New Nordic Voice 2026 - Nordisk Panorama

Sauna Sickness

Malin Barr

Struggling to maintain the peace she mistakes for love, Cleo's steamy New Year's Eve plans fissure into a chilling nightmare. >

Malin Barr

Struggling to maintain the peace she mistakes for love, Cleo's steamy New Year's Eve plans fissure into a chilling nightmare. >

Fiction

Sweden

2026

15'

Selfcare

Saga Bartels, Sigrid Hedlund

Mika's selfcare evening is interrupted when she receives an unexpected text message from Josef. He wants to see her. Mika is caught between excitement and despair as she tries to play all her cards >

Saga Bartels, Sigrid Hedlund

Mika's selfcare evening is interrupted when she receives an unexpected text message from Josef. He wants to see her. Mika is caught between excitement and despair as she tries to play all her cards >

Fiction

Sweden

2026

8'

If Luck Will Come

Camille Bildsøe

Childhood ends at fourteen for Afghan children under Taliban rule. In a countdown from the age of twelve to fourteen, Zahra and Zalgai insist on playing as silence and duty close in, turning the >

Camille Bildsøe

Childhood ends at fourteen for Afghan children under Taliban rule. In a countdown from the age of twelve to fourteen, Zahra and Zalgai insist on playing as silence and duty close in, turning the >

Documentary

Denmark
Iceland

2026

86'

Son

Leona Cauklija

A mother sees her homeless son's graffiti-tags wherever she goes. She interprets his signatures as signals to her and wants to respond. She starts writing "Son" under his tags. One day, she suddenly >

Leona Cauklija

A mother sees her homeless son's graffiti-tags wherever she goes. She interprets his signatures as signals to her and wants to respond. She starts writing "Son" under his tags. One day, she suddenly >

Documentary, Children/Youth

Sweden

2025

14'

Birita

Búi Egason Dam

A family of theatre-makers attempts to stage a play, casting the mother – an actress living with severe Alzheimer's – in the lead role. >

Búi Egason Dam

A family of theatre-makers attempts to stage a play, casting the mother – an actress living with severe Alzheimer's – in the lead role. >

Documentary

Faroe Islands

2026

90'

Limerence

Limerenssi

Jasmin Gummerus

After a breakup, Lotta, is left with a broken heart and an empty home. She drifts through her days as a swimming pool cleaner, dwelling on her romantic problems. Then she encounters Lennart, a body >

Jasmin Gummerus

After a breakup, Lotta, is left with a broken heart and an empty home. She drifts through her days as a swimming pool cleaner, dwelling on her romantic problems. Then she encounters Lennart, a body >

Fiction

Finland

2026

23'

Aftertime

Afsoning

Julius von Kauffmann

An intense prison drama that explores the fragile relationship between a mother and her son. When she invites him to visit her in prison she is forced to face how her absence has shaped their >

Julius von Kauffmann

An intense prison drama that explores the fragile relationship between a mother and her son. When she invites him to visit her in prison she is forced to face how her absence has shaped their >

Fiction

Denmark

2025

18'

Postcards

Póstkort

Freyja Kristinsdóttir

On his first Camino de Santiago journey, Kristinn writes 46 postcards to his wife, Stella – one for each year of their life together. Their marriage has been a testament to enduring love, now >

Freyja Kristinsdóttir

On his first Camino de Santiago journey, Kristinn writes 46 postcards to his wife, Stella – one for each year of their life together. Their marriage has been a testament to enduring love, now >

Documentary

Iceland

2025

22'

In Defense of Self

Linn Helene Løken

Through intimate sound recordings, Morten Michelsen shares his life with mental illness – documenting his desperate search for help before being fatally shot by police, captured by his recorder. >

Linn Helene Løken

Through intimate sound recordings, Morten Michelsen shares his life with mental illness – documenting his desperate search for help before being fatally shot by police, captured by his recorder. >

Documentary

Norway

2026

88'

I Am a River

Heidi Piiorinen

Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions – a collection of lyrical, unanswerable poems that playfully interrogate nature, life, and the cosmos – the film weaves poetic inquiry with visual >

Heidi Piiorinen

Inspired by Pablo Neruda’s Book of Questions – a collection of lyrical, unanswerable poems that playfully interrogate nature, life, and the cosmos – the film weaves poetic inquiry with visual >

