Best Nordic Short Film 2025 - Nordisk Panorama

Am I Calling You at a Bad Time

En kai huonoon aikaan soittele

Martta Tuomaala

X is growing up in the 1990s. As a child she makes prank calls, and she gets her first job in telephone sales as a teenager. Office smells, heavy breathers and meaningless greetings follow her from >

Martta Tuomaala

X is growing up in the 1990s. As a child she makes prank calls, and she gets her first job in telephone sales as a teenager. Office smells, heavy breathers and meaningless greetings follow her from >

Documentary

Finland

2025

15'

Cows

Jakob Márky, Kasper Häggström

The much-hyped French philosopher Malentende visits Sweden to present a ground-breaking hypothesis. Professors are ecstatic as they gather during the break to dissect the meaning of his words. >

Jakob Márky, Kasper Häggström

The much-hyped French philosopher Malentende visits Sweden to present a ground-breaking hypothesis. Professors are ecstatic as they gather during the break to dissect the meaning of his words. >

Fiction

Sweden
Norway

2025

11'

Duty Free

Hilke Rönnfeldt

The manager of a floating border shop-container in the Baltic Sea casts off the chains connecting it to shore, to save the universe of love she and her employees have created inside. >

Hilke Rönnfeldt

The manager of a floating border shop-container in the Baltic Sea casts off the chains connecting it to shore, to save the universe of love she and her employees have created inside. >

Fiction

Germany
Denmark

2024

18'

Earworm

Öronmask

Patrik Eklund

Ulph Degerfors is plagued by a severe case of earworm as Rednex's song Cotton Eye Joe takes over his mind. He gradually spirals toward madness, with everything he experiences and hears becoming >

Patrik Eklund

Ulph Degerfors is plagued by a severe case of earworm as Rednex's song Cotton Eye Joe takes over his mind. He gradually spirals toward madness, with everything he experiences and hears becoming >

Fiction

Sweden

2025

13'

Ego

Vegard Dahle

Molecular gastronomy, pretentious self-realisation and the weird choice to have children are all ingredients in this semi-apocalyptic double date from hell. >

Vegard Dahle

Molecular gastronomy, pretentious self-realisation and the weird choice to have children are all ingredients in this semi-apocalyptic double date from hell. >

Fiction

Norway

2025

14'

Family

Familj

Clara Vida

A man living in a caravan, a woman in social services and a boy without kidneys. Three fragmented individuals, once a unit, reunite in a beautiful, melancholic and raw confrontation with a family >

Clara Vida

A man living in a caravan, a woman in social services and a boy without kidneys. Three fragmented individuals, once a unit, reunite in a beautiful, melancholic and raw confrontation with a family >

Documentary

Sweden
Norway

2025

15'

Heart of Concrete

Betonhjerte

Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen

Karla dreads nothing more than the pitying gazes of her family. Today she can’t hide when her sister visits her daughter’s boarding school – where Karla works in the kitchen. A confrontation >

Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen

Karla dreads nothing more than the pitying gazes of her family. Today she can’t hide when her sister visits her daughter’s boarding school – where Karla works in the kitchen. A confrontation >

Fiction

Denmark

2025

15'

I Am Everything

Jeppe Lange

Using art history and the internet's infinite image archive as building blocks, the director has created a thought-provoking and subtly funny work in which an artificial intelligence developing >

Jeppe Lange

Using art history and the internet's infinite image archive as building blocks, the director has created a thought-provoking and subtly funny work in which an artificial intelligence developing >

Documentary, Animation, Experimental

Denmark

2025

12'

I Felt I Had to Be Here

Jeg følte jeg måtte være her

Sara Selmer Moland

At the memorial ceremony for Vera we meet her parents, Vibeke and Geir, together with Edson, an artist and Vera’s recent closest friend – and her childhood best friend Selma. The ceremony comes >

Sara Selmer Moland

At the memorial ceremony for Vera we meet her parents, Vibeke and Geir, together with Edson, an artist and Vera’s recent closest friend – and her childhood best friend Selma. The ceremony comes >

Fiction

Norway

2024

29'

In and Out of the Hornbeam Maze

Tomas Stark

Four children are playing in a garden maze on a summer’s day. One by one they are about to meet their fears. Based on a horror ballad by Helen Adam. The film is shot with a pinhole camera. >

