Fellowship or lab Schleswig-Holstein Baltic coast, then Göteborg, Germany

Nordic NEST 2027

Run by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, FFA and the five Nordic film institutes

Ten established writers, five from Germany and five from the Nordic countries, spend five January days with Le Groupe Ouest on early ideas for features or high-end series, then pitch them to producers at Göteborg Film Festival. Ideas that gain a German and a Nordic producer receive treatment money, and three continue to script funding.

Deadline Nov 5, 2026 (closes in 16 days)

Dates

DeadlineDateFee
ApplicationNov 5, 2026free

The program runs Jan 11 to Feb 4, 2027 in Schleswig-Holstein Baltic coast, then Göteborg.

Deadlines are as the organizer states them. Check the time zone on the official page.

At a glance

Entry fee
FreeNo fee
Formats
Feature, Series
Language
English
Where
Schleswig-Holstein Baltic coast, then Göteborg, Germany (in person)
Who can apply
Established writers from Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland or Iceland with at least two commercially released features or series (or series episodes). Bring an early idea for a fiction feature or high-end series, with no script and no financing yet, and be free for both the January week and the Göteborg dates.
Prizes
Each idea that ends matchmaking with both a German and a Nordic production company gets up to EUR 20,000 of treatment funding from MOIN. After the treatment phase (March and April 2027) three projects receive up to EUR 60,000 more for the script.

What to send

Your name on the script
Allowed
Also asked for
Apply through the Nordic NEST portal with a CV, a video of up to three minutes introducing yourself, and details of the idea, all in English.

Need your pages in standard screenplay format first? The free screenplay formatter lays them out and saves a PDF.

What it gives besides money

A five-day working week led by Le Groupe Ouest, then presentations to 20 producers from Germany and the Nordic countries at Göteborg Film Festival and a guided matchmaking workshop. Travel, lodging and meals are paid for the January week; travel, meals and lodging on the Nordic NEST days are paid in Göteborg. Finished projects are presented at FilmFest Hamburg 2027.

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