Nordisk Panorama (September 22-24, Malmö, Sweden) has unveiled the 24 new documentary projects that will be pitched to approximately 70 decision-makers in attendance at the Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries. Additionally, 22 observer+ projects have been selected for special access to meetings with these decision-makers. See selected projects below.
Nordisk Panorama Forum is an annual meeting place and funding event for Nordic documentary professionals, looking to connect with a variety of Nordic and international decision-makers from TV, film institutes and regional film funds.
This year Nordisk Panorama is collaborating with the Scottish Documentary Institute and Screen Scotland to bring Scottish producers to the NP Forum and Nordic Short Film Pitch in September. Organisers will also welcome a number of Scottish decision-makers to the pitching and meeting tables and furthermore aim to strengthen co-production ties between Scotland and the Nordic countries.
Nordisk Panorama Forum accreditation closes August 1, and makers with a project at very early stage can apply for Elevator Pitch before the August 5 cut-off.
Nordisk Panorama Forum projects
- A Face to Be Loved [Wildcard] by Angelica Ruffier, MDEMC, Sweden. While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls a solitary love she had as a teenager for her teacher Miss S.
- Alpha Female by Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, Bullitt Film, Denmark. Diplomacy is founded on a fragile and slowly built material: trust. This is the story of a historic nuclear deal and the woman behind it.
- But I’m No Influencer by Jussi Sandhu, Wacky Tie Films, Finland. By studying at Influencer’s Academy Mark himself becomes the lesson.
- Circus Under the Eyes of the Taliban by Camille Bildsøe, Elk Development Aps, Denmark. In Afghanistan, two children find a space for imagination and hope through the local circus. The film explores childhood under new Taliban rule.
- Cyclovia by Finlay Pretsell, Parcel of Rogues, Scotland. A cinematic journey through Colombia, freedom, love, and life with daring youngsters, refugee couriers, and elite cyclists.
- Echoes of Noora by Mari Bakke Riise, A5 Film, Norway. How do you get to love yourself and find back to your music career which is both a curse and a blessing?
- Facts About a Distant Valley by Håvard Fossum, Medieoperatørene, AS Norway. Dialogue is tiresome, but the alternative is probably worse.
- Fear Fokol by Tuva Björk, Story AB, Sweden. A trip into the world of private security meditating on the illusion of protection in a fragile climate of inequality, fear and masculinity in crisis.
- Fruitcakes – the Dawn of Drag by Vesa Kuosmanen, Polygraf, Finland. Beloved drag star Mummo was murdered in 1988. His best friend Jolanda reconstructs his memories with young drag artists to tell the forgotten story.
- How to Hygge by Rikke Nørgaard, Celma Film, Denmark. Two Danes want to bring “danish hygge” to China, by building a Danish life style center, where Chinese people will be able to live like the Danes.
- Investigating Putin by Camilla Pedersen/Nikolaj Viborg, Impact TV, Denmark. How do you preserve humanity in the midst of the horrors of war?
- Left Behind by Nasib Farah, Emjay Productions ApS, Denmark. The tragic reality of European-Somali youths taken from their homes under the guise of a holiday, only to be abandoned in re-education camps.
- Letters to My Creator by Alex Shiriaieff, VFS Films, Latvia. A transgender person’s journey to find the freedom to be herself in a totalitarian Soviet society.
- Lights by Gunnar Hall Jensen, UpNorth Film, Norway. In Lights we meet an eclectic group of people in a remote Norwegian valley, all shaped or driven by the strange light phenomena in the sky above them.
- Lukas by Magnús Leifsson, Republik Film Productions, Iceland. A 20-year-old boy gets accused of animal cruelty and dog killing on the internet. What follows is a wild ride to prove his innocence.
- Matri(x)archy [Wildcard] by Tinja Ruusuvuori, Tekele Productions Oy, Finland. Matri(x)archy is a documentary about finding care in surprising places.
- Miðgarðakirkja – Portrait of an Island [Wildcard] by Nikolai Galitzine, Northern Wave, Iceland. Life on a remote island in the Arctic over one year.
- Orsoq [Wildcard] by Inuk Silis Høegh, Anorak Film I/S, Greenland. Acclaimed Greenlandic filmmaker Inuk Silis Høegh examines the modern human being’s – and his own – desire to escape hectic city life.
- Peder Angel by Sverre, KvammeIndie Film AS, Norway. A young boy’s devastating choice after many years of bullying.
- Soap Fever by Inka Achté, napafilms Oy Finland. To choose joy and pleasure at times of economic crises is always a revolutionary act.
- The Art of Not Knowing, Jonathan Lomar, WG Film AB, Sweden. A filmmaker and skateboarder revisits the past, in the hopes of understanding events that marked him and his friends’ youth.
