It has been now over 4 weeks since the 2024 edition of Nordisk Panorama and we are still over the moon that so many people joined us in Malmö. We have welcomed over 800 accredited guests as well as a growing local audience not only in the cinemas but also in our festival centre at Panora and at concerts and performances around the city. With sold out screenings, crowded seminars and industry events as well as side programmes which drew audiences all over the city, it’s clear that the festival continues to be an important meeting point for filmmakers and film lovers on all levels.

This year’s programmers outdid themselves once again with a selection of 76 documentaries and short films. With titles from must-see award winners and new Nordic trendsetters, the selection truly demonstrated the wealth of talent that exists within Nordic documentary and short filmmaking. 57 films were shown in competition. Check out the winning films and filmmakers below as well as the winner of our Nordic Documentary Producer Award which we handed out now already for the second time.

A big thank you to our financiers and to all our international and local collaborators. We recognise your contribution to the Nordic filmmaking community and to the local film loving audience in Malmö. We couldn’t have made the festival without you! Read more about the 2024 partners & sponsors here.

Miss or missed the festival? Take a look at our Instagram @nordiskpanorama to see photos and films from this year’s event.

And don’t fret, it may be a year away but we’ll be back for the 36th edition of the festival 18-23 September 2025 in Malmö. Looking forward to seeing you then!
Photo: Niklas Gyberg Ivarsson

The 2024 Award Winners

On Tuesday 24 September, the winners of the Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2024 were announced during the Award Gala at Cinema Panora. Congratulations again to all the winners!

Out of the 57 films selected to compete in the competition categories, five films received the top prizes, and three films were awarded an honourable mention. The recipient of the Nordic Documentary Producer Award was also revealed.

Best Nordic Documentary 
Life is Beautiful (Al Haya Helwa), Mohamed Jabaly,  93 min, Norway, Palestine, Qatar, 2023.

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

Honourable Mention
The Monk (Munken), Mira Jargil & Christian Sønderby Jepsen, 88 min, Denmark, Netherlands, 2023.

Best Nordic Short Film
The Lovers (The Lovers), Carolina Sandvik, 14 min, Sweden, 2023.

Prize: 5.000€.  The award is sponsored by the associations of Danish Film Directors and Swedish Film Directors.

Honourable Mention
Into the Blue (Into the Blue), Ömer Sami, 28 min, Denmark, 2023.

New Nordic Voice
Project Dad (Projekt pappa), Camilla Jämting, 28 min, Norway, 2023.

Prize: 5.000 €. The award is sponsored by AVEK and Film i Skåne.

Honourable Mention
Punishment (Straff), Øystein Mamen, 108 min, Norway, 2024.

Young Nordic Award 
Warrior Heart (Smerteterskel), Marianne Olsen Ulrichsen, 18 min, Norway, 2024.

Prize: 1.500 €.  The award  is sponsored by Nordisk Panorama Film Festival.

City of Malmö’s Audience Award
Balomania (Balomania), Sissel Morell Dargis, 94 min, Denmark, Spain, 2024.

Prize: 2.500 €. The award is sponsored by the City of Malmö.

Nordic Documentary Producer Award
Sara Stockmann, Denmark

Prize: 10.000 €. The award is sponsored by Danish Producers’ Association, Virke Norwegian Producers Association, Audiovisual Producers Finland (APFI), the Finnish Documentary Guild, Filmproducenternas Rättighetsförening (FRF), and the Icelandic Filmmakers Association.

Read more about the award winners and review the jury’s motivations  here.
Photo: Freja Refning Hansen

Nordisk Panorama Market 2024

Nordisk Panorama Market was a busy networking hub with meetings, seminars and industry events all geared towards facilitating co-production opportunities and partnerships. A total of 281 films were featured in the market catalogue and an additional 16 Nordic short films were screened in Closed Market Screenings.

At The Nordic Short Film Pitch, 12 new projects, including a Scottish, selected in collaboration with Screen Scotland and the Scottish Documentary Institute, were presented to 51 decision makers from Nordic and international organisations. The pitching projects also took part in an industry day which included case studies of short film collaborations as well as round table discussions between producers prior to the pitching event. A total of 180 meetings were made between filmmakers and decision makers.

