Βridge to the North: Sweden
Bridge to the North is the Festival’s new synergy initiative between the South and the North of Europe. Each year we will be hosting a different guest country from the Baltic or Nordic region. In this edition, we welcome Sweden and invite a delegation of professionals in order to explore new opportunities in financing and artistic ideas, share experiences and focus on the prospects and benefits that can derive from potential collaborations.
This year’s Bridge to the North was made possible with the partnership of the Swedish Institute, the Swedish Film Institute, the Göteborg Film Festival and the Swedish Embassy in Athens, Greece.
Swedish Delegation:
Swedish Film Tax Incentives:
The support is handled by the organization Tillväxtverket:
For a production to be eligible for support, the following requirements must be met:
- The production of audiovisual works must be the company’s main activity.
- The production must take place entirely or partially in Sweden.
- Principal photography must not have started before the application for support is submitted.
- The total budget of the production must be at least 30 million Swedish kroner for feature films, at least 10 million Swedish kroner for documentary films, at least 10 million Swedish kroner per episode for drama series or at least 5 million Swedish kroner per episode for documentary series.
- Production costs that are eligible for support must be at least 4 million Swedish kroner.
- Financing must be secured for the part of the production for which you are not applying for support.
- The production must be classed as a cultural product according to the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth definition.
