Norsk filminstitutt

Norwegian incentive scheme backs three new TV series by €5.9 million

Atlantic Crossing, Wisting and Beforeigners are supported through the institute’s new incentive scheme.

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Washington, USA 1942. Crown princesss Märtha in Washington  with president Franklin D. Roosevelt duriing his speech "Look to Norway". Eleanore Roosevelt is seen to the right. Photo: NTB scanpix

The Norwegian Film Institute will chip in €5.9 million (NOK 57.4 million) for three new Norwegian TV series from its new 2016 incentive scheme, aimed at supporting productions with a minimum of 30% international financing and already secured strong international distribution: Cinenord Drama’s Atlantic Crossing, Wisting and Rubicon TV’s Beforeigners.

According to the programme, film and TV productions can apply for 25% of the costs of filming in Norway.  For the 20178 budget, five Norwegian drama projects, a foreign drama series with a Norwegian co-producer, five international features, two with Norwegian co-producers, all of them totalling €65,6 million (NOK 633 million), wanted access.

Top quality Norwegian drama

"It is a pleasure to offer incentive grants to three major Norwegian drama series,” said Stine Helgeland, head of communication, insight and international relations at the Norwegian Film Institute. “With its recent international awards, Norwegian television drama has shown it has top quality, high ambitions, high budgets, strong international funding and wide international distribution.

 

“It is good to see that with the incentive grants these Norwegian projects, which would otherwise been filmed abroad, are now realised in Norway, with Norwegian film people,” Helgeland concluded. The scheme should also increase the experience and knowledge of a substainable  local industry, stimulate growth and international collaboration.

 

The three supported drama series

Atlantic Crossing (Alt for Norge)

8x60 min drama series. Scr: Alexander Eik, Linda May Kallestein. Dir: Alexander Eik. Prod: Silje Hopland Eik, for Cinenord Drama. Based on the true story of Norwegian crown princess Märtha’s escape to the US after Nazi Germany’s occupation of Norway in 1940; she and her children stayed in Washington, where she fought for the relationship between America and her country, while her husband Crown Prince Olav was living in London with his father, King Haakon. Incentive support offered: €2.7 million (NOK 27,275,000)

Wisting

10x45 min drama series. Scr: Trygve Allister Diesen, Kathrine Valen Zeiner. Dirs: Katarina Launing, Trygve Allister Diesen. Prod: Silje Hopland Eik, for Cinenord Drama. Based on Norwegian author and former senior investigating police officer Jørn Lier Horst’s series of award-winning novels about police investigator William Wisting, which have sold more than 1.5 million copies in Norway, it follows Wisting working on his largest case of a serial killer, crossing paths with his daughter Line’s news story, while being exposed to an accusation jeopardising his career. Incentive support offered: €2.7 million (NOK 26,050,000)

Beforeigners (Fremvandrerne)

8x45 min drama series. Scr: Eilif Skodvin, Anne Bjørnstad. Dir: Jens Lien. Prod: Jan-Erik Gammleng, for Rubicon TV. A couple of weak and exhausted people arrive at Oslo, and turn out to be the

Incentive support offered: €422,000 (NOK 4,075,000).