Norsk filminstitutt

Norwegian Film Institute supports nine video games

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

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The Cabin
The Norwegian Film Institute has allocated app €0,8 million (NOK 7,475,000) development funding for video games, which will benefit three new and six already subsidised projects.

 Among the newcomers is Wigged Out, a new take on the Cannonball classic, directed by Thomas Munthe; the Siw A Hødnebø Espeland production for Encircle Games will receive app €74,000 (NOK 700,000).

 Inspired by Limbo and set in a micro-universe, Veien hjem (The Way Home)) will be directed by Robin Ekeheien and Bogdan Maistrenko, and produced by Ekeheien for Skinny Bandit (€53,000/NOK 500,000).

 Life with with addiction and depression is the theme of The Path (Veien), directed by Yngvill Hopen, which will be produced by Linn Søvig for Henchmann & Goon (€32,000/NOK 300,000).

 The six projects already subsidised by the institute include Moons of Madness, from Rock Pocket, which will be backed by another app €0.2 million (NOK 2 million); Fight, from Megapop (€160,000/NOK 1.5 million); Thalassa, from Sarepta Studio (€82,000/NOK 775,000); The Cabin, from Tellicherry (€74,000/NOK 700,000); Skate City, from Agens and Monsterminds, from Monkeybin, (both €53,000/NOK 500,000).