Haq’s What Will People Say are the favorites at the 18 August ceremony

The Norwegian Film Institute and Talent Norway (= Talent Norge, an institution which has since 2015 supported “artistic talent to realise their full potential”) have jointly instigated UP, a talent development program for Norwegian woman filmmakers. 12 Norwegian directors and producers will receive €5,300 (NOK 50,000) and participate in the year-long program, which focuses on the creative process and the individual development as a filmmaker. First group will start in September the institute’s Jannicke Stendal Hansen as project manager

Three new and six already subsidised projects will receive app. €0.8 million for development.

Norwegian director Anja Breien’s Wives – 40 Years After will complete “a feature series which is unique in film history” with backing from the Norwegian Film Institute.

Sørfond has this week granted support for six international co-productions with Norwegian minority producers. This year the funding goes to projects from India, Ukrain, Palestine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Bangladesh, a new and exciting filmcountry.

Norwegian documentarist Margreth Olin will co-direct and produce a feature-length documentary about photographer-artist Lene Marie Fossen.

The Norwegian Film Institute’s talent programme Nye veier (New Ways) will back the development of two short documentaries and two shorts.

Cinenord Drama is the first Norwegian production company to receive the €1 million maximum for its 10x45min thriller project

 “Film producing is an incredibly complex job, but that is what I love about it,” said Norway’s Ape & Bjørn producer Ruben Thorkildsen, who will present Rafiki in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes International Film Festival

“It is an important period for Norwegian film and television drama, which has finally developed a cinematic self-esteem,” said Åshild Ramborg, who is selected for the producers’ programme in Cannes