nordic short & doc
film festival Malmรถ, Sweden 18-23 Sept 2015
26th edition
Catalogue
GOOD TO KNOW GUEST DESK Our friendly Guest Desk at Scandic Hotel Triangeln is where you pick up your delegate pass and festival bag when you first arrive at the festival. Here they also have all information about the festival, if you don’t find it in this catalogue or on our website. www.nordiskpanorama.com OPENING HOURS Fri 18 Sept Sat19 Sept Sun 20 Sept Mon 21 Sept Tue 22 Sept Wed 23 Sept
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As an accredited guest you get a delegate pass, which gives you access to all screenings and seminars and NP Festival social activities, except for the Award Gala and Noncitizen Dinner, which requires a pre-registration and payment. Access to NP Forum requires a Forum delegate pass. NP Market requires a market delegate pass. TICKETS Accredited guests can get free screening tickets with their delegate pass at the festival ticket offices at Cinema Panora and Cinema Spegeln. Tickets are always required and can be picked up on the day of the screening until 20 minutes before screening start. Please arrive early to secure yourself a seat. If you don’t have accreditation a single tickets to screenings and sessions can be bought for 50 SEK with an NP membership card, which can be easily purchased for 10 SEK. Ticket Office Panora* Fri 18 Sept 12.00-21.00 Sat19 Sept 09.30-01.00 Sun 20 Sept 10.00-00.00 Mon 21 Sept 09.00-00.00 Tue 22 Sept 09.00-21.00
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Ticket Office Spegeln* Sat19 Sept 11.00-21.30 Sun 20 Sept 10.30-21.00 Mon 21 Sept 09.30-21.00 * NP Festival Ticket Offices opens 30 minutes before first festival screening begins and closes 30 minutes after the beginning of the last screening of the day. For full opening hours and screening-schedules at the cinemas, please check: www.panora.se and www.biografspegeln.se PRE-REGISTRATION/SIGN UP Notice some of our sessions does require pre-registration, so please secure your seat by signing up at our site on: www.nordiskpanorama.com/ event-registration/ NP Transmedia Meetup, p. 105 The Body Swap Experience, p. 103 @Home Screening of Heima, p. 70 Noncitizen Dinner, p. 86 Biophilia Workshop, p. 106 Doc Lounge Special: Blood Sisters, p. 85 Hackathon Presentations, p. 109 OPENING SCREENING Fri 18 Sept 18.00 (Film start 19.00) at Malmö Live Konserthus. (p. 77). OPENING PARTY Fri 18 Sept 21. 00 at Malmö Live Konserthus. (p. 114) AWARDS GALA & PARTY Tue 23 Sept 19.00 at Glasklart. (p. 115) Tickets can be bought at the Guest Desk for 450 DK / 60 Euro, with a credit card as long as available.
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NP FESTIVAL CLUB p. 116 Fri 18 Sept 22.00-01.00 Malmö Live Konserthus
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Sat 19 Sept 21.00-03.00 Babel C
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Mon 21 Sept 22.00-01.00 Moriska Paviljongen
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NP HAPPY HOUR (p. 119) Meet old and new friends at the NP Happy Hour for delegates! 19/9 - 21/9 Grand Öl och Mat (18.00-19.00) 22/9 Film I Skåne / Swedish Film Institute (18.00-19.00)
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FOOD & DRINKS (p. 119) Grand Öl & Mat (10 % discount with a delegate pass) SMAK (10 % discount with a delegate pass) Cinema Spegeln Bar & Bistro (20 % discount with a delegate pass) Kao´s in the Kitchen (Cinema Panora p. 117)
NP CONTACT & INFO www.nordiskpanorama.com post@nordiskpanorama.com Facebook: Nordisk Panorama Twitter: @nordiskpanorama Instagram: @nordiskpanorama #nordiskpanorama
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THE SAUNA HOUR Wed 23 Sept at Kallbadhuset (Västra Hamnen), gathering 10.00 at the Guest Desk. Get a chance to exercise Nordic coolness (p. 119) USEFUL CONTACTS NP Guest Desk: +46 708 644 827 Taxi Skåne: +46 (0) 40 330 330 Public Transport: www.skanetrafiken.se (+ 46 (0) 771 777 777) Emergency: 112
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Central Station Venues
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Scandic Triangeln (NP Market + Guest Desk) Triangeln 2
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Amiralen (NP Forum) Amiralsgatan 35
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Cinema Panora Friisgatan 19 D
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Cinema Spegeln Stortorget 29
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Stadsarkivet Bergsgatan 20
Hotels 6
STPLN (NP Hackathon) Stapelbäddsgatan 3
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Malmö Konsthall S:t Johannesgatan 7
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Malmö Live Konserthus Dag Hammarskjölds torg 4
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Barnens Scen Folkets Park, Falsterbogatan 17
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Malmö stadsbibliotek Kung Oscars väg 11 Babel Spångatan 38 Filmcentrum Syd Monbijougatan 17
Kontrapunkt Västanforsgatan 21 Moriska Paviljongen Folkets Park, Norra Parkgatan 2 Glasklart Dockplatsen 1 Film i Skåne Friisgatan 19 B
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Scandic Triangeln Triangeln 2
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Scandic Malmö City Kaptensgatan 1
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Scandic S:t Jörgen Stora Nygatan 35
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Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live Dag Hammarskjölds Torg 2
Restaurants Bars 17
Grand Öl & Mat Monbijougatan 17
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SMAK S:t Johannesgatan 7
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Boulebar Drottningtorget 8
Kao´s in the Kitchen Cinema Panora Bar & Bistro Cinema Spegeln
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A smorgasbord of film and great experiences in Malmö 2015
welcome
On behalf of Nordisk Panorama, the City of Malmö and Film in Skåne we welcome you to the 26th Nordisk Panorama – Nordic Short and Doc Film Festival. With this new partnership it is our plan to continue to deliver content that will satisfy your most delicate taste ‘buds’ as well as surprise you with great new stuff that might even catch you off guard for a moment.
We have prepared a Smorgasbord of captivating films, strong stories, braincrunching seminars, nerve-racking pitches, exciting meetings, cool receptions and great parties for you all to be engaged in and to enjoy in a fine spirit of sharing and collaboration. This is our third year in Malmö after it became the new permanent home of our festival. Our roots are growing deeper into the local soil through many valuable partnerships with the sole purpose of extending this value to you over these six days of the film festival. Filmmaking is a creative process involving both fun and hard work. It is often about overcoming obstacles and yet maintaining a creative vision from the first ideas until the film meets its audience.
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It is about taking inspiration and sometimes allowing yourselves to be thrown off by disruptive new ideas as you qualify your project. It is also about getting people on board with your project, landing money and building the network to realize it. Nordisk Panorama – Nordic Short and Doc Film Festival in Malmö 2015 wants to give you the opportunity to get the ball rolling, while you are enjoying a great deal of fun and shared moments with your professional network and the film audience. We strive to remain a special and valuable hotspot for Nordic and international film collaboration. We might not be the biggest event among festivals, but we are dedicated to giving you a festival where ambition and friendliness walk hand in hand as we encourage a sharing attitude.
We serve you a carefully prepared programme of competition films representing a Nordic Panorama striving for one of our three Awards for Best Documentary, Best Short and Best New Nordic Voice. In addition to the competition films we have a large selection of films in our Special Programmes, which aim to explore themes and subject matter that revealed themselves during the programming process and include films that need to be seen in addition to the films in the competition. We also give you the colourful and friendly city of Malmö, which is exercising a strong and progressive regional film strategy and offers great cinemas and venues, making Malmö an attractive event and festival city that also hosts an international children’s film festival and Malmö Arab Film Festival among an abundance of other cultural activities.
So please take the opportunity to enjoy the city, enjoy the variety of films and special sessions prepared for you while exploiting all present opportunities to get the ball rolling with your professional and creative visions for filmmaking. We are here to assist, inspire and help your process along with the sole purpose of making you better at what you do, while enjoying it. See you at the festival! Søren Poulsen Festival Director, Nordisk Panorama
Elisabeth Lundgren Director, Department of Culture City of Malmö
Ralf Ivarsson VD, Film i Skåne
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contents welcome Good to know map Welcome nordic mission
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awards NP Awards programmers note documentary jury short film jury NNV jury
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DOCUMENTARIES
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SHORTS
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new nordic voice
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icelandic focus Icelandic Focus Icelandic Retrospective Glimpse of Memories @Home screening: Heima Masterclass Johannsson I want to be weird My Dinner With ร sold
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SPECIAL SCREENINGS OPENING SHOW Special programme Glimpse of The Future City Archives Homage Fromage Turn Back Time Kent Klich Library Special programme Doc Lounge Special Noncitizen Young Nordic
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sessions NP Outlook Off seminar Masterclass Tania Ruiz How We Did It Braving the Storm Students & Teachers In a dancing mood A - rated NP TOWN HALL Transmedia Virtual is the new reality Body swap Experience why innovate film formats? Transmedia Meet-up meet Peter Sunde Biophilia Jason Brush Oscar Raby Do not track Virtual and Real Future of storytelling
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MARKET & FORUM Market Forum
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SOCIAL Opening Party Awards Gala Party NP Festival Club NP Hangout NP Social Breaks
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schedules
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People directors in competition speakers and moderators decision makers
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Index & Credits
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Nordisk Panorama has been putting a focus on short and doc film from the Nordic countries for more than 25 years. The festival was travelling between the Nordic countries for 23 years until it settled permanently in Malmรถ, Sweden in 2013.
not only to develop the festival event and build an engaged audience in the region, but also to develop new ways of promoting Nordic films and facilitating the process of filmmaking and to facilitate from the early stages to the end users in a fast-changing market.
In our effort to know and convey the different Nordic pockets of talent we are introducing a new national focus on one of the Nordic countries each year.
Knowing the territory and the players in it is key to unlocking the true potential of the Nordic filmmakers community. In our effort to know and convey the different Nordic pockets of talent we are introducing a new national focus on one of the Nordic countries each year.
Having settled the festival here in Malmรถ and our continued networking and matchmaking efforts to improve conditions for filmmakers all year round have put us in a strong position
Starting with Iceland this year. Next year Norway is in focus, then Denmark, Finland and Sweden will complete the circle in 2019.
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NP AWARDS
programmers note
At Nordisk Panorama selected films compete in three sections: Nordic Documentaries, Nordic Short Films and New Nordic Voices. Constituting a true Nordic championship, the films in competition are selected from all of the five Nordic countries representing the very best short films and documentaries recently produced in the region. The 42 titles in our three competition programmes 2015 were chosen among more than 600 submitted films eligible for selection.
Best Nordic Documentary Award
Best New Nordic Voice Award
The Best Nordic Documentary Award is presented by the documentary jury to one of the 13 films in the Nordic Documentary Competition. The award goes to the director(s) of the film. The prize sum is 11,000 € and is sponsored by the Nordic public broadcasters DR, YLE, RUV, NRK and SVT.
The New Nordic Voices Competition introduces promising Nordic filmmakers. The filmmakers’ works have not previously been screened in the Nordisk Panorama competition programme and selected films are among the first releases by the filmmaker. The Best New Nordic Voice Award is presented by the New Nordic Voices jury to one of the 14 films in the New Nordic Voices Competition. The award goes to the director(s) of the film. The prize sum is 3,500 € and is sponsored by Film i Skåne.
Best Nordic Short Film Award
The Best Nordic Short Film Award is presented by the short film jury to one of the 15 films in the Nordic Short Film Competition. The prize-winning film will qualify for consideration in the Short Film Category of the Annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided that the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The award goes to the director(s) of the film. The prize sum of 7,000 € is sponsored by the Nordic directors’ associations Danish Film Directors, Norwegian Film Makers Association, Swedish Film Directors, Directors Guild of Finland and Guild of Icelandic Film Directors.
Nordisk Panorama Audience Award
The Nordisk Panorama Audience Award of € 2,500 is sponsored by Malmö stad and goes to a film in competition that audiences vote for as the best film of the festival.
To be eligible for Nordisk Panorama, films must qualify as an independent production and be a Nordic production or be directed by a Nordic director. The films also have to be completed within the current or preceding year.
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Maja Lindquist It’s been a great pleasure to put this year’s festival together with such fantastic programmers from near and far – Canada, Iceland and Lebanon – and to collaborate with filmmakers from all of the Nordic countries. I am amazed by the quality and diversity of the films and the passion of their makers. I strongly believe in the power of documentaries and shorts to inspire change on a personal, as well as a broader social level. This year’s festival programme reflects the world in which we live and aims to challenge audiences’ ingrained perceptions and to inspire action. It also celebrates love and friendship, the beauty of life and the art of filmmaking. I hope you find the screenings, master classes and seminars both relevant and exciting, packed with timely topics and artistic innovation. Last but not least I wish you a wonderful time in Malmö and hope to see you in the cinemas and on the dance floor! Angie Driscoll You would think that 12 years of programming at festivals as diverse as Hot Docs, TIFF, the CFC’s Worldwide Short Film Festival and Aspen Shortsfest would have prepared me for the mind-blowing quality of the Nordisk Panorama submissions. But no. In my entire career I have never been more stimulated and challenged than by the task to select the best shorts from the five Nordic countries. I thought I knew certain
things about my chosen vocation and how to evaluate excellence, but the Scandinavians schooled me! Nordic films are world-class, pioneering, and abundant. The shorts in competition and across the various special programmes are just the tip of the iceberg. Visit the NP Market and see for yourselves, there is a deep pool of tremendous, festivalready films that we simply could not programme that I look forward to seeing on screens around the world! Janus Bragi Jakobsson As an Icelandic documentary filmmaker and programmer for the Skjaldborg Festival, programming the Icelandic Focus has been pure pleasure mixed with a feeling of overwhelming responsibility, what to choose from Icelandic culture and cinema that we want to be highlighted? Fortunately, we Icelanders are a nostalgic bunch, fond of looking back at our achievements and origins. Iceland has produced many documentaries and shorts that address our battle with the elements and ourselves, and somehow that strikes a chord with audiences all over the world. Hungarian writer Milan Kundera once defined a small nation as “one whose very existence may be put in question at any moment; a small nation can disappear, and it knows it.” Maybe that is the reason why Icelanders see themselves as a storytelling nation - our stories do more than represent us, they sustain and preserve us.
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documentary jury
short film jury
Yrsa Roca Fannberg
Wendy Ettinger
Martin Horyna
Kira Richards Hansen
Daniel Vadocky
Paola Ruggeri
Graduated in Fine Art (Chelsea College of Art, London, UK) and took a Master in Creative Documentaries (iDEC, Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain). As well as making documentaries and other filmic pieces she uses a variety of media in her practice: texts, photography, watercolours and print work. Salóme is her first documentary. After having lived a large part of her life elsewhere (Spain, Denmark, London and Sweden) Yrsa is now back in Reykjavík, where she was born.
Wendy Ettinger is an award-winning producer of documentary and feature films and co-founder of Chicken & Egg Pictures in 2005 to fund and mentor women documentary filmmakers whose artful and innovative story telling catalyze social change. In 2013 Wendy co founded Gamechanger in response to the glaring gender inequity in Hollywood. Gamechanger Films is the first equity fund dedicated to financing feature films directed by women. Wendy began her career producing the Academy-award nominated documentary, The War Room, An ardent activist and philanthropist, she has been the recipient of the New Group’s Mike Mendelsohn Award, with Chicken & Egg Pictures, The Muse Impact Award from New York Women in Film and Television. In June, she was honored to be part of Variety’s Power of Women New York issue.
After finishing high school, Martin Horyna started his university studies in the field of theoretical physics. However, life sometimes brings unexpected shifts and a spontaneous decision changed his focus of study to Film studies. Since 2011, Martin has been a member of the Program Department at Karlovy Vary IFF which is held annually in July in the Czech Republic. At present, he is in charge of KVIFF’s pre-selection of documentary films. His experience as a film journalist and critic includes working for iNDiEFiLM.cz, a Czech website specialized in independent and auteur cinema, which he co-founded in 2009, and Cinepur film magazine.
Kira Richards Hansen lives in Denmark and has directed multi-award-winning short films and music videos. She studied film directing in England (BA Hons., at the Arts University Bournemouth) and holds a master’s degree in Film Studies from the University of Copenhagen. Kira lived in London for 10 years, working both as a performance and installation artist, and in the fashion and advertising industries, before moving back to Denmark. Her debut feature film project has received support from The Danish Film Institute and is currently in the early stages of development.
Daniel Vadocky has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Trnava and in Film Studies from the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He has lectured on Philosophy and Aesthetics at Department of Film Science and Multimedia at the Academy of Performing Arts and has published articles on world cinema, film history and theory in various magazines and newspapers. He is a co-founder of the short film competitive and non-competitive feature film section Focus at the Art Film Fest IFF in Trencianske Teplice/Trencín. Daniel worked as a programme coordinator of the Bratislava IFF and has recently been a member of international juries in Wroclaw, Tallinn, Tokyo, Prague and Uppsala. Currently he is Head of Sales at The National Film Archive in Prague.
Born in Milan, she graduated in German and English Language and Literature as well as in Mass Media Communication. She has been working for 15 years as International Marketing and Programming Analyst at RTI MEDIASET GROUP, the first commercial tv network in Italy. Since 2008 she is also in charge of short films selection for the pay tv channels of the Group. She teaches at the Catholic University of Milan (Writing and Producing for Tv and Cinema) and writes articles and essays about fiction, international tv market and short films.
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new nordic voices jury
Aira Planting
Tobias Ă…kesson
Alexander Lind
Aira Planting has been working as an Acquisitions Executive at the NRK for the past 6 years. Working across all channels and all genres, her main focus are factual series and documentaries. Prior to this, Aira studied and worked as a producer for various UK independent production companies during an 8 year long stay in London.
Educated in film production at University West and at the University of Gothenburg. He has in recent years combined work within filmproduction with programming at GĂśteborg Film Festival, where his main focus been Nordic films.
The director Alexander Lind got international recognition when his graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark Carl and Niels was selected for the prestigious film festival IDFA in Amsterdam. And as a winner of the New Nordic Voice Award 2014 at Nordisk Panorama. His films stand out of the classic documentary film, being highly artistic in a strong visual language. Alexander Lind accesses a rare sensibility with his cast, through his own very unique methods. He orchestras his own strong presence in his films by creating a beautiful and creative set design, that provides the framework for the film and cast. His films balance between hybrid, documentary and art films. Despite the obvious staging Alexander Lind manages to keep the documentary values in front, by being loyal to reality and authenticity. Alexander Lind is currently working on his first feature documentary film.
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NORDIC documentaries
nordic documentaries
ND1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 1 ND1 / Tue 22 Sept 13.00 / Panora 2
ND2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1 ND2 / Sun 20 Sept 21.30 / Panora 2
In Dependence Yläkerran Tuula
Democrats democrats
Finland, Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 58 min
Denmark, USA, UK / 2014 / documentary / 100 min
”It’s hard to stand by and watch your spouse drink himself to death. It is not easy to pack up and leave either.” Tuula is trapped in an unhealthy, co-dependent relationship and she knows it. And yet she stays. Filmmaker Henriikka Hemmi documents her middle-aged neighbours as they struggle, one day at a time, against the riptide of alcoholism, barely treading water while trying to avoid circling the proverbial drain. Tuula’s efforts to remain sober and support her alcoholic husband, are shown via video diary entries and capture the sloppy, frustrating, repetitive cycle of relapse and recovery. In Dependence is an unflinching portrait of addiction that sheds light on the personalities and patterns that perpetuate the vicious circle.
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Director: Producer:
Henriikka Hemmi Sami Jahnukainen Lennart Ström Script: Henriikka Hemmi Sami Jahnukainen Illusia Sarvas Photography: Henriikka Hemmi Editing: Markus Leppälä Illusia Sarvas Sound: Erno Kumpulainen Antti Haikonen Production: Mouka Filmi Oy Distr./Sales: Mouka Filmi Oy
Director Camilla Nielsson is given enviable access to Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe’s political inner circle as a new constitution is drafted, negotiated and signed into law. Democrats shows the back-and-forth battles between Douglas Mwonzora and Paul Mangwana, sworn political enemies who must work together for the common good as they produce a document to steer the country towards democracy. Their negotiations are anything but easy and everything from violent protests, dull meetings, inter-party politics and media leaks conspire to derail the process. A suspenseful observation of two rivals forced to collaborate and the democratic process in Zimbabwe – rife with sabotage, disruption and intimidation.
Director: Camilla Nielsson Producer: Henrik Veileborg Script: Camilla Nielsson Photography: Henrik Ipsen Editing: Jeppe Bødskov Sound: Camilla Nielsson Production: Upfront Films Distr./Sales: Upfront Films
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nordic documentaries
nordic documentaries
ND3 / Sat 19 Sept 16.00 / Panora 1 ND3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Spegeln C
ND4 / Sat 19 Sept 16.00 / Panora 2 ND4 / Mon 21 Sept 21.00 / Spegeln C
Inside Fur Pels
I Want To Be Weird I Want to be Weird
Norway / 2014 / documentary / 57 min
Iceland, UK / 2015 / documentary / 74 min
A group of highly motivated animal rights activists have worked tirelessly for years to expose the true face of the Nordic fur industry. Year after year, they sneak into hundreds of fur farms, release disturbing images of the conditions they find, and ignite a media firestorm of consumer outrage and public debate. The controversy always dies down after a time, and the fur industry picks back up where it left off. No harm, no foul. No substantial, systemic, lasting changes ever seem to take hold. Until now. Enter psychologist Frank Nervik, who announces his intention to become a fur farmer. He seeks training, learns all of the trade secrets and is accepted by the industry as one of its own. Unbeknownst to anyone however, he has been filming his entire apprenticeship with a hidden camera ...
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Director: Ola Waagen Producer: Bjarte Mørner Tveit Torstein Grude Script: Bjarte Mørner Tveit Torstein Grude, Ola Waagen Photography: Tore Vollan Niels Thastum Jonas Berlin Ola Waagen Frank Nervik Editing: Torkel Gjørv Sound: Rune Sand Kristoffer Salting Rune Ytre-Arne Production: Piraya Film AS Distr./Sales: DR Sales
Kitty Von-Sometime is a British artist living in Iceland, making art but very little money. Best known for her “Weird Girls Project”, an ongoing art event and video project that employs sequined leotards and choreographed dances to promote selfconfidence and positive body image in women, I Want To Be Weird follows Kitty’s daily efforts to make ends meet. The life of a working artist is not always glamourous and Kitty shares the nitty-gritty truth of what makes her tick and what ticks her off. Behind-the-scenes access to her body of work provides a rare glimpse into Kitty’s creative process as she talks about her inspirations and influences, persistent financial insecurity and issues specific to female filmmakers in this elucidating artist profile.
