Best Nordic Documentary

The Best Nordic Documentary Award is presented to one of the 14 films selected for the competition. The award goes to the director(s) of the winning film.

The cash award of 11.000€ is sponsored by the Nordic public broadcasters DR, NRK, RUV, SVT and YLE.

Festival programme with screening schedule and tickets are released 26 August. You find more info about tickets here.

Selected films

A Song Called Hate, (A Song Called Hate), Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdottir, 90′, Iceland, 2020.

A-ha The Movie, (A-ha The Movie), Thomas Robsahm & Aslaug Holm, 107′, Norway, 2021.

Aboli’s Journey, (Abolis resa), Yasaman Sharifmanesh, 59′, Sweden, 2021.

Arica, (Arica), William Johansson Kalén & Lars Edman, 95′, Sweden, Belgium, Norway, 2020.

Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest, (Kim Kanonarm og rejsen mod verdensrekorden), Mads Hedegaard, 98′, Denmark, 2021.

Eatnameamet – Our Silent Struggle, (Eatnameamet – Hiljainen taistelumme), Suvi West, 74′, Finland, 2021.

Flee, (Flugt), Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 89′, Denmark, 2021.

Gunda, (Gunda), Victor Kossakovsky, 93′, Norway, USA, 2020.

Kids Cup, (Bortebane), Line Hatland, 90′, Norway, Denmark, Finland, 2021.

Lost Boys, (Lost Boys), Sadri Cetinkaya & Joonas Neuvonen, 99′, Finland, 2020.

Prince of Dreams, (Drömprins), Jessica Nettelbladt, 90′, Sweden, Denmark, 2021.

Raising a School Shooter, (Raising a School Shooter), Frida Barkfors & Lasse Barkfors, 75′, Denmark, Sweden, France, Belgium, 2021.

School of Hope, (School of Hope), Mohamed El Aboudi, 79′, Finland, France, Morocco, 2021.

Spare Parts, (Góði hirðirinn), Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir, 45′, Iceland, 2020.

Best Nordic Documentary

title
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year
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country
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genre
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director
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min

A Song Called Hate

A Song Called Hate

Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir

200 million people are watching! Hatari is a group representing Iceland in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and determined to politicize the contest. As Hatari tries to change the world, we see how >

Anna Hildur Hildibrandsdóttir

200 million people are watching! Hatari is a group representing Iceland in the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest and determined to politicize the contest. As Hatari tries to change the world, we see how >

Documentary

Iceland

2020

90'

A-ha The Movie

A-ha The Movie

Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm

The full story of three young Norwegian men in the '80s achieving their impossible dream of becoming pop stars. >

Thomas Robsahm, Aslaug Holm

The full story of three young Norwegian men in the '80s achieving their impossible dream of becoming pop stars. >

Documentary

Norway

2021

107'

Aboli's Journey

Abolis resa

Yasaman Sharifmanesh

A migration journey that never seems to end. Abolfazl's frightening odyssey to finally find a place in the world in Sweden, Iran, or Afghanistan. >

Yasaman Sharifmanesh

A migration journey that never seems to end. Abolfazl's frightening odyssey to finally find a place in the world in Sweden, Iran, or Afghanistan. >

Documentary

Sweden

2021

59'

Arica

Arica

William Johansson Kalén, Lars Edman

In 1984, Swedish mining company Boliden exported hazardous waste to the Chilean desert town of Arica, where it’s supposed to be properly processed. Instead it caused an environmental disaster for >

William Johansson Kalén, Lars Edman

In 1984, Swedish mining company Boliden exported hazardous waste to the Chilean desert town of Arica, where it’s supposed to be properly processed. Instead it caused an environmental disaster for >

Documentary

Sweden
Belgium

2020

95'

Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest

Kim Kanonarm og rejsen mod verdensrekorden

Mads Hedegaard

With the help from his friends at Bip Bip Bar, Kim Cannon Arm attempts to be the first in the world to play an arcade machine from the early '80s for 100 consecutive hours. With a collection of >

Mads Hedegaard

With the help from his friends at Bip Bip Bar, Kim Cannon Arm attempts to be the first in the world to play an arcade machine from the early '80s for 100 consecutive hours. With a collection of >

