Presented by Tint Post
Tint Post-Production Award
In 2025, Göteborg Film Festival’s Nordic Film Market launches the Nordic Gateway, a new section connecting international feature films with Nordic partners. Highlighting six high-potential projects from renowned creators and production companies, the initiative sparks opportunities for co-production and financing.
In 2025 one project received the 400,000 SEK (€35,000) Tint Post-Production Award, presented by Göteborg-based studio Tint. The award recognises one exceptional project from the Nordic Gateway section, providing high-quality post-production services to support the winning project’s artistic vision.
Winner 2026
The Tint Post-Production Award, valued at 400,000 SEK (€37,000), was awarded to Chentian, directed by Suha Arraf.
Jury statement:
“A poetic story of women fighting for liberation. The sisters’ personal struggles reflect the complexity of the political context surrounding them. While trying to defend their land, they must deal with their identity and hidden desire of sexuality. In a quiet and delicate way, the film will bring us a story of hope for women who won’t accept being silenced.”
Tint Post-Production Award jury: Malika Rabahallah (Festival Director, Filmfest Hamburg), Léonard Altmann (Festivals Manager, Charades), and Thomas Robsahm (Producer, Nordisk Film).
Chentian (Palestine, Germany). Directed and written by Suha Arraf. Produced by May Odeh (Odeh Films, Palestine), (Mayana Films, Germany)
Synopsis: In a Palestinian village inside “Israel,” two sisters-in-law, Nabila and Shams, are bound by an exchange marriage. When one becomes a widow, forbidden desires surface, tensions rise, and their land is threatened by occupation. As the men disappear, the women must confront betrayal, power, and survival on their own terms.
Winner 2025
In 2025 the Tint Post-Production Award was awarded to Honor of Persia directed by Zar Amir Ebrahimi and produced by Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, and Jacob Jarek, brave new work, Alambic Production and Profile Pictures.
Jury statement:“With a captivating artistic expression, this writer/director tells a courageous and personal story, what we believe the audience needs and wants to see.”
Jury for 2025 award: Claus Ladegaard (Denmark), Film Consultant; Jacobine van der Vloed (Netherlands), Managing Director, ACE Producers; Maria Ekerhovd (Norway) Producer, MER Film.
Honor of Persia, directed by Zar Amir Ebrahimi and produced by Mohammad Farokhmanesh, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, and Jacob Jarek, brave new work, Alambic Production and Profile Pictures.
Synopsis: An old explicit tape is leaked, and Ava Rad, a beloved star of Iranian TV and cinema adored by the religious Guardians of the Islamic Revolution and Iran's cultural elite, begins a descent into hell. A story of betrayal, a tragicomic portrait of a truly schizophrenic country, between religious totalitarianism and the extravagance of a youth under pressure.