Film Catalogue - Nordisk Panorama

featured films

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25th Hour

25. tunti

Juho Reinikainen

Paths cross in a sleeping city. The soft-spoken nighttime radio host is company for those who are awake. >

Juho Reinikainen

Paths cross in a sleeping city. The soft-spoken nighttime radio host is company for those who are awake. >

Documentary

Finland

2020

21'

A House

Huset

Fanny Rosell

On the outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden’s largest and oldest cooperative house has 300 residents, all women. For more than eighty years this has been a sanctuary for women who have rejected marriage >

Fanny Rosell

Documentary

Sweden

2019

22'

A Treatise of the Human Animal no.38: HEARTACHE

Studie udi menneskedyret no. 38: HJERTEKVALER

Jacob Møller

A comical and life-affirming depiction of the human being and its eternal tendency to have its heart broken. In eight standalone chapters, we meet the patients of the Heartache Sanatorium. We see >

Jacob Møller

A comical and life-affirming depiction of the human being and its eternal tendency to have its heart broken. In eight standalone chapters, we meet the patients of the Heartache Sanatorium. We see >

Fiction

Denmark

2019

30'

Afterparty

Lauri Pulkkinen, Hertta Lehtovirta, Sanna Liinamaa, Janne Matias Häkkinen, Ulrika Fredriksson

A portrayal of the last moments of old people and the value of microfungi, bacteria and other small entities living alongside us. The human world meets nonhuman in this psychedelic short film mixing >

Lauri Pulkkinen, Hertta Lehtovirta, Sanna Liinamaa, Janne Matias Häkkinen, Ulrika Fredriksson

Animation

Finland

2019

All That I Am

Alt det jeg er

Tone Grøttjord-Glenne

Emilie was sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of six and twelve. She reported him and he was convicted. After five years in foster homes, Emilie, now 18, returns home to her mother. >

Tone Grøttjord-Glenne

Emilie was sexually abused by her stepfather between the ages of six and twelve. She reported him and he was convicted. After five years in foster homes, Emilie, now 18, returns home to her mother. >

Documentary

Norway
Denmark

2019

78'

Always Amber

Alltid Amber

Lia Hietala, Hannah Bergenman Reinikainen

Seventeen-year-old Amber and best friend Sebastian refuse to let society label their gender. Through a spectrum of fluid identities, they dream together, party together, and form friendships with >

Lia Hietala, Hannah Bergenman Reinikainen

Seventeen-year-old Amber and best friend Sebastian refuse to let society label their gender. Through a spectrum of fluid identities, they dream together, party together, and form friendships with >

Documentary

Sweden

2020

77'

Apple Melody

Äppelmelodi

Mehdi Razi

After a long journey from Afghanistan, Ehsan and his family have found refuge in a small Swedish town. Ehsan’s father does not let him leave the house, to prevent him from making friends he might >

Mehdi Razi

After a long journey from Afghanistan, Ehsan and his family have found refuge in a small Swedish town. Ehsan’s father does not let him leave the house, to prevent him from making friends he might >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Sweden

2019

29'

Aquaphobia

Vannskrekk

Vigdis Nielsen

Eleven-year-old Vilja learns to fight back against bullying village girls. She has to stand up for herself and the honour of her old-fashioned grandad. A film about solitude and courage. >

Vigdis Nielsen

Eleven-year-old Vilja learns to fight back against bullying village girls. She has to stand up for herself and the honour of her old-fashioned grandad. A film about solitude and courage. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Norway

2020

18'

Awaiting Death

I väntan på döden

Lars Vega, Isabelle Sofia Björklund

A son arrives at the hospital to watch at his father's deathbed. The son wants their last moments to be dignified but his father is worried about two opened jars of dijon mustard left in the >

Lars Vega, Isabelle Sofia Björklund

A son arrives at the hospital to watch at his father's deathbed. The son wants their last moments to be dignified but his father is worried about two opened jars of dijon mustard left in the >

Fiction

Sweden

2019

12'

Beautiful Something Left Behind

Bag skyerne

Katrine Philp

When a child loses a parent the world turns upside down. Death may come suddenly or slowly, violently or peacefully, but it leaves a pain that the child has never felt. At Good Grief in New Jersey, >

Katrine Philp

When a child loses a parent the world turns upside down. Death may come suddenly or slowly, violently or peacefully, but it leaves a pain that the child has never felt. At Good Grief in New Jersey, >

Documentary

Denmark

2020

89'

Best Possible Life

Maailman onnellisin kansa

Jussi Sandhu, Ville Hakonen

The United Nations named Finland the happiest country in the world twice in a row. Finns are skeptical about this accolade – we tend to see ourselves as melancholic, pessimistic and dreary. Is this >

Jussi Sandhu, Ville Hakonen

Documentary

Finland

2020

13'

Bitter Love

Jerzy Sladkowski

A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a horny fortune teller and a doubtful young couple meet on a late summer cruise on Russia’s River Volga. What does fate have in >