Documentary

Denmark

2021

98'

Eatnameamet - Our Silent Struggle

Eatnameamet – Hiljainen taistelumme

Suvi West

The indigenous Sámi people are fighting for their existence. Current governmental policies permit their cultural genocide. This is a cry for help for the last indigenous people in the EU. >

Suvi West

The indigenous Sámi people are fighting for their existence. Current governmental policies permit their cultural genocide. This is a cry for help for the last indigenous people in the EU. >

Documentary

Finland

2021

74'

Flee

Flugt

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years. It threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his >

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Amin Nawabi (a pseudonym), a 36-year-old high-achieving academic, grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years. It threatens to derail the life he has built for himself and his >

Documentary

Denmark
Sweden

2021

89'

Gunda

Gunda

Victor Kossakovsky

Master filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky reminds us that we share our planet with billions of other animals. Through encounters with a sow (the eponymous Gunda), two clever cows and a scene-stealing >

Victor Kossakovsky

Master filmmaker Viktor Kossakovsky reminds us that we share our planet with billions of other animals. Through encounters with a sow (the eponymous Gunda), two clever cows and a scene-stealing >

Documentary

Norway
USA

2020

93'

Kids Cup

Bortebane

Line Hatland

Friendship, setbacks, victories and losses - the young players at the world's biggest soccer tournament for kids, the Norway Cup, face challenges on and off the football pitch. >

Line Hatland

Friendship, setbacks, victories and losses - the young players at the world's biggest soccer tournament for kids, the Norway Cup, face challenges on and off the football pitch. >

Documentary, Children/Youth

Norway
Denmark

2021

90'

Lost Boys

Lost Boys

Sadri Cetinkaya, Joonas Neuvonen

A documentary about damnation. Three men are lost in drug hell on the streets of Cambodia. One of them, Jani, is known as the main character of the documentary Reindeerspotting – Escape from >

Sadri Cetinkaya, Joonas Neuvonen

A documentary about damnation. Three men are lost in drug hell on the streets of Cambodia. One of them, Jani, is known as the main character of the documentary Reindeerspotting – Escape from >

Documentary

Finland

2020

99'

Prince of Dreams

Drömprins

Jessica Nettelbladt

Erik was born in the wrong - female - body. He struggles with gender dysphoria and a history of bullying and abuse. Burnout, and his love for Martyna, inspire him to turn his life around. To heal his >

Jessica Nettelbladt

Erik was born in the wrong - female - body. He struggles with gender dysphoria and a history of bullying and abuse. Burnout, and his love for Martyna, inspire him to turn his life around. To heal his >

Documentary

Sweden
Denmark

2021

88'

Raising a School Shooter

Raising a School Shooter

Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors

Another school shooting, another tragedy. Some parents have to face the brutal fact that their child was the one pulling the trigger. We meet parents from different places and backgrounds, with >

Frida Barkfors, Lasse Barkfors

Another school shooting, another tragedy. Some parents have to face the brutal fact that their child was the one pulling the trigger. We meet parents from different places and backgrounds, with >

Documentary

Denmark
Sweden

2021

75'

School of Hope

School of Hope

Mohamed El Aboudi

The poorest are worst hit by the climate change. A decade-long draught has forced the nomadic tribes to settle at the foothills of Atlas Mountains in Morocco; only 30 families remain of the Oulad >

Mohamed El Aboudi

The poorest are worst hit by the climate change. A decade-long draught has forced the nomadic tribes to settle at the foothills of Atlas Mountains in Morocco; only 30 families remain of the Oulad >

Documentary

Finland
France

2021

79'

Spare Parts

Góði hirðirinn

Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir

Thorbjörn Steingrímsson has a strange passion for wrecked cars, and his farm in the remote Westfjords of Iceland is packed with them. Smashed windows bear witness to accidents and weathered logos >

Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir

Thorbjörn Steingrímsson has a strange passion for wrecked cars, and his farm in the remote Westfjords of Iceland is packed with them. Smashed windows bear witness to accidents and weathered logos >

Documentary

Iceland

2020

45'

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