Festival in Review 2022
This year’s edition of Nordisk Panorama Film Festival became a major attraction for the local audience as well as for the Nordic documentary and short film community visiting Malmö for the festival. With sold out screenings, crowded seminars and industry events and activities all over town, it was clear to everyone what an importance the festival has as a meeting point for film lovers from near and far.
During the six days of the festival we screened over 100 documentaries and short films in more than 20 languages. The films were screened in more than 30 locations around town. 64 films were part of the competition programmes, competing for prizes in our five competition categories. A majority of the filmmakers were attending the festival to meet their audiences, in some cases for the very first time, and to share their experiences. The Forum and Market events were also bustling with activity with countless projects in different stages being presented and hundreds of meetings taking place.
If you think we’re exhausted after all this you’re absolutely right, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t already making new plans! The application for next year’s Doc Forward is open and the dates for next year’s festival are set to 21-26 September!
We would like to thank all of you who participated in this year’s festival! We really hope to see you in Malmö again next year!
Winners at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022
Best Nordic Documentary Nelly & Nadine by Magnus Gertten
Best Nordic Short Film From.Beyond by Fredrik Sundsteigen Hana
Honourable Mention The Diamond by Vedran Rupic
New Nordic Voice Award Moosa Lane by Anita M. Hopland
Young Nordic – Children’s Choice Award Inside the Aquarium by Lina Berger
The City of Malmö’s Audience Award A House Made of Splinters by Simon Lereng Wilmont
Press release 27 September: Press release: Winning Films – Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022
The 2025 festival poster features the film Nest.
Opening Films
Opening films this year were the documentary Golden Land (Kultainen maa) by Inka Achté and animated short film Night of the Living Dread (Night of the Living Dread) by Ida Melum.
Press release 25 August: Opening Films at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2022
Films in Competition 2022
Out of 433 submitted films, this year 64 were selected to compete for the awards in Nordisk Panorama Film Festival’s five competition categories.
Press release 11 August: Urgent Topics and the Power of Imagination – Films in Competition 2022
Juries 2022
Best Nordic Documentary
Raul Niño Zambrano Head of Film Programmes, Sheffield DocFest
Yasaman Sharifmanesh Director and Winner of Best Nordic Documentary 2021
Filipp Kruusvall Film Commissioner at the Estonian Film Institute
Susanne Guggenberger Artistic Director, Bildrausch Filmfest Basel
Best Nordic Short Film
Jana Bringlöv Director Honourable Mention Best Nordic Short Film 2021
Hilke Doering Head of the International Competition, International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
Opal H. Bennett Co-Producer and Shorts Producer at POV
New Nordic Voice
Cecilie Debell Director and Winner of New Nordic Voice 2021
Barbara Orlicz Head of Programme Department, Krakow Film Festival
Hallur Örn Árnason Director and Producer, Co-founder of IceDocs Film Festival
Programming Team 2022
Documentary
Gitte Hansen & Hawa Sanneh
Short Film
Lucile Bourliaud & Sam Groves
Young Nordic
Susanne Månsson Kandell & Daniel Lundquist
Nordic Film Tips all Year Round
Get inspired and enjoy some great Nordic storytelling! Every month we share a number of films for you to watch at home. You find the film tips here