Director: Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir Producer: Heather Millard Script: Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir Photography: Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir, Hrafn Gardarson Editing: Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir Elisabet Ronaldsdottir Sound: Arni Ben Hallur Ingolfsso Production: GoldHalo Compass Films Distr./Sales: Spier Films
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nordic documentaries
ND5 / Sat 19 Sept 18.30 / Panora 1 ND5 / Mon 21 Sept 16.00 / Panora 3
ND6 / Sat 19 Sept 19.00 / Panora 2 ND6 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Spegeln A
The Man Who Saved the World The Man Who Saved the World
Maiko – Dancing Child Maikos dans
Denmark, Sweden, Latvia / 2014 / documentary, fiction / 105 min
Norway / 2014 / documentary / 70 min
On September 26, 1983, sensors indicated that American missiles had been launched against the Soviet Union. Russian Lt. Colonel Stanislav E. Petrov ignored the state-ofthe-art instruments, followed his gut and declared a false alarm, essentially sparing the world a nuclear holocaust. Decades later, Petrov travels to the United States to accept an award from the United Nations for his historical contribution. But he is more interested in meeting actors Robert DeNiro and Kevin Costner than in being rewarded. The Man Who Saved the World seamlessly mixes fact and fiction to create an historical thriller and personal redemption story more impressive than any Hollywood blockbuster. This real-life action hero reminds us how close we came to a third world war, and what the loss of billions of lives might still look and feel like.
Maiko Nishino’s destiny was determined before she was even born. Her mother named her Maiko, meaning dancing child, and was the driving force behind her daughter’s dancing dreams. She sacrificed everything, selling the car, then the house to finance 14-year-old Maiko’s ballet training in Europe. Now a successful soloist with the Norwegian National Ballet, Maiko is a 32-year-old prima ballerina at the top of her game. Maiko has achieved a great deal, but maintaining her position in the company does not come easy. Proving her talent, honing her skills and fending off rival dancers for plum roles is a full-time job. Maiko is at a crossroads, she is ready to start a family, but is unwilling to give up the career that has cost her everything. Can she have a child and still make a comeback?
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Director: Peter Anthony Producer: Jakob Staberg Script: Peter Anthonhy Photography: Anders Lövet Löfstedt, Kim Hattesen Editing: Morten Højbjerg Sound: Peter Schultz Production: Statement Film Distr./Sales: DR Sales
Director: Åse Svenheim Drivenes Producer: Tone Grøttjord Anita Rehoff Larsen Script: Åse Svenheim Drivenes Photography: Håvard Fossum Editing: Tore Vollan Production: Sant & Usant Distr./Sales: WIDE HOUSE
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nordic documentaries
ND7 / Sat 19 Sept 21.15 / Panora 1 ND7 / Mon 21 Sept 16.15 / Panora 2
ND8 / Sat 19 Sept 21.00 / Panora 2 ND8 / Sun 20 Sept 11.30 / Panora 3
The Look of Silence The Look of Silence
Pervert Park Pervert Park
Denmark, Indonesia, Norway / 2014 / documentary / 99 min
Sweden, Denmark / 2014 / documentary / 75 min
The Look of Silence is a powerful companion piece to The Act of Killing, director Joshua Oppenheimer’s Oscar®-nominated documentary about the Indonesian genocide of the 1960s. Through Oppenheimer’s footage, a family of survivors discovers how their son was murdered, as well as the identities of his killers. But knowing is not enough for Adi, the family’s youngest son and optometrist brother of the victim. A haunting film that searches for answers where there are none, and attempts to break the suffocating spell of submission and terror ingrained in an amnesic society. In a country where the murderers remain in political power, Adi does the unthinkable, and confronts the men who killed his brother and asks them to accept responsibility.
In the state of Florida, even the most minor sexual offense will make you a social outcast. Regardless of the sex crime, ex-convicts are not permitted to live within 1,000 feet of places frequented by children, which makes a place like Florida Justice Transitions a veritable sanctuary. A trailer park that houses 120 sex offenders that no one wants as neighbours is an anomaly and the only housing of its kind in the United States. Following the daily lives of the men and women that call the trailer park home, Pervert Park tackles the most taboo topics, attempts to understand who the residents are and how the vicious cycle of sexual abuse and predation might be broken with rehabilitation and reintegration. A surprising and staggering work of empathy.
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Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen Script: Joshua Oppenheimer Photography: Lars Skree Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen Sound: Henrik Garnov Production: Final Cut for Real Distr./Sales: Cinephil
Director: Lasse Barkfors Frida Matilda Barkfors Producer: Anne Köhncke Frida Matilda Barkfors Script: Lasse Barkfors Frida Matilda Barkfors Photography: Lasse Barkfors Editing: Signe Rebekka Kaufmann Lasse Barkfors Sound: Frank Mølgaard Knudsen Production: Final Cut for Real Distr./Sales: DR Sales
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nordic documentaries
ND9 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Spegeln A ND9 / Mon 21 Sept 19.15 / Panora 2
OPENING SCREENING / Fri 18 Sept 19.00 / Malmö Live ND10 / Sun 20 Sept 13.30 / Panora 3
Pixadores Pixadores
Martha & Niki Martha & Niki
Finland, Denmark, Sweden / 2014 / documentary / 93 min
Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 90 min
Some call them artists, others call them anarchists. They call themselves soldiers, with the sole purpose of leaving their mark on the world. They would rather you hate them than ignore them, because “those who are not seen are not remembered.” A revolution erupts in São Paulo, led by Brazilian graffiti activists desperate for a voice. They free-climb skyscrapers, surf moving trains and document their tagging, not as trophies, but as proof of life. Graffiti is an existential act to them. Period. With no aesthetic value, just political meaning. They strive to be seen and heard. And in no time they are, going from anonymous to recognizable in an instant, attracting attention from the international art and advertising worlds. A beguiling look at politics and performance, being known and being famous.
Hiphop dancers Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos vie for the Juste Debout title in Paris - international street dancing’s highest honour. If they win, it will mark the first time ever that two women reign as world champions. Can the close friends blow the competition away with their moves? Will their friendship endure the highs and lows of winning and losing? A film that goes deeper than dance, Martha & Niki explores how different people express themselves, and the various ways ideas, experiences and souls are articulated. Niki prefers words, asking questions and talking out problems, while Martha’s mode of communication is through dance, her desires and yearning evident through gesture and movement. A poetic look at pain that can’t be named and the things we leave unsaid.
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Director: Amir Escandari Producer: Miia Haavisto Script: Amir Escandari Photography: Peter Flinckenberg Editing: Søren B. Ebbe Sound: Patrik Strömdahl Production: Helsinki Filmi Oy Distr./Sales: The Yellow Affair
Director: Tora Mårtens Producer: Tora Mårtens Script: Tora Mårtens Photography: Erik Vallsten Senay Berhe Niklas Nyström Tora Mårtens Editing: Tora Mårtens Kalle Boman Therese Elfström Sound: Red Wood Aleksander Karshikoff Production: Neo Publishing AB Distr./Sales: Neo Publishing AB
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nordic documentaries
nordic documentaries
ND11 / Sun 20 Sept 16.00 / Spegeln A ND11 / Mon 21 Sept 12.00 / Panora 3
ND12 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln A ND12 / Tue 22 Sept 10.00 / Panora 2
Kitchen Sink Revolution Hvað er svona merkilegt við það
Leaving Africa Hyvästi Afrikka
Iceland / 2015 / documentary / 73 min
Finland / 2015 / documentary / 85 min
After the awakening of the so-called New Women’s Movement (aka Second Wave Feminism) in the 1970s, feminism assumed various shapes and strategies as it spread throughout the Nordic countries. Some feminists chose to stick to their grassroots radicalism, while others infiltrated already established political parties and universities in order to create gender theory and equality. In Iceland, women decided to take the bull by the horns and launched head first into the political arena, creating the Women’s Alliance Party. An empowering time capsule that chronicles the Party’s influential effect during the early 1980s and beyond and forever changed politics.
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Director: Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir Producer: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Script: Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir Photography: Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Arnar Þórisson Ingvar Þórisson Editing: Stefanía Thors Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir Sound: Árni Benediktsson Production: Krumma Films Distr./Sales: Krumma Films
Finnish doctor Riitta has been working in Uganda for more than 25 years. Together with her great friend and colleague Catherine, she brings sex education to Ugandan villages, challenging priests, imams, wives and husbands to discuss women’s rights, reproduction, anatomy, sexuality and family planning. In ultra-conservative Uganda, Riitta and Catherine’s curriculum poses a political problem as well as a threat to power and patriarchy. The women soon come under fire and their entire life’s work helping to empower people through education is jeopardised. Leaving Africa is a remarkably heartwarming and harrowing film about an irresistible odd couple whose friendship is based on support, shared purpose and a quest to achieve gender equality in Africa.
Director: Iiris Härmä Producer: Visa Koiso-Kanttila Script: Iiris Härmä Photography: Visa Koiso-Kanttila Editing: Niels Pagh Andersen Sound: Markus Siurua Production: Guerilla Films Ltd Distr./Sales: First Hand Films
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nordic documentaries
ND13 / Sun 20 Sept 21.30 / Panora 1 ND13 / Mon 21 Sept 16.00 / Spegeln C
ND14 / Mon 21 Sept 20.00 / Moriskan ND14 / Tue 22 Sept 13.15 / Panora 3
Drone Drone
Blood Sisters Blodssystrar
Norway, USA, Pakistan / 2014 / documentary / 75 min
Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, France / 2015 / documentary / 83 min
With the introduction of armed drones, the War on Terror’s weapon of choice, the United States has created a terroristindustrial complex that is self-perpetuating. Making war is big business, but with the introduction of drones, an entirely new form of warfare is now being waged – one that involves remote pilots, videogame targeting and an utter lack of international legislation defining culpability, borders and rules of engagement. Using testimony from survivors, lawyers, pilots, military analysts and activists Drone explores a new instrument and style of surveillance and war, the legal and political ramifications of its implementation and the covert CIA operations taking place in Pakistan, where civilians live under constant threat of attack.
Twins Julia and Johanna arrive in the suburb of Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden from Azerbaijan, carrying unspeakable emotional baggage. The inseparable sisters curl up beside each other at night, fending off nightmares of abduction and abuse. They are survivors with an unbreakable bond that transcends trauma, and a striking symbiosis. The siblings promise to always be there for one another, but when Julia decides to get married, the young women fall out of copacetic communication. Their separation brings the past back into the present and forces them to confront who they are without the other. Are Johanna and Julia stronger together or apart? Blood Sisters is exceedingly successful at portraying the sisters’ inner lives – their intimacy and isolation, their strength and shame.
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Director: Tonje Hessen Schei Producer: Lars Løge Script: Tonje Hessen Schei Photography: Anna Myking Editing: Joakim Shager Sound: Erlend Hogstad Production: Flimmer Film AS Distr./Sales: LevelK
Director: Malin Andersson Producer: – Script: Malin Andersson Photography: Kate McCullough Editing: Erik Bäfving Sound: Peter Schultz Production: Les Films du Tambour de Soie Solas Productions, Avanton Productions Oy, Final Cut for Real, Malin Andersson Film, Malin Andersson Mechanix Film AS Distr./Sales: Taskovski Films
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NORDIC short films
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NS 1: BEYOND THE BECHDEL Northern Great Mountain Listen Grandmother’s House Teenland 09:55-11.05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B Thirty years after the introduction of the Bechdel Test, a tool to determine the gender-equality of a film, where do we stand? Do we still need the Bechdel, which asks whether a film features at least two women who talk to each other about something other than a man? Behold, five films that go way beyond the Bechdel and that may very well blow the final whistle on movie misogyny.
NS1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 3 NS1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.15 / Panora 3
Northern Great Mountain Stoerre Vaerie Sweden, Denmark / 2015 / fiction / 15 min Elle, 78, does not like Sami people. Despite growing up in Lapland and speaking Sami as her mother tongue, she claims to be completely Swedish and denounces her heritage. Under family pressure, she reluctantly returns north for her sister’s funeral, where she must face herself and all of the things she has forgotten. A painful portrait of hatred, fear, ignorance and discrimination turned inward.
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Director: Amanda Kernell Producer: Lars G. Lindström Oskar Östergren Script: Amanda Kernell Photography: Petrus Sjövik Editing: Anders Skov Sound: Brian Dyrby Mira Falk Production: Nordisk Film Production AB Distr./Sales: Nordisk Film Production AB
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nordic short films
NS1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 3 NS1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.15 / Panora 3
NS1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 3 NS1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.15 / Panora 3
Listen Listen
Grandmother’s House Bestemors Hus
Denmark, Finland / 2014 / fiction / 13 min
Norway / 2014 / documentary, experimental / 10 min
A woman wearing a burqa, seeks help filing a complaint against her husband at a Copenhagen police station. The translator twists her words, an annoyed cop misunderstands, and her own son edits her. An upsetting and unsettling snapshot of how easily a woman is silenced when no one wants to hear her truth, and the broken system that keeps a woman in her place.
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Director:
Hamy Ramezan Rungano Nyoni Producer: Valeria Richter Helene Granqvist Script: Hamy Ramezan Rungano Nyoni Photography: Lars Vestergaard Editing: Rikke Selin Lorentzen Sound: Kristoffer Salting Production: Pebble Nordic Factory Distr./Sales: Pebble Nordic Factory
Grandmother’s House blends documentary and dance, memory and movement, to create an exquisite and emotional tribute to a grandmother’s love. Making a house a home is presented as a familial fairy tale, which can’t be explained in words alone or contained by four walls. In the end, our homes reflect us, are possessed by us, take the shape of us and speak for us, in our absence.
Director: Producer: Script:
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Kathrine Jacobsen Kathrine Jacobsen Silje Evensmo Jacobsen Photography: Fred Arne Wergeland Editing: Geir Ove Ramsvik Sound: Marius Ytterdal Production: Kathrine Jacobsen Distr./Sales: Kathrine Jacobsen
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NS1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 3 NS1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.15 / Panora 3
NS1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.00 / Panora 3 NS1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.15 / Panora 3
Teenland Teenland
09:55-11.05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B 09:55-11.05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B
Denmark, Germany / 2014 / fiction / 30 min
Sweden / 2015 / fiction / Blu Ray / 15 min
Sally is locked up in a prison-like institution for teens who are so emotionally messed-up they’ve developed supernatural powers. When Sally meets fellow inmate Ting-e-ling everything changes, and she learns to fully embody her special skills. An awesome mad pride, homoerotic music video mash-up brimming with attitude that literally empowers teenage girls to be as wild and free as they wanna be!
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Director: Marie Grahtø Producer: Amalie Lyngbo Hjort Script: Marie Grahtø Eini Carina Mikkel Bak Photography: Sophie Winqvist Editing: Martin Friis Sound: Mathias Dehn Middelhart Production: BeoFilm Distr./Sales: BeoFilm
Ingrid, a former dancer, decides to deal with her cancer diagnosis all on her own. She retreats to her apartment to be alone, and shuts out the world. One day, home care employee Frida knocks on her door and awakens feelings Ingrid can’t ignore, breaking her wide open. The women bridge the generation gap easily and bond over poetry, proper posture, and doing “what you love ‘til it kills you”. Words to live by.
Director:
Cristine Berglund Sophie Vukovic Producer: Jessica Liander Script: Sophie Vukovic Cristine Berglund Photography: Josua Enblom Editing: Sophie Vukovic Sound: Niklas Alden Production: Tika film & produktion Distr./Sales: Tika film & produktion
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NS 2: OUT OF ORDER The Pride of Strathmoor UpSide Down Tsunami Mercy all the Way Kung Fury These shorts have it all backwards, white is right and black is wrong, up is down and gravity is gone. Fact and fiction are totally twisted. While past and present are mixed and mangled. Bizarro worlds collide as time travelling cops and Norse gods join forces, racist priests bet against good and embrace evil, and animals avenge their human abusers. NS2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.45 / Panora 3 NS2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.30 / Panora 1
The Pride of Strathmoor The Pride of Strathmoor Iceland, USA / 2014 / animation / 8 min A black and white hand-drawn animation spills the ink on Pastor John Deitman thanks to his journal entries from June and July, 1927. His venomous racism and twisted perspective morph into madness in this nightmare of not-so-distant history and religious zeal. A creepy vision that resurrects the past in all of its ugly, hateful horror.
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Director: Einar Baldvin Producer: Einar Baldvin Script: Einar Baldvin Photography: Einar Baldvin Editing: Einar Baldvin Animation: Einar Baldvin Sound: Einar Baldvin Production: University of Southern California Distr./Sales: University of Southern California
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NS2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.45 / Panora 3 NS2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.30 / Panora 1
NS2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.45 / Panora 3 NS2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.30 / Panora 1
UpSide Down OppNed
Tsunami Tsunami
Norway / 2014 / fiction / 9 min
Denmark / 2015 / animation / 7 min
After crashing into a deer, a couple are left suspended upside down in their overturned car. They are stuck in the forest, in the middle of nowhere, without much hope of assistance. But then something, or is it someone, arrives on the scene… are they there to help or to hurt? A freaky film about human and animal instincts, natural and supernatural impulses.
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Director: Pål Øie Producer: Njål Lambrechts Script: Njål Lambrechts Photography: Sjur Aarthun Editing: Sjur Aarthun Sound: Hugo Ekornes Production Blinkfilm AS Distr./Sales: Blinkfilm AS
Haru returns home post-tsunami. Instead of facing the ruin of his life, he immerses himself in complete denial and remains in a bubble for as long as possible. But the presence of a mysterious creature washed up and trapped inside his house can only be ignored for so long... Profound in its silence and surrealism, Tsunami is an elegant metaphor about wallowing in the depths and coping with disaster.
Director: Sofie Nørgaard Kampmark Producer: Michelle Nardone Script: Sofie Kampmark Photography: Morten Jæger Editing: Sofie Kampmark Animation: Michelle From Pernille Kofod Hansen Steffen Christensen Sound: Thomas Ahlmark Production: The Animation Workshop Distr./Sales: The Animation Workshop
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nordic short films
nordic short films
NS2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.45 / Panora 3 NS2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.30 / Panora 1
NS2 / Sat 19 Sept 13.45 / Panora 3 NS2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.30 / Panora 1
Mercy all the Way Säälistäjät
Kung Fury Kung Fury
Finland / 2014 / fiction / Blu Ray / 30 min
Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 30 min
A group of women working in an unemployment office in small town Finland have discovered the secret to preventing future school shootings, and preserving national security. They control adolescent male rage and violence with patience, practiced techniques and by swallowing their pride. An ostentatious, rebellious and totally original concept that explodes gender roles and mainstream movie mores.
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Director: Hannaleena Hauru Producer: Ulla Simonen Script: Hannaleena Hauru Tanja Heinänen Photography: Jan-Niclas Jansson Editing: Jenny Tervakari Sound: Cedric de Lore Production: MADE Distr./Sales: MADE
Miami detective and kung fu freakshow Kung Fury travels back in time from the 1980s to World War II to kill Adolf Hitler, aka “Kung Führer”. But a time machine glitch sends him farther back than intended… A gleefully referential romp that re-mixes history, hilarity and logic. Buckle up and get ready for rhino cops, killer phone calls, Thor, the Hoff and SO much more!
Director: David Sandberg Producer: Eleni Young Karlsson, Linus Andersson Script: David Sandberg Photography: Jonas Ernhill Martin Gärdemalm Mattias Andersson Editing: Nils Moström Sound: Patrik Öberg Production: Laser Unicorns Productions Distr./Sales: Laser Unicorns Productions
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NS 3: AN ADULT EDUCATION Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness You and me High Point Heaven There are certain things you learn once you’re a grown up, specific knowledge that only comes with age. What’s cool as a kid is less cool once you have kids. Losing a parent becomes a question of when, not if. And who and how you love is no longer tethered to peer pressure, societal norms and convention once you’re an adult.
NS3 / Sun 20 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1 NS3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 2
Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness Pieniä kömpelöitä hellyydenosoituksia Finland / 2015 / fiction / 9 min A weekend Dad makes the most of the limited time he has with his daughter by cracking fart jokes and planning a trip to the car wash. His pubescent progeny is hardly amused. The real breakthrough comes when father and daughter are forced to tackle the feminine hygiene aisle at the grocery store, where they find the ‘fun’ in bodily function. A touching story about celebrating a milestone.
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Director: Miia Tervo Producer: Mikko Tenhunen Script: Laura Immonen Miia Tervo Photography: Päivi Kettunen Editing: Antti Reikko Sound: Janne Laine Production: Mjölk Movies Distr./Sales: Mjölk Movies
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nordic short films
NS3 / Sun 20 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1 NS3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 2
NS3 / Sun 20 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1 NS3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 2
You and me Þú og ég
High Point High Point
Iceland / 2014 / fiction / 14 min
Norway / 2014 / fiction / 25 min
Girl meets boy on a cold winter night. Girl is a single mom. And boy becomes less charming once girl invites him back to her place. As things get hot and heavy, the girl’s young daughter wakes up, and the roles of parent and child become reversed. A tidy tale of desire, denial, shame and confusion that shows a daughter who is more in touch with her mother’s problems than the mother herself.
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Director: Producer:
Ása Hjörleifsdóttir Birgitta Björnsdóttir Hlín Jóhannesdóttir Script: Ása Hjörleifsdóttir Photography: Arnar Thorisson Editing: Ása Hjörleifsdóttir Sound: Björn Viktorsson Production: Vintage Pictures Distr./Sales: Vintage Pictures
Former childhood friends Christian and Erland, now in their late 20s, confront their own adolescence, as they search for Christian’s younger brother at a series of parties over the course of one night. Do high school labels linger into adulthood? Are you always judged by some “cool” factor whether you buy into it or not? An all-nighter full of feeling and potential, where everyone seems on the verge of something.
Director: Emil Trier Producer: Hans-Jørgen Osnes Script: Emil Trier David Skaufjord Photography: Kjetil Fodnes Editing: Martin Stoltz Sound: Gisle Tveito Production: Motlys AS Distr./Sales: Motlys AS
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THE TEL AVIV INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
MAY 19-28.2016 DOCAVIV.CO.IL
NS3 / Sun 20 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1 NS3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 2
Heaven Heaven Denmark, Spain / 2015 / fiction / 29 min Director: Josefine Kirkeskov Nielsen Producer: Andreas Hjortdal Script: Emil Nygaard Albertsen Josefine Kirkeskov Alexandra Kristjansen Photography: Sebastian Danneborn Editing: Michael Bauer Sound: Sophia Maj Production: The National Film School of Denmark Distr./Sales: The National Film School of Denmark
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Blood Sisters
The Dogwalker
Every Face Has a Name
Twenty Years in Shorts and Docs
Bikes vs Cars
Victoria arrives at her parents’ idyllic, bohemian villa in Mallorca with her boyfriend Oscar in tow. She holds her parents’ 25-year marriage and romance as proof that eternal love and fidelity exists and models her own relationship after theirs. But her parents are not, in fact, the paragons of monogamy she always imagined, and Victoria is forced to expand her definitions of love, lust and loyalty.
