Film Catalogue - Nordisk Panorama

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No Ill Will

Ikki illa meint

Andrias Høgenni

Elinborg runs into her friend Marita at the grocery store. The conversation is polite but awkward, as Elinborg has forgotten it is Marita's birthday. Something else is nagging Marita - has Elinborg >

Andrias Høgenni

Elinborg runs into her friend Marita at the grocery store. The conversation is polite but awkward, as Elinborg has forgotten it is Marita's birthday. Something else is nagging Marita - has Elinborg >

Fiction

Denmark

2018

22'

Deepness of the Fry

August Niclasen

What makes us special? What makes us stand out? What makes us unique? Nothing. >

August Niclasen

What makes us special? What makes us stand out? What makes us unique? Nothing. >

Animation, Experimental

Denmark

2019

Tom Has a Plant

Thinh Nguyen

Tom feels he doesn’t belong in his world. He is torn between staying or leaving to find something better. Tom wants to give his plants away to the people he loves before leaving. He doesn’t know >

Thinh Nguyen

Fiction, Children/Youth, Animation

Denmark

2019

A Word for Human

Mauricio González-Aranda

A Royal Danish Library exhibition about the colonial gaze and Denmark’s history of slavery. Lie silent in a chamber of treasures curated by Marina Abramović. Sink into the Queen’s Hall’s dark >

Mauricio González-Aranda

Documentary

Denmark

2019

59'

Cloud Tamer

Skytæmmer

Andreas Krohn

Diagnosed with a serious disease, 16-year-old Eigil puts his life on the line to change his mother’s views on vaccination. >

Andreas Krohn

Diagnosed with a serious disease, 16-year-old Eigil puts his life on the line to change his mother’s views on vaccination. >

Fiction

Denmark

2019

29'

Q's Barbershop

Emil Langballe

Qasim is the funkiest hairdresser in Vollsmose. The child of an immigrant family to Denmark, he not only has drive but a love of story and for his community. His haircuts unite young people from his >

Emil Langballe

Documentary

Denmark

2019

61'

The Reformist - A Female Imam

Reformisten - Den kvindelige imam

Marie Skovgaard

Sherin Khankan wants to open one of the first mosques in Europe led by female imams. Along with other activists, she advocates for more gender equality and freedoms in the Muslim community and >

Marie Skovgaard

Sherin Khankan wants to open one of the first mosques in Europe led by female imams. Along with other activists, she advocates for more gender equality and freedoms in the Muslim community and >

Documentary

Denmark

2019

89'

Humanity on Trial

Sigtet for at redde liv

Jonas Bruun

Salam, a young Dane, cannot erase the image of a lifeless child on a European beach and decides to go and help other children and their families. On the Greek island of Lesbos, he starts an NGO and >

Jonas Bruun

Salam, a young Dane, cannot erase the image of a lifeless child on a European beach and decides to go and help other children and their families. On the Greek island of Lesbos, he starts an NGO and >

Documentary

Denmark

2019

73'

Maja

Marijana Jankovic

Maja, a six-year-old Serbian girl, gets dropped off at the kindergarten by her parents. They have only been in Denmark for a short period of time. Meaning everything is new in their eyes, especially >

Marijana Jankovic

Fiction

Denmark

2018

22'

Photographer of War

Krigsfotografen

Boris Benjamin Bertram

For 25 years, famed journalist Jan Grarup has covered war and conflicts around the globe with his incredible photography. When his ex-wife Zasha is diagnosed with cancer, Grarup has to rethink his >

Boris Benjamin Bertram

For 25 years, famed journalist Jan Grarup has covered war and conflicts around the globe with his incredible photography. When his ex-wife Zasha is diagnosed with cancer, Grarup has to rethink his >

Documentary

Denmark
Finland

2019

78'

Forget Me Not

Forglem mig ej

Sun Hee Engelstoft

Artist and filmmaker Sun Hee Engelstoft investigates one of the great taboos of society: how can a mother give away her baby? A captivating visual style doubles as a protective tool for her subjects >

Sun Hee Engelstoft

Documentary

Denmark
South Korea

2019

87'