Tomas Stark

Four children are playing in a garden maze on a summer’s day. One by one they are about to meet their fears. Based on a horror ballad by Helen Adam. The film is shot with a pinhole camera. >

Fiction

Sweden

2025

6'

IURIMA – A Tale of Three Fishermen

IURIMA – taru kolmesta kalastajasta

PV Lehtinen

Three starving fishermen fight for survival on a remote island in the 1890's. There is no food left and the storeroom is empty. They desperately try to fish, even though all the fish have disappeared >

PV Lehtinen

Three starving fishermen fight for survival on a remote island in the 1890's. There is no food left and the storeroom is empty. They desperately try to fish, even though all the fish have disappeared >

Fiction

Finland

2025

24'

King Crocodile

Terji Mohr

In the tropical heat of Dilleland, outsider Kenneth struggles to fit in with colleagues and to impress Sofie. The tough crocodiles seem easier to handle than the people around him. His lack of >

Terji Mohr

In the tropical heat of Dilleland, outsider Kenneth struggles to fit in with colleagues and to impress Sofie. The tough crocodiles seem easier to handle than the people around him. His lack of >

Fiction

Denmark

2024

21'

O

Rúnar Rúnarsson

A humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself. >

Rúnar Rúnarsson

A humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself. >

Fiction

Iceland
Sweden

2024

20'

Ovary-Acting

Ida Melum

Surrounded by babies at her sister’s baby shower, EVA (34) is forced to fend off questions from left, right and centre about when she will start a family of her own. As the questions overwhelm her, >

Ida Melum

Surrounded by babies at her sister’s baby shower, EVA (34) is forced to fend off questions from left, right and centre about when she will start a family of her own. As the questions overwhelm her, >

Animation

Norway
Sweden

2025

13'

Poor Me

Stakkars Meg

Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad

Nora (15) is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. When all blame falls on her, she pressures her younger sister, Amalie (11), to confess to her part in >

Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad

Nora (15) is caught shoplifting, sparking a major argument with her parents about family values. When all blame falls on her, she pressures her younger sister, Amalie (11), to confess to her part in >

Fiction

Norway

2025

20'

Reckless

Vildere

Gustav Werner

Emil, his three best friends, and a Swedish stepbrother play "Vildere" during a boring boys’ trip. Roll a six, do a challenge. Pass it on, make it wilder. What begins as harmless fun turns dark as >

Gustav Werner

Emil, his three best friends, and a Swedish stepbrother play "Vildere" during a boring boys’ trip. Roll a six, do a challenge. Pass it on, make it wilder. What begins as harmless fun turns dark as >

Fiction

Denmark

2025

24'

Sara

Steiní Kristinsson

After the family dog passes away, a father and son come together to make her a grave, confronting grief, love, and the unspoken bond between them. >

Steiní Kristinsson

After the family dog passes away, a father and son come together to make her a grave, confronting grief, love, and the unspoken bond between them. >

Fiction, Experimental

Iceland

2025

10'

Shoot

Fyr løs

Elida Helgeland

By chance, Sigrun, a high school drama teacher, witnesses her colleague's inappropriate teaching methods. When one of the students shows signs of discomfort, she is faced with a dilemma: should she >

Elida Helgeland

By chance, Sigrun, a high school drama teacher, witnesses her colleague's inappropriate teaching methods. When one of the students shows signs of discomfort, she is faced with a dilemma: should she >

Fiction

Norway

2025

13'

The Thief

Anngeerdardardor

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

When Kaali, a young autistic boy, discovers that his dog has been stolen, he goes on an intensive search for the thief through the town of Tasiilaq, East Greenland. During his search, Kaali is >

Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

When Kaali, a young autistic boy, discovers that his dog has been stolen, he goes on an intensive search for the thief through the town of Tasiilaq, East Greenland. During his search, Kaali is >

Fiction

Denmark
Greenland

2025

20'

When the Snow Has Melted

Når snøen har smeltet

Rasmus Sandager

After 10-year-old Theo loses his sister in an accident he returns to school, only to realise that something has changed: everyone is acting strangely around him. >

Rasmus Sandager

After 10-year-old Theo loses his sister in an accident he returns to school, only to realise that something has changed: everyone is acting strangely around him. >

Fiction

Norway

2024

17'