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new nordic voices
new NORDIC voices NNV 1: LOSING IT Mazda The Birthday Present Just a Name Goodnight Birdy Lose control, pop your top, surrender your surname, and free yourself from your inhibitions and prejudices. Let it all go! Losing control can be a freeing experience as much as a confining one, a release as much as a failure, depending on which side of the equation you find yourself. So, why not go with the flow and see where it takes you. NNV1 / Sat 19 Sept 10.00 / Panora 2 NNV1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.45 / Panora 2
Mazda Mazda Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 15 min After a brutal police beating, riots break out in the suburbs of Stockholm. Three friends clash with cops, protesting, hurling Molotov cocktails, and burning cars. When the trio find themselves cornered by the authorities, they hop into an old Mazda to avoid detection and discover solidarity in the unlikeliest of places. A memorable movie with a message.
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Director: Alexis Almstrรถm Producer: Markus Waltรฅ Stefan Henriksson Script: Alexis Almstrรถm Photography: Karin Stenwall Editing: Joel Rayner Sound: Manne Kjellander Martin Lindstrรถm Philip Eriksson Production: Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts Distr./Sales: Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts
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new nordic voices
NNV1 / Sat 19 Sept 10.00 / Panora 2 NNV1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.45 / Panora 2
NNV1 / Sat 19 Sept 10.00 / Panora 2 NNV1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.45 / Panora 2
The Birthday Present Födelsedagspresenten
Just a Name Naisen nimi
Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 15 min
Finland / 2015 / fiction / 18 min
Jimmy is a 25-year-old virgin with Asperger’s syndrome. When his father arranges a special birthday surprise, things don’t go exactly as planned, proving that even the best laid plans don’t always get laid. A touching twist on the fatherson bond and its bounds, The Birthday Present shows how sometimes the greatest gift we can receive is the kind we give ourselves.
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Director: Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand Producer: Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand Script: Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand Photography: Oskar Edvinsson Editing: Anton Markgren Sound: Erik Bygdemark Erik Ahlin Martin Skog Production: Film i Dalarna Dalarna University Distr./Sales: Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand
Annu struggles to decide whether or not to assume her soon-to-be-husband’s last name. Her loud and proud BFF urges her to apply the three principles of feminist self-defence to her predicament and suddenly a seemingly small choice explodes into a full-blown debate over dinner. A gut-busting gender equality comedy with energy and zingers to spare!
Director: Tiina Lymi Producer: John Lundsten Script: Melli Maikkula Photography: Jan Nyman Editing: Harri Ylönen Sound: Karri Niinivaara Production: TACK Films Oy Distr./Sales: The Finnish Film Foundation
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NNV1 / Sat 19 Sept 10.00 / Panora 2 NNV1 / Mon 21 Sept 21.45 / Panora 2
Goodnight Birdy Enkebal Denmark / 2015 / fiction / 22 min Greta is convinced that she will die of sorrow upon the death of her beloved husband. Only, she doesn’t. Her frustration at not being able to join her partner in the afterlife isolates her, until she meets a group of widows who inspire her not only to survive but to thrive and transform her grief into gratitude. A gorgeous reminder that the heart must go on.
Director: Zara Zerny Producer: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard Script: Morten Pape Zara Zerny Photography: Lis Dyre Editing: Sofie Steenberger Sound: Reda El-Kheloufi Eske Nørholm Production: Manna Film Distr./Sales: Manna Film
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NNV 2: A GENTLE REMINDER The Guardian Belles-Lettres Playing with balls Bird Hearts Sons Sometimes we forget what is truly important and need to be reminded. We must remember who we are, and sometimes it takes a robot caretaker or a carefully worded letter to help us recall where, when, why, who and what we hold most dear. Remind me again why I love you, why we’re monogamous, what family means, and what makes us essentially human. NNV2 / Sat 19 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2 NNV2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Panora 3
The Guardian Valvoja Finland / 2014 / animation / 8 min An old woman’s memory is fading fast, dimming as the night darkens. Her trusty robot assistant tries everything in its power to keep her from confusing teacups with pills, lightbulbs with laundry. Using pictograms to remind her of right and wrong, will her charming robot companion be able to communicate her even larger responsibility?
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Director: Pietari Bagge, Christer Hongisto, Elisa Ikonen Inka Matilainen Producer: Pietari Bagge Script: Pietari Bagge, Christer Hongisto, Elisa Ikonen, Inka Matilainen Photography: Pietari Bagge, Christer Hongisto, Elisa Ikonen, Inka Matilainen Editing: Pietari Bagge, Christer Hongisto, Elisa Ikonen, Inka Matilainen Sound: Tuukka Nikkilä Production: Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture Distr./Sales: Aalto University
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new nordic voices
NNV2 / Sat 19 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2 NNV2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Panora 3
NNV2 / Sat 19 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2 NNV2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Panora 3
Belles-Lettres Mannen er en morder
Playing with balls Tvíliðaleikur
Norway / 2015 / fiction / 12 min
Iceland / 2014 / fiction / 8 min
Damir is a hardened criminal who receives hundreds of love notes from female admirers he’s never met. He hates the letters and loathes the ladies who send them. His psychologist urges him to respond to the correspondence as a therapeutic exercise in empathy and emotional expression, but perhaps it’s the doctor who needs a prescription for his own issues. A riveting rehabilitation.
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Director: Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad Producer: Nina M. Barbosa Blad Script: Hans Petter Blad Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad Photography: Nils Eilif Bremdal Editing: Trude Lirhus Sound: Vegard Ronæss Soldal Linda Torp Production: Barbosa Blad Film Distr./Sales: Barbosa Blad Film
A group of older women watch a hot and heavy tennis match at the local recreation centre, living vicariously through the players. One of the voyeurs is inspired to act on her desires and escape her daily routine — but the result may not be the blissful encounter she anticipated. A timely commentary on sex, commitment, monogamy and equal rights.
Director:
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir Producer: Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir Script: Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir Photography: Árni Filippusson Editing: Valdís Óskarsdóttir Sigurður Eyþórsson Sound: Huldar Freyr Arnarson Production: Zik Zak Filmworks Distr./Sales: Ouat Media
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new nordic voices
NNV2 / Sat 19 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2 NNV2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Panora 3
NNV2 / Sat 19 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2 NNV2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Panora 3
Bird Hearts Fuglehjerter
Sons Pojat
Norway / 2015 / fiction / 25 min
Finland / 2014 / fiction / 17 min
Benjamin and Maya share everything. But on the occasion of Benjamin’s birthday, Maya shares a sexy story about Carnival in Brazil that he has never heard before. Is there such as a thing as too much honesty? Benjamin’s insecurities and vulnerabilities bubble up to the surface, begging the question: What constitutes sexiness, security and success in a relationship - withholding or oversharing?
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Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Producer: Martine Solberg Script: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Photography: Daniel Warren Editing: Jonas Ekroll Bakkelund Sound: Odin Eggen Brække Production: Westerdals Distr./Sales: Westerdals
Three quarrelsome brothers reunite and come together under one roof on the occasion of a looming family tragedy. A tender story about siblings acting out their childhood rivalries well into adulthood and the lengths men will go to hide their true feelings. A universal lesson in love, loss and the delight that can lie hidden in ancient disputes.
Director: Isabella Karhu Producer: Erkki Perkiömäki Script: Isabella Karhu Photography: Tuomas Peltonen Editing: Saana Jurmu Sound: Juho Tanskanen Production: Lahti Institute of Design Distr./Sales: Lahti Institute of Design
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NNV 3: CHANGE MY WORLD This Place is Every Place By Any Means A-Veilable Zelos Machine The world is constantly changing, with political, scientific, social and technological advances arriving fast and furious. The future is full of clones and giant machines, new forms of dress and protest. But are we ready for the world to come? What will we fight for and against once we’ve run out of conflicts? Where and what will we build once we’ve run out of room? NNV3 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Panora 1 NNV3 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
This Place is Every Place Dette er alle steder Norway / 2015 / fiction / 17 min A conversation between two sisters in the suburb of Tensta in Stockholm reveals insights and connections between the Arab Spring, global protest movements over the past three years and recent riots in the Swedish suburbs. A subtle study of duality, through the siblings’ penetrating political and personal relationships to the world around them, and their attitudes towards change.
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Director: Ane Hjort Guttu Producer: Ane Hjort Guttu Script: Ane Hjort Guttu Photography: Cecilie Semec Editing: Karen Gravås Sound: Sigrun Merete Mongstad Edvard Saare Production: Ane Hjort Guttu Distr./Sales: Ane Hjort Guttu
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NNV3 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Panora 1 NNV3 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
NNV3 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Panora 1 NNV3 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
By Any Means A-Veilable SLØR - NIQUAB NI SOUMISE
Zelos Zelos
France, Denmark / 2014 / fiction / 18 min
USA, Iceland / 2015 / fiction / 15 min
Babette, a Danish woman living in Paris, embarks on a mission to find the perfect apartment. She wants to make the right investment and relies on numbers and calculations to measure worth, but soon finds that a measuring tape can only go so far. A daring, absurdist comedy dense with sight gags and ideas about female emancipation, empowerment, being seen and unseen.
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Director: Charlotte Schiøler Producer: Charlotte Schiøler Script: Charlotte Schiøler Photography: Olivier Guerbois Editing: Xavier Sirven Sound: Remi Chanaud Production: Charlotte Schioler Productions Distr./Sales: Salaud Morisset DCM
Maria, a competitive Supermom, strives to do it all but realises she can’t do it alone. So she orders a clone to help around the house, freeing her up to spend more time with her family, better compete with her flawless friend Ari, and train for an upcoming charity run. As her double takes on more responsibilities in the home, Maria is forced to wonder: is her ringer really her rival? Buyer beware.
Director: Thoranna Sigurdardottir Producer: Sara Nassim Constanza Castro Script: Thoranna Sigurdardottir Christina Strain Photography: Ben Hardwicke Editing: Yuri Chernykh Sound: Stephen Nelson Lisle Engle John Ross Production: True North Distr./Sales: AFI
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NNV 4: transphobia
NNV3 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Panora 1 NNV3 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
NNV4 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Panora 2 NNV4 / Mon 21 Sept 11.30 / Spegeln A
Machine Machine
Transphobia Transfobia
Denmark / 2015 / animation / 19 min
Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 82 min
A couple living in a seaside village deals with the crushing noise, dust and disruption of giant machines that upturn cobblestones and run over cars in a massive reconstruction project aimed at building the town anew. The machines are harbingers of transformation and upheaval, for the city streets outside but also for the residents’ lives inside.
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Director: Sunit Parekh-Gaihede Producer: Sunit Parekh-Gaihede Script: Sunit Parekh-Gaihede Photography: Sunit ParekhGaihede Editing: Morten Giese Sunit Parekh-Gaihede Animation: Nicolai Slothuus Sean Ermey, Mette Tang Mike Daly, David Rene Christensen Tonni Zinck, Richard Sällqvist Bo Mathorne Sound: Martin Dirkov Production: Hydralab Distr./Sales: Hydralab
Two women from the same village in Kurdistan, who fled for very different reasons, are brought together in this transcendent documentary that explores community inclusion and exclusion. Filmmaker Nur Tutal fled with her family as a child from Kurdistan, while Rashan was cast out for being transgender. Rashan struggles on a daily basis to just be. Simply leaving the house leads to judgement, stares, hateful slurs and threats to her personal security. By comparing and contrasting the discrimination and violence Rashan experiences as a transgender woman to the Kurdish genocide, Transphobia politicises gender in a completely novel way and highlights the contradiction of being an outcast in a persecuted minority.
Director: Nur Tutal Iván Blanco Producer: Stina Gardell Script: Nur Tutal Iván Blanco Photography: Iván Blanco Editing: Helena Fredriksson Margareta Lagerqvist Sound: Jan Alvermark Production: Mantaray Film AB Distr./Sales: Mantaray Film AB
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International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 5 — 10 May 2016
Iceland in Focus
www.kurzfilmtage.de
With Iceland in focus at this year’s Nordisk Panorama Nordic Short and Doc Film Festival you will have the opportunity to meet an extraordinary array of creativity and talent, which erupts from this North Atlantic country of merely 300.000 inhabitants. Several programme activities are bubbling up like geysers and exploding with talent, creativity and entrepreneurship ranging from the fearless ‘Reykjavíkurdæatur’ (‘Daughters of Reykjavik’) rapping at our opening party to Jóhann Jóhanssons’s Masterclass ‘Crossing Borders’ with his ‘less is more’ approach to composing music for films. You will meet Ísold Uggadóttir as the inviting guest of My Dinner With as well as a great variety of Icelandic shorts and docs in the Icelandic Retrospective, Art films at Malmö Konsthall and the truly interactive musical learning concept of Biophilia.
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You are invited to the private home of Gudrun Hauksdottir, an Icelander living in Malmo, for the @home screening of Sigur Rós: Heima and be introduced to yet another form of Icelandic storytelling. We invite you to fully immerse yourself in the rich cultural works of Iceland!
In cooperation with: Icelandic Film Centre, Íslandsstofa & Promote Iceland and Icelandic Cinema Online.
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Icelandic Retrospective
Icelandic Retro
A recurring theme in many Icelandic films is the nostalgic look at the outsider and his or her struggle to fit in, their role in society and the need to be accepted by the surroundings. Icelandic films and their slow paced, deadpan take on the islanders black humour and their superstition captures the essence of being Icelandic. Icelandic films have gained recognition in recent years and Icelandic shorts have done amazingly well at festivals around the world and have been a stepping stone for its filmmakers on to bigger things. For example such films as Rúnar Rúnarsson The Last Farm and Ísold Uggadóttir first short Family Reunion. Rúnarsson’s Volcano was wellreceived and Ísold Uggadóttir is filming her first feature this winter.
Icelandic documentaries come in all shapes and sizes, many of them employ a small crew and budget, while others are co-produced, filmed and edited by the director. As well, fantastic big-budget feature docs have emerged from Icelanders such as Þorfinnur Guðnason’s Dreamland and Friðrik Þór Friðriksson’s The Sunshine Boy. / Janus Bragi Jakobsson
Icelandic documentaries have earned great respect in recent years, especially with last year’s Nordisk Panorama winner Salóme by Yrsa Roca Fannberg.
Iceland2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
Iceland2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
Iceland2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
Sonnet of Delirium Sonnet of Delirium
Rattlesnakes Skröltormar
The Last Farm in the Valley Sídasti bærinn í dalnum
Is one of few animation films out of Iceland, made in part by the Icelandic Una Lorentzen, who brought this eerie tale to life, using hand drawn cut outs and frame by frame charcoal animation. Sonnet of Delirium is an experimental horror film with an atmospheric feel.
A middle-aged car salesman midlife crises burst out into the open, when he gets himself new rattlesnake boots. Hafsteinn Gunnars Sigurðsson’s “Rattlesnakes” is his first take on a theme he has examined ever since; state of the male in the modern world.
Iceland’s Oscar nominated short film is a gem in the Icelandic canon and deserves attention. Though the film is set in an isolated Icelandic valley, the theme is universal love and commitment. An aging farmer is leaving with his wife for a retirement home in the city. What are the last chores?
Una Lorenzen & Majeed Beenteha / Iceland, USA / 2011 / animation / 5 min
Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson / Iceland / 2007 / fiction / 23 min
Rúnar Rúnarsson / Iceland / 2004 / fiction / 17 min
Iceland1 / Sat 19 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln A
Iceland1 / Sat 19 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln A
Iceland2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
Iceland2 / Sun 20 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln C
Iceland3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 3
Iceland3 / Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / Panora 3
The Corner Shop Kjötborg
A Pure Heart Hreint hjarta
Megaphone Megaphone
Come To Harm Skaði
Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir Amma Lo-fi
Architecture of Home Íslensk alþýða
Kjötborg is one of the last remaining corner shop grocery stores in Iceland. The two brothers who run it have become legends in their lifetime, as the store is one of the last bastions of small grocery stores in the city.
A priests work is never done. In A Pure Heart we get to know Kristinn Ágúst Friðfinnsson, who has been a priest in the town of Selfoss, Iceland for 20 years. While fulfilling the various duties of priesthood he still has his own demons to deal with.
The film deals with perception and sex in a grey area. Hera and Orri meet one adventurous night in downtown Reykjavik. Excitement and attraction is in the air. In the morning light, the glow from the night before disappears as the relationship between the pair takes an abrupt turn.
In the aftermath of the economic crash a banker, whose life is slipping into turmoil, takes shelter in his half build house in barren, concrete landscape when he senses an intruder in his home. Come to Harm is a thriller that received international praise and the award for the best Icelandic short in 2012.
Grímur Hákonarson / Iceland / 2012 / documentary / 70 min
Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir / Iceland / 2013 / fiction / 15 min
Börkur Sigþórsson / Iceland / 2010 / fiction / 18 min
Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir, Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir / Iceland / 2008 / documentary / 44 min
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Mixing in her pets, found toys, kitchen percussion and Casio keyboards, 70 years old Sigrídur Níelsdóttir creates catchy compositions. The grand old lady of Icelandic music has recorded and released over 59 albums with more than 600 songs. Orri Jónsson, Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir, Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir (Kira Kira) / Iceland / 2011 / documentary / 62 min
In this creative documentary, Þórunn Hafsteinsdóttir explore 1930’s housing project in Reykjavík, and how the houses we live in and their architecture affect our lives and lifestyles. All its inhabitants love and admire the house, as a place where everything is well made, fully thought through and supposed to last lifetimes. Þórunn Hafstað / Iceland / 2009 / documentary / 30 min
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Remembering – a glimpse of a memory
icelandic art films
Nordisk Panorama and Malmö Konsthall invite you to a selection of Icelandic Art films, all themed around belonging, identity, territory and memory. “Coming from Iceland where nature plays a big role in most people´s memories, as we are still so few, sharing this island, there is space for wilderness that echoes in many people´s memories and their feelings of the territory.” Says the curator Kristín Scheving. Fri 18 Sept, Mon 21 Sept-Wed 23 Sept 11.00-15.00, Sat 20 Sept-Sun 21 Sept 11.00-17.00 / Malmö Konsthall / Free entrance
Material Puffin Material Puffin
in the land of the Elevator Girls in the land of The work touches upon the themes of the Elevator Girls cultural identity and the mechanics of a memory about a place. In the video a character from the artist former work reappears, symbolizing the artist as a puffin. Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir / Iceland / 2014 /6 min
The elevator as a metaphorical vehicle to reveal an outsider’s gaze into contemporary Japanese culture. Brief glimpses of a series of landscapes — natural, urban, cultural and domestic. Steina / Iceland / 1989 / 4 min
Glasshouse Glasshouse Guðjónsson makes videos where image, sound, and space form a seamless whole. He finds his ideas in his immediate environment often in abandoned places.
Sigurður Guðjónsson / Iceland / 2010 / 5 min
In the crack of the land In the crack of the land At night the hidden folks come out of the rocks and dance with the glacial river. But tracks in the snow lead to some unforeseen events. A film inspired by a walk the artist took in 2006 in the Icelandic highlands, Kárahnjúkar. Today the vast amount of land has turned into a giant reservoir. Una Lorenzen / Iceland, USA / 2009 / 8 min
Reminiscence Reminiscence
LAUGARVATN - disturbed image Laugarvatn The artist uses a Portapak on his walk - trufluð mynd through a farmhouse in Moravia, the site of Woody Vasulka’s youth, as seen through the transformative effects of the Rutt/Etra Scan Processor.
Woody Vasulka / Iceland / 1974 / 5 min
Gunnarsdóttir är känd för sina performances på okonventionella platser, Gunnarsdóttir is known for her performances that take place in unconventional places and her visual psychedelic poetry. Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir / Iceland / 2013 / 7 min
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Repeating Feeling Repeating Feeling
Fluctuation FlökT
Margrét Margrét
A snapshot of a memory, a whisper from an old relative telling you what to do next.
Our world is defined by our minds which is constantly fluctuating. Imagination co-exists with fluctuation.
A miniature female character inserted into a black background, partially fading into the darkness in a chiaroscuro manner, reminding of silent film.
Kristín Scheving / Iceland / 2015 / 4 min
María Dalberg / Iceland / 2015 / 8 min
Dodda Maggý / Iceland / 2005 / 4 min
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@home screening
A masterclass by Icelandic composer and filmmaker Jóhann Jóhannsson
Watching films together is sharing emotions and one of the last communions we have. Film should be watched at the cinema is what we have been told time and time again and it is truly a great collective experience to sit there in the darkness of the cinema and be captured by the great picture and stories on the big screen. Now we offer yet another shared experience with film.
Sun 20 Sept 12.00 / Panora 2
Where lies the difference in composing music for documentaries vs. big feature films? Is the music supposed to be able to stand alone or is it´s role narrative and to help tell the story?
Sat 19 Sept 19.00 / At Gudrun’s home / Free admission, sign up in advance required at www.nordiskpanorama.com/eventregistration/ Imagine visiting the private home of someone who has carefully chosen a film they really want to share with you, that’s amazing, isn’t it? As if hundreds of carefully selected films chosen by our programmers isn’t enough, this year we also offer you a unique @home screening experience. For the first time ever, Nordisk Panorama invites you for a home screening, where the audience is welcomed into the living room of a beloved Malmö personality.
This year’s Icelandic focus is naturally reflected in the choice of film. We are proud to present the host Gudrun Hauksdottir, a musician and a celebrated personality on Malmö’s cultural scene. On Saturday evening, she opens her home to the festival with the screening of Sigur Rós: Heima by Dean DeBlois, which is one of Gudrun’s favorite documentaries. sigur rós: heima sigur rós: heima In 2006, after having toured the world, Sigur Rós returned home to Iceland to play a series of free, unannounced concerts. Heima is a unique recording of that tour, filmed on location across the island, taking in the biggest and smallest shows of the band’s career. Dean DeBois / Iceland / 2007 / documentary / 97 min
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Crossing Borders
In this masterclass Jóhann will share his experiences working as composer for the soundtracks of documentaries such as Copenhagen Dreams and The Miners’ Hymns, which was performed with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble. Much of Jóhannsson’s work lately has been for feature films as Le Grand Cahier, Prisoners and The Theory of Everything. As well as composing music for big Hollywood productions, he has made his own films, one them being End of Summer, shown at this year’s Nordisk Panorama festival.
