The allocations include 13 grants for the development, production and launch of documentary films. For example, Isme Film received NOK 150 000 for the development of the documentary “Waitersgate”, a co-production with ZK Studio of Poland and the eminent director Konrad Szołajski. In the film, a journalist investigates whether three servers could really overturn the Polish Government by eavesdropping on cabinet ministers, or was there a conspiracy with the Kremlin lurking in the background, taking pot shots at Poland and the rest of Eastern Europe?

Spætt Film got NOK 150 000 to co-produce the documentary film “Moosa Lane” in collaboration with Sonntag Pictures of Denmark. Director Anita Hopland grew up in Denmark with a Pakistani father and a Norwegian mother; for 15 years, she has been documenting her personal encounters with her Pakistani family. The project is described as a documentary about existing in the interface between two worlds.

Stray Dog Productions received NOK 150 000 to develop the documentary film “Efforts” under the direction of Mohamed Jabaly (picture). In the film, Jabaly will meet Norwegian men who were part of the UN peacekeeping forces in the Middle East in the 1950s and 60s. Together, they will reflect on their years of service, experiences and consequences.

Allocations

Africans in Norway, manuscript development of the anthology “The Life of Africans in Norway 1600–1945”, NOK 75 000

Aleksander Johan Andreassen, the film and performance project “Centarium” – part 2, NOK 50 000

Andreas Ribe-Nyhus, manuscript development of the book “The Prisoners’ Prison”, NOK 100 000

Arild Stubhaug, manuscript development of the book “The Promising Union”, NOK 100 000

Arne Halvorsen, manuscript development of the book “In Pursuit of the Amazon’s Invisible Enemy”, NOK 50 000

Bergen Public Library, series of lectures on awareness of digital sources for young people 2020–2021, NOK 100 000

Erik Tresse, manuscript development of the book “The yellow boys”, NOK 100 000

European Movement, European Movement Training Academy, NOK 100 000

The Future in Our Hands, the “NorWatch Project” in 2020, NOK 200 000

Freemuse, Additional grants 2020: The podcast “Impact of COVID-19 in Cultural Life”, NOK 100 000

Fuglene, development of the documentary film “The Activists”, NOK 150 000

Norwegian Federation of Organisations of Disabled People (FFO), Additional grants 2020: Photo project “Pictures from a pandemic”, NOK 250 000

Geir Hønneland, manuscript development of the book “No one is talking about Antarctica”, NOK 60 000

Geir Hønneland, manuscript development of the book “Power and Powerlessness: Norway and Russia after 2010”, NOK 60 000

Human Rights Human Wrongs AS, HUMAN International Documentary Film Festival 2021, NOK 250 000

Index on Censorship, Index on Censorship Magazine 2020/21, NOK 300 000

Inger Schjoldager, development of “The Train” – a dystopian opera for children and young people, NOK 50 000

Iselin Kristiansen, photo project “Sex work and epistemic justice”, NOK 50 000

Isme Film, development of the documentary film “Waitersgate”, NOK 150 000

Ivar Kvaal, publication of the book “36 Images from the National Museum”, NOK 30 000

Kirsti Hovland, manuscript development of the book “Everyday war stories”, NOK 50 000

Kulturbyrået Mesen, public art project by Gelawesh Waledkhani, NOK 50 000

Art Centre Trondheim, “Wow, Trøndelag” – open events, NOK 75 000

KÅKÅ the quarrelsome cathedral, KÅKÅnomics 2020, NOK 200 000

The House of Literature Fredrikstad, Additional grants 2020: Programme support for the autumn, NOK 400 000

The House of Literature Bergen, Additional grants 2020: Programme support for Q4 2020, NOK 400 000

The Media Operators, production of the documentary film “No man’s land”, NOK 150 000

The Media Operators, development of the documentary film “Starlight”, NOK 150 000

Mina Adampour, manuscript development of the book “The tranquility of the forest”, NOK 100 000

Minotenk – minority policy think tank, publication of a handbook on racism, aimed at schools, NOK 100 000

Movies on War AS, Movies on War 2020: “War and conflict in the age of the pandemic”, NOK 150 000

Museum Stavanger, the conference “Experiences of Oil”, NOK 100 000

Ole Jacob Madsen and Thorgeir Kolshus, manuscript development of the book “Research and communicating results”, NOK 90 000

Oslo Museum, Dept. Intercultural Museum, “Damn this Neighborhood is Changing” – exhibition and series of events, NOK 75 000

Petter Snekkestad, manuscript development of the book “The State of Museums”, NOK 80 000

Pia Beate Pedersen, Elisabeth Thorsen and Cecilie Benneche, manuscript development of the book “The minister, the psychologist and the madman”, NOK 90 000

Piraya Film, co-production of the documentary film “’Til Kingdom Come”, NOK 150 000

Pål Refsdal, development of the documentary film “The Boys”, NOK 100 000

Samantha Gurah, manuscript development for the theatre project “There is no depression in Africa”, NOK 75 000

Sant & Usant, launch of the documentary film “Gunda”, NOK 150 000

Sara Skorgan Teigen, publication of the art book “Sleeping State of Being”, NOK 40 000

Screen Story Film and TV AS, development of the documentary film “Dropouts”, NOK 50 000

National Centre for Early Music, SPOR festival and programme book, NOK 75 000

Sigrid Undset Society, a digital resource centre on Sigrid Undset, NOK 100 000

SILK – Skudeneshavn International Festival of Literature and Culture, SILK – Skudeneshavn International Festival of Literature and Culture, NOK 100 000

Solum Bokvennen, publication of the book “Who was Ingeborg Holm?” by Goggi Sæter and Berit Eide, NOK 30 000

SPACE – Syrian Peace Action Centre, series of events “The Question of Syria 2020 – The Right to the City”, NOK 150 000

Speranza Film, development of the documentary film “The Fatherland”, NOK 100 000

Spætt Film, co-production of the documentary film “Moosa Lane”, NOK 150 000

The Festival Office Foundation, UN Films from the South, NOK 60 000

The Festival Office Foundation, The Critical Room 2020, NOK 125 000

The House of Literature Foundation, Additional grants 2020: Corona-adapted House of Literature, autumn 2020, NOK 700 000

The Tromsø International Film Festival Foundation, TIFF 2021 – three side programmes, NOK 200 000

Stray Dog Productions, development of the documentary film “Efforts”, NOK 150 000

Ten Thousand Images, production of the documentary film “Bong Thom – the Big Brother”, NOK 150 000

Tore Renberg, manuscript development for the epic work of music “The Stavanger Oratory”, NOK 60 000

Torunn Ystaas, manuscript development of the book/closet drama “Tikken” about the Tikken Manuscript, NOK 50 000

Trude Trønnes Eidsvold, manuscript development of the book “Divorce Heroes”, NOK 100 000

Twentyone Pictures, development of the documentary film “Society”, NOK 100 000

Twentyone Pictures, the exhibition #makingsensetogether, NOK 75 000

UTSYN – Forum for Foreign Affairs and Security, town hall meetings on security policy implications in the High North, NOK 100 000

Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR, Whistleblower & Source Protection Program (WHISPeR) 2020-2021, NOK 200 000

Yngvild Wasteson, Eystein Skjerve and Siamak Yazdankhah, Additional grants 2020: Manuscript development of “A simple book about pandemics”, NOK 90 000

Øystein Morten, manuscript development of the book “The Quest for Vinland”, NOK 100 000