The new Norwegian film fund SØRFOND, financed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and managed by the Norwegian Film Institute, will contribute to the completion of films from Southern countries.
With film funds all over Europe facing financial turmoil, the future looks brighter for the newly established SØRFOND - the Norwegian South Film Fund. 38 filmprojects from southern countries have applied for support for 2012.
This year’s festival season has, inevitably, an aftertaste of the Economic crisis Europe is going through. The central topic in industry circles in Rotterdam were the cutbacks in this year’s festival budget, as well as the risk of severe cutbacks in subsidies to the Hubert Bals Fund supporting film production.
The Oslo Palestine Film Festival (OPFF) takes over Filmens Hus this weekend. Newcomers and established filmmakers give us a broad and bittersweet glimpse into their life. Films from the South has supported the creation of the festival, which is organised by TrAP and the Palestine Comitee.
The Nobel Peace Centre exhibition In Afghanistan opens at 18:00 on Friday 10th February with a 24-hours long tribute to the country in all its scope.
”A historic day” says Lasse Skagen, the Artistic Director of the Films From the South Foundation. The guidelines for SØRFOND, the new fund supporting film production, are now finally in place.
The Argentine road movie Las Acacias wins the Silver Mirror. The international FIPRESCI award goes to the Moroccan On the Edge, while the documentary award Doc:South goes to the Egyptian Tahrir 2011: The Good, the Bad & the Politician. Lebanese Where Do We Go Now? wins the audience award.
On the Edge is a hard-hitting and energetic film noir from the Moroccan newcomer Leila Kilani. Watch the movie and meet the director Thursday evening at 8:30 p.m. at Filmens hus.
Films from the South are auctioning a piece of graffiti by the Norwegian-Brazilian artist PEACETU. Money raised will go to the Afghani charity project Skateistan. You can see the film Skateistan at this year’s festival.
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