Nordisk Panorama Festival & Market

Regulations

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival is the biggest showcase and market focusing exclusively on the best Nordic short films and documentaries.

The main showcase of Nordisk Panorama is the Competition Programme consisting of approx. 50-60 new short films and documentaries.

In addition to the Competition Programme, the festival screens Nordic films in special programmes.

Nordisk Panorama Market is a business-to-business platform that runs parallel to the festival and includes VOD screenings, curated closed market screenings and work-in-progress presentations to important decision-makers acquiring Nordic audio-visual content at the festival. Nordisk Panorama Market also offers an online VOD platform allowing decision-makers worldwide access to the best Nordic films all year round. Nordisk Panorama Market is the only platform of its kind offering a comprehensive overview of Nordic short and documentary film production.

Selection to the VOD platform is made by the Nordisk Panorama team.

Dates & Deadlines 2024

Nordisk Panorama 2024 takes place, 19-24 September.
Please note that deadlines for festival competition and market participation are different.

Festival competition deadlines:
Deadline for films completed in 2023: 15 February
Deadline for films completed in 2024: 15 April

Eligibility

Documentaries are accepted in any length and short films include all forms of animation, fiction and experimental films of up to 60 minutes.

To be eligible for the festival and market, the short film / documentary must:

  • qualify as an independent production
  • qualify as a Nordic production or be directed by a Nordic director (i.e. Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway or Sweden)
  • be completed within the current or preceding year
  • be subtitled in English or English versioned
  • not have been entered for the Nordisk Panorama Competition Programme previously

The applicant bears the responsibility that all rights necessary for the public screening of the film are adequately cleared.

Application

In order to apply, a completed entry form must be submitted online together with the following enclosures specified in the Entry Form:

  • 1 digital file of the full-length film following these specifications:
    English subtitles or English versioned, MP4, H264, 160 Kbps (stereo) / 48 kHz sample rate, 1920×1080, 25 fps (or same as source), 1500Kbit/s. Please make sure that the file is optimized for web/streaming. Max. file size 2 GB.
    (If you have trouble getting the right format for the digital film file, please see this guide)
  • Presskit (zip folder)
    – High Res still photos from the film (no text in frame)
    – High Res still photo of the director/-s (individual photos if more than one director)
    – Poster (If available)
  • Your acceptance of terms as described in the licence agreement

Entry forms must be submitted online together with electronically transmittable enclosures.

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Entry of a film is binding and implies acceptance of these regulations.

In the event of the applicant’s failure to meet the deadline, the requirements, or of inaccuracies in any entry form, the organisers shall be free of all obligations whatsoever to enter such a film for the selection.

Applicants will be given notice of their film’s admission/rejection to the festival no later than beginning of July.

Competition & Side Programmes – Print Handling

Immediately upon receipt of the notice of a film’s admission to the competition or side programmes, applicants shall submit a DCP screening copy. All copies must be subtitled in English or be English versioned.

DCPs shall be uploaded via FTP by beginning of August, according to the instructions distributed after the selection process is finalised.

Physical copies of films will be accepted but not returned. They can be picked up at the guest desk during the festival. All transport and insurance costs shall in this case be borne by the applicant.

Screenings

Films in competition and side programmes may be screened no more than three times during the Festival. Additional screenings require special permission from the rights’ holder.

For the purposes of promotion, the organiser has the right to utilise publicity material related to the production (i.e. press kits, trailers, posters, stills etc.) for promotional purposes and to broadcast, transmit or screen clips of up to 3 minutes.

Nordisk Panorama Market

Nordisk Panorama Market is the only exclusive Nordic market for short films and documentaries. All completed films entered into the festival will be in consideration for the  online Film Catalogue, which serve professionals with key information throughout the year. Films will be considered by the Nordisk Panorama team and if selected to the catalogue the NP team will be in contact with the filmmakers.
Nordisk Panorama Market Online is a strictly business-to-business platform, where films are available to registered TV-buyers, sales agents, distributors, festival programmers and other selected film professionals in a password protected screening room.

Films in Nordisk Panorama Market are published online and subsequently promoted throughout the year to decision makers at international markets and film festivals by Nordisk Panorama as well as through targeted email promotion.

All films in the Nordisk Panorama competitions and Nordic special programmes are automatically included in the Nordisk Panorama Market if they meet the requirements of the market.

Films in the market give the filmmaker a unique access to the international professionals present at the festival as we offer to schedule pre-booked one-to-one meetings on request.

A film in the market gives a key person from the film a discount on the accreditation to Nordisk Panorama.

General Information

Nordisk Panorama was established by independent filmmakers in 1991 and assists international festivals, TV-buyers, distributors and journalists as well as the Nordic and international film community.

For more information please contact:

Nordisk Panorama
Vognmagergade 10, 1
1120 Copenhagen K
Denmark

tel: +45 3311 5152 (Due to Covid19 restrictions, please see Team page for contact details)
film@nordiskpanorama.com
www.nordiskpanorama.com

In the event of disagreement concerning the interpretation of the regulations, the interpretation of the festival will take precedence.

The regulations are subject to change without prior notice.