Allocation
Lars Hertervig. The frenzy of light
Mediacircus TV received NOK 250 000 for the production of the documentary film "Lars Hertervig. The frenzy of light". Hertervig (1830–1902) was considered to be one Norway's greatest artists before he was diagnosed with incurable insanity and pushed out into the cold. The paintings from the last 30 years of his life were considered the scribblings of a child, but subsequently turned out to bear clear similarities to styles that gained ground in Europe several decades later. Was the painter insane or just ahead of his time? The film questions the myths about Hertervig. The director and scriptwriter is Karl Johan Paulsen.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in April 2012 has now been published.
Grants in April 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Arr - History of Ideas Journal, Arr (Scars) – History of Ideas Journal 2012, NOK 100 000
Lily Bandehy, Development of a book on Lily Bandehy's life in Norway, NOK 50 000
Bjørn Klouman Bekken, Development of a travelogue from the BRICS countries, NOK 100 000
Read more >
New Norwegian drama
Among the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012, we find 11 theatre projects, mainly regarding development of new Norwegian drama. For example, in collaboration with the Harstad Cultural Centre, Holte Productions has been granted NOK 60 000 for the development of the play "Anna Elisabeth – The woman who built the city", based on Anna Elisabeth Kaarbø's diaries from about 1913. The Rimfrost Theatre Group on Senja has received NOK 50 000 for the project "Dedicated enthusiasts", in which they use ordinary people's words to tell stories about dedicated enthusiasts and 'rural Norway'. A grant of NOK 25 000 was allocated to the theatre production "Congo re:born", based on the case of Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French. This initiative was taken by Kjersti Horn, Emil Johnsen, Ågot Sendstad, Mads Sjøgård and Kaia Varjord.
A list has been published of the major grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012.
Grants in March 2012 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Sigmund Aas and Thomas Vestgården, Manuscript development for the book publication "A Shameful History: The Dark Sides of the Norwegian State from 1814 to 2014", NOK 60 000
Animation Volda 2012, Student film festival Animation Volda 2012, NOK 30 000
Bergen City Theatre Group, "Virgilio Piñera in Norway: a theatre project", NOK 30 000
Read more >
House of Literature in Trondheim
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated MNOK 2 to the establishment of a House of Literature in Trondheim in the Huitfeldtgården Building at Kjøpmannsgata 14. The literary community and the Trondheim Public Library have been prime movers behind the process. The House of Literature will be an arena for literature and the open exchange of ideas and opinions. The goal is to render visible and strengthen literary circles in central Norway and influence the atmosphere for debates in the region. In addition to providing premises for debates, lectures and readings, according to plan, the House of Literature will offer a café, bookshop and work stations for writers.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012 has now been published.
Grants in March 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
The Art Museums in Bergen, Exhibition "Real Life Stories" featuring Chinese contemporary art, NOK 300 000
Tom Roger Bakkeli, Manuscript development of the book "Behind the lines in FSK", NOK 125 000
The Bellona Foundation, Phase 2 of the project "Consequences of a nuclear power renaissance", NOK 100 000
Read more >
Action on Belarus!
Norwegian P.E.N. has been granted NOK 50 000 for a full-day conference on Belarus in collaboration with the Human Rights House Foundation, Oslo, and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. The conference is entitled "Action on Belarus!" and will be held at the House of Literature in Oslo from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 22 March 2012. The conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers from Norway and abroad, including Thorbjørn Jagland, secretary general in the Council of Europe, and Natallia Radzina, editor of the Belorussian website Charter97.org. Is Norway's policy in respect of Belarus clear enough? How we can best help the freedom-seeking people of Belarus? For the full programme, see The Norwegian Helsinki Committee's website.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in February 2012.
Grants in February 2012 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
AFF Film Company , Development of the documentary film project "Rangoon", director:: Frode M. Skog, NOK 100 000
Akademika – Tapir Academic Publishing House, Printing support for a book publication about Romania, author: Svanhild Naterstad, photo: Mikaela Berg, NOK 50 000
Akershus Art Centre, Debate related to the exhibition "Tro-pi-cal", NOK 20 000
Read more >
Good girl
The Media Operators have been granted NOK 300 000 for the production of "Good girl", a personal documentary film by award-winning director Solveig Melkeraaen. After being a "good girl" all her life, Melkeraaen fell victim to severe depression in 2008. The film tracks her experience of depression and treatment, which included electroshock therapy. The ultimate goal of the film is to encourage more openness about mental illness.
