New exciting Barents TV series in development! BTV (working title) will be a TV-series conveying knowledge about people, societies and cultures in the Arctic region. A group of independent filmmakers based in Tromsø (Norway) invites film and TV colleagues from Russia, Sweden, Finland and Norway, to build networks and tell stories from a local point of view. Our goal is to start production in 2009 with the first 8 TV episodes including new formats made for internet and mobile distribution. Read more here >>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Click for teaser >>                          News!   FILM ARC meeting at FilmCamp The BTV teaser and project was presented at the meeting. A lot of interest was expresssed for the concept, from both FILM ARC representatives and the guests from Sweden and Norway who attended the meeting.   FILM ARC is an interregional film initiative set up by four regional film funds in the Nordic Region – in the framework of Cine-Regio -  in order to strengthen the audiovisual industries in Northern Sweden, Finland and Norway. The four regional film funds behind FILM ARC are Filmpool Nord, Film i Västerbotten, POEM and Filmcamp. Read more >>   Barents Festival Murmansk The Barents TV series was recently presented in Murmansk on the Barents Festival by Zoia Ravna, our Russian coordinator for BTV. The new teaser was shown for the first time. The feedback was good and many professionals in the Barents region are interested in seeing what possibilities this project will bring of in 2009.