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Since its establishment in 1994, Filmkontakt Nord has organised Nordisk Forum in conjunction with Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival. Nordisk Forum has developed into the main funding event for professionals involved in the Nordic documentary community, taking place during the Festival in order to maximise the professional benefits of the event. During Nordisk Forum a maximum of 26 new documentary projects are presented to the ca. 40 attending financiers. Based on the results of previous years, more than 70% of the projects are expected to secure financing as a result. In addition, observers and film school students attend Nordisk Forum for an intensive educational experience, experiencing the professional financing process first hand.

The aim of the Fund is to further the cultural cooperation between the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as well as the self-governing areas of the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and the Aland Islands. The Fund supports cultural cooperation taking place both within and outside of the borders of the Nordic countries. The Fund concerns itself with a wide range of art- and culture related areas, involving both professionals and amateurs. The Fund supports activities characterized by quality, vision, accessibility, and variety, where both traditional and new ways of working can be developed. Contributions can be granted to e.g. conferences, concerts, tours, exhibitions, festivals, general education, higher education, and research. A project may be completed both within and outside of the Nordic countries.

Nordisk Panorama – 5 Cities Film Festival, arranged by Filmkontakt Nord (FkN) and local institutions. It is the largest annual short and documentary film festival in the five Nordic countries, (Denmark, Finland Iceland, Norway and Sweden), together having a population of around 24 million people, and closely co-operating in many felds. Nordisk Panorama travels every year between the festival's five Host Cities of the Nordic countries, Reykjavik (2004), Bergen (2005), Aarhus (2006), Oulu (2007), Malmö (2008), Reykjavik (2009), Bergen (2010), Aarhus (2011).

As a parallel activity to the Nordisk Panorama Festival, Filmkontakt Nord organises Nordisk Panorama Market, which each year offers a unique overview of some 300 new short film and documentary titles registered in the Filmkontakt Nord Video Library and Film Database within the last year. Nordisk Panorama Market welcomes international film festivals and buyers from all of Europe and beyond. In addition, Filmkontakt Nord publishes the Nordisk Panorama Market Catalogue, which is a valuable marketing tool during Nordisk Panorama and throughout the year at international film & TV markets and festivals.

Supportsproject and scriptdevelopment,distribution and sales.

Nordnorsk Filmsenter is an independent regional centre for short and documentary films supported by the three counties in the north (Nordland, Troms and Finnmark) and the host municipality of Northcape. Nordnorsk Filmsenter distributes funds from the Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The production support budget for 2003 was approximately 500,000 euro. The centre mainly serves independent production companies in the region, international productions are required to have a regional co-producer. The centre also supports the producers and filmmakers in Northern Norway with advice, assistance and travel/educational grants in order to increase the competence in different subject of the film profession. Nordnorsk Filmsenter also has a distribution programme that aims to boost the release of short and documentary films on film and video. The centre has a particular responsibility to take care of, and develop the production of Saami films.

The Normal Festival introduces films dealing with the topic of learning disabilities to Czech audiences. Visitors can look forward to seeing interesting feature films and documentaries as well as films made by people with learning disabilities (for example five short films made by participants of Inventura’s courses of filmmaking).

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The Association of Norwegian Film Professionals brings together professionals working in the film, video and television industry. The association defends the social and economic interests of its members, provides information and legal advice about various aspects of the industry, and organizes a variety of activities that promote the audiovisual industry in Norway and abroad.

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The association has approx. 730 members - editors-in-chief and news editors working in newspapers, radio and television, news agencies, internet, etc.

Norskanimasjon.no is a Norwegian website started and run by Foreningen For Animert Film (The Norwegian Animation Association). The site mainly features information about Norwegian animation and the main target group is domestic.

The organization currently has approx. 104 members - directors of short, feature, documentary films and TV programmes.

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Training and development for European screenwriters, script editors, producers, directors, commissioning editors, development executives, and other audiovisual professionals. Screenwriters from different cultures could help make the stories more universal, and the tutors could share their insights into screenwriting craftsmanship and audience awareness. Script editors from the various countries could also benefit from this experience by joining the programme as trainees.

The North Finland Film Commission helps film and media production companies by searching for locations and providing information on local services and companies in the North of Finland. NFFC also helps production companies to get shooting permissions and to recruit local crew members.

The North Karelian Regional Film Association is a non-profit organization. The purpose of the North Karelian Regional Film Association is to promote film and AV culture and education in North Karelia. The aim is to improve general conditions for the film sector in the region. The North Karelian Regional Film Association organizes, among other things, Viscult - Intl. Festival of Visual Culture.

The Archive cares for over 31,000 items from the pioneer days of film in the mid 1890s to video production of the present day. The work of both the professional and the amateur is collected. The North West Film Archive is interested in acquiring film or video footage featuring people, places, events and activities in Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cheshire. The Archive collects material on any subject illustrating life in the region - this could be newsreel from the 1920s, home movies of local events in the 1960s or a corporate video from the 1990s.

Northwest Vision and Media works on behalf of the digital and creative industries in the Northwest to grow a world-class digital and creative economy within the region.

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TV- and film production company NBN (Northern Broadcasting Network, www.nbn.ee) was established in 2001 in February. Testfilm Ltd, what is hosting company of Northern Broadcasting Network Llc, was established in 1996 to support the studies of the students in Tallinn University in the field of media and cinema. Main activity fields of the Northern Broadcasting Network have been producing TV shows and films, renting professional video- and editing equipment and offering interactive new media products and services. In the beginning of 2007 it was decided to focus to develop and produce documentary series about human-environment-technology relationships in various societies and throughout the history. At the moment we have prepared and developed that project almost one year, we have been shooting three times, two times in Norway and once in England. Shootings will continue in 2008 all over the world.

Northern Film & Media is the Regional Screen Agency for the North East of England. Through partnership-working, service provision, funding schemes, advice and guidance, Northern Film & Media aims: to develop an advantage for companies and individuals through creating specialist networks and expert guidance to audiences and markets, to develop a commercial, creative, connected and competitive environment, to build networks of expert providers to stimulate and meet demand for sustainable access to moving image culture and activity, to build the expertise of companies and talents in the commercial and community media sectors, to create a network of informed regional partners aligned to provide successful filming in the region and maximise benefit from inward investment, to broaden awareness and support for moving image culture and business.

The POEM Foundation is an audiovisual production resource centre. The foundation provides grants for scriptwriting, as well as interest-free loans and investment funding for development and production. In addition, the POEM Foundation allocates funding for projects developing the operating environment and entrepreneurial activity or services in the audiovisual sector. The North Finland Film Commission (NFFC) functions as a part of The POEM Foundation. NFFC provides production services for domestic and international productions. The POEM Foundation coordinates the development of cultural activities in the film and audiovisual sector in the Oulu audiovisual network. The network consists of Oulu Music Video Festival, Oulu Film Center, Nuku Film School and the Science Centre Tietomaa.