Jerzy Sladkowski

A lovesick misfit, a mysterious beauty, a retired civil servant, a horny fortune teller and a doubtful young couple meet on a late summer cruise on Russia’s River Volga. What does fate have in >

Documentary

Sweden
Finland

2020

87'

Canary

Kanarialintu

Risto-Pekka Blom

Every morning thousands of children go to school like canaries in a coal mine, measuring toxicity. The film studies the chain of harassment and how we all are broken in different ways. >

Risto-Pekka Blom

Every morning thousands of children go to school like canaries in a coal mine, measuring toxicity. The film studies the chain of harassment and how we all are broken in different ways. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Finland

2020

Colombia In My Arms

Colombia fue nuestra

Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas

After decades of conflict in Colombia, the government signs a peace agreement with the leftist FARC guerillas. But the citizens of this deeply unequal society can't seem to agree on what a better >

Jenni Kivistö, Jussi Rastas

After decades of conflict in Colombia, the government signs a peace agreement with the leftist FARC guerillas. But the citizens of this deeply unequal society can't seem to agree on what a better >

Documentary

Finland

2020

91'

Dear Dad

Kjære pappa

Jesper Kolstad Rødseth

When still a child, Jesper lost his father in a fire. After being rescued from the same fate by his flatmate, he realises that like his father, he has a drinking problem. Dear Dad illustrates how a >

Jesper Kolstad Rødseth

When still a child, Jesper lost his father in a fire. After being rescued from the same fate by his flatmate, he realises that like his father, he has a drinking problem. Dear Dad illustrates how a >

Documentary

Norway

2020

56'

DON’T, KISS .mov

Carl Olsson, Fabio Liberti

The scene is both familiar and unfamiliar. Two men gaze at each other and magnetism pulls them to their feet and locks their lips in a kiss. What does the kiss mean? Is it passion, connection, >

Carl Olsson, Fabio Liberti

The scene is both familiar and unfamiliar. Two men gaze at each other and magnetism pulls them to their feet and locks their lips in a kiss. What does the kiss mean? Is it passion, connection, >

Experimental

Sweden

2020

Echo

Bergmál

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Iceland at Christmas, and everyone is preparing for the holidays. Meanwhile, in the countryside, an abandoned farm is burning. In a school, a children’s choir is singing carols. In a >

Rúnar Rúnarsson

Iceland at Christmas, and everyone is preparing for the holidays. Meanwhile, in the countryside, an abandoned farm is burning. In a school, a children’s choir is singing carols. In a >

Documentary

Iceland

2019

79'

Eighteen

Diciotto

Dafne Lechuga Maroto, Maria Colomer Canyelles, Laura D'Angeli

Ansou Fall is a Senegalese boy who came to Europe as an unaccompanied minor. Now, after turning eighteen, he faces the responsibilities of adulthood. Ansou and his legal tutor Nicla have an ongoing >

Dafne Lechuga Maroto, Maria Colomer Canyelles, Laura D'Angeli

Ansou Fall is a Senegalese boy who came to Europe as an unaccompanied minor. Now, after turning eighteen, he faces the responsibilities of adulthood. Ansou and his legal tutor Nicla have an ongoing >

Documentary

Denmark
Italy

2020

26'

Eye to Eye

Silmästa Silmään

John Webster

When we experience traumatic loss, we grieve. It is the essential process of healing. For the family members of murder victims this process is often postponed indefinitely. To unlock the trauma and >

John Webster

When we experience traumatic loss, we grieve. It is the essential process of healing. For the family members of murder victims this process is often postponed indefinitely. To unlock the trauma and >

Documentary

Finland

2020

74'

Fucking Adopted

Fuckings Adoptert

Nora Nivedita Tvedt

Are you gonna find your “real” parents? Therese and Nora have no plans for that. They are both adopted from India and came to Norway as babies but have never talked about adoption together. Nora >

Nora Nivedita Tvedt

Documentary, Experimental

Norway

2020

22'

Good Luck

Lykke til

Mattis Adar Ohana Goksøyr

What happened to Helene yesterday? She remembers nothing. When Patrick tries to explain, it leads only to misunderstanding. That quickly turn into suspicion. >

Mattis Adar Ohana Goksøyr

What happened to Helene yesterday? She remembers nothing. When Patrick tries to explain, it leads only to misunderstanding. That quickly turn into suspicion. >

Fiction

Norway

2020

13'

Grab Them

Morgane Dziurla-Petit

Sixty-year-old Sally longs for love and happiness. Lately her search has been complicated by the fact that she resembles the current American president. One man’s crazy assault on the world is a >

Morgane Dziurla-Petit

Sixty-year-old Sally longs for love and happiness. Lately her search has been complicated by the fact that she resembles the current American president. One man’s crazy assault on the world is a >

Fiction

Sweden

2020

12'

