Grants for Norwegian Journalism in December 2021

December 14 2021

The Fritt Ord Foundation’s list of allocations has been updated to include grants for Norwegian journalism projects in December 2021.

In December, a total of NOK 3 560 000 in support was allocated to Norwegian journalism projects. The list of projects receiving support includes podcasts, series of articles and reporting projects.

Two projects address Christianity and religion among young people in an otherwise secular community. Vårt Land (newspaper) has been granted NOK 125 000 for the series of articles “Preaching! The unknown public sphere”, where the goal is to provide insight into the diversity in and perspectives of several different religious communities, through regular visits to 10 different religious communities outside the Church of Norway, then to describe and analyse what the different religions preach.

The online newspaper Framtida.no was allocated NOK 100 000 for the article project “Young and religious in one of the world’s most secular countries”, which will examine the influence of secularisation and religion on young people’s identities today.

Fritt Ord will also continue to provide support for Investigate Europe. This is an independent journalistic co-op consisting of seasoned members of the press from several European countries. They publish heavy, demanding investigative articles in a variety of media, across national borders, and have definitely made their mark on the European public sphere. The Norwegian journalist Ingeborg Eliassen was recently appointed editor-in-chief for all of Investigate Europe. The position is partially funded by Fritt Ord, which will also help fund the hiring of a new Norwegian reporter. Investigate Europe has been allocated a total of NOK 800 000 NOK for its work in 2022.

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The Fritt Ord Foundation's grants for critics: Good Criticism 2024 - 2025

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The grants can be awarded to freelance critics who work in any field related to literature, art or culture. The grants are intended to result in the production of concrete, ongoing reviews throughout the year; the goal is to help improve the quality and professionalism of a number of Norwegian critics each year. The Fritt Ord Foundation would like to give more freelance critics better opportunities to pursue their profession and to spend more time cultivating it.

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No Other Land

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The Fritt Ord Foundation is collaborating with the Human International Documentary Film Festival and Antipode Films to screen ‘No Other Land’ at Vega Scene in Oslo on Monday, 4 March 2024 at 6 p.m. and 6:45 p.m., and at Cinemateket in Oslo on Tuesday, 5 March at 4 p.m. Directors Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham, who are also the film’s protagonists, will appear live on a video link from Masafar Yatta on the West Bank both days.

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Queendom - film and talk with Agniia Galdanova and Igor Myakotin

February 23 2024

The Fritt Ord Foundation and the HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival invite the public to a screening of ‘Queendom’ and a talk with director Agniia Galdanova and producer Igor Myakotin following the screening at Vega Scene 1 in Oslo on Saturday, 9 March 2024 at 5:45 p.m. The director will introduce the film.

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Norway banned Monty Python’s ‘Life of Brian’. Now a book about film censorship is in the pipeline

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Critic and writer Johanne Elster Hanson is making her debut as an author with a book about the time when Norwegian film censorship took the world by surprise, not least the Monty Python group of comedians, by banning the ‘Life of Brian’ satire film. The author would like to track down any Norwegians who went on a film safari to Sweden in 1980 to circumvent Norwegian censorship.