Congratulations to the pitch winners of 2025!
The Midtfest at Tyven was a fantastic conclusion to the industry day Pitch & Påfyll and a wonderful celebration of Kosmorama's 21st edition. That evening, we presented awards to the winners of this year’s NTNU Film Prize, Mid-Norwegian Investor Pitch, and Filminvest Feature Film Pitch. Congratulations to all the winners!
Photos: Ina Stenvig
Mid-Norwegian Investor Pitch 2025 – HEX – Maja Holand and Mari Nilsen Neira, Herstory
Several Trøndelag-based film and game projects competed for a prize of NOK 75,000 in front of an investor jury during Pitch & Påfyll on March 19, part of Kosmorama’s industry days.
The winner of the Mid-Norwegian Investor Pitch 2025 is Maja Holand and Mari Nilsen Neira, Herstory, with their project HEX.
About the project:
HEX tells the story of three completely ordinary women—Nikoline, Victoria, and Johanna—who make a three-year pact: they decide to transform themselves into a black metal band, Witch Club Satan, with the goal of expressing women's raw, primal, and suppressed power—while also discovering themselves as witches. This, despite the fact that they can’t play a single instrument.
The investor jury:
- Knut Eilif Halgunset – Head of Transformation and Strategic Partnerships, SpareBank 1 SMN
- Eva Klein – Head of Trondheim/CCO, Converto AS
- Ingvild Farstad – Head of the Operational Excellence (OpEx) team, Viking Venture
Filminvest Feature Film Pitch – Takk for lånet – Vegard Dahle and Anna Lian
Filminvest held another round of pitching at Pitch & Påfyll on March 19, as part of Kosmorama’s industry days.
A prize of NOK 200,000 is awarded for screenplay development of a feature film that is thematically rooted in the Trøndelag and/or Innlandet region. The competition is open to professional screenwriters residing in Norway.
The Filminvest pitch prize of NOK 200,000 for 2025 goes to the feature film concept Takk for lånet by Vegard Dahle and Anna Lian.
The winning project:
- Is thematically anchored in the Trøndelag/Innlandet region
- Aims to be produced in the region with support from the local film industry
- Has the potential to attract a large regional and national audience
Filminvest Feature Film Pitch jury:
- Silje Nikoline Glimsdal
- Eric Vogel
- Andrea Bræin Hovig
Kosmorama’s industry days are organized in collaboration with Midtnorsk Filmsenter, Filminvest, Midgard Film Commission Norway, the Trondheim Region Business Association, Trondheim Municipality, Trøndelag County Municipality, and SpareBank 1 SMN.
