Allocations for ordinary grants of more than NOK 100 000 awarded in June 2021: Documentary films
The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants in response to ordinary project applications for NOK 100 000 or more and major grants for Norwegian Journalism in June 2021.
The roughly 115 allocations in this round include grants for the development, production and launch of documentary films. For example, A5 film has received NOK 300 000 for the production of the documentary series “ENERGY”. This is a series about the joy of dancing and identity, in which we follow six of the most promising street dancers in Norway. Silje Evensmo Jacobsen and Katja Høgseth are the directors.
The Media Operators and Director Natasa Urban have been granted NOK 300 000 in production support for the documentary film “The Eclipse”. A rare eclipse of the sun in 1999 is used as an allegory for a dark period in the history of Serbia. Integral Film has received NOK 200 000 for the production of the documentary film “Baghdad on Fire”, directed by Karrar Al-Azzawi. The film follows a young Iraqi woman’s struggle for freedom and democracy.