- The Other Gaza by Wafá Jamil Espvall, Sard Films, AB Sweden. Gaza is a war zone. But it’s also the birthplace and the home of my family. I will show how daily life in Gaza really is, with sorrow and joy.
- Violence of the Lonely Heart by Terese Mörnvik/Caroline Troedsson, Auto Images AB, Sweden. A journey down the rabbit hole of involuntary celibates, whose longing for love transforms into hate. Is it ever too late to begin a new life?
- Witch Club Satan [Wildcard] by Maja Holand, Herstory, Norway. How do you practice what you preach?
Nordisk Panorama Observer+ projects
- 93 by Andrias Høgenni, Tambo Film, Denmark. In 1993, Marita Petersen, the first female Lagmand of the Faroe Islands, fights to rescue her nation from economic ruin in 93.
- Am I Losing My Mind? A Journey Into the Menopause Mystery by Louise Unmack, Kjeldsen Hansen & Pedersen, Denmark. What happens in the brain during menopause? A few scientists are close to unraveling some of the biggest mysteries of this chapter in women’s lives.
- Amongst the Birds by Mika Kaurismäki/Ragnar Axelsson/Ingvar Thordarson, Neutrinos productions Ice ehf, Iceland. A poetic story about a unique interaction between nature and people.
- Bachman: The Story of Stephen King’s Pseudonym by Max Eriksson, Sisyfos Film Production, AB Sweden. This is the true story of Stephen King’s pseudonym—an exploration into the power of fiction that blurs the lines between imagination and reality.
- Between Borders by Erik Tikan, Three Brothers, Estonia. The goal of volunteer Erko is the victory of Ukraine, but due to prolonged warfare, he must choose between family and war.
- Cosmobility by Mika Mattila, Ideasthetic Oy, Finland. Timeless life in a placeless world.
- Faderhuset by Eva Mulvad, Danish Documentary, Denmark. “It looks like love but is manipulation”. This is how four defectors describe everyday life in Denmark’s most radical sect, ‘Faderhuset’.
- Goodbye Andy Brown by Lars Erlend Tubaas, ØymoIndie Film, AS Norway. An intimate portrait of a woman’s struggle to define herself on her own terms and find true love.
- Hair by Maryam Ebrahimi, Meritis Film AB, Sweden. Hair captures Iranian women’s fight against gender apartheid through the art and experiences of Iranian-Swedish exiled artist Mandana Moghaddam.
- Just An Ordinary Guy by Kenneth Elvebakk, Cylinder Production, AS Norway. The happiest day in Theodor’s life is when he can shave for the very first time. Born and raised as a girl, that was not a given.
- Norway vs Sapmi by Håvard Bustnes, UpNorth Film, Norway. Despite winning in the Supreme Court, the Sami people must fight to dismantle Europe’s largest wind farm to save their endangered culture.
- On the Edge by Joanna Karlberg, B-Reel Films, Sweden. On the Edge is a deeply personal fly-on-the-wall portrait of a relationship between a father and his son against a backdrop of an eroding island.
- Oqaluttuamik by Nivi Pedersen, KaNOq Aps, Greenland. As people face, learn and tell their history during a Kaffillerneq through documentary, dramatizations, animation and archives.
- Paradise in Hel by Mika Mattila, Parad Media Oy, Finland. The documentary series Paradise in Hel tells the story of mystic Ior Bock, the mythology he told, and the people who followed him.
- Project 13 by Linn Helene, LøkenMorild Film AS, Norway. Project 13 explores what happens when the police try to help people in dire need of psychiatric care, but end up fatally shooting them.
- Retrograd by Anders Mielcke Grønbæk/Esben Persson, Elk Film ApS, Denmark. Writing his autobiography, 68-year-old Peer is revisiting ghosts from his orphanage childhood. Will finishing this healing project bring him peace?
- Second Acts by Anu Kuivalainen, Filmimaa Oy, Finland. Second Acts is a film about transformation, about breaking free from one’s criminal roles and growing new wings with newly expressed emotions.
- She Sings of Murder and Love by Virginia Heath, Faction North Ltd, Scotland. Irish trans musician, Keeley Moss, is obsessed with using her music to pursue justice for the sexually motivated murder of a young female backpacker.
- The Music Farm by Katrine Philp, Good Company Pictures, Denmark. Classical music talents from around the world seek help at a school in Denmark to find a healthy life-work balance.
- The Strikers by Helena Molin, MDEMC, Sweden. A coming-of-age documentary in the age of climate breakdown.
- This is Not an Apple by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen, Integral Film AS, Norway. After surviving a brutal stabbing, Palestinian brothers in Oslo seek redemption through an apple farming project that links them to prison inmates.
- Wonder Boy by Gustav Hugo Olsson, We Have a Plan, Sweden. A young man with cerebral palsy, defies odds to become a bodybuilder and fitness influencer, embarking on a journey to find community and friendship.
