Forum Projects - Nordisk Panorama

Norway vs Sápmi

Despite winning in the Supreme Court, the Sámi people must fight to dismantle Europe’s largest wind farm to save their endangered culture.

Håvard Bustnes

UpNorth Film

Norway

Observer+

Hair

Hair captures Iranian women's fight against gender apartheid through the art and experiences of Iranian-Swedish exiled artist Mandana Moghaddam.

Maryam Ebrahimi

Meritis Film AB

Sweden

Observer+

Just An Ordinary Guy

The happiest day in Theodor's life is when he can shave for the very first time. Born and raised as a girl, that was not a given.

Kenneth Elvebakk

Cylinder Production AS

Norway

Observer+

Bachman: The Story of Stephen King's Pseudonym

This is the true story of Stephen King’s pseudonym—an exploration into the power of fiction that blurs the lines between imagination and reality.

Max Eriksson

Sisyfos Film Production AB

Sweden

Observer+

Retrograd

Writing his autobiography, 68-year-old Peer is revisiting ghosts from his orphanage childhood. Will finishing this healing project bring him peace?

Anders Mielcke Grønbæk / Esben Persson

Elk Film ApS

Denmark

Observer+

She Sings of Murder and Love

Irish trans musician, Keeley Moss, is obsessed with using her music to pursue justice for the sexually motivated murder of a young female backpacker.

Virginia Heath

Faction North Ltd

Scotland

Observer+

93

In 1993, Marita Petersen, the first female Lagmand of the Faroe Islands, fights to rescue her nation from economic ruin in 93.

Andrias Høgenni

Tambo Film

Denmark

Observer+

On the Edge

On the edge is a deeply personal fly-on-the-wall portrait of a relationship between a father and his son against a backdrop of an eroding island.

Joanna Karlberg

B-Reel Films

Sweden

Observer+

Amongst the Birds

A poetic story about a unique interaction between nature and people.

Mika Kaurismäki / Ragnar Axelsson / Ingvar Thordarson

Neutrinos productions Ice ehf.

Iceland

Observer+

Am I Losing My Mind? A Journey Into the Menopause Mystery

What happens in the brain during menopause? A few scientists are close to unraveling some of the biggest mysteries of this chapter in women's lives.

Louise Unmack Kjeldsen

Hansen & Pedersen

Denmark

Observer+

Second Acts

Second Acts is a film about transformation, about breaking free from one's criminal roles and growing new wings with newly expressed emotions.

Anu Kuivalainen

Filmimaa Oy

Finland

Observer+

This is Not an Apple

After surviving a brutal stabbing, Palestinian brothers in Oslo seek redemption through an apple farming project that links them to prison inmates.

Nefise Özkal Lorentzen

Integral Film AS

Norway

Observer+

Project 13

Project 13 explores what happens when the police try to help people in dire need of psychiatric care, but end up fatally shooting them.

Linn Helene Løken

Morild Film AS

Norway

Observer+

Paradise in Hel

The documentary series Paradise in Hel tells the story of mystic Ior Bock, the mythology he told, and the people who followed him.

Mika Mattila

Parad Media Oy

Finland

Observer+

Cosmobility

Timeless life in a placeless world.

Mika Mattila

Ideasthetic Oy

Finland

Observer+

The Strikers

A coming-of-age documentary in the age of climate breakdown.

Helena Molin

MDEMC

Sweden

Observer+

Faderhuset

"It looks like love but is manipulation". This is how four defectors describe everyday life in Danmark’s most radical sect, “Faderhuset”.

Eva Mulvad / Andreas Koefoed

Danish Documentary

Denmark

Observer+

Wonder Boy

A young man with cerebral palsy, defies odds to become a bodybuilder and fitness influencer, embarking on a journey to find community and friendship.

Gustav Hugo Olsson

We Have a Plan

Sweden

Observer+

Oqaluttuamik

As people face, learn and tell their history during a Kaffillerneq through documentary, dramatizations, animation and archives.

Nivi Pedersen

KaNOq Aps

Greenland

Observer+

The Music Farm

Classical music talents from around the world seek help at a school in Denmark to find a healthy life-work balance.

Katrine Philp

Good Company Pictures

Denmark

Observer+

Between Borders

The goal of volunteer Erko is the victory of Ukraine, but due to prolonged warfare, he must choose between family and war.

Erik Tikan

Three Brothers

Estonia

Observer+

Goodbye Andy Brown

An intimate portrait of a womans struggle to define herself on her own terms and find true love.

Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo

Indie Film AS

Norway

Observer+