A list has been published of the major grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in January 2012.
Grants in January 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Aldeles, Development of the documentary film "Back to Burma"; director: Turid Rogne, NOK 125 000
Alert film, Production of the documentary film "Sammy's Stories"; director: Elsa Kvamme, NOK 300 000
Atomic Soul Booking, Nationwide tour with a live version of NRK's debate programme "Trygdekontoret" (The Social Security Office), NOK 100 000
Read more >
Face to face
The young people's organisations in Stange, Stange Library and the Stange Culture School have been granted NOK 100 000 for a series of political/philosophical café evenings aimed at young people. Entitled "Face to face", this series of meeting will take its point of departure in the tragic events that took place in Norway on 22 July. The scheduled topics include: "Freedom of expression and common racism" and "How is a terrorist created – and how to avoid becoming one ...?". On the first debate evening, the audience will be invited to direct questions to philosopher and poet Cornelius Jakhelln. Throughout 2012, the venue for the events will be the Grevskapet Room at the library, featuring Jonas Kippersund as moderator.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in December 2011.
Grants in December 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Solveig Aareskjold, Manuscript development for the book publication "Valkyrie Song. The Viking Era caught between Byzantium and Iceland", NOK 50 000
Karsten Alnæs, Manuscript development for a book project on 1814, NOK 40 000
Arr – history of ideas journal, Conference "Notions about Cuba", NOK 25 000
Read more >
One Day in History
Photographer Andrea Gjestvang has been granted NOK 100 000 for a portrait project with the working title "One Day in History". Gjestvang will photograph a large number of the young people who survived the Utøya tragedy on 22 July now as they are resuming their regular lives. The portraits will be accompanied by the young people's own words. The project will initially be published in magazines in Norway and abroad and be displayed at several exhibitions. In the long term, the goal is a book publication. "One Day in History" is Gjestvang's contribution to the European photo project "The Rise of Populism".
A list has now been published of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in December 2011.
Read more >
Grants in December 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Abstract Publishing House, Publication of the book "Young people, intoxication and marginalisation" by Tormod Øia, NOK 30 000
The Academy of Street Art, "Speak up – in society as yourself", workshops for young people,
NOK 200 000
The Association of Norwegian Editors, Assembling, organising and making available the media archives of Nils E. Øy, NOK 150 000
Read more >
Folk Music and Nazism
Valdres Museum of Cultural Heritage has been granted NOK 100 000 for an exhibition on folk music and Nazism in cooperation with master's degree student Bjørnar Blaavarp Heimdal, the magazine Folk Music and the Holocaust Centre. The exhibition will focus on the Occupation Forces' fascination with Norwegian folk music and dance. Further, it will show how (and why) Norwegian folk musicians and folk dancers played a part in national socialist propaganda. Posters, texts and images from the German propaganda machine will be central in the exhibition, which is scheduled to open in June 2012.
A list has now been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in November 2011.
Photo: Ola Brenno playing for Heinrich Himmler
Grants in November 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Akademika – Unipub Publishing House, Support for printing "Secularism through Norwegian glasses", ed.: Oddbjørn Leirvik, et al., NOK 25 000
Argument Journal, Theme issue of Argument about the 2010s, NOK 15 000
The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Seminar in conjunction with the exhibition "History portrayed in images", NOK 50 000
Read more >
To kill a rabbit. The life of Henriette Schønberg Erken
Maria Berg Reinertsen has received a grant of NOK 125 000 for the book project "To kill a rabbit. The life of Henriette Schønberg Erken (1866–1953)". Erken completely dominated the Norwegian cookbook market in the early half of the 1900s, not least with her masterpiece The Big Cookbook. Using the story of Henriette Schønberg Erken, Reinertsen seeks to understand the moral overtones of the food and the place of the cookbook in Norway, as well as to show the development of the role played by women in the past century. Reinertsen has signed a contract with CappelenDamm, and the book is scheduled for publication in autumn 2013.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in October 2011 has now been published.