Half Elf

Hálfur Álfur

Jón Bjarki Magnússon

A lighthouse keeper prepares his earthly funeral while trying to reconnect with his inner elf. Hulda and Trausti have shared a roof on the Icelandic coast for over seventy years. Her love of books is >

Jón Bjarki Magnússon

Documentary

Iceland

2020

65'

I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die

Eva Marie Rødbro

A story of a young girl and her longing heart. Betty lives below the poverty line in suburban Colorado Springs and belongs to a tight family clan of children born by children born by children where >

Eva Marie Rødbro

A story of a young girl and her longing heart. Betty lives below the poverty line in suburban Colorado Springs and belongs to a tight family clan of children born by children born by children where >

Documentary

Denmark

2019

77'

I, Julia

Jag, Julia

Arvin Kananian

Fourteen-year-old Julia records lively videos from home, but life is overshadowed by the threat of her violent father. >

Arvin Kananian

Fourteen-year-old Julia records lively videos from home, but life is overshadowed by the threat of her violent father. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Sweden

2019

15'

latest films

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Battlemind

David Silset

A close up of the mindset of an ex-soldier shot down by PTSD syndrome. A montage and fragmented portrayal of how crippling and claustrophobic life can be, while coping with the trials of mental >

David Silset

A close up of the mindset of an ex-soldier shot down by PTSD syndrome. A montage and fragmented portrayal of how crippling and claustrophobic life can be, while coping with the trials of mental >

Fiction

Denmark

2020

Bonaparte

Jesper Quistgaard

A woman has been sent home as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. For most people this might not be all that bad, but when you are living in a violent relationship and your partner has just been fired, >

Jesper Quistgaard

Fiction

Denmark

2020

13'

Fence

Hegn

Hilke Rönnfeldt

Just another morning. She has had a dream and tells her girlfriend about it: It was about pigs and a fence. A fence between two countries and two different kinds of pigs. They’ve both heard about >

Hilke Rönnfeldt

Just another morning. She has had a dream and tells her girlfriend about it: It was about pigs and a fence. A fence between two countries and two different kinds of pigs. They’ve both heard about >

Fiction

Denmark

2020

12'

In The Blink Of An Eye

Uden At Blinke

Katrine Brocks

Recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Johanne is excited about seeing her daughter Lily. Eager to prove that she is fit to be a mother again, she takes Lily to the Tivoli amusement park. >

Katrine Brocks

Recently discharged from a psychiatric hospital, Johanne is excited about seeing her daughter Lily. Eager to prove that she is fit to be a mother again, she takes Lily to the Tivoli amusement park. >

Fiction

Denmark

2020

23'

Liquid Crystal Effects

Timo Menke

Liquid Crystals serve as both material, medium and method – the critical lens through which I investigated the former Långban mining and cultural village in Eastern Värmland in Sweden. Liquid >

Timo Menke

Liquid Crystals serve as both material, medium and method – the critical lens through which I investigated the former Långban mining and cultural village in Eastern Värmland in Sweden. Liquid >

Documentary, Experimental

Sweden

2019

40'

Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic

Paul Bush

Colourful, cheap and malleable, plastic is what our childhood toys were made of and mankind’s most advanced material. The film is an elegy to a love that turned sour, a reluctant farewell by an >

Paul Bush

Colourful, cheap and malleable, plastic is what our childhood toys were made of and mankind’s most advanced material. The film is an elegy to a love that turned sour, a reluctant farewell by an >

Animation, Experimental

Denmark
UK

2020

OsWorld

Philip Hedegaard Povlsen

Oswald earns his living by making videos, for his channel 'OsWorld', on the video sharing platform, 'MeTube'. The constant demand from his growing audience and insatiable ambition drives him forward. >

Philip Hedegaard Povlsen

Fiction

Denmark

2020

30'

Quarantine Friend

Karantenevenn

Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

In March 2020 the filmmaker sits quarantined in her apartment. From her breakfast table she notices a fearless, elderly woman passing her window every morning at the same hour. One day she is gone. >

Jannicke Systad Jacobsen

In March 2020 the filmmaker sits quarantined in her apartment. From her breakfast table she notices a fearless, elderly woman passing her window every morning at the same hour. One day she is gone. >

Documentary, Experimental

Norway

2020

The Bouncer

Poke

Aleksi Salmenperä

A nightclub bouncer is repelled by the violence and bullying he sees in his job. He sees he has to act to protect the vulnerable. >

Aleksi Salmenperä

A nightclub bouncer is repelled by the violence and bullying he sees in his job. He sees he has to act to protect the vulnerable. >

Fiction

Finland

2020

12'

The Fantastic

Maija Blåfield

Encountering the unknown and the relationship between imagination and reality. The film is built on interviews with exiled North Koreans, who describe what they imagined the outside world to be like, >

Maija Blåfield

Documentary, Experimental

Finland

2020

31'