NORTH Pitch

NORTH Pitch is a financing forum for documentary films and series, focusing on life in Polar regions. The 16th edition will take place January 14-17, 2025, during Tromsø International Film Festival.

The forum allows filmmakers to present their documentary projects to investors from several countries, in order to provide funding. Participating films can be focusing on culture, environment, resources, politics, climate changes as well as general human stories. The only absolute requirement is that the film is about life above the Arctic Circle or below the Antarctic.

Projects Selected for 2025

• Aron - North of Darkness | Prod: Anna Sunna | Dir: Håkan Berthas | Driva Production | Sweden
• Finding Kvens | Prod: Marianne Mäkelä | Dir: Einari Paakkanen | napafilms oy | Finland
• Hopefully Not Today | Prod: Peter Engel | Dir: Tereza Šimíková/ Eivind H. Natvig | Wingmand Media| Denmark
• Ice Women | Prod: Dorothea Braun| Dir: Dorothea Braun| DOOR+BRIDGE FILM | Germany
• Inuguiniq | Prod: Nadia Koromyslova | Dir: Olivia Ikey Duncan | Terre Innue| Canada
• Just an Ordinary Guy | Co-prod SE: Fredrik Oskarsson | Dir: Kenneth Elvebakk | Cylinder Production/ Bautafilm | Norway, Sweden
• Mother of the Sámi Flag | Script: Ingir Ane Bål | Dir: Marja Bål Nango | 7išh Film | Norway
• Norway vs Sapmi | Prod: Håvard Bustnes | Dir: Håvard Bustnes| UpNorth Film | Norway
• Ove | Prod: Linn henriksen | Dir: Nils Gaup | Paranord Film | Norway
• The Heath | Prod: Hanna Björk Valsdottir | Dir: Jessica Auer | Akkeri Films | Iceland
• The Road of Bones | Prod: Anna Gudkova | Dir: Ayaal Adamov | Ak Too Film Studio| Kyrgyzstan
• The Ship that wasn't There | Prod: Michael Bévort | Dir: Inuk Jørgensen | Script: Claus Pilehave | Wintertales Aps | Denmark, Greenland
  
  

Guidelines & Further Info

Background

Initiated by the regional North Norwegian Film Center, NORTH Pitch aims to develop more great stories from the Arctic, and to allow filmmakers to reach a larger audience. Held annually during Tromsø International Film Festival, the forum brings together filmmakers, producers, film organizations and investors.

The following financiers/commissioning editors participated at the 2024 edition:

• Anna Weitz, Swedish Film Institute, Sweden
• Heidi Kim Andersen, Danish Film Institute, Denmark
• Freja Johanne Nørgaard Sørensen, DR Sales, Denmark
• Mikko Peltonen, YLE, Finland
• Anna Svensson, SVT, Sweden
• Anna J. Ljungmark, Norwegian Film Institute, Norway
• Rachel Andersen Gomez, Arctic Film Norway, Norway
• Eveliina Kantola, Finnish Film Foundation, Finland
• Ralf Quibeldey, NDR, Germany
• Philippe Müller, ARTE, France
• Katja Härkönen, Filmpool Nord, Sweden
• Oskar Forstén, AVEK, Finland
• Maëlle Guenegues, Cat & Docs, France
• Silja Somby, International Sami Film Institute, Norway
  
• Robert Smith, Blue Ice Docs, Canada
• Fredrik Færden, NRK, Norway