Grants in October 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
AnnleisFilm, Production of the documentary film "Merete Sejersted-Bødtker – Classic provocateur"; director: Line Ørnes Søndergaard, NOK 100 000
Audiatur, Møllebyen Literary Festival 2012 on the topic "Alphabet", NOK 125 000
The Bellona Foundation, The Nikitin Symposium 2012: "Between two choices in Russia: the environment, politics and freedom of expression", NOK 50 000
Read more >
To the Young People
The first rounds of reviewing applications associated with the tragedies on 22 July have now been completed. The recipients include the young (photo)journalists in Paragon Features, who have been granted NOK 100 000 for the first phase of the project entitled "To the Young People". The terrorist acts on the island of Utøya constituted an attack on the young people's values. In "To the Young People", Paragon Features will present portraits of six groups of young people from all over Norway. One of the survivors from Utøya will be the gateway to each group, and the goal is to document the everyday lives of the Utøya generation, as well as their values and ideals, by producing a travelling exhibition and a book. The focal point of the first part of the project is 18-year-old Marie Ødegården from Kongsberg.
See the list of the first 22 July projects that have received support from the Fritt Ord Foundation.
Read more >
Grants to 22 July projects, the first round in autumn 2011
Hisham al-Zouki, Production of the documentary film "Revealed"; director: Hisham al-Zouki, NOK 100 000
The Archive Foundation, "After the Crisis. An International Conference on Narratives of Traumatic Events", NOK 50 000
Bokvennen Publishing House, Publication of the anthology "Poetry and Terror", ed.: Sarah Selmer, NOK 30 000
Read more >
Bergen International Film Festival 2011
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated funding for three projects in connection with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) being held from 19 to 26 October 2011. NOK 25 000 has been granted to a project on in-depth journalism in documentary films and NOK 100 000 for the presentation of documentary films for school children. NOK 100 000 has also been granted to the secondary programme "Checkpoints", a collaboration between BIFF and the Rafto Foundation. This project will shed light on breaches of human rights through the screening of more than 20 films from all over the world.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded in September 2011.
Read more >
Grants in September 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Marte Aas, Art documentary "Robotnik" about a young Polish worker in Norway, NOK 50 000
Alert film, Development support for the feature film "I saw my friend" about Gunvor Hofmo and Ruth Maier, NOK 50 000
Paal Bjelke Andersen, Publication of an anthology of contemporary Iranian poetry, NOK 25 000
Read more >
Grants in August 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Erik Aasheim, Manuscript development of "The Snakes in Eva's Paradise" about Eva Joly, NOK 75 000
Abstract Publishing House, Printing of the book "Vulnerable and strong" by Torbjørn Herlof Andersen, on the abuse of men, NOK 30 000
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Oslo Municipality, Series of events - Public Library 2012, NOK 100 000
Read more >
International Philosophy Olympiad Oslo 2012
The society Foreningen IPO Oslo 2012 has been granted NOK 300 000 to organise the 20th International Philosophy Olympiad for upper secondary school students. The event will be held in Oslo from 16 to 20 May 2012, with "The Limits of Freedom" as its overall theme. Twenty-nine countries from Europe, Asia and America were represented at the 2011 Philosophy Olympiad in Vienna. In addition to an essay competition, the event consists of seminars, discussion groups and lectures at a high philosophical level.
A list has now been published of the major grants awarded in August 2011.
Hunted Poverty
Linda Bournane Engelberth has received NOK 100 000 for the documentary photography project "Hunted Poverty". Engelberth follows individuals, families and larger groups of Roma people as they travel between Romania and an existence as beggars in Norway. She plans to photograph them at work, at leisure and on special occasions such as weddings and funerals. Her work will be carried out in Oslo and in one of Romania's many mining towns. Engelberth is also among the 10 selected photographers featured in the Norwegian Journal of Photography.
A list of Fritt Ord's minor grants in June 2011 has now been published.
Our version: Norwegian-Vietnamese in the Vietnam War
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated NOK 200 000 to the project "Our version: Norwegian-Vietnamese in the Vietnam War" headed by Khang Ngoc Nguyen in collaboration with Ola Alsvik of the Norwegian Institute of Local History and Photographer André Clemetsen. Norwegian media's presentation of the Vietnam War has always been dominated by American perspectives. This project will culminate in a book that conveys the experiences of South Vietnamese veterans living in Norway. The book will be based on life story interviews with veterans and photographs of them.
