Good Pitch Europe returns to the Nordic countries

December 1 2015

BRITDOC, supported by the Fritt Ord Foundation and other Nordic partners, brought Good Pitch Europe to Oslo on March 25th 2015. In May 2016 Good Pitch Europe is coming to Stockholm, Sweden. Call for Entries is now open.

Good Pitch is looking for ambitious documentary projects that will be the catalyst for social, political or environmental change. Deadline Dec 1st. https://goodpitch.org/events/gpeu2016

Join alumni including Virunga, This Changes Everything, Rebels!, Democrats, The Invisible War, Private Violence, Dreamcatcher, 3.5 Minutes, American Promise, Bully, The Square, Dirty Wars, Speed Sisters, Ida’s Diary…

Good Pitch brings together outstanding documentary filmmakers with foundations, NGOs, campaigners, philanthropists, policymakers, brands and media around leading social and environmental issues – to forge coalitions and campaigns that are good for all these partners, good for films and good for society.

Read more about the Call for Entries here.

Want to learn more about how to use your film as a tool for social or environmental change? It is also possible to apply for the Impact Producers Lab. The lab is held Jan 13th-16th 2016 in Finland and they’re looking for applicants from the European Union who are established professionals from the worlds of film, campaigning, journalism, politics or marketing and PR. Deadline Dec 1st. http://apply.britdoc.org/apply/new/impactlab2016

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Call for nominations: Free Media Awards 2025

March 14 2025

In collaboration with the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS of Hamburg, the Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated the Free Media Awards annually since 2004 to Eastern European journalists and media that defy every obstacle to tirelessly ensure independent press coverage. Russia’s war against Ukraine and the subsequent wave of disinformation clearly demonstrates the need for independent reporting in the region. Journalist, editorial teams and media companies in and from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Russia, Ukraine and Hungary who make a contribution to press freedom through their investigative, independent reporting can be nominated for the Free Media Awards.

Civitates' Tech & Democracy open call

March 6 2025

Civitates – The European Democracy Fund is a pooled philanthropic fund that was set up in 2018 for the sole purpose of addressing democratic decline and closing civic space in Europe. The case for confronting these threats is growing increasingly urgent. Fritt Ord Foundation is one of the initiators and partners of Civitates.

Civitates has launched its Tech and Democracy open call to support organisations working to ensure safer, more inclusive online spaces (social media platforms, search engines etc.) by improving the enforcement of EU tech regulations at the national level.

This open call offers a unique opportunity to strengthen civil society’s role in holding the tech sector accountable, with a focus on key EU regulations such as the Digital Services Act, GDPR, AI Act or the European Media Freedom Act to name a few.

Norwegians increasingly more positive to computer games

March 5 2025

Norwegians are increasingly more positive to accepting computer games as culture

About 17 per cent have developed a more favourable view of computer games over the past year. Six of ten play computer games, and one of three plays computer games weekly. At the same time, computer games are ranked as having lower status than books and music, for example.
“Computer games deserve more attention and discussion”, contends Joakim Lie of Fritt Ord.

– Computer games are also art

March 4 2025

“The problem with far too many media reports about computer games is that they start begin with sentences like: ‘computer games have come a long way since Pac-Man’,” sighs American computer game critic Jacob Geller.

“Let us first simply agree that computer games are indeed an art form and an expression of culture, and then let us examine the works as part of the history of art and culture.