Film Catalogue - Nordisk Panorama

featured films

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Thinking About The Weather

Gardar Thor Thorkelson

Anxieties about the looming climate apocalypse drive the filmmaker on a journey to the shores of Great Britain and back. The journey takes him to flat strip of sand in the Orkney Islands, to a >

Gardar Thor Thorkelson

Anxieties about the looming climate apocalypse drive the filmmaker on a journey to the shores of Great Britain and back. The journey takes him to flat strip of sand in the Orkney Islands, to a >

Documentary

2020

22'

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'

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'

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'

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'

Wasteland

Skräpytan

Daniel Milton

Värmland is an inland Swedish province. An influential Stockholm professor of economics describes it as a place with no shopping, no entertainment, and no universities, offering nothing of value - a >

Daniel Milton

Documentary

Sweden

2020

20'

The Substitute Teacher

Vikarien

Anna Brodin

A substitute teacher attempts to teach a class of 7th graders in a Swedish school. The class gives her a hard time, provoking her until she screams in rage. >

Anna Brodin

A substitute teacher attempts to teach a class of 7th graders in a Swedish school. The class gives her a hard time, provoking her until she screams in rage. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Sweden

2020

14'

Idomeni

David Aronowitsch

Idomeni is a place suspended in time. When Nadia, Nawaf and their children arrive at the border between Greece and North Macedonia, it is closed. They can go no further and cannot go back. The film >

David Aronowitsch

Idomeni is a place suspended in time. When Nadia, Nawaf and their children arrive at the border between Greece and North Macedonia, it is closed. They can go no further and cannot go back. The film >

Documentary

Sweden

2020

91'

Magnus Is a Sexist

Magnus är sexist

Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg

Johan is the newly appointed chairman of the gender equality group at a theatre. At his first meeting with the actor ensemble, he acknowledges his own racist and sexist prejudices as a starting point >

Emil Brulin, Hampus Hallberg

Fiction

Sweden

2020

13'

Swimmer

Badaren

Jonatan Etzler

A man is floating in an indoor swimming pool. The police order him out but the man refuses. A humorous short film about a dramatic arrest ending in anticlimax. >

Jonatan Etzler

A man is floating in an indoor swimming pool. The police order him out but the man refuses. A humorous short film about a dramatic arrest ending in anticlimax. >

Fiction

Sweden

2020

13'

War in Academia

Ett akademiskt krig

Lisa Östberg

A class of university art students is given an unfair assignment by self-absorbed professors making conflict inevitable. The film has both reenacted and fictitious elements, using the classroom where >

Lisa Östberg

Fiction

Sweden

2019

27'

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

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'

The Sun Is 5500 Degrees

Solen är 5500 grader

Engeli Broberg

Edvina (8) - a shy and quiet child - is bullied at school. When her dad comes home with a smart speaker, this machine, to which she can ask all sorts of questions, becomes her first friend. But the >

Engeli Broberg

Edvina (8) - a shy and quiet child - is bullied at school. When her dad comes home with a smart speaker, this machine, to which she can ask all sorts of questions, becomes her first friend. But the >

Fiction

Sweden

2019

11'

Something to Remember

Något att minnas

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

A lullaby before the great disaster. Two pigeons visit a zoo without animals; a snail has a doctor measure his blood pressure; and something goes terribly wrong at the CERN laboratory. Six moments >

Niki Lindroth von Bahr

A lullaby before the great disaster. Two pigeons visit a zoo without animals; a snail has a doctor measure his blood pressure; and something goes terribly wrong at the CERN laboratory. Six moments >

Animation

Sweden

2019

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'

Meanwhile on Earth

Samtidigt på Jorden

Carl Olsson

When we die, there are still some practicalities that need to be taken care of before our time among the living is finally over. The film takes us to our end station and the industry of death. It is >

Carl Olsson

Documentary

Sweden
Denmark

2020

73'

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'

Rumpa

Elisabeth Matheson

Fifteen-year-old Pauline commits social suicide in front of her entire class and her biggest idol, the film actor Ingvar Lykke, when she accidentally posts a private photo. But instead of dying of >

Elisabeth Matheson

Fifteen-year-old Pauline commits social suicide in front of her entire class and her biggest idol, the film actor Ingvar Lykke, when she accidentally posts a private photo. But instead of dying of >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Norway

2020

14'

Trick or Treat

Knask eller knep

Morten Hølmebakk Evelid

Eleven-year-old Magda is a black metal fan. She is not like the other girls, so when Halloween comes, she has no one to go trick or treating with. She lives with her Polish father and her 16-year-old >

Morten Hølmebakk Evelid

Fiction, Children/Youth

Norway

2020

17'

Island of Lost Boys

Frie fanger

Kristin Heien

Twenty-eight-year-old Benjamin has been in and out of prison since he was 16. Prison is what he calls home. Trond has been convicted of violence and kidnapping but wants a different life. They both >

Kristin Heien

Twenty-eight-year-old Benjamin has been in and out of prison since he was 16. Prison is what he calls home. Trond has been convicted of violence and kidnapping but wants a different life. They both >

Documentary

Norway

2019

58'

Popcorn Boy

Popcorngutten

Christian Lo, Line Klungseth Johansen

All resources must end sometime. >

Christian Lo, Line Klungseth Johansen

All resources must end sometime. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Norway

2020

12'

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'

Wrong Direction

Kor faen blei det av Norge?

Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid

On a dark January evening in Oslo six young women decide to form a band. None of them know each other, but everyone knows Maria, a left-wing lesbian with shrill opinions. They play flute, fiddle, >

Signe Rosenlund-Hauglid

On a dark January evening in Oslo six young women decide to form a band. None of them know each other, but everyone knows Maria, a left-wing lesbian with shrill opinions. They play flute, fiddle, >

Documentary

Norway

2020

19'

The Affected

De Berørte

Rikke Gregersen

Minutes before take off a situation occurs that prevents an airplane from departing. A passenger refuses to sit down. She is attempting to prevent the deportation of a man in the plane. The pilot has >

Rikke Gregersen

Fiction

Norway

2020

13'

latest films

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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'

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 night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims. >

Aleksi Salmenperä

A night club bouncer gets disgusted of all the violence and repression of the weak he is seeing. He has to act to protect the victims. >

Fiction

Finland

2020

11'

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'

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 after a longer admission to a psychiatric hospital, Johanne, 36, is excited as she is on her way to see her daughter nine-year-old Lily. Eager to prove that she is fit to be a >

Katrine Brocks

Recently discharged after a longer admission to a psychiatric hospital, Johanne, 36, is excited as she is on her way to see her daughter nine-year-old Lily. Eager to prove that she is fit to be a >

Fiction

Denmark

2020

22'

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

2019

30'

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

Orgiastic Hyper-Plastic

Paul Bush

Colorful, cheap and malleable this is the material of our childhood toys and the most advanced mechanism of mankind. This film is an elegy to a love that turned sour. It is the almost goodbye of the >

Paul Bush

Animation, Experimental

Denmark
UK

2020