A list of the Fritt Ord Foundation's major grants in June 2011 has now been published.
Grants in June 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Amnesty Student Bergen, Human Rights Week 2011, NOK 10 000
Volda Animation Festival 2011, AnimationVolda 2011, NOK 30 000
Jon Gunnar Arntzen, Pilot project for a Hendrik C. Andersen biography, NOK 30 000
Read more >
Grants in June 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Abstract Publishing House, Manuscript development of the book "The History of Bellona" by Eirik Martiniussen, NOK 100 000
Amal Aden, Manuscript development of the book "Freedom for all – about homosexuality in minority communities", NOK 70 000
Brigitte Alfter, Manuscript development of a handbook on network journalism, NOK 50 000
Read more >
Røros Literature Festival
Røros Literary Association has received NOK 30 000 from the Fritt Ord Foundation for the 2011 Røros Literature Festival. Occasioned by the Nansen-Amundsen Year, the theme of the 2011 festival will be "Frost and heat", and it will be held from 29 September to 2 October. Participating authors include Endre Lund Eriksen, Hilde Hagerup, Monica Kristensen, Trygve Lundemo, Eugene Schoulgin and Herbjørg Wassmo. The programme includes visits from authors to schools and daycare centres, lectures, seminars, literary journeys and the Sami Culture Bus.
A list has now been published of the minor grants awarded in May 2011.
Grants in May 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Karin Alfnes Abraham Manuscript development of the pamphlet publication "Israel: The peace movement that disappeared", NOK 15 000
African History Week, Film Seminar "Eye of the beholder", NOK 15 000
African History Week, "Indaba Seminar", NOK 30 000
Read more >
Lars Hertervig. The frenzy of light
Mediacircus TV received NOK 250 000 for the production of the documentary film "Lars Hertervig. The frenzy of light". Hertervig (1830–1902) was considered to be one Norway's greatest artists before he was diagnosed with incurable insanity and pushed out into the cold. The paintings from the last 30 years of his life were considered the scribblings of a child, but subsequently turned out to bear clear similarities to styles that gained ground in Europe several decades later. Was the painter insane or just ahead of his time? The film questions the myths about Hertervig. The director and scriptwriter is Karl Johan Paulsen.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in April 2012 has now been published.
Grants in April 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Arr - History of Ideas Journal, Arr (Scars) – History of Ideas Journal 2012, NOK 100 000
Lily Bandehy, Development of a book on Lily Bandehy's life in Norway, NOK 50 000
Bjørn Klouman Bekken, Development of a travelogue from the BRICS countries, NOK 100 000
Read more >
New Norwegian drama
Among the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012, we find 11 theatre projects, mainly regarding development of new Norwegian drama. For example, in collaboration with the Harstad Cultural Centre, Holte Productions has been granted NOK 60 000 for the development of the play "Anna Elisabeth – The woman who built the city", based on Anna Elisabeth Kaarbø's diaries from about 1913. The Rimfrost Theatre Group on Senja has received NOK 50 000 for the project "Dedicated enthusiasts", in which they use ordinary people's words to tell stories about dedicated enthusiasts and 'rural Norway'. A grant of NOK 25 000 was allocated to the theatre production "Congo re:born", based on the case of Tjostolv Moland and Joshua French. This initiative was taken by Kjersti Horn, Emil Johnsen, Ågot Sendstad, Mads Sjøgård and Kaia Varjord.
A list has been published of the major grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012.
Grants in March 2012 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Sigmund Aas and Thomas Vestgården, Manuscript development for the book publication "A Shameful History: The Dark Sides of the Norwegian State from 1814 to 2014", NOK 60 000
Animation Volda 2012, Student film festival Animation Volda 2012, NOK 30 000
Bergen City Theatre Group, "Virgilio Piñera in Norway: a theatre project", NOK 30 000
Read more >
House of Literature in Trondheim
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated MNOK 2 to the establishment of a House of Literature in Trondheim in the Huitfeldtgården Building at Kjøpmannsgata 14. The literary community and the Trondheim Public Library have been prime movers behind the process. The House of Literature will be an arena for literature and the open exchange of ideas and opinions. The goal is to render visible and strengthen literary circles in central Norway and influence the atmosphere for debates in the region. In addition to providing premises for debates, lectures and readings, according to plan, the House of Literature will offer a café, bookshop and work stations for writers.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in March 2012 has now been published.
