NPM Work-in-Progress 2025
Sunday 21 Sept, 13.00-17:30 CEST, Scandic Triangeln, Malmö
Invited Market Guests Only
Giving nearly finished films the final push
Work-in-Progress presents 6 nearly finished documentary projects, almost ready to make it onto the world stage. The projects are presented to international and Nordic decision makers in a tailor made event, created to make sure that each project benefited the most from the presentation.
The presentations and consecutive one-to-one meetings take place at Nordisk Panorama Market on Sunday 21 September 2025.
The Work-in-Progress presentations follow up on former Nordisk Panorama Forum pitches and pitches at fora around the world. All projects presented are looking for a last push to be finalised, a sales agent/distributor or festival premiere.
For more information, contact Market Manager Maria Stoianova.
Selected Projects 2025
Architecture as Invention
Director Michael Madsen enters into a creative conversation and creation process with architect, Daniel Libeskind. This happens through six architectural challenges that Libeskind has to tackle over six days, aiming to create a final masterpiece resonating Libeskind’s previous work and his life story.
Director: Michael Madsen Producer: Per Damgaard Hansen Company: Paloma Productions Co-production: Auto Images, Ma.ja.de filmproduktions Sales: Autlook Filmsales Country: Denmark, Sweden, Germany
Fruitcakes – The Dawn of Drag
Retired archivist, once a drag queen, Jolanda joins the filmmaker and young drag artists to re-enact cherished memories of his murdered best friend.
Director: Vesa Kuosmanen Producer: Sandra Enkvist Company: Polygraf Country: Finland
HEX
In the heart of Norway’s black metal scene, a new force suddenly emerges. Three young women have entered to the stage, as witches.
Director: Maja Holand Producer: Mari Nilsen Neira Company: Herstory Country: Norway
I Am an Olive Tree
As war in northern Syria uproots a Kurdish community and their thousand-year-old olive trees, a woman becomes a symbol of hope through resistance.
Director: Yasaman Sharifmanesh Producer: Erika Malmgren, Kristofer Henell Company: Cinenic Film Co-production: Differ Media Country: Sweden, Norway
In a Box
As extinctions rise and zoos overflow, Valerio and Sebastian rescue tiny species at home—can their efforts help return the animals to the wild?
Director: Okku Nuutilainen, Liinu Grönlund Producer: Juha Löppönen Company: Mouka Film Country: Finland
ISLANDER
When a storm destroys the church on Grímsey, a tiny Arctic island off Iceland’s north coast, the loss becomes a symbol of the community’s struggle for survival. This documentary combines observation and interviews to explore how climate change, depopulation, and financial pressures threaten remote communities, asking what role history and tradition still hold in today’s society.
Director: Nikolai Galitzine Producer: Dögg Mósesdóttir Company: Northern Wave Co-Production: The Heavy Lifting Company Country: Iceland