Western Norway Film Fund can provide co-production grants for documentaries and short films, and in specific cases, for late-stage development of feature films and series.

The Zefyr Media Fund can provide co-production grants for documentaries, feature films and drama series.

The Norwegian Film Institute can provide co-production grants for all formats.

Documentary co-productions with a foreign lead producer may also qualify for grants from various foundations, such as Fritt Ord.

Norwegian Film Institute

• Co-production grants for feature films are normally between NOK 500,000 and 3,000,000.

• Co-productions for documentary films are normally between NOK 150,000 and 500,000.

Western Norway Film Fund

• Co-production grants are normally in the range of NOK 150,000 - 400,000.

Zefyr media fund

• Co-production grants are normally in the range of NOK 150,000 - 500,000.

• Zefyr can also invest private equity in co-productions. The fund has an estimated NOK 45 million in private equity that is invested in 4-8 projects per year.

Grants from the Norwegian Film Institute, Zefyr Media Fund and Western Norway Film Fund can be combined - within the limits of public aid intensity.

Grants from the Zefyr Media Fund and/or Western Norway Film Fund can also be combined with the film incentive.

Norwegian Film Institute

• No application deadlines for co-production of short films or documentaries.

• For feature films and drama series, see overview below.

Western Norway Film Fund

• Same as ordinary application deadlines. See overview below.

Zefyr media fund

• No application deadline. Ongoing application process for co-productions of all formats.

Grants for co-production are regulated by the Forskrift om tilskudd til audiovisuell produksjon.

The project must be recognized as a cultural product.

It is sufficient that the project is defined as a cultural product in the country of origin of the main producer.

For applicants with a main producer from a country without a competent authority for such approval, the Norwegian Film Institute, Zefyr Media Fund or Western Norway Film Fund will make an assessment of whether the project is a cultural product.

For grants from the Norwegian Film Institute, the project must qualify through a cultural test, which includes quantifying creative and technical contributions from Norway.

For grants from Mediefondet Zefyr and Western Norway Film Fund, as a general rule, the Norwegian minority producer must be based in the region.

Norwegian Film Institute

• Production costs in Norway (including hotel and travel expenses).

• Fees for Norwegian cast and crew, including work outside Norway.

• Costs related to the fees of Norwegian cast and crew, such as insurance, travel and accommodation, including outside of Norway.

• All Norwegian supplier services, also outside Norway, and any related transportation, insurance, customs duties and taxes.

Mediefondet Zefyr and Western Norway Film Fund

• Same as above, but the grant is calculated on the basis of the costs incurred in the regional audiovisual industry.