Grants in March 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
The Art Museums in Bergen, Exhibition "Real Life Stories" featuring Chinese contemporary art, NOK 300 000
Tom Roger Bakkeli, Manuscript development of the book "Behind the lines in FSK", NOK 125 000
The Bellona Foundation, Phase 2 of the project "Consequences of a nuclear power renaissance", NOK 100 000
Read more >
Action on Belarus!
Norwegian P.E.N. has been granted NOK 50 000 for a full-day conference on Belarus in collaboration with the Human Rights House Foundation, Oslo, and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee. The conference is entitled "Action on Belarus!" and will be held at the House of Literature in Oslo from 8.30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 22 March 2012. The conference will feature a number of high-profile speakers from Norway and abroad, including Thorbjørn Jagland, secretary general in the Council of Europe, and Natallia Radzina, editor of the Belorussian website Charter97.org. Is Norway's policy in respect of Belarus clear enough? How we can best help the freedom-seeking people of Belarus? For the full programme, see The Norwegian Helsinki Committee's website.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in February 2012.
Grants in February 2012 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
AFF Film Company , Development of the documentary film project "Rangoon", director:: Frode M. Skog, NOK 100 000
Akademika – Tapir Academic Publishing House, Printing support for a book publication about Romania, author: Svanhild Naterstad, photo: Mikaela Berg, NOK 50 000
Akershus Art Centre, Debate related to the exhibition "Tro-pi-cal", NOK 20 000
Read more >
Good girl
The Media Operators have been granted NOK 300 000 for the production of "Good girl", a personal documentary film by award-winning director Solveig Melkeraaen. After being a "good girl" all her life, Melkeraaen fell victim to severe depression in 2008. The film tracks her experience of depression and treatment, which included electroshock therapy. The ultimate goal of the film is to encourage more openness about mental illness.
A list has been published of the major grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in January 2012.
Grants in January 2012 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Aldeles, Development of the documentary film "Back to Burma"; director: Turid Rogne, NOK 125 000
Alert film, Production of the documentary film "Sammy's Stories"; director: Elsa Kvamme, NOK 300 000
Atomic Soul Booking, Nationwide tour with a live version of NRK's debate programme "Trygdekontoret" (The Social Security Office), NOK 100 000
Read more >
Face to face
The young people's organisations in Stange, Stange Library and the Stange Culture School have been granted NOK 100 000 for a series of political/philosophical café evenings aimed at young people. Entitled "Face to face", this series of meeting will take its point of departure in the tragic events that took place in Norway on 22 July. The scheduled topics include: "Freedom of expression and common racism" and "How is a terrorist created – and how to avoid becoming one ...?". On the first debate evening, the audience will be invited to direct questions to philosopher and poet Cornelius Jakhelln. Throughout 2012, the venue for the events will be the Grevskapet Room at the library, featuring Jonas Kippersund as moderator.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in December 2011.
Grants in December 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Solveig Aareskjold, Manuscript development for the book publication "Valkyrie Song. The Viking Era caught between Byzantium and Iceland", NOK 50 000
Karsten Alnæs, Manuscript development for a book project on 1814, NOK 40 000
Arr – history of ideas journal, Conference "Notions about Cuba", NOK 25 000
Read more >
One Day in History
Photographer Andrea Gjestvang has been granted NOK 100 000 for a portrait project with the working title "One Day in History". Gjestvang will photograph a large number of the young people who survived the Utøya tragedy on 22 July now as they are resuming their regular lives. The portraits will be accompanied by the young people's own words. The project will initially be published in magazines in Norway and abroad and be displayed at several exhibitions. In the long term, the goal is a book publication. "One Day in History" is Gjestvang's contribution to the European photo project "The Rise of Populism".
A list has now been published of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in December 2011.