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JÓHANNSSON1 / Sun 20 Sept 11.00 / Panora 2
JÓHANNSSON2 / Mon 21 Sept 19.00 / Spegeln A
End of Summer End of Summer
Good Things Await Så meget godt i vente
End of Summer is Jóhann Jóhannsson first short film as a director and is a journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Filmed on b/w Super 8 as a series of mostly static tableaux, the film is a startling look at life at the edge of the world. The amazing score features Hildur Guðnadóttir and Robert A.A. Lowe as well as Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Niels is one of the last idealistic farmers left in the Danish countryside. He makes some of the world’s finest products, praised by consumers and prized by restaurants (including NOMA in Copenhagen), using biodynamic farming practices and a holistic approach to raising animals. But not everyone is a fan, as he defends his farm and philosophy from corporate and licensing authority threats.
Jóhann Jóhannsson / Iceland, Denmark / 2014 / documentary / 29 min
Phie Ambo / Denmark / 2014 / documentary / 95 min
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DARING TO BE WEIRD – Artist talk Kitty Von-Sometime is the creator of the video series The Weird Girls Project focusing on female empowerment and body consciousness. Sat 19 Sept 18.30 / NP Hangout stage at Panora (Entrance) / Free admission
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In her series, Kitty is working with bold imagery, movement and color with women that come to participate in her performance pieces without any information about what is going to happen. The series aim to create trust among the participants and the crew, in a safe space created to push their confidence and sense of togetherness artistically. PEOPLE: p. 138 Kitty Von-Sometime
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MY DINNER WITH ... Ísold Uggadóttir Ísold Uggadóttir is an award-winning Icelandic filmmaker based in Reykjavik, Iceland. She is a two-time winner of the Icelandic Academy Award for Best Short Film. “My Dinner With…” is a unique event where a well-known Nordic filmmaker has a dinner conversation on stage with someone they admire artistically. It is a popular event that takes you behind the scenes of two filmmakers creative thinking and methods. The event is inspired by Louis Malles’ film My Dinner with Andre from 1981. Sun 20 Sept 16.00 / Panora 1
In her films Ísold takes on the issues and the society around her. Her characters may not be the most sympathetic, but Ísold puts them through the wrench of realization, to come out in the other end, stronger and more understanding. Ísold’s films are very much a look on the society she lives in and of her own life. Her first film, Family Reunion is a modern day coming out story, after-crash Reykjavík in Revolution Reykjavík and a drug addict cleaning up in New York in her second short Clean. Her film Njálsgata takes on growing responsibilities of party-soaked young people in Reykjavík.
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Currently, Ísold is developing her first feature film, and Breath Normally, produced by Zik Zak Filmworks in Reykjavik. At the edge of Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula, two women’s lives will intersect – for a brief moment – while trapped in circumstances unforeseen. Between a struggling, young Icelandic mother and a Ugandan asylum seeker, an intimate bond will form as both strategize in private – to get their lives back on track. PEOPLE: p. 138 Ísold Uggadóttir
my dinner with ... UGGADÓTTIR / Tue 22 Sept 16.00 / Panora 3
Family Reunion Góðir gestir
Committed Njálsgata
New York-based Katrín is returning to her native Iceland for her grandfather’s 70th birthday. Her family in Reykjavik unwittingly engages her in discussions about marriage, children and her future – while she sneaks in phone calls to her girlfriend in New York. As she struggles with coming out, events reveal that other family members have secrets of their own.
Conquering insecurity is easier said than done. Icelanders Eva and Vidar find out the hard way, as they take their relationship to the next level. Received the Icelandic Academy award for Best Short in 2010.
Ísold Uggadóttir / Iceland / 2006 /fiction / 19 min
Ísold Uggadóttir / Iceland / 2009 / fiction / 18 min
Clean Clean
Revolution Reykjavik Útrás Reykjavík
Filmed on location in New York City during the summer of 2009, CLEAN tells the story of one young woman’s struggle to conceal a growing habit, whilst attempting to retain her composure as a charming dance instructor for the elderly.
In the aftermath of the economic crash in Iceland, Guðfinna a dignified, a middle-class grandmother who loses her job, strives stubbornly not to lose her poise and self-respect. Guðfinna embodies the economic meltdown of a nation that once thought the path was clear.
Ísold Uggadóttir / Iceland / 2010 / fiction / 10 min
Ísold Uggadóttir / Iceland / 2011 / fiction / 19 min
In collaboration with: Grand Öl & Mat and Far i Hatten.
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Opening screening Dance Dance Dance is the key word of this year’s opening as we invite you to the world premiere of Martha & Niki by director Tora Mårtens. Fri 18 Sept. 18.00 / Filmstart 19.00 / Malmö Live Concert Hall
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Martha & Niki Martha & Niki Hiphop dancers Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos vie for the Juste Debout title in Paris international street dancing’s highest honour. If they win, it will mark the first time ever that two women reign as world champions. Can the close friends blow the competition away with their moves? Will their friendship endure the highs and lows of winning and losing? A film that goes deeper than dance, Martha and Niki explores how different people express themselves, and the various ways ideas, experiences and souls are articulated. Niki prefers words, asking questions and talking out problems, while Martha’s mode of communication is through dance, her desires and yearning evident through gesture and movement. A poetic look at pain that can’t be named and the things we leave unsaid. Tora Mårtens / Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 90 min
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Special programme intro Our Special Programmes aim to explore themes and subject matter that revealed themselves during the programming process and include films that need to be seen in addition to the offerings in the competition programmes. Thanks to our partners at the Malmö City Archives, the Malmö Airport, the Malmö Stadsbibliotek and Babel we are able to show how deep the talent pool in the Nordic countries really is, and in venues outside of standard screening rooms and cinemas.
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Future1 / Sat 19 Sept 11.30 / Spegeln A
Future2 / Sun 20 Sept 13.30 / Spegeln A
Future3/ Sun 20 Sept 16.00 / Spegeln C
Bikes vs Cars Bikes vs Cars
Detained Förvaret
Warriors From the North Krigerne fra nord
Modern cities are increasingly built around the needs of automobiles, despite their detrimental effects to the planet, human lifespan and quality of life. The car didn’t always drive urban planning though, as activists and cyclists all over the world realise the bicycle’s history and potential as a tool for change. But will economic and political interests block the bike renaissance?
Twenty-five asylum seekers await their fate while locked inside a Swedish Migration Agency detention centre. A mother separated from her children faces expulsion, a young man waits for his life to begin, and a staff member struggles with the impersonal bureaucracy required of her job. Detained is a truly absorbing existential observation on freedom of movement and the value of life.
Why did Abdi, Hassan and Mohammed, all young SomaliScandinavian men, leave their comfortable lives and families in Denmark and Norway to join alShabaab, an extremist Islamic terrorist group in Somalia? A complex and chilling look at the trend of Muslim youth leaving the West to become suicide bombers and a father’s quest to contact his son before it’s too late.
Fredrik Gertten / Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 88 min
Shaon Chakraborty, Anna Persson / Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 96 min
Søren Steen Jespersen, Nasib Farah / Denmark / 2014 / documentary / 59 min
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a glimpse of the future Look into the future of media, movement, freedom, farming, and terrorism and notice that we are at a crossroads. also Part of the Future programme: Our rapidly growing cities, the food we eat, the places we Good things await call home, the freedoms we take for granted and those p. 71 simply not being granted, come into sharp focus in this Drone p. 26 collection of documentaries that raise timely topics that hang on the precipice. We are at a tipping point where a minor change can, and very well will, turn into a major and irreversible one.
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Future4 / Mon 21 Sept 16.30 / Spegeln A
Future4 / Mon 21 Sept 16.30 / Spegeln A
Future5 / Tue 22 Sept 16.00 / Panora 2
Crisis Document. A Survival Guide Krisdokument. En överlevnadsguide
I aM DUBLIN JAG ÄR DUBLIN
The Newsroom - Off the Record Ekstra Bladet - uden for Citat
Recipe for fascism: Half a generation unemployed, doctors forced to choose whom to treat, social security disappearing, the public on discount. The filmmakers have asked their friends in Greece to make a list of their images of the euro crisis. It becomes a warning list for the North.
In the 2012 short film Dublin Ahmed played a fictional character whose life mirrored his own. In this real-life account of his experiences hiding, lying and being stuck in-between countries for six years as a “Dublin case”, Ahmed brings compelling awareness to the Dublin Regulation, its injustice and the young people caught in the immigration limbo of its wake.
Marta Dauliute, Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall / Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 15 min
David Aronowitsch, Anna Persson, Ahmed Abdullahi, Sharmarke Binyusuf / Sweden / 2015 / documentary / 76 min
The world of print media is threatened by extinction when the financial crisis hits, as circulation numbers free-fall and the corporations that own them crash. Danish media is not unscathed by this crisis, as Ekstra Bladet experiences the worst crunch in the newspaper’s 100 years of publishing. A portrait of a tabloid newspaper entering a new do-or-die digital era. Mikala Krogh / Denmark / 2014 / documentary / 98 min
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Dive into the archive Malmö City Archive is showing 4 out of the 600 films available in the historical troves of the archive building, where you also will find literature focusing on audio-visual media. Mon-Fri 18-23 Sept 10-18 Sat 19 Sept 10-15 / Malmö Stadsarkiv The four films are: Gulliver’s Workshop. A walk through presentation of Kochum’s mechanical workshop in 1940 A film about legs. Malmö stocking factory in 1934 Are you with me. A film that should motivate people to read through Hermods. Sun Cabins in 1940. A Tenant Association’s summer activities to get Children to the beach.
The city archive contains the archives of the city administration and government agencies operating in Malmo as well as large collections of private genealogy associations and corporate archives. The City Archive has 3 million photographs and 600 film titles.
Homage Fromage
– Cheezy Shorts Special Programme Take a bite out of shorts that ooze with pop culture, film and videogame references. A veritable film fondue ripe with nostalgia, this celebration of celluloid cheese pays tribute to both the soft and hard varieties, from celebrity fantasy to historical reality, love to loathing, and romance to revenge. Sat 19 Sept 19.00 / Babel
The Great Harlot and the Beast
If In Doubt Paddle Out If In Doubt Paddle Out
Miss Zahra Miss Zahra
A Dane is going to learn to surf or break his neck trying, in this totally tubular tribute to the seminal surfing crime caper Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. An awesome and amusing homage that honours the spirit of the source material from its dialogue right down to the smallest details in its opening credit sequence.
Seppo, a lonely tree harvester, receives a spam email from a mysterious Iraqi woman named Zahra. Is she phishing for money or more? Is she even real? Seppo decides to trust his heart for once and takes a risk on love, but will it lead to passion or peril? A charming mash-up of equal parts internet scam, online dating, romance and robbery.
Andrew Ross Blackman / Denmark / 2014 / fiction / 8 min
Markus Lehmusruusu / Finland / 2015 / fiction / 27 min
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All In All In
Kung Fury Kung Fury
A nod to the action films and computer games of the 1980s, a kid exacts revenge on his bullies with the help of his beloved videogames at the local hot dog hangout. This vicious, violent and haunting victory, set to The Fjords’ titular song, shows a nerd’s dark justice thanks to Nintendo.
Miami detective and kung fu freakshow Kung Fury travels back in time from the 1980s to World War II to kill Adolf Hitler, aka “Kung Führer”. But a time machine glitch sends him farther back than intended… A gleefully referential romp that re-mixes history, hilarity and logic. Buckle up and get ready for rhino cops, killer phone calls, Thor, the Hoff and SO much more!
Line Klungseth Johansen, Øystein Moe / Norway / 2015 / fiction / 6 min
David Sandberg / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 30 min
Den store skøge og udyret A marionette prince entertains a group of children by comically saving a damsel in distress. But what entertains a kiddie crowd is not what satisfies an adult audience. As the prince adjusts his performance to please his mature spectators, what began as a fairy tale soon ends in nightmare. Karsten Peter Kjaerulf-Hoop / Denmark / 2014 / animation / 8 min
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TURN BACK TIME
Kent Klich Black Friday – Exhibition
– Airport Special Programme
If you could stop the clock, turn back time or alter the future, would you? Would you fix your love life, bring back your loved ones, return to baser instincts and run amok, or aim higher and try to save the world? Your answers say everything about you, whether you’re a predator or prey, cat or mouse, man or man’s best friend. Mon 15 Sept - ons 23 Sept / Oasen, Malmö Airport (in the gate area for checked-in travelers)
Cats in Riga Cats in Riga
Exhibition is on 11 Sept - 27 Sept / Mon-Fri 11-15, Sat-Sun 11-17 / Konsthallen sal C Behold the world of man, from a cat’s eye view. A noisy place full of turmoil, warmongering, superficiality and pretentiousness. Time appears to stand still as the beautiful lovers, arrogant killers, serious sleepers and questionable musicians that make up Riga’s feline population, provide a distinct perspective that spotlights our human instincts and lack thereof. Jon Bang Carlsen / Denmark, Lithuania / 2014 / documentary / 17 min
Roadkill Roadkill
The Gold Watch Guldklockan
Cams Cams
Maja and Daniel are stuck in a relationship rut. They bicker and argue as they drive along winding, snowcovered roads dotted with roadkill, en route to burying something that they both hold dear. A bittersweet tale of what a couple can and cannot accept, and what they try to put off until the very end.
A tired, middle-aged man walks into a grocery store and finds a magic pocket watch that enables him to stop time. He realizes that he can do whatever he wants with this newfound power. Will he use the watch to do good or just goof off? A fun physical comedy about tremendous power, excess and waste.
The image pans slowly to show a coastal moor, a neighbourhood of empty villas, silent streets. There are no human beings, no explanation of what happened, where everyone went, how it all ended. Nature flourishes however, trees sway, squirrels scavenge, and something darker stirs… An experimental science-fiction that uses camera movement to create serious suspense.
Samir Arabzadeh / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 13 min
Joachim Nakagawa Stråning / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 7 min
Carl-Johan Westregård / Sweden / 2014 / experimental / 13 min
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Photographer Kent Klich’s new project Black Friday is the third part of his ongoing depiction – books, video installations and exhibitions – of life in the Gaza Strip.
Since the beginning of the 21st century he has worked with both his own photography and a kind of investigation of images of the citizens of Gaza and their “video diaries” filmed with mobile phones. His pictures can be seen as a reaction to all the photos of catastrophic scenes from the area that reach us via the mass media – the constant press photos of acts of violence. Black Friday, which is a joint project with Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture, depicts the attack on the city of Rafah the 1st of August 2014, and its aftermath. This exhibition is part of Malmö Photo Biennale 2015. In collaboration with: Malmö Konsthall, Malmö Fotobiennal 2015, Amnesty International and Forensic Architecture
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HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
DOC LOUNGE SPECIAL
Looking and seeing aren’t the same thing at all. Lean in, peer closer, search with more than just your eyes and you’ll notice that some things are not obvious on the surface, and that some things are made more visible by their invisibility. Are you really trying to find a book or is it a knowing look, a telephone connection or a human one?
Doc Lounge and Malin Andersson Film invites you to an exclusive celebration and gala premiere of the feature length documentary Blood Sisters at the Moriska Paviljongen in Folkets Park in Malmö.
– Library Special Programme
Mon 14 Sept-Wed 23 Sept / Malmö Stadsbibliotek Opening Hours: Mon-Thu: 08.30-20.00, Fri: 08.30-18.00, Sat-Sun: 11.00-17.00.
Blood Sisters Gala Premiere
Mon 21 Sept 19.00-01.00 / Moriska Paviljongen / Free admission. Sign up in advance required at www.nordiskpanorama.com/event-registration/ It Was Mine It Was Mine
Blood Sisters Blodssystrar
Based on a short story by Paul Auster, a man scours the local bookstores in search of a rare title that he yearns to read. When he finally finds the book, it’s in a most unexpected way. A playful animated reflection on the surprises, coincidences and unseen forces that link us to one another.
Twins Julia and Johanna arrive in the suburb of Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden from Azerbaijan, carrying unspeakable emotional baggage. The siblings promise to always be there for one another, but when Julia decides to get married, the young women fall out of copacetic communication. Their separation brings the past back into the present and forces them to confront who they are without the other. Are Johanna and Julia stronger together or apart?
Kajsa Næss / Norway / 2015 / animation / 8 min
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Salt Salt
Sillamäe Sillamäe
Class Trip Åka Utför
A dazzling display of stop-motion animation, dance, puppetry and live-action, shot in the salt mines of Poland and the sand dunes of Scotland. Visually arresting and thought-provoking, Salt plumbs the depths of a growing girl’s dreams and sheds light on the darkness of her domestic life.
Seven-year-old Johannes stays at his grandparent’s house in the enclosed military town of Sillamäe while his mother works in faraway Tartu. But the little boy longs for his mother and hatches an escape plan to reunite with her with the help of a toy car and his best stuffed friend, Crocodile Gena. An imaginative long-distance love story.
Elin arrives at a new school and tries her best to fit in. She quickly discovers that some children have more than others, and struggles to find where she belongs. Is she a have or a have-not? As her classmates prepare to go on a ski trip, she comes face-to-face with the answer in this honest and powerful life lesson about class and socio-economic hierarchy.
Maria Lloyd / Norway / 2014 / animation, experimental / 12 min
Lauri Randla / Finland / 2014 / fiction / 9 min
Jonatan Etzler / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 15 min
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Come and celebrate with the director, main characters, the film’s Nordic and international crew as well as financers and many more who made this film possible. This is going to be a Monday night out of the ordinary with a magnificent tribute to sisterhood. The evening starts at 19.00 with a welcome drink and continues into the night after the screening with a great festival club party and live music, DJs and several surprises! Blood Sisters is Malin Andersson’s first feature film that focuses on twin sisters Julia and Johanna’s relationship and irrepressible strength. It is a depiction of the courage needed to live even when things are hard and the love
Malin Andersson / Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, France / 2015 / documentary / 83 min
between two sisters that never runs out. The film is the result of a Nordic and European co-production directed and produced by Malin Andersson and shot on location in Rosengård in Malmö, Sweden. PEOPLE: p. 126 Malin Andersson
19.00 Start / mingling / drinks 20.00 Blood Sisters + Q&A 22.00 Concert & NP Festival Club Arranged by: Doc Lounge, Malin Andersson Film & Nordisk Panorama in collaboration with Malmö stad, Film i Skåne, ABF Malmö, Folkets Bio Malmö and WIFT.
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Noncitizen Dinner Welcome to a night of manifestation at Kontrapunkt Noncitizen is a nomadic culture- and film project with film as the foundation. Ten filmmakers are challenging the ideas of citizenship, nations and borders. With the Noncitizen project the filmmakers questions and protests the systematic oppression of people migrating and limited freedom of movement. Sun 20 sep, 18.00-22.00 / Kontrapunkt Pre-registration is needed: www.nordiskpanorama.com/event-registration/ Dinner guests only pay Kontrapunkt’s standard membership fee, according to one’s ability: 50/80/120 SEK. It also gives access to the party. Kontrapunkt can be difficult to find, so there will a common walk to the venue from NP Hangout at Panora at 17.30. At the Noncitizen Dinner a vegetarian meal is served at 18.00. During the dinner there will be speeches and short scenes screened from the Noncitizen films; Detained, I am Dublin and Crisis Document – A Survival Guide will be shown followed by discussion.
Noncitizen: Anna Persson, Shaon Chakraborty, Anna Weitz, Elisabeth Marjanović Cronvall, Marta Dauliutu, David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn, Sharmarke Binyusuf, Ahmed Abdullahi, Anna Padilla & Elin Eriksson In collaboration with: Kontrapunkt/Nordisk Panorama/ Story/MDEMC/Last Project/RåFILM/ARF Malmö/Asylgruppen
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NONCITIZEN DINNER PARTY Sun 20 sep, 21.00-01.00 / Kontrapunkt Entrance: Kontrapunkt’s standard membership fee, according to one’s ability: 50/80/120 SEK.
After the Noncitizen dinner the evening continues with DJ, live music and film screenings in adjacent rooms. Presented by: Noncitizen, Nordisk Panorama och Kontrapunkt Film start: 21.30 & 23.00. The Noncitizen films I am Dublin, Detained and Crisis Document. Survival Guide will be screened at Cinema Spegeln. See p.79
Sharaf Sharaf
Hidden Gömd
David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn / Sweden, Denmark / 2012 / doc, animation / 13 min
David Aronowitsch, Hanna Heilborn, Mats Johansson / Sweden / 2002 / doc, animation / 8 min
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Crisis Document. A Survival Guide Krisdokument. En överlevnadsguide Marta Dauliute, Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall / Sweden / 2015 / doc / 15 min
Beyond Hope, I Still Won’t Give Up Där inget hopp finns, ger jag inte upp Anna Padilla / Sweden / 2012 / doc / 28 min
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young nordics
young nordics
Young Nordics is a programme of Nordic shorts and docs aimed at everyone and anyone who is open to film experiences told from a young person’s perspective. The programme, curated by Nordisk Panorama and BUFF, the International Children and Young People’s Film Festival in Malmö, is screened in partnership with the City of Malmö School Cinema during the festival. Come and experience these amazing films with their target audience! In collaboration with: BUFF and City of Malmö School Cinema
YOUNG1 / Mon 21 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG1 / Mon 21 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG2 / Tue 22 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
Foul Foul
Vitello Digs A Hole Vitello graver et hul
The Fencing Champion Fægtemesteren
Being a kid can be tough. Especially if you’re not part of the gang. A melancholy day in the life of a tenyear-old outsider who is silently and casually tormented by classmates and her determined resistance not to admit defeat.
Vitello is bored. His mother sends him outside to play, but his usual playmates aren’t home. So Vitello hatches a plan to snag a new friend. A cute how-to that shows you can find friends in some funny places.
At ten, Ruben has won nearly every fencing title in Denmark, so he sets a new goal. Can he find the strength and patience to overcome his anxiety and control his fiery temper to win the big European championship?
Rune Denstad Langlo / Norway / 2014 / fiction / 6 min
Dorte Bengtson / Denmark / 2014 / animation / 7 min
Simon Lereng Wilmont / Denmark, Norway, Sweden / 2014 / documentary / 28 min
YOUNG1 / Mon 21 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG1 / Mon 21 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG1 / Mon 21 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG2 / Tue 22 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG2 / Tue 22 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG2 / Tue 22 Sept 09.30 / Panora 1
The National Day Nasjonaldagen
Catwalk Catwalk
Boy-Razor Boy-Razor
Lukas & the Aspies Lukas & the Aspies
Seriously Deadly Silence Seriously Deadly Silence
Agnes Agnes
A multicultural group of children from the remote village of Akkarfjord in northern Norway, travel to Oslo to participate in the Constitution Day parade. Their first time in the capital is a joyful adventure that celebrates diversity and civic engagement at any age.
Nine-year old Ella realizes the importance of fashion and fitting in when her cool friends at school introduce her to taking selfies and wearing designer clothes. But where is the line between finding a signature style and becoming a sartorial sheep?
