Full Programme Release: Nordisk Panorama Film Festival
MALMÖ, Sweden — Nordisk Panorama Film Festival will take place 19–24 September and feature a variety of films, special screenings, and events to celebrate the best Nordic short and documentary filmmaking. In addition to the Films in Competition that has already been announced, there will be a range of special events to keep attendees entertained and captivated throughout the 6-day festival.
Explore the Full Festival Programme!
This year’s festival trailer.
Filmmakers From All Over the World Meet in Malmö
Nordisk Panorama Film Festival is a meeting place for both established and emerging talents in the film industry. Participants from around the world have been invited to discuss current issues – this year focusing on stepping out of their comfort zones, thinking creatively, and to know what not to do. Here are a few highlights from the Conference Programme:
Photo: Faizan Shaikh
Town Hall: Confronting the Echo Chambers – how do we challenge limitations and reach audiences in the 2020s?
At Nordisk Panorama’s Town Hall, Karolina Lidin from Nordisk Film & TV Fond is moderating a conversation about Confronting the Echo Chambers – how do we challenge limitations and reach audiences in the 2020s?. Speakers who strive to think outside the box are invited and will share their experiences on how to break down the echo chambers and appeal to audiences beyond the usual suspects.
10 Things I Hate About Shorts – a Hands-on Approach to What Programmers Love
Festivals are looking for new, innovative, touching and provocative films. That is what programmers select among the thousands of submissions they receive. But what are they NOT looking for – what turns them off? What will make a programmer dismiss a film as soon as the credits roll?
Moderated by Jing Haase from The Swedish Film Institute, this session will give a hint to filmmakers of how they can keep their films on the programmer’s radar and improve the festival run for their next film.
Photo: Montserrat Arenas
30 Seconds to the Top – the Elevator Pitch is Back
Festivals are looking for new, innovative, touching and provocative films. That is what programmers select among the thousands of submissions they receive. But what are they NOT looking for – what turns them off? What will make a programmer dismiss a film as soon as the credits roll?
Moderated by Jing Haase from The Swedish Film Institute, this session will give a hint to filmmakers of how they can keep their films on the programmer’s radar and improve the festival run for their next film.
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Archives of Oblivion
Archives of Oblivion – Photo: Thomas Romlöv
Archives of Oblivion is a suite of poems by Felicia Mulinari and Athena Farrokhzad written in dialogue with social movements about memory, grief and racist violence, with Malmö as the backdrop. Directed by Saga Gärde, the piece features an accompanying video portraying children and youth leaders, who perform the poem and examine the role of memory and forgetting in the anti-racist struggle.
The screening will be followed by a conversation between Athena Farrokhzad, Saga Gärde, and director Suvi West, whose film Homecoming (also screened at the festival) portrays the anticolonial struggle of returning Sámi artefacts from museums worldwide back to Sápmi. The discussion will connect Homecoming and Archives of Oblivion and explore themes such as the oppression of the voice of a collective, reclaiming the ownership of personal narratives and the transformation of a community’s memory culture.
Archives of Oblivion is originally a large-scale performance piece. The film screening on Sunday is an adaptation of the original piece made especially for Nordisk Panorama.
Tova Mozard’s Acclaimed Video Installation ILOVERUSS
ILOVERUSS – Photo: Tova Mozard
After captivating over 20.000 visitors at Nikolaj Kunsthal in Copenhagen and Cecilia Hillström Gallery in Stockholm, the acclaimed video installation ILOVERUSS by Tova Mozard arrives at Hypnos Theatre in Malmö.
In this multi-screen installation, we follow Tova Mozard and the struggling actor Russ Kingston in Hollywood over a 20-year period.
Mozard is a curious and caring observer of Russ’ whims and acts, in this multi-layered storyline that unfolds over time. At the same time, it feels like we are witnessing one special condensed moment between the two friends, acted out in a confidential space with room for quirkiness, vulnerability and raw emotions.
ILOVERUSS will be played on a loop throughout the festival. Free event.
Reframing Documentary: A Conversation with Göran Hugo Olsson
Director and producer Göran Hugo Olsson, known for works such as The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 and Concerning Violence, reflects on his 30 years of constantly redefining filmmaking.
Göran Hugo Olsson
The thread that runs throughout Olsson’s art is a profound respect for the artists he collaborates with and not least the main characters that become co-creators. By doing so Göran Hugo Olsson calls into question the cult of the individual auteur-genius, one who does everything on their own, but instead proposes that collaboration is the true basis of the artform.
Cecilia Lidin, one of this year’s festival programmers, moderates the conversation, where Olsson shares his approach to art, politics and activism in the past and the present.
Nordic Documentary Producer Award
The Nordic Documentary Producer Award will be given to a producer whose leadership, courage and willingness to take risks has helped ensure the development of emerging talents and advanced the documentary as an art form.
Each Nordic directors’ guild has nominated a singular outstanding producer to be in contention for the 10.000€ prize at this year’s festival. The nominees are:
• Sara Stockmann, Denmark
• Liisa Karpo, Finland
• Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Iceland
• Ingvil Giske, Norway
• Tobias Janson, Sweden
X-rated femme-punk
Photo: SMiSK
SMiSK, an x-rated femme-punk band with heavy riot grrrl tendencies and sexually explicit lyrics, will take the stage at Festival Bar Brogatan. Infamous for their confrontational and anarchic live shows, this band will leave no one indifferent – some yearning for more and a whole lot scared shitless.
This iconic Malmö-based band was founded in 2016 and has since released two albums: Världens äckligaste rockgrupp (2021) and Salt i såren (2023).
Films in Competition
The 35th edition of Nordisk Panorama Film Festival showcases the best of Nordic Short Film and Documentary filmmaking. The full lineup, of 76 films, highlights intimate personal stories to critical global issues.