Read more >
Grants in December 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Abstract Publishing House, Publication of the book "Young people, intoxication and marginalisation" by Tormod Øia, NOK 30 000
The Academy of Street Art, "Speak up – in society as yourself", workshops for young people,
NOK 200 000
The Association of Norwegian Editors, Assembling, organising and making available the media archives of Nils E. Øy, NOK 150 000
Read more >
Folk Music and Nazism
Valdres Museum of Cultural Heritage has been granted NOK 100 000 for an exhibition on folk music and Nazism in cooperation with master's degree student Bjørnar Blaavarp Heimdal, the magazine Folk Music and the Holocaust Centre. The exhibition will focus on the Occupation Forces' fascination with Norwegian folk music and dance. Further, it will show how (and why) Norwegian folk musicians and folk dancers played a part in national socialist propaganda. Posters, texts and images from the German propaganda machine will be central in the exhibition, which is scheduled to open in June 2012.
A list has now been published of the minor grants awarded by the Fritt Ord Foundation in November 2011.
Photo: Ola Brenno playing for Heinrich Himmler
Grants in November 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Akademika – Unipub Publishing House, Support for printing "Secularism through Norwegian glasses", ed.: Oddbjørn Leirvik, et al., NOK 25 000
Argument Journal, Theme issue of Argument about the 2010s, NOK 15 000
The Art Museum of Northern Norway, Seminar in conjunction with the exhibition "History portrayed in images", NOK 50 000
Read more >
To kill a rabbit. The life of Henriette Schønberg Erken
Maria Berg Reinertsen has received a grant of NOK 125 000 for the book project "To kill a rabbit. The life of Henriette Schønberg Erken (1866–1953)". Erken completely dominated the Norwegian cookbook market in the early half of the 1900s, not least with her masterpiece The Big Cookbook. Using the story of Henriette Schønberg Erken, Reinertsen seeks to understand the moral overtones of the food and the place of the cookbook in Norway, as well as to show the development of the role played by women in the past century. Reinertsen has signed a contract with CappelenDamm, and the book is scheduled for publication in autumn 2013.
The list of the major grants made by the Fritt Ord Foundation in October 2011 has now been published.
Grants in October 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
AnnleisFilm, Production of the documentary film "Merete Sejersted-Bødtker – Classic provocateur"; director: Line Ørnes Søndergaard, NOK 100 000
Audiatur, Møllebyen Literary Festival 2012 on the topic "Alphabet", NOK 125 000
The Bellona Foundation, The Nikitin Symposium 2012: "Between two choices in Russia: the environment, politics and freedom of expression", NOK 50 000
Read more >
To the Young People
The first rounds of reviewing applications associated with the tragedies on 22 July have now been completed. The recipients include the young (photo)journalists in Paragon Features, who have been granted NOK 100 000 for the first phase of the project entitled "To the Young People". The terrorist acts on the island of Utøya constituted an attack on the young people's values. In "To the Young People", Paragon Features will present portraits of six groups of young people from all over Norway. One of the survivors from Utøya will be the gateway to each group, and the goal is to document the everyday lives of the Utøya generation, as well as their values and ideals, by producing a travelling exhibition and a book. The focal point of the first part of the project is 18-year-old Marie Ødegården from Kongsberg.
See the list of the first 22 July projects that have received support from the Fritt Ord Foundation.
Read more >
Grants to 22 July projects, the first round in autumn 2011
Hisham al-Zouki, Production of the documentary film "Revealed"; director: Hisham al-Zouki, NOK 100 000
The Archive Foundation, "After the Crisis. An International Conference on Narratives of Traumatic Events", NOK 50 000
Bokvennen Publishing House, Publication of the anthology "Poetry and Terror", ed.: Sarah Selmer, NOK 30 000
Read more >
Bergen International Film Festival 2011
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated funding for three projects in connection with the Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF) being held from 19 to 26 October 2011. NOK 25 000 has been granted to a project on in-depth journalism in documentary films and NOK 100 000 for the presentation of documentary films for school children. NOK 100 000 has also been granted to the secondary programme "Checkpoints", a collaboration between BIFF and the Rafto Foundation. This project will shed light on breaches of human rights through the screening of more than 20 films from all over the world.