A boy is humiliated at a waterslide and plots to punish his bullies. But when he realizes his revenge is out of proportion to his trauma, he must race against time to set things right and reverse a reactionary decision.
In many ways 12-year-old Lukas is a normal kid: he plays in a punk band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his kid brother. But Lukas also has Asperger’s syndrome, which comes with its own unique set of challenges.
Over the course of one minute we are shown 60 endangered species as they morph one into another and potentially into oblivion, if we don’t act fast! A strong message about human apathy, and the flora and fauna we are failing to preserve.
Agnes is six years old and very fond of her older brother. When he brings his girlfriend home to meet the family Agnes welcomes her with jealousy. A delicate story about a little girl who learns that sharing is caring.
Maida Hals / Norway / 2014 / documentary / 21 min
Ninja Thyberg / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 10 min
Peter Pontikis / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 12 min
Anders Gustafsson / Denmark / 2015 / fiction / 25 min
Sara Koppel / Denmark / 2015 / animation / 1 min
Anja Lind / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 12 min
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YOUNG3 / Wed 23 Sept 10.00 / Panora 1
YOUNG3 / Wed 23 Sept 10.00 / Panora 1
YOUNG3 / Wed 23 Sept 10.00 / Panora 1
YOUNG4 / Mon 21 Sept 12.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG4 / Mon 21 Sept 12.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG5 / Tue 22 Sept 13.00 / Panora 1
It’s Ok To Eat Fish Cause They Don’t Have Any Feelings Fiskar har inga känslor
Refugee 532 Flykting 532
Minispectacles trio 2 Minispectacles trio 2
Just Like You Samma som du
Mazda Mazda
My life my lesson My life my lesson
After escaping war-torn Bosnia, 12-year-old Sevko must learn to navigate his new life in Sweden all alone. He waffles between hope and despair, and tries to relate to the older refugees, while waiting for news from home.
Breathtaking twins preen and pose for the camera. Instead of being watched, they are the ones doing the watching. Lolita meets Laura Mulvey in this attention-grabbing look at the female gaze, girlhood agency, and budding sexuality.
Tanja escapes from the hospital on surgery day, her arm pinned to her body and hidden from view under her shirt. She needs to know what life will be like after the operation. Will she still be accepted, or will everything change?
After a brutal police beating, riots break out in the suburbs of Stockholm. Three friends find themselves cornered by the authorities and hop into an old Mazda to avoid detection.
Felicia is attempting to live a normal teenage-life in spite of having been brought up witnessing her stepfather beating her mother. Will she stand up for her family and herself, and testify in court?
Philip da Silva / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 26 min
Alexis Almström / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 15 min
Åsa Ekman / Sweden, Norway / 2015 / documentary / 77 min
Goran Kapetanovic / Sweden / 2014 / fiction / 14 min
Maarit Suomi-Väänänen / Finland, Canada, France / 2014 / documentary, experimental / 1 min
Matilda is home alone with her older brother Peter when his girlfriend Elin comes over. Elin is everything Matilda could ever want: elegant, a cool dresser, charismatic. But she’s spoken for. A gut-wrenching look at sibling rivalry and sexual jealousy. Victor Lindgren / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 12 min
10th YEAR!
YOUNG3 / Wed 23 Sept 10.00 / Panora 1
YOUNG4 / Mon 21 Sept 12.30 / Panora 1
YOUNG4 / Mon 21 Sept 12.30 / Panora 1
Fair Play Reilu peli
The Substitute The Substitute
I Follow You Jag Följer Dig
In 2012, a Tanzanian girls’ football team arrived in Finland to play in the Helsinki Cup. None of the players had ever travelled before, and they placed great expectations on how the international experience would shape and change their lives.
A young teacher takes a job at an unusual private school where she soon discovers that the boys have a sinister power over the girls. As the boys’ behaviour becomes increasingly threatening she uncovers the source of the girls’ fear.
Anna bumps into Jesper on the morning train. She’s never seen him before, but it turns out he knows everything about her. A smart and snappy commentary on flirtation and Facebook.
Tommi Rajala / Finland / 2015 / documentary / 28 min
Nathan Hughes-Berry / Iceland, Canada, UK / 2015 / fiction / 23 min
Jonatan Etzler / Sweden / 2015 / fiction / 3 min
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March 15-17 2016 Malmö, Sweden
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NP OUTLOOK
np outlook
Focusing on financing, distribution and sales, NP Outlook is aimed at filmmakers who want to keep in touch with the latest trends at the international market. Don’t miss this opportunity to get to know who is who, who does what and how to do it right yourself! Sat 19 – Mon 21 Sept / Stadsarkivet Hörsalen
Is Talent Enough?
The Politics of Festival Programming
Sat 19 Sept 15.00-16.00 / Stadsarkivet
Sat 19 Sept 16.00-17.00 / Stadsarkivet
Talents are carefully being nurtured with special schemes, programmes and showcases. But what are the talents developed into? What are the goals of the talent programmes? And what happens to these talents later, when they no longer fit into the special schemes?
Most festivals claim to screen the best films in competition. But what constitutes the best film? And do other considerations, other than the film itself, come into play when programmers choose the selected few? Meet the programmers and hear what happens in the engine room of the programming departments.
For this debate we have invited representatives from national and regional talent development schemes to discuss the strategies behind talent development and how they see the future for it. Will it primarily continue to be a national and regional focus? Or should we aim for larger international ways of working? PEOPLE: p. 132 p. 137 p. 133 p. 133 p. 137 p. 136
Helen Ahlsson Marie Schmidt Olesen Eva Færevaag Alan Fitzpatrick Hanna Sohlberg Ove Rishøj Jensen
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Hussain Currimbhoy Ben Thompson Angie Driscoll Eva Rybkova Ove Rishøj Jensen
Meet the Decision-Makers of NP Forum
Sun 20 Sept 18.30-19.30 / Grand Öl & Mat Every year some 50-60 Nordic and international decision-makers attend NP Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries. In this session you will get a quick introduction to the commissioning editors from TV, film institutes and regional film funds, as well as to international sales agents and other experts attending this year’s forum. Don’t miss this chance to learn who is who and what they can do for you! PEOPLE: p. 134 Gitte Hansen p. 136 Mikael Opstrup p. 140 Decision-Makers
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Stine Wangler Rumi Ono Frauke Knappke Chris Tidman Sydney Neter Anton Chizhov Jing Haase
Would You Buy This?
A new initiative at Nordisk Panorama, focusing on short films and Nordic cooperation. For invited short filmmakers only.
Mon 21 Sept 16.30-18.00 / Stadsarkivet
Mon 21 Sept 15.00-16.00 / Stadsarkivet
PEOPLE: p. 136 Juliet Riddell p. 137 Helje Solberg p. 136 Ove Rishøj Jensen
An introduction to the international short film decisionmakers attending Nordisk Panorama. Meet the buyers and sales agents, find out what they are looking for and get an update on the state of the art of the international short film market.
Mon 21 Sept 12.00-14.45 / Stadsarkivet NB: For invited guests only!
Newspaper Docs – The New Normal?
Working with newspapers is for many documentary makers becoming a new normal. But what is actually the strategy behind the way newspapers commission and publish documentaries? And how do newspapers fit into the documentary market, trying to place themselves in between established players like broadcasters, film institutes and regional funds? Meet the documentary editors from two of the leading newspapers on the documentary market and hear how they see the future of newspaper commissioning.
Mon 21 Sept 16.00-16.30 / Stadsarkivet
Short Film Meet Up
The Committee – A Nordic Short Film Co-Pro
Sat 19 Sept 17.00-18.00 / Stadsarkivet
QuickFire - Meet the Int’l Short Film Buyers and Sales Agents
Co-production in short film is not an everyday occurrence. And here we have an even rarer kind: A Nordic coproduction about a Nordic co-production! In this case study, an experienced team of award winning directors and producers will share their experiences in coproducing a short film between three countries. Is the art of compromising as ever-present in the funding and making of the film as in the story that will unfold on the screen? And is the outcome more rewarding in reality than in the fiction? PEOPLE: p. 133 p. 138 p. 135 p. 136
Put your film to the test and find out about its distribution potential from the people who know. In this session we urge people to bring their short film and show it on the spot. The screening will be followed by live feed back from some of the experienced short film distributors and buyers attending this year’s Nordisk Panorama. Come if you dare! This session is not for sissies… PEOPLE: p. 138 p. 136 p. 135 p. 138 p. 132 p. 134
Stine Wangler Rumi Ono Frauke Knappke Chris Tidman Anton Chizhov Jing Haase
Gunhild Enger Jenni Toivoniemi Marie Kjellson Ove Rishøj Jensen
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Niche Films – Wide reach
Art versus ads
Reaching A Film’s Full Potential – Seminar
An art manifestation and walking masterclass with Tania Ruiz Sat 19 Sept 14.00 / Malmö Central Station The guided tour starts at the entrance to the City Tunnel at Anna Lindh’s plats. The masterclass is hold at Centralstationen ”Gröna Hallen”
Unlike many other train and metro stations around the world The City Tunnel in Malmö is remarkably free of advertisement. Instead, artworks have been included from the conception phase. At the end of this year the five-year contract for the popular art work ‘Elsewhere’, which is the largest video installation currently installed in a public space, comes to an end and there is a risk, that the space will be taken over by commercial interests and filled by commercial advertisement, if the contract isn’t renewed.
A film’s impact and longevity is often defined by it’s distribution phase and for films traditionally seen as “niche”, including documentaries, filmmakers and producers are increasingly taking this into their own hands - in innovative and effective ways. Sat 19 Sept 13.00-15.00 / Stadsarkivet Hörsalen A case study hosted by The Independent Filmmakers Association (OFF) featuring the film The Ceremony. The Ceremony could be categorised as a niche film, but it had a major impact – screening widely in cinemas and featuring in important cultural media alongside Fifty Shades of Grey. What was the strategy behind the launch? The film’s producer Mathilde Dedye and director Lina Mannheimer will talk about how they worked
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with micro-segmentation, simultaneous screenings, a 100% digital launch campaign and share some of their best tips. Following the Case Study, Doc Lounge will present their approaches to exhibition and distribution, which works closely with filmmakers audience engagement and selfdistribution strategies, including their new models Doc Lounge Live and Moving Docs. This will be followed by a panel discussion about how producers and exhibitors can work together to achieve a wide audience for “niche” films. OFF invites the audience to the opportunity to capture participants, staff, and board members from OFF at the Happy Hour mingling that takes place at 18-19. PEOPLE: p. 132 Mathilde Dedye p. 135 Lina Mannheimer p. 137 Katharine Simpson (moderator) In collaboration with: OFF and Doc Lounge
“Elsewhere/ Annorstädes” is a groundbreaking step in the emancipation of time based media from standard formats. Through a projection device that evokes the perceptual experience from a train, the viewers are invited to lose themselves in images during their wait. As the projections are perceived as train windows, the station itself becomes a train. Tania Ruiz was born and educated in Bogota, Colombia and is now based in Paris where she holds a PhD in Arts from Pantheon-Sorbonne and follows in parallel an academic career as an associate professor of arts at St Denis University, Paris VIII. In 2013 she was awarded an honorary doctorate at Malmö University.
Understanding ‘format’ in a technical, aesthetic and political sense, the artist Tania Ruiz will in her Masterclass invite us to discover the way, in which she dealt with the spatial editing, the choices behind the 1500 sequences composing her work, the temporal aspects of the generative system controlling the installation and other unsuspected aspects of her work. Tania is conducting a guided tour of the underground work followed by an open master class at Malmö Central Station. PEOPLE: p. 136 Tania Ruiz Website: www.elsewhere.name
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How we did it?!
how we did it
Hungry for more depth and discussion on the art of documentary and short filmmaking? Join us for a daily fix of insight and information about your favourite films at Nordisk Panorama during our making-of panel sessions Saturday to Tuesday, 17.00-18.00 at the NP hangout stage & screen at Panora! Moderator: Angie Driscoll, p. 133 19-22 Sept 17.00-18.00 / NP Hangout stage at Panora (Entrance)
BY ANY MEANS A-VEILABLE
Panel 1: All-Access
Panel 2: I Feel You
Panel 3: Risky Business
Panel 4: the natural
Sat 19 Sept 17.00-18.00 / Panora
Sun 20 Sept 17.00-18.00 / Panora
Mon 21 Sept 17.00-18.00 / Panora
Tue 22 Sept 17.00-18.00 / Panora
How do you gain access to another person’s dreams, desires, feelings and fears? How do you establish trust and intimacy with a subject, across different linguistic, cultural and personal barriers? How do you go from being an outsider to an insider? A trio of documentaries with access to envy and bonds to burn, share ideas on how they got their foot in the door, gained access to the inner sanctum, and went beyond the superficial with their subjects. What is the method and magic involved in attracting people to your project, creating a rapport with strangers, and elevating an interview from inquiry to art?
It’s not easy to draw an audience in, completely and utterly, to the point where they feel what the main subjects and protagonists in a film feel. How do you engage an audience to not only watch and listen, but also to empathise? Is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another even explainable, let alone able to be broken down into a how-to? An exploration of empathy and emotion in cinema that investigates the roles filmmakers and audiences play in imagining another person’s experience, how to bring difficult issues to light so that they can be seen but also felt, and how to penetrate pain to the point of transference.
A collection of daring films that march to the beat of their own drum and defy categorisation, venture into forbidden territory to create new and exciting forms. From taboo to brand new, these daredevil films tackle subject matter and genre combinations that are off-limits or don’t yet exist. Topics such as Islamic dress, female sexual practices, mental illness, racism and religion are tackled without concern for political correctness or convention. And forget about labels, these films reinvent them - a feminist physical comedy, an unrom-com, a mental music video, an anarchumentary - proving that without risk, there is no reward.
Whether you’re using actors and improvisation or real-life subjects and observation, how do you strike performance gold? Spontaneous moments of reality and truth are as hard to come by as lightning in a bottle, so how do you distill a moment of total authenticity on-screen? Is it as simple as luck? As easy as keeping the tape running? Or is there something more to it? How do filmmakers enable their characters and subjects to live and breathe as believable human beings on film? And how are fictional and non-fictional elements bleeding into one another and across narrative and documentary film genres to create a new level of naturalism and vulnerability?
Featuring Featuring MARTHA & NIKI Tora Mårtens / Sweden DEMOCRATS Camilla Nielsson / Denmark THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD Peter Anthony / Denmark
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Featuring
Featuring
PERVERT PARK Lasse Barkfors, Frida Matilda Barkfors / Sweden
BY ANY MEANS A-VEILABLE Charlotte Schiøler / Denmark
LEAVING AFRICA Iiris Härmä / Finland
MACHINE Sunit Parekh-Gaihede / Denmark
MERCY ALL THE WAY Hannaleena Hauru / Finland
HIGH POINT Emil Trier / Norway
LISTEN Hamy Ramezan, Rungano Nyoni / Finland
TEENLAND Marie Grahtø Sørensen / Denmark
BIRD HEARTS Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel / Norway
TRANSPHOBIA Nur Tutal, Iván Blanco / Sweden
PIXADORES Amir Escandari / Finland
BLOOD SISTERS Malin Andersson / Sweden
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braving the storm creating space for controversial docs – Seminar How can we make sure that provocative, challenging and controversial subjects reach its audience, have an impact and inspire democratic dialogue? Sun 20 Sept 17.00-18.15 / Panora 2 / Free admission We work and live in an environment where filmmakers are allowed to go beyond the norm and challenge its viewers, through creative and politically driven documentary films. But how can we assure that the films get seen and financed, when they create strong reactions, controversy, conflicts and potential legal repercussions. What happens when there is pressure from oppositions regarding the distribution of a film?
press, broadcast and other media supporters to hear their thoughts on how we secure a healthy, creative and free environment for filmmakers to tell stories with political edge. The session will include time for Q&A and is a part of the Swedish Film Institute seminar series Filmrummet. PEOPLE: p. 134 p. 135 p. 136 p. 134 p. 138 p. 132 p. 134
Christoffer Guldbrandsen Andreas Koefoed Miriam Nørgaard Helle Hansen Bjarte Tveit Axel Arnö Klara Grunning (moderator)
In collaboration with: The Swedish Film Institute and Film i Skåne
What are the backers’ reactions when there are threats with legal implications? What are the requirements in different distribution channels regarding the journalistic and legal standards for showing something that could cause “problems”? How can these difficult situations be used to create stronger impact? In this session, we talk with members from
NORDIC STUDENT FILMS Sat 19 Sept 14.00 / Panora 2 / Free admission Nordic Film Schools present films produced by students. Get a special insight into what the filmmakers of tomorrow are up to. The focus is on development, creativity and creation. The screening is a part of the Student & Teacher Meetup for Nordic Film Schools during the festival. In collaboration with Filmlinjen at Fridhems Folkhögskola.
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in a dancing mood – Artist talk Mon 21 Sept 14.00 / NP Hangout stage at Panora (Entrance) Tora Mårtens, director of the film Martha & Niki, talks with the choreographer and journalist Clara Lee Lundberg about the social and political potential of dance and her choice to portrait two young, passionate dancers and friends. A talk about the meaning of dance in our lives and in the society, about roots and self-esteem, and about how we can communicate and understand ourselfes with movements instead of words. Don’t miss the screening of the documentary Martha & Niki see pages 23 and 77. PEOPLE: p. 129 Tora Mårtens p. 135 Clara Lee Lundberg (moderator)
A-rated two women who talk
to each other about something else other than men – Talk Show Swedish politician and icon feminist Gudrun Schyman talks to actress and filmmaker Andrea Edwards about positioning themselves in very different arenas in the name of feminism. Sun 20 Sept 20.00-21.30 / Grand Öl & Mat Andrea provoked in her conception of the SCUM Manifesto, when she discriminated the male audience negatively. The politician Schyman is an icon admired by many and hated by others as she always advocates for a more equal world. The two women will talk about how we can direct more attention and visibility to unjust structures, how to deal with them and to maintain the energy to continue this fight against hurricanes. Wift Nordic presents these two prominent guests, inviting the audience on an entertaining and educational journey into
why and how to arrive at a more just and equal world. There will be previews of some clips from Hampus Linder’s coming documentary about Schyman and from Andrea Edwards documentary, Scum - a declaration of love. PEOPLE: p. 137 Gudrun Schyman p. 133 Andrea Edwards p. 133 Helene Granqvist (moderator) In collaboration with: wift Nordic
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alÞing TOWN HALL – featuring the Nordic Vodka Hour AlÞing is a historical expression for assembly in Iceland referring back to the first parliament gathering at Þingvellir, where the North American and the European Tectonic plates meet. The Town Hall tradition was brought to life at last years festival to be a platform, where the Nordic film community can discuss issues of importance for the future of filmmaking. Come and share your thought and not to forget your feelings towards the subject.
nordic short & doc
film festival MALMÖ, SWEDEN 16-21 SEPT 2016
27th edition
NORWAY IN FOCUS
Mon 21 Sept 18.30-19.30 / Grand Öl & Mat
#nptownhall
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MUST DOCS HAVE AN IMPACT – CAN THEY? There is an increased focus on the impact of a documentary film. Many private funds are putting great emphasis on the social change of a film and how outreach campaigns can possibly influence decision-makers and communities. The documentary has always had the role to raise important social issues, highlight injustices, expose hierarchies of power, find the story that otherwise could not penetrate through the noise of mass media. But must a doumentary film have social impact in order to succeed ? Can documentaries really cause an effect and lead to sustainable change?
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How does the interests of private finansiers influence which films are being made, and what are the risk of documentary films becoming propaganda? Does the documentary genre entirely benefit from these expectation of outreach and impact, or does it exclude important films based on ‘small’ stories distinguished by their poetic, literary or humanistic values?
PEOPLE: p. 135 Kirsi Nevanti p. 136 Søren Poulsen (moderator)
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Virtual is the new reality
THE BODY SWAP EXPERIENCE
A long, long time ago, I was shooting in a crowded refugee camp in Nepal, trying to capture the exact nature of living in a desperate, claustrophobic space. The limits of the flat screen were deeply frustrating, sacrificing so much of what I saw and felt in the “real” reality. And as we’ve come to know our world isn’t flat, it’s round. And so is VR - virtual reality - the astonishing ability to finally immerse one self fully in another environment. Imagine being able to explore other worlds exactly as they are. Imagine news that isn’t colored by the political opinions of news channels but simply captures everything in a protest, or a war. Or in a fictional world, fighting Zombies so close you’ll never sleep well again. Imagine being able to immerse yourself inside any place, from any time, and explore it for as long as you like. Since Facebook bought Oculus Rift, the revolutionary VR platform, for 2 billion dollars only 18 months ago, VR has exploded onto the scene as a completely new way of telling stories - real and fictional. It’s quickly made headway into film, journalism, architecture, medicine, the army, gaming, and of course the porn industry.
At BoostHbg we are into innovation and development in storytelling, and we’re proud to sponsor and co-produce this year’s Hackathon exploring VR in collaboration with Stranger and Nordisk Panorama. During the Hackathon a diverse group of Nordic creators and techies are locked up together for 48 hours to make history. Don’t miss their presentations on Monday. Also don’t miss the unique VR Body Swap Experience – Machine To Be Another - where you’re actually invited to switch bodies with another person. Yup! It can be done. Come play! / Annika Gustafson
Virtual Reality has exploded onto the scene as a completely new way of telling stories - real and fictional. 2015 marks 120 years since our very first films. And now we’re right back at that magic moment where a new storytelling medium has been invented. The nature of content is changing fast, and a new language needs to be developed. But who will be the creators in this space? Who will form our storytelling? Our view of the world? With a tool as powerful as VR, it’s critical that we nurture diversity and empathy in our creators and our audience, because just as our world isn’t flat or one-dimensional, it also consists of a multitude of cultures and opinions.
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VR & innovative storytelling junkie Executive Director BoostHbg Wanna know more about Virtual Reality go to www.boosthbg.com
PEOPLE: p. 134 Annika Gustafson
Have you ever heard of the expression ‘Walk a mile in my shoes’? It’s an expression often used in situations when we want other people to understand us better and make them try to see what we’re going trough. But if it were possible to actually swap body with someone, would we really understand each other better? Saturday 19 Sept. – Tuesday 22 Sept. 10.00- 14.00, 16.00 -20.00 Stadsarkivet / Entrance from Cinema Panora, Friisgatan 19 In this special collaboration with Boosthbg, we present a virtual reality experience called “The Body Swap Experience” where you actually experience someone else‘s body as if it was your own. The virtual experience means it is finally possible to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
This interactive experience is created by BeAnotherLab, a multidisciplinary team with a strong interest in understanding how people interpret and communicate with each other in order to create relations to other people. And understand yourself better. Sign up at www.boosthbg.simplybook.me/index/about In collaboration with: BoostHbg and BeAnotherLab
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WHY INNOVATE FILM FORMATS? A call to action by Cecilie Stranger-Thorsen, producer of Nordic Transmedia meet-up and NP Hackathon in Malmö since 2013 striving to inspire filmmakers and facilitate innovation of storytelling. Filmmakers are a creative and original force in our Nordic societies, but for Nordic stories to continue to reach audiences, we need to innovate formats. Going digital has revolutionized the whole world. The way we do business, keep democracies in check and even how we fall in love have changed radically over the past 20 years.