Still Lives

Kiirehessä Liikkumatoin

Elli Vuorinen

An experimental stop-motion animation starring traditional figurines from folk art. Narrators discuss the pressures of life while the characters illuminate the theme in seven separate scenes: a >

Elli Vuorinen

An experimental stop-motion animation starring traditional figurines from folk art. Narrators discuss the pressures of life while the characters illuminate the theme in seven separate scenes: a >

Fiction, Children/Youth, Animation, Experimental

Finland

2018

Untitled (Burned Rubber on Asphalt, 2018)

Tinja Ruusuvuori

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of car skidmarks and their strange appearance in a remote Norwegian village. Winding, looping, curving, the hypnotic patterns provoke discord in the >

Tinja Ruusuvuori

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of car skidmarks and their strange appearance in a remote Norwegian village. Winding, looping, curving, the hypnotic patterns provoke discord in the >

Documentary

Finland

2019

21'

Filia

Anniina Joensalo

A woman meets the love of her life. While out jogging, Maria finds a corpse in the woods and falls in love. Will they be together forever? >

Anniina Joensalo

A woman meets the love of her life. While out jogging, Maria finds a corpse in the woods and falls in love. Will they be together forever? >

Fiction

Finland

2018

25'

Cleaning Woman

Siivooja

Teemu Nikki

Author Katariina Ohtola decides to change things. The services of a publisher, a reporter and a cleaning woman are called for. >

Teemu Nikki

Author Katariina Ohtola decides to change things. The services of a publisher, a reporter and a cleaning woman are called for. >

Fiction

Finland

2018

17'

A Target

Maalitaulu

Antti Heikki Pesonen

Arto waits for his wife and child in his car. When they come, they tell him they have been harassed by a man. So Arto decides to make a video to shame the man on social media. >

Antti Heikki Pesonen

Arto waits for his wife and child in his car. When they come, they tell him they have been harassed by a man. So Arto decides to make a video to shame the man on social media. >

Fiction

Finland

2018

Permission to Fall

Kaatuminen sallittu

Einari Paakkanen

The immigrant children at a reception centre in eastern Finland are overjoyed! They are to learn how to ski at the International Cross Country skiing school. The children get their first skis, learn >

Einari Paakkanen

Documentary, Children/Youth

Finland

2019

13'

The Hypnotist

Olliver Hawk

Arthur Franck

In 1980, eccentric Finnish hypnotist Oliver Hawk was put on trial for fraud. His talents transformed him from showman to political power player. Carefully selected rare archive footage illustrates >

Arthur Franck

In 1980, eccentric Finnish hypnotist Oliver Hawk was put on trial for fraud. His talents transformed him from showman to political power player. Carefully selected rare archive footage illustrates >

Documentary

Finland

2019

72'

Who Made You?

Outouden laakso

Iiris Härmä

Today, cyborgs are as common as sex robots. Our days are powered by algorithms and androids, while endeavours in artificial intelligence strive to invade our mental and physical existence like never >

Iiris Härmä

Documentary

Finland

2019

55'

Newstime

Uutisten aika

Laura Horelli

Ellen Namhila was a Namibian refugee who studied in Finland on a scholarship in the 1970s. Set against rare TV archive, she reads from her autobiography, The Price of Freedom - and provides insights >

Laura Horelli

Documentary

Finland
Germany

2019

40'

The Stroker

Pilvi Takala

Based on a two-week-long intervention by Takala at Second Home, a trendy East London cooperative working space for young entrepreneurs and startups. Takala poses as a wellness consultant named Nina >

Pilvi Takala

Based on a two-week-long intervention by Takala at Second Home, a trendy East London cooperative working space for young entrepreneurs and startups. Takala poses as a wellness consultant named Nina >

Documentary, Experimental

Finland
UK

2019

16'

Raw

Rå

Sophia Bösch

Sixteen-year-old Linn is finally allowed to join the adults for an elk hunt. She needs to prove herself, but when she shoots her first trophy, pride turns to shame when it turns out that she has >

Sophia Bösch

Sixteen-year-old Linn is finally allowed to join the adults for an elk hunt. She needs to prove herself, but when she shoots her first trophy, pride turns to shame when it turns out that she has >

Fiction

Germany
Sweden

2018

30'

