Film Catalogue - Nordisk Panorama

featured films

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Patent No. 314805

Patentti nr. 314805

Mika Taanila

Finnish engineer Eric Tigerstedt solved the dilemma of sound-on-film already before the First World War. All images and sounds in this short film are from surviving test materials originally created >

Mika Taanila

Experimental

Finland

2020

Like a Flamingo

Som en flamingo

Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Fragments of daily life with kids in self-isolation during the time of Corona. >

Lilja Ingolfsdottir

Fragments of daily life with kids in self-isolation during the time of Corona. >

Documentary, Experimental

Norway

2020

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

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

The Man and the Head

Manden og Hovedet

Nilas Røpke Driessen

A little man builds a house on a giant floating head. The man and the head develop a friendship, chat about their day and try to figure out what to do with their lives. >

Nilas Røpke Driessen

A little man builds a house on a giant floating head. The man and the head develop a friendship, chat about their day and try to figure out what to do with their lives. >

Animation

Denmark

2020

Jail Lullaby

Jorma Kaulanen

On a stormy night, three convicts break out of prison. Things go wrong and their camaraderie is tested. A successful getaway requires finesse, lightning reflexes - and gums of steel. >

Jorma Kaulanen

On a stormy night, three convicts break out of prison. Things go wrong and their camaraderie is tested. A successful getaway requires finesse, lightning reflexes - and gums of steel. >

Fiction, Children/Youth

Finland

2019

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

Yes-People

Já-Fólkið

Gísli Darri Halldórsson

One morning, an eclectic mix of people face the daily grind: work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, relationships are tested and ultimately the capacity to cope. >

Gísli Darri Halldórsson

One morning, an eclectic mix of people face the daily grind: work, school and dish-washing. As the day progresses, relationships are tested and ultimately the capacity to cope. >

Fiction, Children/Youth, Animation

Iceland

2020

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

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'

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'

Mantis

Knæler

Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

When Helle Pii and her mantis move in with Molly, sharing a small apartment develops into a nightmare. Helle Pii discovers what Molly really thinks about her and everything changes irreversibly. >

Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

When Helle Pii and her mantis move in with Molly, sharing a small apartment develops into a nightmare. Helle Pii discovers what Molly really thinks about her and everything changes irreversibly. >

Fiction

Denmark

2019

12'

Last Dance

Lokavals

Ása Hjörleifsdóttir

It's a spring morning in Reykjavík. A man and woman wake up to realise that their relationship is over. They take a trip away from the city, towards the end of love, perhaps the end of the world. A >

Ása Hjörleifsdóttir

Fiction

Iceland

2019

12'

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'

Mother Didn't Know

Mor visste ingenting

Anita Killi

The story of a depressed young girl’s struggle. As parents, we don’t always see what is going on in our children’s heads. A small thing can be enough to give them new energy to face life. >

Anita Killi

The story of a depressed young girl’s struggle. As parents, we don’t always see what is going on in our children’s heads. A small thing can be enough to give them new energy to face life. >

Children/Youth, Animation

Norway

2020

12'

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'

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'

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'

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'

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'

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 >

Children/Youth

Norway

2020

14'

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'

What Is a Woman?

Hva er en kvinne?

Marin Håskjold

A transgender woman is asked to leave a women’s locker room. Someone says that if you are not born a woman you can’t become one. Tension rises as more people get involved. >

Marin Håskjold

A transgender woman is asked to leave a women’s locker room. Someone says that if you are not born a woman you can’t become one. Tension rises as more people get involved. >

Fiction

Norway

2020

14'

Origin of Man

Menneskets opprinnelse

Pjotr Sapegin

In this story, humans are immigrants from another place, a planet as square as a box. A hostile creature threatens the planet and the inhabitants evacuate, leaving their identities and memories >

Pjotr Sapegin

In this story, humans are immigrants from another place, a planet as square as a box. A hostile creature threatens the planet and the inhabitants evacuate, leaving their identities and memories >

Children/Youth, Animation

Norway
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

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'

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'

Pappa

Angelika Abramovitch

Rock & roll in the midst of a burning Soviet Union where everything from the West was banned and rock music was considered propaganda. In the late 1960s, Anatoli Abramovitch and his band Star >

Angelika Abramovitch

Rock & roll in the midst of a burning Soviet Union where everything from the West was banned and rock music was considered propaganda. In the late 1960s, Anatoli Abramovitch and his band Star >

Documentary

Sweden

2019

13'

Excess Will Save Us

Morgane Dziurla-Petit

In late October 2017, an attack alarm goes off in Villereau, a tiny village in the north of France. The villagers’ story describes the fear of terrorism that exists even in the most remote parts of >

Morgane Dziurla-Petit

Documentary

Sweden

2019

15'

Dead Fish

Silva Kuusniemi

Internal dynamics strain relations among a group of friends at a vacation cottage. Elias used to date Roosa but is now dating Mariaana. The heartbroken Roosa and protective Ida try to restrain their >

Silva Kuusniemi

Fiction

Finland

2020

25'

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'

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'

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'

Against the Current

Á móti straumnum

Óskar Páll Sveinsson

Veiga is the first person to paddle 2,000 kilometres around Iceland against the sea current, on the edge of the Arctic Circle. This is comparable with climbing K2, the world’s second highest >

Óskar Páll Sveinsson

Veiga is the first person to paddle 2,000 kilometres around Iceland against the sea current, on the edge of the Arctic Circle. This is comparable with climbing K2, the world’s second highest >

Documentary

Iceland

2020

85'