In order to benefit from the vast amount of benefits, such as new ways of telling stories and reach audiences, filmmakers need to grasp and embrace new technical possibilities and ways of engaging the users. Sadly, filmmakers exhibit reluctance to experiment with new platforms and services, which means that the industry doesn’t benefit fully from the potentials of this revolution, which is leading to increased competition and crumbling business models. In order to benefit from the vast amount of benefits, such as new ways of telling stories and reach audiences, filmmakers need to grasp and embrace new technical possibilities and ways of engaging the users. The Transmedia meet-up and NP Hackathon are two events offering Nordic filmmakers to do exactly that - an opportunity to innovate by introducing two efficient methods: • Networking with other producers and listening to the best practices in the field of film, games, marketing and experience design (p. 109).
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• Collaborating with other producers to prototype and test new ways of telling stories and creating experiences (p.109). In 2015 we are focusing on Virtual Reality as an exciting possibility for storytellers. VR is on the brink of becoming mainstream, with the personal headsets due to arrive next year, which offers most exciting possibilities for filmmakers to get in on the ground floor of this new field. Prototyping is an efficient way of creating something viable in a short time, to show others and to test your ideas in a very real way before developing it further. It is a natural starting point for the NP Hackathon, as our focus is on producing for digital platforms. I would like to emphasize the importance of applying this method to film production in general as communicating your project to the audience during development even early idea and receiving feedback is not about giving them what they want. Merely making sure that you build an audience for the stories you want to tell and take creative inspiration from the way people react to your ideas. Read more about the events at panorama.com/hackathon and nordiskpanorama.com/meetup / Cecilie Stranger-Thorsen PEOPLE: p. 137 Cecilie Stranger-Thorsen
NP Transmedia Meetup Curious about Virtual Reality and storytelling? Seeking inspiration from fellow artists, designers and developers? This free event is for you. Fri 18 Sept 13.00-17.30 / Panora / Pre-registration needed www.nordiskpanorama.com/event-registration/ The Nordisk Panoramas meet-up brings together 150 producers to discuss crossindustry production, projects and best practices. The event features international speakers, networking opportunities, free beer – and most importantly: A chance to share your own experiences with the community. In the unconference part of the program you can host a 20 minute session to talk about what you are passionate about. But be quick – the sessions are usually signed up before the event. The NP Hackathon and NP meet-up is financed by Nordisk Panorama, Nordisk Kulturfond BoostHbg Region Skåne. The events are produced by STRANGER in collaboration with Copenhagen Game Collective BoostHbg and Stpln.
Programme 12.30 Doors open 13.00 Oscar Raby: The burden of realism in Virtual Reality 14.30 Unconference: Producers teach producers 15.30 Beer and sandwiches 16.00 Unconference continues 16.45 Peter Sunde: We can change the future today, not then 17.30 End of program All participants are invited to the Nordisk Panorama opening screening after the program featuring the hip-hop dance documentary Martha & Niki by Tora Mårtens.
We can change the future today, not then Artist and activist Peter Sunde is best known as co-founder of Pirate Bay, Flattr and Kvittar. But he’s also engaged in several art and film projects and will end the meet-up with a talk on the relationship between art, technology and our future. He will also give us a sneak peak of one of his new projects that aims to involve the whole world in discussions of moral and ethical issues.
Fri 18 Sept 16.45 / Panora / Pre-registration needed Peter’s talk will focus on the relationship between art, technology, politics and what it means for our future. He will also give us a sneak peak one of his new projects that aims to involve the whole world in discussions of moral and ethical issues, discussions that has been lost in the clicktivism-society.
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Biophilia – Creative workshops Welcome to Biophilia: A love for nature in all her manifestations workshop Mon 21 Sept 15.00 / Barnens Scen / Preregistration needed at www.nordiskpanorama.com/event-registration/ This year’s Nordisk Panorama invites you to take part in a specially designed 2-hour interactive Biophilia workshop to explore your own creativity with other festival participants. The Icelandic musician, visual artist and educator Curver Thoroddsen lead the workshop. He was the program director for Björk’s Biophilia Educational Program during her three-year world tour and ran workshops at the Biophilia City residencies. The workshop is open for participants of all ages. In collaboration with: Barnkulturenheten
film screenings Enjoy the Biophilia- films in the new lounge screen Bar Deco at Cinema Spegeln! Watch When Björk met Attenborough and Björk: Biophilia Live while eating dinner or having a drink.
THE BURDEN OF REALISM IN VIRTUAL REALITY Multimedia artist Oscar Raby’s talk on realism and VR combines a broad perspective with his own experiences as a VR documentarist. Fri 18 Sept 13.00 / Panora / Free entrance Pre-registration needed at www.meetup.com/nordictransmedia “Art undergoes changes constantly, whether they are technical variations or cultural interpretations, it is safe to say: language is never finished. If painting changed dramatically over the 20th century, what shall we ask from Virtual Reality, the shiny new toy of the post-screen media?” Oscar’s interest is in using interactive media to explore the relationship between the individual experience and larger historical narratives. His Virtual Reality documentary Assent, about the Chilean dictatorship, has been exhibited world-wide. Oscar and his producer, Katy Morrison, will be joining the 40 Nordic producers of the NP Hackathon for a weekend of intense development and prototyping.
The works that resulted from the 48 hours Hackathon is presented for all interested audiences (see p. 109). PEOPLE: p. 136 Oscar Raby
jason brush –Outlook Extended The new interfaces of filmmaking You might think that the digital opportunities in filmmaking have been explored and explained many times. But then, Jason Brush will most likely make you think again. Sun 20 Sept 14.00 / Panora
BIOPHILIA 1 / Sat 19 Sept 16.00 / Bar Deco
BIOPHILIA 2 / Sat 19 Sept 18.00 / Bar Deco
When Björk Met Attenborough When Björk Met Attenborough
Björk: Biophilia Live Björk: Biophilia Live
Award-winning musician Björk and the legendary TV host and nature lover Sir David Attenborough have long admired each other. For the first time this film capture their shared love for music and nature on film.
The film catches the humanistic elements of Björk’s multimedia project Biophilia and we experience a live performance of the songs, some digital, some traditional and some can’t even be labeled.
Louise Hooper / UK / 2014 / documentary / 47 min
Nick Fenton, Peter Strickland / UK / 2014 /doc / 97 min
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In his masterclass Brush will explore new aspects of how digital interfaces are influencing the way we capture, edit, screen and experience film. Jason is executive vice president of Creative and User Experience at leading global design and creative agency POSSIBLE, where he oversees creative and user experience design in the agency’s Los Angeles branch, and user experience design globally.
In addition to his award-winning work at POSSIBLE, he teaches courses at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and at UCLA.
PEOPLE: p. 132 Jason Brush p. 136 Ove Rishøj Jensen (moderator)
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The web knows you Do Not Track is a personalized documentary series about privacy and the web economy. If you share data with us, we’ll show you what the web knows about you. Sat 19 Sept - Tue 22 Sept / 10.00 - 14.00, 16.00 - 20.00 /Stadsarkivet Foajé
The future of storytelling 40 filmmakers, game developers, programmers, storytellers, designers and artists have spent 48 hours together, prototyping VR experiences and exploring the future of storytelling.
#hackathon
Mon 21 Sept 12.00 / Panora
This documentary series will explore how information about you is collected and used. Every two weeks, a personalized episode that explores a different aspect of how the modern web is increasingly a space where our movements, our speech and our identities are recorded and tracked. We explore what this means to you, your family and your friends. From our mobile phones to social networks, personalized advertising to big data, each episode will have a different focus, a different voice and a different look.
What do they have in common? While you watch, they will use the methods and tools trackers use to track you. We want you not only to understand but also to experience what tracking means.
The concept of Hackathons comes from the IT / Start-up scene, where programmers meet to ‘hack’ (make demos or prototypes) over a weekend, focusing on quickly testing ideas and concepts. Nordisk Panorama uses this model to explore what happens when we stop talking and start collaborating across media industries. Bringing together storytellers and developers, we explore.
More information on the Hackathon and registering for the presentation at meetup.com/nordictransmedia The NP Hackathon and NP meet-up is financed by Nordisk Panorama, Nordisk Kulturfond BoostHbg Region Skåne. The events are produced by STRANGER in collaboration with Copenhagen Game Collective BoostHbg and Stpln.
Do Not Track help you understand the exchange of value when you volunteer information online and know when it’s happening without your permission. We want you to be in control, and we want to pique your curiosity.
virtual and real – Talks Meet the creators behind The Body Swap Experience
Tantalizing trends in virtual reality
Sat 19 Sept 14.00-15.00 / NP Hang Out at Panora (Entrance)
Sun 20 Sept 15.30-16.30 / NP Hang Out at Panora (Entrance)
Have you ever wanted to see the world through someone else’s eyes? The international team Be Another Lab talks about their ground breaking work where you can actually swap bodies with someone else. Moderated by Annika Gustafson, executive director of BoostHbg.
In this interactive talk, we’ll dive into works of fiction, documentary, journalism, and games exploring some of the latest trends in VR. A few secret prizes will be awarded to the extra brave. Hosted by Annika Gustafson, executive director of BoostHbg.
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Market on Demand

Market Online
The video market video market runs during market opening hours and showcases the very latest Nordic short and documentary films on demand. Efficiency is guaranteed through the digital screening system that allows market guests to create individual selections, contact distributors directly, take notes and keep track of work already done.
The market online is our streaming service for pre-screening purposes around the clock. In this password protected screening room, festival programmers, buyers and distributors can stream full-length films year round at their own convenience. Go to www.nordiskpanorama.com for further information. There you can also find the new batch of Nordisk Panorama Market films when they are published after the festival, other recent selections and films from previous years.
Market Screenings
The market screenings offer sales agents, distributors and festival programmers the chance to discover brand new Nordic shorts and documentaries yet to premiere. Films are screened in programmed slots from Saturday through Tuesday. Access only for selected market guests. Programme available at the NP Market Desk. Sat – Tue 19-22 Sept / ScandicTriangeln For market guests only
Market one-to-one
Welcoming international film festivals, distributors and buyers from all over the world, Nordisk Panorama Market offers a comprehensive overview of the newest independently produced Nordic short and documentary films. Presenting some 250 titles completed within the past year or being in the pipeline, Nordisk Panorama Market is a unique window to what’s cooking in the Nordic region.
Work-in-Progress Presentations
Sun 20 Sept 13.00-18.00 / For invited market guests only The work-in-progress presentations offer TV buyers, sales agents, distributors and festival programmers the chance to preview some of the most exiting upcoming Nordic documentaries, almost ready to make it onto the world stage. Looking for the last push
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Nordisk Panorama Market is open to market professionals and filmmakers with a film or project presented at the market.
to be finalized, a sales agent/distributor or festival premiere, they will all present new material at this event, following up on former Nordisk Panorama Forum pitches or pitches at fora around the world. 6 projects will be presented Sunday 13.0015.00 followed by one-to-one meetings 15.30-18.00. Open to invited documentary market guests only. Programme available at the NP Market Desk.
Short 10-15 min. meetings giving market professionals and Nordic filmmakers a chance to meet exclusively. The meetings take place at the market and can be requested by filmmakers with a film in the market.
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Staff Jing Haase
Maria Stoianova
Alice Berchon
Market Manager
Market Coordinator
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NP FORUM
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for Co-Financing of Documentaries Sun 20 – Tue 22 Sept / Amiralen / For Forum guests only Nordisk Panorama Forum is the annual meeting place and funding event for Nordic documentary professionals, looking to connect with a variety of Nordic and international decision-makers from TV, film institutes and regional film funds. Featuring pitching sessions, pre-booked individual meetings and social events, Nordisk Panorama Forum offers all participants a professional platform to network and do business in addition to an intensive educational experience for observers and film school students. More than 250 professionals will attend the event, and we are looking forward to three intensive days of networking, pitching and discussing the selected projects.
Italian Delegation
Every year NP Forum welcomes a specially invited foreign delegation. This year we are happy to welcome the Italian delegation, which is here to connect with the Nordic documentary community. The delegation is organized in cooperation with Doc/it.
We are proud to present 6 titles in this year’s NP Awards documentary competition that were previously presented at NP Forum and Market. finland Leaving Africa Iiris Härmä / Finland / 2015 / documentary / 85 min Presented at NP Forum 2012
Producers Meet Producers
The delegation will take part in the networking event Producers Meet Producers, kicking off the forum on Sunday 20 September with in-depth networking, co-production insight and roundtable discussions. This is the perfect place to find suitable co-production partners and form the bonds necessary to access funds across borders. Besides the delegation the event welcomes a selection of Nordic producers.
selected Projects
During two days, Nordisk Panorama Forum presents a selection of 24 brand new documentary projects that are pitched in an open forum to around 70 attending decision-makers. In addition, more than 20 selected observer+ projects are presented in individual meetings between producers and decision-makers.
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In Competition 2015
Finland Pixadores Amir Escandari / Finland, Denmark, Sweden / 2014 / documentary / 93 min Presented at NP Forum 2011
iceland I Want to be Weird Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir / Iceland, UK / 2015 / documentary / 74 min Presented at NP Forum 2012
Nordisk Panorama Forum is open to professionals who have applied for and been granted a seat.
Norway Drone Tonje Hessen Schei / Norway, USA, Pakistan / 2014 / documentary / 75 min Presented in NP Market Screenings 2014
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norway Maiko – Dancing Child
Staff Christina Jul Gregersen
Lea Maria Strandbæk Sørensen
Anna KrasztevKovács
Åse Svenheim Drivenes / Norway / 2014 / documentary / 70 min Presented at NP Forum 2011 and at NP Market Work-in-Progress 2014
Sweden Blood Sisters Forum Manager
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Malin Andersson / Sweden, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, France / 2015 / documentary / 83 min Presented at NP Forum 2012 and at NP Market Work-in-Progress 2013
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Grand Opening party
Come and dance with us! We are thrilled to have our grand opening night at the newly opened state-of-the-art concert hall and event venue Malmö Live. Fri 18 Sept. 18.00 / Malmö Live Concert Hall The opening party is all in the name of dancing fuelled by our Malmö based partners HelaMalmö and BowDown dance academy – two local initiatives mobilizing hundreds of youngsters to express themselves through education, sports, dance, and urban arts. Live on stage we are also presenting internationally-acclaimed Icelandic hiphop crew Reykjavíkurdætur (Daughters of Reykjavík). This cool hiphop collective is represented
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by a small army of 12 talented female performers whose feminist raps and fearless rhymes will spin your head around. This night is not-to-be-missed and won’t soon be forgotten with the enlightening pairing of the documentary Martha & Niki and post-screening performances by Reykjavikurdaetur and Bow Down Dance Academy at the Malmö Live Concert Hall and Clarion Hotel & Congress Center.
NP AWARDS GALA PARTY
Tue 22 Sept 19.00-03.00 / Glasklart
This year’s Awards Gala show is celebrating all competition films and revealing the winners of the NP Awards at the beautiful glass room of Malmö’s seaside venue Glasklart. In fact we are celebrating all the films and filmmakers who gave us an amazing and rich experience throughout the 26th Nordisk Panorama – Nordic Short and Doc Film Festival. Everyone is invited to share a great musical experience with the dynamic music duo “Ali Sabah and Minna Weurlander” to accompany our ceremony together with the astonishing performance arts of “Pangea Scenkonst”.
Beautiful music fusions, dance, and fire shows will enrich our three-course dinner and award ceremony as we are building up to the festival closing party. So prepare yourself to show-off your dance moves in celebration of our winners and festival with ÖFA-kollektivet (danceoke) and Johanna Olofsson, Sweden’s DJ Queen, and her guest DJ Demonika. Live: Ali Sabah and Minna Weurlander, ÖFA-kollektivet (danceoke), Pangea Scenkonst DJ:s Johanna Olofsson, DJ Demonika
See p.2 for ticket information.
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NP FESTIVAL CLUB
NP HANGOUT
Nordisk Panorama never sleeps. During late nights, film lovers and accredited guests can hang out at some of the best nightclub venues Malmö has to offer. This is the place to be to watch films, listen to prime Nordic music performances, party, mingle and dance to our amazing DJs. This will truly be nights to remember.
Join us! NP Awards Gala Afterparty
Don’t miss
Tue 22 sept 22.00-03.00 Glasklart
The Opening party
Free entrance*
Fri 18 sept 22.00 Malmö Live Free entrance
Sat 19 Sept 21.00-03.00 / Babel / Entrance fee: 50 kr / after 23.00 100 kr Don’t miss this Icelandic flavoured Saturday night party in Malmö during the Nordisk Panorama Festival. We will be exploring the music scene in Iceland in our Saturday Club Night special program as we indulge in borderless music with a spice of the volcanic mountains of Iceland and the international urban lifestyle of Malmö. Discover “Samaris” performing live on stage: combining disparate elements of electronics, a clarinet and enchanting voice with pulse-like beats and lyrics culled from nineteenth century Icelandic poems. Enjoy a rich night of visuals and tunes with our creative partners: KristianNihlén (Klubb Kristallen) and the Icelandic-Swedish DJ. BENEAF will ‘flame’ up the old church in Babel till the early dawn.
LIVE: Samaris DJs: K.Nihlén and Cissi Paisley (Klubb Kristallen) DJ. BENEAF and guests
premiere party – monday
Mon 18 sept 22.00 / Moriska Paviljongen / Free entrance / Pre-registration needed at www.nordiskpanorama.com Come celebrate the nordic premiere of Blood Sisters with us at Doc Lounge – on location in the city of Malmö. Meet and greet the director, the cast, the crew, the producers and the hangarounds. This magic monday will focus on sisterhood and DJ Femtastic will make the dancefloor red hot. The doors open at 19.00, the film premieres at 20.00. You better be there!
DJ: Femtastic Arranged by: Doc Lounge, Malin Andersson Film and Nordisk Panorama in collaboration with Malmö stad, Film i Skåne, ABF Malmö, Folkets Bio Malmö and WIFT.
Visuals: Kristian Nihlén (Klubb Kristallen) In cooperation with: Babel
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Hang out, work, play, listen, speak up, eat, drink or take a quick nap while you and your phone are charging batteries for the next film or seminar on the great NP menu. The NP Hangout is the one place during the festival where anything and everything is Moving possible. This is where you can have a casual chat Sweden with someone you only just ran into over a nice are releasing some breaking news! cup of coffee, or you might attend some of the Sat 19 sept 12.30 more casual talks from the Stage, while the people Panora Entréplan next to you are doing something completely different. 18-22 Sept / Panora Entréplan
Noncitizen Dinner After Party Film screenings, open stage, and music. p. 85
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* Pre-registration needed at www.nordiskpanorama.com/event-registration/
NP Hangout is all about sharing ideas and moment together with those that you already know, passing time over a game of Back Gammon with a friend you haven’t meet before. This is where you put up your own posters and fliers and find a steady supply of our festival material, city maps, great simple food, and did we mention “a dam good cup of coffee” and possibly a piece of pie… Visiting the festival is very much about enjoying networking and getting a little peace of mind between great films, brain-crunching seminars, massive market screenings and nerve racking pitching with casual networking and relaxation. This year’s festival gives you NP Hangout specially designed to take a break from order and performance – online or offline as you prefer. NP Hangout is brought to you in collaboration with Kao’s organic vegetarian restaurant, café and bar in Malmö as they are setting up in the NP Hangout during the festival. With Kao’s in the kitchen you can expect to enjoy delicious vegetarian dishes as well as a wide range of coulorfull pastries and cakes with a damd good cup of coffeee.
The NP Hangout opening hours Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday
12.00 – 21.00 09.00 – 01.00 09:30 – 01.00 09.00 – 00.00 09.00 – 21.00
Check out the menu, prices and special treats at www.nordiskpanorama.com/kaos or at Facebook.
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Tempo Documentary Festival 7-13 March 2016 Stockholm “A perfect few days in Stockholm” Kim Longinotto
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“An amazing festival” Mia Engberg
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FOOD & DRINKS
Sat 19 Sept 18.00-19.00 / Grand Öl & Mat Saturday we welcome the international market guests for our Market Opening Reception
Get your lunch and drinks at one of our festival restaurants and bistros: SMAK, Grand Öl & Mat, Spegeln Bar & Bistro and Kao´s in the Kitchen (Cinema Panora). Discounts available with your delegate pass.
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Sun 20 Sept 18.00-19.00 / Grand Öl & Mat Nordisk Panorama Sunday we will warm up to Meet the Decision-Makers of NP Forum
Mon 21 Sept 18.00-19.00 / Grand Öl & Mat On Monday we are getting in the spirit for the NP Town Hall
Tues 22 Sept 18.00-19.00 / The Swedish Film Institute & Film i Skåne (next to Cinema Panora) Tuesday The Swedish Film Institute and Film i Skåne invite you for an open house drink to get you in the right mood for the Awards Gala.
NP SAUNA HOURS Wed 23 Sept 10.00-13.00 / Ribersborgs Kallbadhus. Experience the Finnish cure for hangover. Don´t miss out on this morning dip in the sea before travelling home. Transportation back and forth is on the house, we´ll gather at the NP Guest Desk!