The Vasulka Effect

Vasúlka áhrifin

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir

Steina and Woody Vasulka are pioneers of video art, and have been dubbed “the grandparents of video art”. We find them in Santa Fe as they grapple with archiving their huge body of work for >

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir

Steina and Woody Vasulka are pioneers of video art, and have been dubbed “the grandparents of video art”. We find them in Santa Fe as they grapple with archiving their huge body of work for >

Documentary

Iceland
Czech Republic

2019

90'

Turn

Umskipti

Sesselía Ólafsdóttir, Peter Callow

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, three girlfriends take a weekend trip to a cabin in the Icelandic wilderness. Figures from Icelandic folklore appear and their holiday turns into a waking >

Sesselía Ólafsdóttir, Peter Callow

On the thirteenth day of Christmas, three girlfriends take a weekend trip to a cabin in the Icelandic wilderness. Figures from Icelandic folklore appear and their holiday turns into a waking >

Fiction

Iceland
Finland

2018

19'

Sara's Intimate Confessions

Saras intime betroelser

Emilie Blichfeldt

Sara is 181 cm-tall and heavily built, and worried about being too big. She explores her perceptions of love, sex, and femininity in dialogue with her talking vulva. >

Emilie Blichfeldt

Sara is 181 cm-tall and heavily built, and worried about being too big. She explores her perceptions of love, sex, and femininity in dialogue with her talking vulva. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Norway

2018

22'

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War, What If

Hvis der var krig i Norden

Puk Grasten

Following the Trump era, Brexit and border control: Europe is in dissolve. Denmark, ruled by an extreme right wing government, declares war against the rest of Scandinavia. As the war advances a >

Puk Grasten

Following the Trump era, Brexit and border control: Europe is in dissolve. Denmark, ruled by an extreme right wing government, declares war against the rest of Scandinavia. As the war advances a >

Fiction, Animation

Denmark

2019

Mantis

Knæler

Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

When Helle Pii and her mantis move in with Molly, sharing a rather small apartment develops into a dreadful nightmare. Helle Pii discovers Molly’s true opinion about her, and everything changes >

Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

When Helle Pii and her mantis move in with Molly, sharing a rather small apartment develops into a dreadful nightmare. Helle Pii discovers Molly’s true opinion about her, and everything changes >

Fiction

Denmark

2019

12'

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

Eva Marie Rødbro

A harsh and dreamy story of a young Midwestern girl’s battle with poverty and the mercurial power of her own longing heart. Through Betty we experience a tight family clan of children born by >

Eva Marie Rødbro

A harsh and dreamy story of a young Midwestern girl’s battle with poverty and the mercurial power of her own longing heart. Through Betty we experience a tight family clan of children born by >

Documentary

Denmark

2019

76'

The Stick

Keppi

Teppo Airaksinen

Aava, 7, wants a dog, while her parent's relationship is going through tough times. >

Teppo Airaksinen

Aava, 7, wants a dog, while her parent's relationship is going through tough times. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Finland

2019

12'

The Plant

Planten

Julian Nazario Vargas

When a man is abandoned by his girlfriend, he desperately seeks comfort in a plant she leaves behind. Gradually, the relationship between the man and the plant develops into a deep love relationship >

Julian Nazario Vargas

Fiction

Norway

2019

18'

Origin of Man

Menneskets opprinnelse

Pjotr Sapegin

Without any recollection of our past, we have become restless, always searching for something without knowing what it is. We no longer remember the square planet, but keep building square boxes here >

Pjotr Sapegin

Fiction, Children/Youth, Animation

Norway
Sweden

2019

14'

Among the Birds

Bland fåglar mång

David Gülich

In a world that is in constant and unstoppable change, it is easy to become history-less, lose clarity of perspective, and be blinded by the moment. The circumstances shape our belief of what is >

David Gülich

In a world that is in constant and unstoppable change, it is easy to become history-less, lose clarity of perspective, and be blinded by the moment. The circumstances shape our belief of what is >

Documentary, Experimental

Sweden

2019

15'

Awaiting Death

I väntan i döden

Lars Vega

A son arrives at the hospital to watch at his father's deathbed. When the son wants to have a last nice moment, the father would rather figure out what to do with the two opened jars of dijon mustard >

Lars Vega

Fiction

Sweden

2019

11'