Experimental

Finland
France

2026

7'

La belle année

Angelica Ruffier

Morières-lès-Avignon, France. While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls the fierce and solitary love she had as a teenager for her history teacher, >

Angelica Ruffier

Morières-lès-Avignon, France. While emptying her childhood home after her estranged father’s death, Angelica recalls the fierce and solitary love she had as a teenager for her history teacher, >

Documentary

Sweden
Norway

2026

94'

Writing Life

Giv os en chance

Amanda Seeberg, Andrea Vijgen Strøbæk

Kenni, Sabrina, Cille, Niklas and Sebastian’s life stories have been written by others – by doctors, social workers and correctional facilities. Words that reduce them to diagnoses, numbers and >

Amanda Seeberg, Andrea Vijgen Strøbæk

Kenni, Sabrina, Cille, Niklas and Sebastian’s life stories have been written by others – by doctors, social workers and correctional facilities. Words that reduce them to diagnoses, numbers and >

Documentary

Denmark

2025

48'

Ivar

Markus Tangre

Noticing her husband Ivar’s new scent, Anne lies awake at night with a nagging question: should she leave him? With Ivar snoring beside her, she turns to the camera and shares her frustration, and >

Markus Tangre

Noticing her husband Ivar’s new scent, Anne lies awake at night with a nagging question: should she leave him? With Ivar snoring beside her, she turns to the camera and shares her frustration, and >

Animation

Norway

2026

5'

Bloom

Blomstring

Julie Agnete Vang

After his wife's death, 80-year-old Niels reveals a lifelong secret that shakes his daughter’s world. As grief turns to anger, their relationship hangs by a thread. Now, Niels must face the past >

Julie Agnete Vang

After his wife's death, 80-year-old Niels reveals a lifelong secret that shakes his daughter’s world. As grief turns to anger, their relationship hangs by a thread. Now, Niels must face the past >

Fiction

Denmark

2025

24'

Respite

Respit

Alma-Oline Weitling, Mads Toft Hansen

A young Danish man travels to Norway to clear out the house of his late mother. As he moves through unfamiliar surroundings, the film unfolds a story of family tensions, loss and belonging. >

Alma-Oline Weitling, Mads Toft Hansen

A young Danish man travels to Norway to clear out the house of his late mother. As he moves through unfamiliar surroundings, the film unfolds a story of family tensions, loss and belonging. >

Fiction

Norway

2026

18'

New Nordic Voice

The New Nordic Voice competition introduces promising Nordic filmmakers whose work are among their first releases

or filmmakers who have shifted their filmmaking format.

The films compete for the New Nordic Voice Award, which is awarded to the director(s) of the winning film.

The cash award of 5.000€ is sponsored by Film i Skåne.

Sauna Sickness

Sauna Sickness

Malin Barr

Malin Barr

Selfcare

Selfcare

Saga Bartels, Sigrid Hedlund

Saga Bartels, Sigrid Hedlund

If Luck Will Come

If Luck Will Come

Camille Bildsøe

Camille Bildsøe

Son

Son

Leona Cauklija

Leona Cauklija

Birita

Birita

Búi Egason Dam

Búi Egason Dam

Limerence

Limerenssi

Jasmin Gummerus

Jasmin Gummerus

Aftertime

Afsoning

Julius von Kauffmann

Julius von Kauffmann

Postcards

Póstkort

Freyja Kristinsdóttir

Freyja Kristinsdóttir

In Defense of Self

In Defense of Self

Linn Helene Løken

Linn Helene Løken

I Am a River

I Am a River

Heidi Piiorinen

Heidi Piiorinen

La belle année

La belle année

Angelica Ruffier

Angelica Ruffier

Writing Life

Giv os en chance

Amanda Seeberg, Andrea Vijgen Strøbæk

Amanda Seeberg, Andrea Vijgen Strøbæk

Ivar

Ivar

Markus Tangre

Markus Tangre

Bloom

Blomstring

Julie Agnete Vang

Julie Agnete Vang

Respite

Respit

Alma-Oline Weitling, Mads Toft Hansen

Alma-Oline Weitling, Mads Toft Hansen