A list has been published of the minor grants awarded in September 2011.
Read more >
Grants in September 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Marte Aas, Art documentary "Robotnik" about a young Polish worker in Norway, NOK 50 000
Alert film, Development support for the feature film "I saw my friend" about Gunvor Hofmo and Ruth Maier, NOK 50 000
Paal Bjelke Andersen, Publication of an anthology of contemporary Iranian poetry, NOK 25 000
Read more >
Grants in August 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Erik Aasheim, Manuscript development of "The Snakes in Eva's Paradise" about Eva Joly, NOK 75 000
Abstract Publishing House, Printing of the book "Vulnerable and strong" by Torbjørn Herlof Andersen, on the abuse of men, NOK 30 000
Agency for Cultural Affairs, Oslo Municipality, Series of events - Public Library 2012, NOK 100 000
Read more >
International Philosophy Olympiad Oslo 2012
The society Foreningen IPO Oslo 2012 has been granted NOK 300 000 to organise the 20th International Philosophy Olympiad for upper secondary school students. The event will be held in Oslo from 16 to 20 May 2012, with "The Limits of Freedom" as its overall theme. Twenty-nine countries from Europe, Asia and America were represented at the 2011 Philosophy Olympiad in Vienna. In addition to an essay competition, the event consists of seminars, discussion groups and lectures at a high philosophical level.
A list has now been published of the major grants awarded in August 2011.
Hunted Poverty
Linda Bournane Engelberth has received NOK 100 000 for the documentary photography project "Hunted Poverty". Engelberth follows individuals, families and larger groups of Roma people as they travel between Romania and an existence as beggars in Norway. She plans to photograph them at work, at leisure and on special occasions such as weddings and funerals. Her work will be carried out in Oslo and in one of Romania's many mining towns. Engelberth is also among the 10 selected photographers featured in the Norwegian Journal of Photography.
A list of Fritt Ord's minor grants in June 2011 has now been published.
Our version: Norwegian-Vietnamese in the Vietnam War
The Fritt Ord Foundation has allocated NOK 200 000 to the project "Our version: Norwegian-Vietnamese in the Vietnam War" headed by Khang Ngoc Nguyen in collaboration with Ola Alsvik of the Norwegian Institute of Local History and Photographer André Clemetsen. Norwegian media's presentation of the Vietnam War has always been dominated by American perspectives. This project will culminate in a book that conveys the experiences of South Vietnamese veterans living in Norway. The book will be based on life story interviews with veterans and photographs of them.
A list of the Fritt Ord Foundation's major grants in June 2011 has now been published.
Grants in June 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Amnesty Student Bergen, Human Rights Week 2011, NOK 10 000
Volda Animation Festival 2011, AnimationVolda 2011, NOK 30 000
Jon Gunnar Arntzen, Pilot project for a Hendrik C. Andersen biography, NOK 30 000
Read more >
Grants in June 2011 (applications for more than NOK 100 000)
Abstract Publishing House, Manuscript development of the book "The History of Bellona" by Eirik Martiniussen, NOK 100 000
Amal Aden, Manuscript development of the book "Freedom for all – about homosexuality in minority communities", NOK 70 000
Brigitte Alfter, Manuscript development of a handbook on network journalism, NOK 50 000
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Røros Literature Festival
Røros Literary Association has received NOK 30 000 from the Fritt Ord Foundation for the 2011 Røros Literature Festival. Occasioned by the Nansen-Amundsen Year, the theme of the 2011 festival will be "Frost and heat", and it will be held from 29 September to 2 October. Participating authors include Endre Lund Eriksen, Hilde Hagerup, Monica Kristensen, Trygve Lundemo, Eugene Schoulgin and Herbjørg Wassmo. The programme includes visits from authors to schools and daycare centres, lectures, seminars, literary journeys and the Sami Culture Bus.
A list has now been published of the minor grants awarded in May 2011.
Grants in May 2011 (applications for NOK 100 000 or less)
Karin Alfnes Abraham Manuscript development of the pamphlet publication "Israel: The peace movement that disappeared", NOK 15 000
African History Week, Film Seminar "Eye of the beholder", NOK 15 000
African History Week, "Indaba Seminar", NOK 30 000
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Allocation