At this year’s Work-in-Progress, six new documentary projects looking for a last push to make it to the screen were presented to 53 decision makers. The pitches were followed up with 40 pre-booked meetings. Three Expert Round Tables were also organised during the Market, giving emerging filmmakers a chance to meet decision makers and discuss topics from co-production to film programming and festival distribution. Additionally 39 one-to-one meetings were pre-booked between individual filmmakers and decision makers attending NP Market.

For the 2nd year in a row, the 30 Seconds to the Top – Elevator Pitch saw 11 projects pitch to decision makers in the glass elevators of our festival hotel Scandic. A fun and thrilling ride!
Photo: Freja Refning Hansen

Nordisk Panorama Forum 2024

Again the Nordisk Panorama Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries was happy to welcome over 280 people from 21 different countries around the world who joined us at Nordisk Panorama Forum in Malmö.

The Forum kicked off with the annual networking event ‘Producers Meet Producers’, which focuses on co-production and experience sharing, and offers tailored match-making and round table discussions. ‘Producers Meet Producers’ was attended by 43 producers and included presentations by the Nordic Film Institutes and our specially invited guests from the Scottish delegation.

During the 2-day pitching event, 24 projects from the Nordics and Baltics pitched to more than 70 decision-makers and a total of 46 projects were presented in the more than 600 one-to-one meetings. Read about the selected projects here. We are looking forward to following the projects, seeing the results and hopefully welcoming back the finished films at Nordisk Panorama Film Festival in the future!

Meet Us at Uppsala Short Film Festival,
PÖFF Shorts and IDFA

Nordic shorts and docs are travelling and so are we! In the coming weeks you can meet Head of Industry Lea Maria Strandbæk Sørensen at Uppsala Short Film Festival and our Market Manager Maria Stoianova at PÖFF Shorts where she will be one of this year’s Jury members.
Later in November you then have the chance to meet Executive Director Heidi Elise Christensen as well as Forum Manager Lena Nitsch at IDFA in Amsterdam. More than 20 Nordic films and projects will be presented at IDFA – check out the Nordic selection here.

Contact us to set up a meeting:

Lea Maria Strandbæk Sørensen, Head of Industry lea@nordiskpanorama.com
Maria Stoianova, Market Manager maria@nordiskpanorama.com
Heidi Elise Christensen, Executive Director heidi@nordiskpanorama.com
Lena Nitsch, Forum Manager lena@nordiskpanorama.com

Apply for Doc Forward Talent Workshop 2025

Now is the time to send your application to the 2025 edition of the Doc Forward Talent Workshop.

Doc Forward is a 2-part, project-driven, co-production workshop for emerging Nordic documentary producers and directors. The focus is on new talent directors with ambitions to go international in partnership with both new and more established producers. The workshop is an opportunity to develop a network and the knowledge to work professionally within the Nordic documentary sector.

The first part of the workshop will be held early February 2025 in Helsinki, Finland while the second part will take place in May 2025 in Oslo, Norway.

Read more about Doc Forward and how to apply here.
Deadline to apply: 7 November 2024.
Photo: Montserrat Arenas

Apply for Nordic Rough Cuts

Are you at the rough cut stage with your documentary project and would you like a fresh set of expert eyes on your storytelling challenges? Then submit your project to the Nordic Rough Cut Session, an unparalleled opportunity to find solutions. Three Nordic projects will be selected and receive input from an expert panel plus a 2-hour private session with an experienced editor.

Read more about Nordic Rough Cuts and apply here.
Deadline to apply: 7 November 2024.

The rough cut session takes pace in Helsinki 6 February 2025.
Photo: Natalka Zhukova

Share Your Thoughts on This Year’s Festival

Did you attend this year’s festival? We’d love to get your feedback! Don’t miss the chance to share your thoughts in this year’s festival evaluation and help us to improve the festival experience.

You can find the evaluation form here.