Nordisk Film Prisen Norway and Finland
In 2015, Nordisk Film Fonden awarded Nordisk Film Prisen in Norway for the first time.
Nordisk Film Prisen in Norway is a talent award of NOK 100,000. In 2019 the same prize was awarded in Finland.
The talent award is to honor a film talent behind the camera, which has particularly distinguished itself in one of the year's film productions and which helps to raise the quality and further develop respectively Norwegian and Finnish films. The awards are awarded at local events. Nordisk Film Fonden has since 1996 awarded a similar award in Denmark.
The Norwegian prize committee consists of:
- Sveinung Golimo, Head of Nordisk Film Production Norway (Chairperson)
- Margreth Olin
- Rolf Kristian Larsen
- John M. Jacobsen
- Vibeke Skistad
- Mette Bølstad
Former recipients of Nordisk Film Prisen Norway
2021 - Sturla Brandt Grøvlen
2020 - Director Benjamin Ree
2019 - Script Gjyljeta Berisha
2018 - Production designer Jørgen Stangebye Larsen
2017 - VFX Supervisor Lars Erik Hansen
2016 - Scriptwriter Anders Fagerholt & Director Halkawt Mustafa
2015 - Photographer Anne Myking
The Finnish prize committee consists of the following people:
- Aleksi Salmenperä (director and chairperson of the jury)
- Liisa Asikainen-Penttilä (producer)
- Peter Franzén (actor, director & script writer)
- Iiro Küttner (script writer)
- Manna Katajisto (Chairman of Filmiaura as the representative of Jussi-awards)
- Johanna Vuoksenmaa (director & script writer)
Former recipients of Nordisk Film Prisen Finland
2021 - Director & Script writer Hamy Ramezan
2020 - Script writers & directors Elli Toivoniemi, Kirsikka Saari, Anna Paavilainen, Alli Haapasalo, Reetta Aalto, Jenni Toivoniemi & Miia Tervo
2019 - Director Aleksi Salmenperä and Editor Samu Heikkilä