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SMAK www.smak.info Fri 18 Sept-Wed 23 Sept Lunch Weekday Lunch Weekend Café GRAND ÖL & MAT www.grandolomat.se Lunch: Fri 18 Sept Lunch: Sat 19 Sept Brunsch: Sun 20 Sept Lunch: Mon 21 SeptWed 23 Sept SPEGELN BAR & BISTRO www.biografspegeln.se Fri 18 Sept Sat 19 Sept Sun 20 Sept Mon 21 Sept
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ND1: In DEpendence
Nnv1: losing it
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UNCONFERENCE 3
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VR / body how we ARTIST TALK swap talk did it?! 1 Kitty Von-Sometime 14.00 p. 108 17 .00 p. 96 18.30 p. 73
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News:moving sweden 12.30 p. 117
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lunch
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NP Hangout ... Café, pub, tickets and exhibitions 09.30 - 01.00
hackathon
09.00-19.00
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nordisk panorama market
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08.30
11.00
BLACK FRIDAY
11.00
REMEMBERING - A Glimpse of A MemorY
Dive into the Archive
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT
NP Awards
malmö live Konsertsalen
STADSBIBLIOTEKET
MALMÖ KONSTHALL C-salen
MALMÖ KONSTHALL Bokhandeln
stadsarkivet Bergsgatan
stadsarkivet Hörsalen
panora 2
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NP Hangout with Kao’s in the Kitchen Café, pub, tickets and exhibitions 12.00 - 21.00
grand öl & mat
smak Malmö Konsthall
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MALMÖ KONSTHALL C-salen
MALMÖ KONSTHALL Bokhandeln
stadsarkivet Bergsgatan
stadsarkivet Klassrummet
stadsarkivet Foajé
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biophilia workshop
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tickets bar, bistro spegeln foajé 09.30-21.00
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ND4: i want to be weird 21.00 p. 17
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Nnv1: losing it
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NS1: beyond the bechdel 21.15 p. 28
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doclounge special ND14 NP FESTIVAL CLUB: blood sisters blood sisters gala premiere party 19.00 (filmstart 20.00) p. 85 22.00-01.00 p. 116
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p. 108
Nnv3: change my world 19.00 p. 58
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jóhannsson 2
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p. 66
p. 25
Nnv2: A Gentle reminder 19.00 p. 52
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np happy np town hour hall 18.00 p.119 18.30 p. 100
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Icelandic Focus
18.00-22.00
the body swap experience
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p. 103
noncitizen dinner
the body swap experience
do not track
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14.00 do not track
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future 4/ noncitizen 16.30
ND5: The Man who saved the world 16.00 p.18
ND7: the look of silence 16.15
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would you buy this? p. 93 p. 93 16.30
quickfire
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how we did it?! 3 17. 00 p. 97
ND3: inside fur
ND6: Maiko dancing child 14.00 p. 19
p. 67 Nnv4: transphobia 11.30 p. 63
panora 3
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ND11: kitchen sink iceland 3 revolution 12.00 p. 24 14.00
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hackathon NS3: adult presentations education 12.00 p. 97 14.00
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artist talk NP Hangout with Kao’s in the Kitchen Tora Mårtens Café, pub, tickets and exhibitions 14.00 p. 99 09.00 - 00.00
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nordisk panorama forum
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iceland 2 p. 79
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ND2: democrats
ND13: drone 21.30
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p. 34
ND12: leaving africa
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the body swap experience
REMEMBERING - A Glimpse of A MemorY
NS2: out of order 19.30
wift a- rated p. 93 20.00
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18.30
Meet the decision makers
future 3
the body swap experience p. 103
p. 98
18.00 p.119
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p. 86
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FUTURE 2/ noncitizen 13.30
p. 107
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ND10: martha & niki 13.30 p. 23
p. 110
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np happy hour
Controversial docs
do not track
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ND9: pixadores
ND8: pervert park 11.30 p. 21
how we did it?! 2 17.00 p. 96
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my dinner with Ísold Uggadóttir 16.00 p. 74
15.30 p. 50
panora 2
panora 1
stadsarkivet Hörsalen
panora entrance
grand öl & mat
smak Malmö Konsthall
amiralen
Scandic Triangeln
monday 21 /9
NP Awards
kontrapunkt 2
kontrapunkt 1
STADSBIBLIOTEKET
MALMÖ KONSTHALL C-salen
MALMÖ KONSTHALL Bokhandeln
stadsarkivet Klassrummet
stadsarkivet Foajé
spegeln c
spegeln a
panora 3
masterclass jason brush jóhann Jóhannsson 11.00 p. 71 12.00 p. 71 14.00 jóhannsson 1
NS3: an adult education 13.00
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Virtual - new reality?
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panora 2
p. 119
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nordisk panorama forum
hackathon
09.00-19.00
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NP Hangout with Kao’s in the Kitchen Café, pub, tickets and exhibitions 10.00-00.00
grand öl & mat
smak Malmö Konsthall
amiralen
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sunday 20 /9
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ribersborg Kallbadhus
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MALMÖ KONSTHALL C-salen
MALMÖ KONSTHALL Bokhandeln
stadsarkivet Bergsgatan
panora 2
panora 1
grand öl & mat
smak Malmö Konsthall
wednesday 23 /9
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p. 119
REMEMBERING - A Glimpse of A MemorY
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np guest desk Scandic triangeln 08.00-19.00
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Icelandic Focus
18.00 p.119
np happy hour
16.00
p. 103
10.00 Dive into the Archive
the body swap experience
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how we did it?! 4 17.00 p. 97
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nd1 in dependence p. 25
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nd12 leaving africa
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09.30
p. 119
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p. 119
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NP Hangout with Kao’s in the Kitchen Café, pub, tickets and exhibitions 09.00-21.00
09.00-18.00
nordisk panorama forum
09.00-19.00
nordisk panorama market
NP Awards
glasklart
Film i skåne
STADSBIBLIOTEKET
MALMÖ KONSTHALL C-salen
MALMÖ KONSTHALL Bokhandeln
stadsarkivet Bergsgatan
stadsarkivet Klassrummet
stadsarkivet Foajé
panora 3
panora 2
panora 1
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grand öl & mat
smak Malmö Konsthall
amiralen
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directors in competition Alexis Almström Alexis Almström (b.1985) Graduated from film-directing program at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts in June of 2015. Alexis is also a swedish rap-artist and his key values of importance to filmmaking is Love, Hate & Faith.
Malin Andersson Malin Andersson (1972 Sweden) is a director and producer with production companies in Malmö and Ireland. Malin’s documentary film debut Belfast Girls (2006) gained lot of international attention and her latest international co-production Blood Sisters is currently touring the world.
Peter Anthony Peter Anthony (1971 Denmark) is a director, screenwriter, architect and designer who graduated from The Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1999). The Man Who Saved The World is a mix of nonfiction with narrative fiction, is his international debut as a feature-length film director.
Pietari Bagge I am a production designer for film and TV, but I do animation as well.
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Einar Baldvin
Cristine Berglund
Einar Baldvin was born in Reykjavík Iceland. A CalArts and USC graduate, his animated shorts have played all around the world. His latest film The Pride of Strathmoor won the jury price for Best Animated Film at Slamdance 2015 as well as Best Animated Short at Florida Film Festival 2015.
Cristine Berglund (1989, Stockholm) graduated from Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London in 2010. She started of working as an actor and then moved to exploring the world behind the camera. She is currently studying TV production, while working on her second short film.
liv joelle Barbosa Blad
iván Blanco
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
Iván Blanco is a Stockholm based director and cinematographer with work experience since the midnineties. Cinematographer of the award winning films Last Chapter by Peter Torbiörnsson (2011) and He Thinks He´s The Best by Maria Kuhlberg (2011). Director of Bushdoctor (2005) The Girl With the Gloves (2015) and Transphobia.
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen (1984) graduated from Westerdal School of Communication in 2009. She works mainly with TV and documentaries, and has won several prizes for her documentary Daughter of God (2009). Bestemors Hus (2014) is her first short film, and it embraces both the world of fact and fiction.
Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir
Marie Grahtø
Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir (1978 Iceland) studied MA in Television Documentary Production at Salford University, UK. Alongside documentary filmmaking, Brynja works as a freelancer in various film productions and commercials in Iceland. I want to be Weird is her first feature documentary.
Marie Grahtø is an award-winning film director based in Copenhagen. She graduated from The Danish Independent Film School Super16 in 2014. She has two times been a Danish Academy Award Robert Nominee and her films have travelled the world. She is currently working on her first feature Teenage Jesus.
Frida Matilda Barkfors
Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir
Hannaleena Hauru
Frida Barkfors (1983 Sweden), was one of the youngest ever to get accepted at the Directing Fiction Programme at the National Film School (2005-2009). Her graduation film Tick Tick Boom won the Laterna Nordica and was nominated for the Best Nordic Short at Nordisk Panorama in 2010.
Halla Einarsdóttir (1975 Reykjavik) studied Fine Art, Filmmaking and Applied cultural media and has worked in film and media since 2004. She is best known for her awarded documentaries on the women´s rights movement in Iceland, Women in Red Stocking (2009) and Kitchen Sink Revolution (2015).
Hannaleena Hauru (1983) is a Finnish filmmaker. She holds a degree from two Film Schools: ELO Helsinki and TTVO Tampere. She is also the founder of The International Random Film Festival and Helsinki Film Academy. She is currently working on her first feature film Thick Lashes of Lauri Mäntyvaara.
Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad (b.1990) studied at Nordland College of Art and Film and at Image and Sound in Madrid. She has directed the short films Space Oddity, How dramatic, When I wake up and Belles-Lettres.
Lasse Barkfors Lasse Barkfors (1980 Denmark) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Art in 2012. His graduation show earned him a lot of attention and he has shown his works in many countries and galleries, including White Chapel in London.
Amir Escandari Amir Escandari was born in Tehran. His family was forced to leave Iran for Finland where they were granted asylum. He studied film directing at the University of Wales, Newport. Pixadores (2014) is his feature documentary debut film.
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Henriikka Hemmi
Christer Hongisto
Amanda Kernell
inka Matilainen
Henriikka Hemmi works for Finnish public broadcasting company. She has been working as a director, cinematographer and editor of educational programmes, documentaries and short films since 2005. Close to heart are intimate stories following people at critical turning points in their lives.
Christer Hongisto is an Animator and Production Designer based in Helsinki, Finland. He has has been a lecturer in 3D animation and video production at the Middle East University in Beirut, Lebanon. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Film Production from the Arts University at Bournemouth.
Amanda Kernell (1986, Umeå) graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2013. She has directed several shorts including The Holiday Sister, which won Best Short at BUFF 2009 and Sharing All, which was awarded at Stockholm Film Festival. Amanda is currently shooting the feature film Sámi blood.
Inka matilainen (b.1981) graduated from the Academy of Pekka Halonen as an visual and media artist. Matilainen´s second direction work The Guardian has so far toured several festivals in Europe and won jurys special mention in St. Petersburg International debut- and student film festival 2014.
Tonje Hessen Schei
Iiris Härmä
Josefine Kirkeskov Nielsen
Tora Mårtens
Award winning documentary filmmaker Tonje Hessen Shei has worked with independent documentary production since 1996. Her films Drone (2014), Play Again and Independent Intervention focus on human rights, the environment and social justice.
M.A. Iiris Härmä (1970 Finland) has a degree in cultural studies with major in ethnology. Since 1999 she has worked in her own Guerilla Films production company as producer, director and writer exploring topics like gender equality, youth, identity, social justice, human rights and minorities
Ane Hjort Guttu
Joshua Oppenheimer
Ane Hjort Guttu (b. 1971) artist, filmmaker and writer based in Oslo. During the last years she has been working with issues of power and freedom in the Scandinavian postwelfare state. Her film works range from scripted fiction to classical documentary, a position which is reflected in Guttu´s practice in general.
Joshua Oppenheimer (1974 USA) is recipient of a MacArthur “Genius Grant”. His debut feature film, The Act of Killing has won 72 awards and was nominated for the 2014 Academy Award® for Best Documentary. The Look of Silence premiered In Competition at the 71st Venice Film Festival and won five awards.
Ása Hjörleifsdóttir
isabella Karhu
Ása Hjörlefsdóttir (1984) is an Icelandic filmmaker, and a graduate of the Columbia University Film MFA program. Ása has written and directed a number of shorts, most notably Ástarsaga. Ása is currently developing her first feature, an adaptation of the novel The Swan by Guðbergur Bergsson.
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Isabella Karhu (b.1988) has studied film directing at the Institute of Art and Design in Lahti, and has been working actively in the Finnish film industry since 2012. With her films, she wishes to remind the audience of the hidden gems in everyday life.
Josefine Kirkeskov, graduated from the Danish Film School June, 2015. With a unique flair for portraying emotional conflicts, relationships and family affairs, Josefine’s stories unfold with both intimacy and contemporary precision.
Tiina Lymi
Tora Mårtens’s (1978 Stockholm) debut film Tommy competed for a Golden Bear at Berlinale 2008, Bye Bye C’est Fini won awards and was screened internationally on TV and Film festivals. The first feature documentary Colombianos had it’s world premier at Hotdocs and has since then received major awards.
Camilla Nielsson Tiina Lymi is a famous Finnish actor and theatre director. She has played leading roles in several films and television series and directed numerous plays. Just a Name is her first film.
Camilla Nielsson (1973) won Monte Carlo TV Festival Grand Prix with The Children of Darfur (2006). Her documentaries Cities on Speed were in Mumbai Disconnected and Democrats (2014) was selected for IDFA’s Feature-Length Competition.
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir
Rungano Nyoni
Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir is an Icelandic actress, producer and a VFS writing graduate who has received numerous nominations and awards for her work. She’s a founding member of Vesturport, Iceland’s most innovative company of theatre artists and a co-owner of Zik Zak Filmworks.
Rungano Nyoni is a BAFTA Nominated director. Her films (Listen, Mwansa The Great, The List) have been selected at over 300 film festivals worldwide. She is currently writing her first feature project which was selected for the Cannes Cinefondation Residency.
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Sofie Nørgaard Kampmark Sofie Kampmark (1988) lived in Tokyo at the time of the March 2011 earthquake and following tsunami. After returning to Denmark she graduated from The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark in 2015. Sofie directed the graduation film, Tsunami, inspired by the 2011 disaster.
Sunit Parekh-Gaihede Sunit Parekh-Gaihede’s work has spanned more than fifteen years and three continents in film, high-end vfx, animation, interactive media, software and hardware product development. He recently completed Machine, his first fiction short film.
Elisa ikonen Elisa (b.1978) has a background in ceramics and design. An animation making process was a completely new field for her. Storytelling, visual harmony and atmosphere are important things for her in filmmaking, and the most rewarding moment is to see how the story and characters finally come alive.
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Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand (b.1991) has studied Film Studies and Creative Writing in Stockholm, and Film- and TV Production at Dalarna University. The Birthday Present made as a student film at Dalarna University, is his first short as a writer-director.
Åse Svenheim Drivenes Åse Drivenes’s (1977 Tromsø) directorial debut was the documentary film Our Man in Kirkenes (2010) which premiered at Tromsø International Film Festival. Åse’s next film I am Kuba (2014) won the main award at Norwegian Documentary Film Festival. Maiko – Dancing Child is Åse’s first feature length film.
David Sandberg
Miia Tervo
David Sandberg is a Swedish filmmaker with years of experience in directing television commercials and music videos. In 2012 he quit the commercial directing business and focused on writing a script for Kung Fury; an action comedy film set in the 1980s, inspired by action films of that era.
Miia Tervo is a director from Lapland. Her previous works are documentaries but now she is exploring “the pure fiction” way. Tervo’s films has been awarded many times and screened festivals worldwide. The little snow animal (2010) was nominated for the European Film Award (EFA) / Best Short Film in 2011.
Charlotte Schiøler
Emil Trier
Her first fiction was awarded Best Film at WIFF, Best Original Screenplay at BNFF and Best International Short Fiction at International Film Festival of Uruguay. Schiøler seeks to complete financing for her feature MOUSEY.
Emil Trier is a Norwegian/Danish film director who grew up in a family of filmmakers. He went to the European Film College and has a BA in Arts from UIO. Emil has made several international award-winning music videos as well as documentaries. He is currently working on his first fictional feature.
Hamy Ramezan
Thoranna Sigurdardottir
nur Tutal
Hamy Ramezan is a Finnish-Iranian film director and screenwriter. He graduated from the film school at UCA, in 2007. Ramezan short films have been awarded many times at various festivals around the world. His first feature film is currently in development stage and he is writing his second feature film.
Thoranna Sigurdardottir (b. 1974) in Reykjavik, Iceland. She moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to produce along with Steve Golin the feature film, All God’s Children Can Dance. She was accepted to the AFI DWW program in 2014, where she directed her first short Zelos.
Nur Tutal, based in Stockholm, has worked with short documentaries, documentary series and news reports for Swedish National Television since 1999. Her programmes have often dealt with ethnicity and cultural clashes in Sweden, France and Kurdistan.
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Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel(b.1990) is graduate from Westerdals Oslo School of Arts Communication and Technology. His short film Bird Hearts had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2015.
Sophie Vukovic Sophie Vukovic (1988, Zagreb) is a Stockholm-based filmmaker. She holds a degree in social anthropology and has worked briefly in journalism and theatre before making films. Her short films have screened at Swedish and international festivals.
Ola Waagen Ola Waagen (1975 Norway) is a filmmaker with a strong social commitment, and a special interest in political documentaries. Inside Fur is his breakthrough as director.
Zara Zerny Zara Zerny (b.1985) In 2011 she completed her bachelor in Graphic Design from the Gerrit Rietveld Art Academy, Netherlands. Since 2013 Zara has been a part of the Danish association of filmmakers, Super16, as a director. Her films often explore the boundaries between documentary and fiction.
Pål Øie Pål Øie (1961) was educated at Volda University College and the University of Bergen, and has studied music in the U.S. He is a screenwriter, director and producer and has made numerous award-winning shorts in addition to his feature films. His films have been shown at various festivals around the world.
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speakers and moderators Helen Ahlsson Filmproducer and Film Commissioner at The Swedish Film Institute, where she is running the three-year project Moving Sweden, where she is exploring new paths in filmmaking.
Axel Arnö
Hussain Currimbhoy Former director of programming at Sheffield Doc/Fest, has now joined the Sundance Film Festival as a documentary programmer. In this role he is picking non-fiction features for the annual Utah festival.
Mathilde Dedye Axel Arnö started his career as a newspaper reporter but became a Commissioning Editor for SVT in 1998. Since 2004, he has been working in SVT’s documentary department, dealing mainly with international co-productions.
speakers and moderators
Angie Driscoll
Alan Fitzpatrick
Angie Driscoll is a rabid short film lover, a music video enthusiast, champion of filmmakers and defender of underdogs! With over twelve years of film programming experience, and short film and documentary expertise, she has selected films for a variety of festivals all over the world.
Managing Director of Filmbase, a national resource centre for new filmmakers in Ireland. Filmbase works to develop and promote opportunities for filmmakers through production funding, training, masterclasses, networking events, mentoring and the publication of Ireland’s only film magazine, Film Ireland.
Andrea Edwards
Tim Garbos
Mathilde Dedye is an award-winning producer and one of the founders of French Quarter Film. The company has produced award-winning feature Återträffen (The Reunion) by Anna Odell and in 2014 the critically acclaimed feature documentary The Ceremony, by director Lina Mannheimer, was released.
Swedish filmmaker, feminist and actress Andrea Edwards (b.1966) is graduate from Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts and director of the documentary SCUM – en kärleksförklaring.
Tim is an independent game maker exploring new interactions between devices and humans; currently working on the mobile puzzle game, Progress. He is part of the Copenhagen Game Collective, organizer of Nordic and Exile Game Jams. He also designs and builds interactive installations for museums and kids.
Jason Brush
Norma Deseke
Gunhild Enger
Daniel Gonzalez Franco
Jason is Executive Creative Director and EVP of UX at POSSIBLE, where he oversees Creative and User Experience Design. He also teaches at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and at UCLA‘s Department of Film, Television & Digital Media, and holds an MFA in Film Directing from UCLA.
Norma Deseke is a Social Anthropologist dedicated to alternative knowledge production, interested in the relation between sociality and materiality, the digital and the physical, critique and imagination at the intersection between art, activism & technology during times of (alter)globalisation.
Gunhild graduated from Edinburg College of Art, and The School of Film Directing in Gothenburg. She was nominated for a BAFTA with her graduation film Bargain, and has since screened her films at festivals around the world. Her film Premature won best short film at several festivals in 2012/13.
Daniel Gonzalez Franco is a Colombian digital artist based in Barcelona. Considers himself as an electronic art explorer and Interaction design creative. Founder of Omnipresenz interactive TV. Special interest in generative art, VR, embodiment, telepresence, empathy research, and social innovation.
Anton Chizhov
Rune K. Drewsen
Eva Færevaag
Helene Granqvist
Searching for best shorts of different genres all around the world. Egoist TV is a premium entertainment channel of the best short films. I am responsible for content policy and negotiations with distributors, producers. Please send screeners to screening@egoist.tv (English subtitles required).
Rune K. Drewsen is the founder of the creative artspace Rumkammerat from Copenhagen. He is a board member of IGDADenmark. He has recently formed a dream team with two other talents and they have started the ultra indie game studio Triband. Their mission is to create games that matter.
Talent Programme Executive for New Ways Norway. New Ways Norway further artistic courage and contribute to the innovation of Norwegian cinema. Funding is granted in phases; for project development and production. Project development is obligatory and forms the basis for any later production funding.
Helene Granqvist has worked with film and television for more than 30 years. In 2011 she founded the production company Nordic Factory Sweden. Since 2013, Helene is also the president of WIFT Sverige. Right now, she is producing the documentary about Gudrun Schyman.
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Gitte Hansen
Born in 1971, Klara Grunning has a BFA in Film and Television. Since 2010 she has been a film commissioner at the Danish Film Institute but has from September 2015 moved across Øresund to join the Swedish Film Institute.
Gitte Hansen has worked in Switzerland with international film financing, distribution and executive production during the past 14 years. After a period with mainly feature film distribution, Gitte joined First Hand Films in 2002, where she today is Deputy Director.
Christoffer Guldbrandsen Christoffer Guldbrandsen is an acclaimed filmmaker and independent producer. He studied journalism at London City University and the Danish School of Journalism. He has directed and produced a number of award winning documentaries, including The Road to Europe (2003), The President (2010) and Stealing Africa (2012).
Helle Hansen
Marie Kjelsson
Lina Mannheimer
Producer for award-winning films such as Force Majeure, Victim-Mentality Rhetoric and Incident by a bank. Marie started working at Plattform Produktion in 2004 where she became CEO before forming her company Kjellson & Wik. Holds a degree in business, economics and law as well as Film & TV studies.
Lina Mannheimer holds an M.A. from the School of Film Directing at Göteborg University and a degree in Film and Art History from Universidad de Nebrija. In 2009 Mannheimer began working on The Ceremony, which was nominated for numerous awards. Mannheimer is currently developing a television series.
Frauke Knappke
Samira Motazedi
Born in 1963. Since 1988 Helle Hansen has worked as a journalist and documentary professional for amongst others the Danish channels DR, TV2 and TV3. In 2011 Helle joined the Danish Film Institute as a Film Consultant.
Frauke Knappke works in Sales and Distribution at interfilm Berlin. The team provides short films for cinematic exhibition in Germany and license shorts worldwide to TV stations, DVD labels, trains/buses/ airlines, VoD platforms, mobile operators, etc.
