The seminar How to Co-produce with the UK and British reception at the 2023 edition of New Nordic Films at Haugesund City Hall. Photo: Grethe Nygaard.
In 2023 and 2024, New Nordic Films will focus on co-productions with the United Kingdom, aiming to promote collaboration and co-production opportunities between the UK and the Nordic countries. From August 20th – 23rd, 2024, New Nordic Films, in partnership with the BFI, will host a delegation from the UK film industry to participate in a Focus on the UK program. This program will include discussion panels, networking events, film screenings, and a recent case study on co-production between the UK and the Nordics.
– We are incredibly proud and happy to have a special Focus on the UK in collaboration with BFI, and in that way facilitates co-productions between our creative film industries for the future, says Programme Director for New Nordic Films Line Halvorsen.
Christopher Granier-Deferre from Poisson Rouges Pictures presenting HAVEN at the Nordic Co-Production Market in 2023. Photo: Grethe Nygaard
The following four UK projects and their producers are selected to participate at the Nordic Co-production Market in Haugesund in 2024:
– Unspeakable written and directed by Corinna Faith, produced by Tristan Golighan from The Bureau, co-produced by Air Street Films, Rob Watson (UK).
– Nothing Holy, written by Steward Wright, directed by Ashley Horner, produced by Keith Bell from Pinball Films, co-produced by Rein Film (Norway)
– The Fell, directed by Zu Quirke, produced by Oliver Kassman from Escape Plan, co-produced by Brad Zimmerman and David Michôd, Yoki Inc. (UK)
– Let It Come Down, written and directed by Anna Fredrikke Bjerke, produced by Isabella Speaight and Molly Murphy from Backscatter Production
Read more about the projects in Variety's article from June 6th
The following projects attended in 2023:
Strengthening Cultural Ties
– We are looking forward to the second UK Focus at Haugesund’s Nordic Co-Production Market, sparking co-production conversations for the participating UK producer/director teams in meeting potential Nordic partners. 2024 has already seen some wonderful UK/Nordic collaborations bear fruit, with the UK-Finland-Belgium co-production Sebastian (supported by the BFI with National Lottery funding) making its debut in competition at Sundance and The Damned, which we have been able to support through our UK Global Screen Fund, premiering at Tribeca, says Denitsa Yordanova, Head of the UK Global Screen Fund at the BFI.
The UK Focus will also include a panel session, How to Co-produce with the UK. Kamilla Hodøl of Elation Pictures, UK will present her Roadmap to Co-Producing with the UK, an overview of do’s and don’ts in co-production, commissioned by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and New Nordic Films. Attendees will also hear a case study of Sebastian from James Watson and Mikko Mäkelä, as well as insights from other producers with experience in co-production between the UK and the Nordics.
The UK Focus is presented in collaboration with and supported by the British Film Institute through the BFI National Lottery International Fund, the Royal Norwegian Embassy in London, the British Embassy in Norway and the British Council.
‘How to Co-produce with the UK’. From left: Liselott Forsman (CEO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond), moderator Wendy Mitchell (Screen International), Producer Kamilla Kristiane Hodøl (Elation Pictures, UK) and Denitsa Yordanova (Head of UK Global Screen Fund). Photo: Grethe Nygaard.
New Nordic Films
Established in 1995, New Nordic Films is a key meeting place for everyone with a professional interest in Nordic feature films. It is an annual film market for Nordic films, and an international co-production and finance market, taking place within the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. The selected film projects represent a variety of genres and are chosen for their artistic quality and international potential.
Photo: Grethe Nygaard
BFI
The BFI National Lottery International Fund (UK Focus) supports activities at international events including markets, festivals and forums that create opportunities for UK screen content creators to connect and collaborate with global partners in developing, creating and facilitating screen stories with international reach.
This international funding complements the UK Global Screen Fund which the BFI manages on behalf of the UK Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The fund is designed to boost international development, production, distribution, and promotional opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector, providing funding for international film co-productions; international distribution; and international business development.
All images are courtesy of Grethe Nygaard for The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund
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