As a seasoned film enthusiast with a penchant for Scandinavian cinema, I am thrilled to witness the launch of the Film Finances Scandinavia Award at the 2025 Göteborg Festival Nordic Film Market. This €15,000 development support for an outstanding Nordic feature film is a beacon of hope in a time when financing challenges plague the industry.
At its 2025 event, the largest TV-movie industry gathering in Scandinavia, known as the Göteborg Festival Nordic Film Market in Sweden, will introduce the Film Finances Scandinavia Award. This prestigious prize, worth €15,000 ($16,500), will be granted to a remarkable Nordic feature film chosen from the Discovery Co-Production Platform, providing developmental assistance for one outstanding production.
The prize, contributing essential funds and support to the foundations of a movie’s triumph, has been bestowed at a time when Scandinavia’s film industry grapples with significant funding difficulties. One possible remedy could be increasing private sector investment, an area where Film Finances stands as a seasoned participant, providing completion bonds for films and television for more than seven decades.
Industry experts will choose the top project, and this selection will be revealed at the Award Ceremony taking place on January 30th at the Nordic Film Market. The Market made this announcement on Friday.
Each year, our Marketplace spotlights approximately 15 exciting new projects, featuring both established talents from the Nordic region and lesser-known filmmakers. We connect these creators with potential co-producers and international financing options.
In the latest offerings from Discovery, we find “Holy Spider,” the third film by Ali Abbasi, which garnered the best actress award for Zar Amir Ebrahimi at Cannes Competition, and “Opponent” directed by Milad Alami, a winner of the Berlin Panorama Ecumenical Prize.
Notable films that have garnered attention include: Ninja Thyberg’s acclaimed “Pleasure,” which won at Cannes and Sundance; Malene Choi Jensen’s “The Quiet Migration,” a 2023 Panorama Fipresci award recipient; Ernst de Geer’s triple Karlovy Vary winner “The Hypnosis”; and Kristoffer Borgli’s Cannes Un Certain Regard entry, who later directed Nicolas Cage in “Dream Scenario.
In the challenging financial environment where obtaining development funds is particularly tough, Susanne Tiger, CEO of Film Finances Scandinavia, expressed hope that this award would boost production companies’ capacity to define the film’s concept more clearly. She added that this recognition would fortify projects at the crucial point just before they receive final approval for production.
The Scandinavia Film Finances Award provides crucial assistance to filmmakers at a pivotal point in their production, as confirmed by Göteborg Festival’s Head of Industry, Josef Kullengård. He emphasized that this collaboration, primarily benefiting the Discovery lineup, underscores the significance of fostering and cultivating talent, and the imperative of investing in the future of Nordic cinema.
In these challenging times when filmmakers require more assistance than ever to realize powerful artistic ideas, it’s crucial to pool resources from both private and public sectors to safeguard the future of Nordic cinema. This collaboration with Film Finances Scandinavia is indeed a step towards achieving this goal.
Discovery 2025’s call for projects closed on Sept. 30 with a record number of submissions.
The 2025 Nordic Film Market will run Jan. 29-31, the Göteborg Festival from Jan. 24 to Feb. 2.
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2024-10-04 11:16