The Nordisk Film & TV Fond announces the recipients of its latest round of funding
Director Thomas Seeberg Torjussen, whose series
Dome 16 has received €245,000 in funding (© NRK)
This week, the Nordisk Film & TV Fond announced the recipients of its latest round of funding. On this occasion, the agency has earmarked over 3.2 million Norwegian crowns (approximately €314,000) in production and distribution bursaries.
The grant of the biggest magnitude (2.5 million Norwegian crowns/€245,000) went to
Thomas Seeberg Torjussen’s ten-part TV series Dome 16, produced by
Eric Vogel and
Ingunn Sundelin for Oslo-based outfit Tordenfilm. The project, penned by the director himself and commissioned by NRK Super, is an adventure-driven love story set 120 years from now. It follows a 14-year-old boy called Anton, who lives in a dome, free from pollution and radiation, large enough to house an entire city. Life inside the dome is for the privileged, with life expectancy at 160,
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Filming of a new Norwegian drama series, entitled
Made in Oslo, began in early December and will take place entirely in the country’s capital. The project, created and penned by
Kathrine Valen Zeiner, is being directed by
Marit Moum Aune. The Trondheim-born helmer made her professional debut at the age of 25 and worked in theatre, opera, film and television; her most successful audiovisual productions include 2009’s historical miniseries
Harry and Charles and 2014’s drama series
Struggle for Life, both commissioned by Norwegian pubcaster NRK. The news was first reported by
nordiskfilmogtvfond.com.
Made in Oslo is set in a fertility clinic, where gynaecologist Elin (played by