(1981 Iran) Studied business management and has been politically active in the struggle for women rights in Iran. She was sentenced to death for adultery and fled to Sweden where she was denied asylum. She is highly visible in criticizing the Iranian regime and asylum rights in Sweden.
annika gustafson
Jóhann Jóhannson
Andreas Koefoed
Sydney Neter
Annika Gustafson is a VR and innovative storytelling expert and executive director of BoostHbg. With her passion for strong stories on multiple platforms, she draws on her international experience as an award winning filmmaker to help creators increase their reach, impact, and funding possibilities.
Jóhann is an award-winning composer, musician and producer born in Iceland. His work frequently combines electronics with classical orchestrations and bears the influence of minimalism, drone, baroque and electro-acoustic music. This year he won the Golden Globe and received Oscar® nomination.
Andreas Koefoed b. 1979 started filmmaking in 2001. He graduated from National Film School of Denmark in 2009. His documentaries have focus on universal stories on human existence. His films have won numerous awards including Tribeca, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Nordisk Panorama and CPH:DOX.
SND Films is an international sales agent, selling award winning shorts, TV movies and (feature) documentaries. An exclusive agent for all of Bill Plympton’s animated shorts outside the USA and various other filmmakers & animators like Paul Driessen, Michael Dudok De Wit among others!
Jing Haase
Christina jul gregersen
clara lee lundberg
Kirsi Nevanti
Jing Haase is Nordisk Panorama’s Market Manager. She promotes all registered films internationally and provides advice on international distribution of shorts and docs. Jing also works with programming and has served on panels.
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Christina is the manager of Nordisk Panorama Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries. She has been organising NP Forum since 2009. In recent years she has also been a matchmaker during the IDFA Forum. She graduated as a producer from the film school Super16 and holds a master’s degree in French.
Clara Lee Lundberg is a dancer, choreographer, activist and multidisciplinary artist.Working and living between Brasil,Sweden and Cuba. Always operating in the breaking point between activism, theory and artistic practices.
Kirsi Nevanti is a filmmaker with several shorts and creative documentaries under her belt. In her work as a director, Nevanti has learned that ‘good instincts usually tell you what to do before your head has figured it out.’ Nevanti holds a PhD in documentary film at Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.
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Miriam Nørgaard
Oscar Raby
Eva Rybkova
Hanna Sohlberg
Nørgaard graduated as an editor from National Film School of Denmark in 1997. She has edited feature films, documentaries and short films. From 2006 to 2010 Miriam worked as a commissioning editor at DFI. Since 2010 she has worked as a producer Fridthjof Film A/S.
Oscar Raby is a multimedia artist. Oscar’s interest is in using interactive media to explore the relationship between the individual experience and larger historical narratives. His Virtual Reality documentary Assent, about the Chilean dictatorship, has been exhibited world-wide.
Programmer at One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival and in charge of festival programming. Member of the Final Film Selection Committee. Previously she worked as a journalist and TV producer for local and international media outlets in Prague and New York.
Film i Skåne is a regional center for film and TV, financed by Region Skåne, with the task of promoting all aspects of films. Film i Skåne’s regional work is run in three main fields – Film Education, Screening and Production, also containing Ystad Studios and Øresund Film Commission.
Mikael Opstrup
Juliet Riddell
Marie Schmidt Olesen
Helje Solberg
New Danish Screen, est. 2003, is a talent development subsidy scheme providing support for fiction and documentary films. New Danish Screen is founded on a partnership between the Danish Broadcasting Corporation DR, TV2 and the Danish Film Institute (DFI), and abides by the current Film Policy Accor
Helje Solberg is CEO and the editorial director for the Norwegian neworganisation VGTV and responsible for VG’s commitment to moving images. Before that, she spent several years managing editor of the newspaper. Hejle has a background in political science and has studied Russian and anthropology.
Gudrun Schyman
Cecilie Stranger-Thorsen
communication.
(b.1948) former leader of the Socialist Left Party, member of the Swedish Parliament (Riksdagen) since 1988 where she has been a member of, among others, the committees for culture and for foreign affairs. She started the political party Feministiskt Initiative in April 2005.
An independent advisor, helping producers and organisations with innovative storytelling and audience engagement. Holds an MA in Media Studies. Since starting STRANGER in Malmö she has founded the Nordic Transmedia community and has established Nordisk Panorama’s meet-up and Hackathon in Malmö.
Søren Poulsen
Tania Ruiz Gutierrez
Katharine Simpson
Peter Sunde Kolmisoppi
Søren Poulsen is the Director of the Nordisk Panorama – Nordic Short and Doc Film Festival since May 2015. He was General Manager of Filmby Aarhus and The West Danish Film fund from 2003 to 2011 and most recently the head of innovation at the faculty of creative industries at VIA University College.
Is a Colombian-French video artist born in 1973. She stiudied film and got her doctors degree from The University of Paris in Pantheon-Sorbonne in France. She is the designer behind the artwork Elsewhere in Malmö City Tunnel and was awarded an honorary doctorate at Malmö University following this achievement.
Katharine is Co-Director of Doc Lounge. At 18 clubs across 4 Nordic countries, Doc Lounge previews the best new documentaries to audiences alongside music, guests, talks etc. Throughout her career she has worked with alt. distribution and audience engagement across festivals, cinema, TV and digital.
Peter is working with projects that have the potential to change the society and particularly deals with questions of intellectual property rights. He is best known for cofounding the controversial website The Pirate Bay. He’s currently developing his art within the organisation Konsthack.
Dedicated documentarist since he made his first film in 1977, Mikael has worked in documentary distribution, producing and as Production Adviser at The Danish Film Institute. Mikael currently works as Head of Studies at European Documentary Network.
Rumi Ono Founded in 1970, TV Man Union Inc was the first independent TV production company in Japan. Leading the trend in Japanese television and production of many award-winning films. TV Man Union produces and acquires documentaries for broadcast, DVD, and theatrical and other media release.
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Juliet produced on an extensive range of programmes for Channel 4, ITV, BBC, Sky and Channel 5 and is now working as a multimedia commissioning editor of features and series at The Guardian.
Ove Rishøj Jensen For over a decade Ove has worked at EDN and is in charge of the website, runs documentary screenings, workshops, seminars and master classes, participates in the selection of projects to workshops and pitching sessions as well as handling press &
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Jesper Taxbøl
Bjarte Tveit
Jesper is the co-founder of Kanako, specialising in innovative technological solutions in communication and game development. He is a chairman of the Danish branch of the International Game Developers Association behind the world’s largest game jam – Nordic Game Jam.
Bjarte Mørner Tveit works as producer in Piraya Film. Tveit has worked as a producer on a number of Piraya Film’s productions. He is also a documentary writer and director. Tveit also works as distributor in the international film distribution company Kudos Family.
Ben Thompson
Ísold Uggadóttir
Joined Tribeca Film Festival in 2003 working with the filmmaker and programming teams. A few years later Ben became the Short Film Programmer for the festival. Throughout the year he gives talks at film schools to young filmmakers about festival strategy. Ben is also an award-winning filmmaker.
Ísold is an award-winning writer/ director. Her short films have screened at over 130 festivals, receiving over 30 awards. She has been honored with 6 nominations for the Icelandic Academy Awards, winning the Best Short in 2010 & 2011. Screen International named her “one of the rising stars of Icelandic film”.
Chris Tidman
Kitty Von-Sometime
Oversees acquisitions for the Shorts International distribution catalogue and the ShortsTV channels globally. Chris has 12 years of experience in short form content and factual programming in broadcasting, production management, content development, co-production financing and acquisitions.
Artist Kitty Von-Sometime was born and raised in Devon, England and later moved to Iceland, where she created an experimental event featuring only women and cut together a short film of the performance, Neon Fame, which received an overwhelming, positive response. Thus, The Weird Girls Project began.
Jenni Toivoniemi Jenni Toivoniemi is a Helsinki based writer and director. Her debut film as a director, The Date, has been selected to numerous international film festivals and it was awarded as the best international short film at Sundance Film Festival.
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Axel Arnö / SVT / Sweden Anders Bruus / DR / Denmark Anne Charbonnel / ARTE / France Anton Chizhov / egoist.tv / Russia Kim Christiansen / DR / Denmark Jan Daae / DR / Denmark Ulrike Dotzer / NDR / Germany Alan Esslemont / MG Alba / Scotland Charlotte Gry Madsen / SVT / Sweden Charlotte Hellström / SVT / Sweden Nikki Heyman / POV / USA Mette Hoffmann Meyer / DR / Denmark Helena Ingelsten / SVT /Sweden Martin Jøndahl / Verdens Gang / Norway Jo Lapping / BBC - British Broadcasting Corporation / UK Ilona Lokteva / egoist.tv / Russia Erkko Lyytinen / Yle / Finland Fabio Mancini / RAI / Italy Hedda Mjøen / Verdens Gang / Norway Philippe Muller / ARTE G.E.I.E / France Rumi Ono / TV Man Union / Japan Hera Ólafsdóttir / RÚV / Island Emelie Persson / SVT / Sweden Aira Planting / NRK / Norway Daniel Pynnönen / SVT /Sweden Paola Ruggeri / RTI SpA / Italy Juliet Riddell / The Guardian / UK Helje Solberg / Verdens Gang / Norway Anna Svensson / SVT Umeå / Sweden Lars Säfström / SVT Malmö / Sweden Anders Thomsen / DR / Denmark Tore Tomter / NRK /Norway Barbara Truyen / VPRO / Netherlands Sari Volanen / Yle / Finland Jenny Westergård / Yle / Finland Nathalie Windhorst / VPRO / Netherlands
Robin Brinster / Illumina Films / Netherlands Kim Christiansen / DR / Denmark Elsa Cojnby / FilmCentrum / Sweden Aleksandra Derewienko / Taskovski Films / UK Geoffrey Garreau / Wide House / France Christian Gesell / Interfilm Berlin / Germany Georg Gruber / Magnet Film / Germany Maëlle Guenegues / CAT&Docs / France Gitte Hansen Schnyder / First Hand Films / Switzerland Andrea Hock / Autlook Filmsales / Austria Bettan von Horn / Folkets Bio / Sweden Zofia Horszczaruk / New Europe Film Sales / Poland Jana Janicky / Shorts International / UK Stefan Kloos / Rise and Shine World Sales / Germany Frauke Knappke / Interfilm Berlin / Germany Catherine Le Clef / CAT&Docs / France Heather Millard / Spier Films / Iceland Sydney Neter / SND / Netherlands Nina Nørgaard Jensen / DOX:BIO / Denmark Nina Rahm / FilmCentrum / Sweden Mayumi Robinson / Dogwoof / UK Jan Rofekamp / Films Transit / Canada Daniel Salzwedel / Deckert Distribution / Germany Katrina Schelin / DOX:BIO / Denmark Robin Smith / KinoSmith / Canada Christopher Tidman / Shorts International / UK Daniel Vadocky / The National Film Archive in Prague / Czech Republic Jasmina Vignjevic / Taskovski Films / UK Lena Wallfelt / FilmCentrum / Sweden Stine Wangler / KurzfilmAgentur Hamburg / Germany Debra Zimmerman / Women Make Movies Inc. / USA
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Jesper Bergom-Larsson / Nordnorsk Filmsenter / Norway Sofie Björklund / Film Väst / Sweden Lill Casslind / Film i Västerbotten / Sweden Simone Catania / Doc/It / Italy Sigve Endresen / Filmkraft Rogaland / Norway Kjersti Greger / Midtnorsk Filmsenter / Norway Klara Grunning-Harris / Danish Film Institute / Denmark Annika Gustafson / BoostHbg / Sweden Helle Hansen / Danish Film Institute / Denmark Ulla Hæstrup / Danish Film Institute / Denmark Katja Härkönen / Filmpool Nord / Sweden Elina Kivihalme / The Finnish Film Foundation / Finland Kaarel Kuurmaa / Estonian Film Institute / Estonia Karolina Lidin / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / Norway Kalle Løchen / Viken Filmsenter / Norway Ane Mandrup Pedersen / Danish Film Institute / Denmark Beata Mannheimer / Filmregion Stockholm-Mälardalen / Sweden Kari Moen Kristiansen / Norwegian Film Institute / Norway Luke Moody / The Brit Doc Foundation / UK Ralf Quibeldey / ARD / NDR Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Germany Anne Marie Sörhman Fermelin / Film Stockholm / Sweden Bente Roalsvig / Fritt Ord - The Freedom of Expression Foundation / Norway Outi Rousu / AVEK / Finland Antonio Russo Merenda / The Swedish Film Institute / Sweden Martin Schlüter / Icelandic Film Centre / Iceland Marie Schmidt Olesen / Danish Film Insitute / Denmark KriStine Ann Skaret / Norwegian Film Institute / Norway Lars Skorpen / Vestnorsk Filmsenter / Norway Hanna Sohlberg / Film i Skåne / Sweden Arne Sommer / Filmförderung Hamburg-Schleswig Holstein / Germany Katia de Sousa / EACEA / Belgium Joakim Strand / Film i Skåne / Sweden Stine Tveten / Vestnorsk Filmsenter / Norway Pekka Uotila / The Finnish Film Foundation / Finland Elliott Whitton / Cinereach / USA
Juhani Alanen / Tampere Film Festival / Finland Ulla Bergström / DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival / Finland Eroll Bilibani / Dokufest / Kosovo Thibaut Bracq / Premiers Plans / France Andreas Bühlmann / Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur / Switzerland Catherine Champagne / The Financing Forum for Kids Content / Sweden Pierre-Alexis Chevit / Cinéma du Réel / France Hussain Currimbhoy / Sundance Film Festival / USA Miguel Dias / Curtas Vila do Conde / Portugal Krzysztof Gierat / Krakow Film Festival / Poland Laurent Guerrier / Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival / France Teddy Grouya / AmDocs - American Documentary Film Festival and Film Fund / USA Martin Horyna / Karlovy Vary International Film Festival / Czech Republic Melanie Iredale / Sheffield Doc/Fest / UK Katrine Kiilgaard / CPH:DOX / Denmark Jim Kolmar / SXSW - South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival / USA Grit Lemke / DOK Leipzig / Germany Matt Lloyd / Glasgow International Short Film Festival / Scotland Julie Marnay / Semaine de la Critique Cannes / France Josephine Michau / Copenhagen Architecture Festival / Denmark Frank Moens / Leuven Kort/DocVille / Belgium Agneta Mogren / TEMPO Dokumentärfestival / Sweden Nina Nørgaard Jensen / SWIM / Denmark Johanna Prack / TEMPO Dokumentärfestival / Sweden Hugo Ramos / Curtas Vila do Conde / Portugal Laurence Reymond / Quinzaine des Réalisateurs / France Madeline Robert / Visions du Réel / Switzerland Karen Rais-Nordentoft / Aarhus Filmfestival / Denmark Eva Rybkova / One World – International Human Rights Film Festival / Czech Republic Natacha Seweryn / Premiers Plans / France Frederik Sølberg / SPOT Festival / Denmark <- previously Filmby Aarhus Ben Thompson / Tribeca Film Festival / USA Diego Mas Trelles / Documenta Madrid / Spain Miguel Valverde / Indie Lisboa / Portugal Enrico Vannucci / La Biennale di Venezia / Italy Tobias Åkesson / Göteborg International Film Festival / Sweden
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index directors Ahmed Abdullahi p. 79, 86 Alexis Almström p. 47, 91 Phie Ambo p. 71 Malin Andersson p. 27, 85, 97 Peter Anthony p. 18, 96 Samir Arabzadeh p. 82 David Aronowitsch p. 79, 86 Pietari Bagge p. 53 Einar Baldvin p. 35 Jon Bang Carlsen p. 82 Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad p. 54 Frida Matilda Barkfors p. 21, 96 Lasse Barkfors p. 21, 96 Majeed Beenteha p. 67 Dorte Bengtson p. 89 Cristine Berglund p. 33 Sharmarke Binyusuf p. 79, 86 Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir p. 67 Andrew Ross Blackman p. 81 Iván Blanco p. 63, 96 Shaon Chakraborty p. 79, 86 Philip da Silva p. 91 María Dalberg p. 68 Marta Dauliute p. 79, 86 Dean DeBlois p. 70 Rune Denstad Langlo p. 89 Halla Kristín Einarsdóttir p. 24 Åsa Ekman p. 91 Amir Escandari p. 22, 97, 113 Jonatan Etzler p. 84, 90 Silje Evensmo Jacobsen p. 31 Nasib Farah p. 79 Nick Fenton p. 106 Brynja Dögg Friðriksdóttir p. 17, 113 Fredrik Gertten p. 79 Marie Grahtø p. 32, 97 Sigurður Guðjónsson p. 68 Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir p. 68 Ásdí Sif Gunnarsdóttir p. 69 Anders Gustafsson p. 89 Thorunn Hafstad p. 67 Grímur Hákonarson p. 66 Maida Hals p. 88 Iiris Härmä p. 25, 97, 113 Hannaleena Hauru p. 38, 97
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Hanna Heilborn p. 86 Henriikka Hemmi p. 14 Tonje Hessen Schei p. 26, 113 Ása Hjörleifsdóttir p. 42 Ane Hjort Guttu p. 59 Christer Hongisto p. 53 Louise Hooper p. 106 Nathan Hughes-Berry p. 90 Elisa Ikonen p. 53 Elsa Maria Jakobsdottir p. 66 Jóhann Jóhannsson p. 71 Mats Johansson p. 86 Orri Jónsson p. 67 Goran Kapetanovic p. 90 Isabella Karhu p. 57 Amanda Kernell p. 29 Josefine Kirkeskov Nielsen p. 44 Karsten Peter Kjaerulf-Hoop p. 81 Line Klungseth Johansen p. 81 Sara Koppel p. 89 Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir (Kira Kira) p. 67 Mikala Krogh p. 79 Markus Lehmusruusu p. 81 Simon Lereng Wilmont p. 89 Anja Lind p. 89 Victor Lindgren p. 90 Maria Lloyd p. 84 Una Lorenzen p. 67, 69 Tiina Lymi p. 49 Dodda Maggý p. 68 Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir p. 55 Elisabeth Marjanovic Cronvall p. 79, 86 Tora Mårtens p. 23, 77, 96, 99 Inka Matilainen p. 53 Øystein Moe p. 81 Kajsa Næss p. 84 Joachim Nakagawa Stråning p. 82 Camilla Nielsson p. 15, 96 Sofie Nørgaard Kampmark p. 37 Rungano Nyoni p. 30, 96 Pål Øie p. 36 Joshua Oppenheimer p. 20 Anna Padilla p. 86
index films Sunit Parekh-Gaihede p. 62, 96 Anna Persson p. 79, 86 Peter Pontikis p. 88 Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir p. 66 Tommi Rajala p. 90 Hamy Ramezan p. 30, 96 Lauri Randla p. 84 Rúnar Rúnarsson p. 67 Tobias Rydén Sjöstrand p. 48 David Sandberg p. 39, 81 Kristin Scheving p. 68 Charlotte Schiøler p. 60, 97 Thoranna Sigurdardottir p. 61 Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson p. 67 Börkur Sigþórsson p. 67 Søren Steen Jespersen p. 79 Peter Strickland p. 106 Maarit Suomi-Väänänen p. 90 Åse Svenheim Drivenes p. 19, 113 Miia Tervo p. 41 Ninja Thyberg p. 88 Emil Trier p. 43, 97 Nur Tutal p. 63, 96 Ísold Uggadóttir p. 74, 75 Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel p. 56, 97 Steina Vasulka p. 68 Woody Vasulka p. 69 Sophie Vukovic p. 33 Ola Waagen p. 16 Carl-Johan Westregård p. 82 Zara Zerny p. 50
09:55-11.05 Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B p. 33 A Pure Heart p. 66 Agnes p. 89 All In p. 81 Architecture of Home p. 67 Belles-Lettres p. 54 Beyond Hope, I Still Won’t Give Up p. 86 Bikes vs Cars p. 79 Bird Hearts p. 56 Björk: Biophilia Live p. 106 Blood Sisters p. 27, 85 Boy-Razor p. 88 By Any Means A-Veilable p. 60 Cams p. 82 Cats in Riga p. 82 Catwalk p. 88 Class Trip p. 84 Clean p. 75 Clumsy Little Acts of Tenderness p. 41 Come To Harm p. 67 Committed p. 75 Crisis Document. A Survival Guide p. 79, 86 Democrats p. 15 Detained p. 79 Drone p. 26, 78 End of Summer p. 71 Fair Play p. 90 Family Reunion p. 75 Fluctuation p. 68 Foul p. 89 Glasshouse p. 68 Good Things Await p. 71, 78 Goodnight Birdy p. 50 Grandma Lo-fi: The Basement Tapes of Sigrídur Níelsdóttir p. 67 Grandmother’s House p. 31 Heaven p. 44 Hidden p. 86 High Point p. 43 I Am Dublin p. 79 I Follow You p. 90
I Want to be Weird p. 17 If In Doubt Paddle Out p. 81 In Dependence p. 14 In the Crack of the Land p. 69 In the Land of the Elevator Girls p. 68 Inside Fur p. 16 It Was Mine p. 84 It’s OK to Eat Fish Cause TheyDon’t Have Any Feelings p. 90 Just a Name p. 49 Just Like You p. 91 Kitchen Sink Revolution p. 24 Kung Fury p. 39, 81 Laugarvatn - Disturbed Image p. 69 Leaving Africa p. 25 Listen p. 30 Lukas & the Aspies p. 89 Machine p. 62 Maiko - Dancing Child p. 19 Margrét p. 68 Martha & Niki p. 23, 77 Material Puffin p. 68 Mazda p. 47, 91 Megaphone p. 66 Mercy all the Way p. 38 Minispectacles - Trio p. 90 Miss Zahra p. 81 My Life My Lesson p. 91 Northern Great Mountain p. 29 Pervert Park p. 21 Pixadores p. 22 Playing with Balls p. 55 Rattlesnakes p. 67 Refugee 532 p. 90 Reminiscence p. 69 Repeating Feeling p. 68 Revolution Reykjavik p. 75 Roadkill p. 82 Salt p. 84 Seriously Deadly Silence p. 89 Sharaf p. 86 Sigur Rós: Heima p. 70 Sillamäe p. 84 Sonnet of Delirium p. 67 Sons p. 57
Teenland The Birthday Present The Corner Shop The Fencing Champion
p. 32 p. 48 p. 66 p. 89 The Gold Watch p. 82 The Great Harlot and the Beast p. 81 The Guardian p. 53 The Last Farm in the Valley p. 67 The Look of Silence p. 20 The Man Who Saved the World p. 18 The National Day p. 88 The Newsroom - Off the Record p. 79 The Pride of Strathmoor p. 35 The Substitute p. 90 This Place is Every Place p. 59 Transphobia p. 63 Tsunami p. 37 UpSide Down p. 36 Vitello Digs a Hole p. 89 Warriors from the North p. 79 When Björk Met Attenborough p.106 You and me p. 42 Zelos p. 61
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