Tilskudd til filmprodukasjon fra Sørfond

Sørfond gir tilskudd til toppfinansiering av samproduksjon av spillefilm og dokumentarfilm med hovedprodusent i et DAC-land ("Sørfond gives grants for top-financing of co-productions of feature films and documentary films with a main producer in a DAC country"). Applications to Sørfond must be submitted through a Norwegian minority producer.

Applicants must be independent Norwegian production companies with audiovisual production as their main purpose. The company must be organised as an aksjeselskap (limited company), registered in the Norwegian company registry, and act as the Norwegian minority producer of the co-production. The main producer must be established in a country on the DAC list; the director must be a citizen of or resident in a DAC-listed country; and the film must primarily be shot in DAC-listed countries, with at least 70 % of the total grant spent in a DAC-listed country.

The maximum grant amount per project is 1,000,000 kroner ("Maksimalt støttebeløp for et prosjekt er 1.000.000 kroner"). The scheme funds co-productions of feature films (spillefilm) or documentary films (dokumentarfilm) with a minimum running time of 50 minutes intended for cinema or other audiovisual platforms. At least 50 % of financing must be confirmed at the time of application submission.

Søknadsfrister (application deadlines): the application form opens four weeks before each deadline at 12:00. Processing time is normally 12 weeks. The scheme is grounded in "Guidelines for film production grants from Sørfond" (Retningslinjene) and in "Ordningsregelverk for Sørfond."