The complete programme for Nordisk Panorama 2017 film festival has been released on the Nordisk Panorama website. This year we have a steaming programme, which includes a sauna cinema, a “hobbyhorse revolution”, letters to a serial killer and the rise and fall of Nokia – to just mention a few.
We will start off this year´s Finnish focus with a Finnish hobbyhorse fever as our opening night on Thursday 21 September, screening “Hobbyhorse Revolution” about the global phenomenon hobbyhorse riding.
Fotografije ustupio NPFF – Nordisk Panorama – Gala Awards – Photo Soren Lamberth
Syria plays an important part in this year’s festival and so do music. We have several music documentaries lined up such as “Silvana”, about the charismatic Swedish female rapper Silvana Imam and “I called him Morgan”, which tells the story about the jazz legend Lee Morgan’s murder that sent shockwaves through the jazz community. Murder and serial killers are also among the topics in this year´s selected films with documentaries such as “Letters to a serial killer” where the sister of a victim of the Malmö serial killer contacts the killer to get answers. And if you like a murder mystery don’t miss “Out of Thin Air” about the disappearance of two men on Iceland in the early 1970s.
To follow up the Finnish focus we invite you to throw your clothes and join our “Sauna Cinema”, let out your inner primal scream and join the “Scream Along Cinema” and dive into the world of Mika Taanila at his “Masterclass: Cameraless Excursions”. Virtual Reality is this year again having a central place in the film festival with numerous VR works and experiences open and free to the public to try out at this years Festival Hub – NP Hangout @ Inkonst.
For our celebrated industry guests we enfold our industry sessions in a Conference Programme where we combine focus on financing, distribution, and sales with the creative processes for filmmakers. To name a few of the 30+ sessions, you can catch the 2017 dok.incubator Previews, get closer to how to use Dance choreography for cinematic storytelling and join discussions on how to further challenge filmmakers in their documentary storytelling.
So come, scream along, sweat, fright and dance it off!
GENERAL INFO / SHORT FACTS
The Nordisk Panorama festival has a unique setup focused on Nordic Documentaries and Short films produced in the Nordics or made by Nordic filmmakers and yearly highlights one Nordic Country. In 2017 it’s Finland. The festival annually also invites an Industry Delegation from a non-Nordic country. This year we welcome a team of film professionals from France to join our industry events.
Nordisk Panorama is also an important meeting place for filmmakers to finance their projects and sell finished movies at the Nordisk Panorama Forum and Market. The Forum have 24 selected projects for pitch during the festival out of numerous submissions and the Market will have around 250 Nordic Titles in the Market Catalogue accessible during the film festival for market professionals to screen.
The festival provides a unique opportunity to benchmark the Nordic short and documentary film scene, to network with the Nordic film industry, to watch films made by the most recognized Nordic film producers, and to discover new promising and aspiring Nordic talents.
QUICK FACTS AND NUMBERS ABOUT NORDISK PANORAMA
28th Edition of Nordisk Panorama Film Festival (NP)
6 Festival Days with Finland in focus
15.000 Festival Visitors in 2016
1000 Industry Guests from 37 Countries in 2016
562 Film Submissions to competition programmes
55 Films Selected for the 3 Main competitions
3 Main Competitions and 5 Awards including the Audience Award and a special Children’s Choice award
250 newly Finished Nordic Films presented at Nordisk Panorama Market, available for distribution
24 Film projects presented at Nordisk Panorama Forum to seek financing
NORDISK PANORAMA AWARDS 2017 – prize goes to the director(s):
Best Documentary: 14 films in competition, prize 11.000 €
Best Nordic Short: 28 films in competition, prize 7.000 € and direct qualification for annual Academy Awards®
Best New Nordic Voice: 13 films in competition in two categories, short and docs. Prize in both categories 3.500 €
Audience Award: all films from all competitions combined and special programmes, prize 2.500 €
Children’s Choice Award: handed out by a kid’s jury to the best-liked film in the Young Nordics programme
BRIEF FESTIVAL HISTORY
The annual Nordisk Panorama Film Festival is hosted by the City of Malmö, Film i Skåne, and Nordisk Panorama. Since the start in 1990, the festival has been touring around the 5 Nordic countries. From 2013, however, the festival has been permanently located in Malmö – a city that has a big interest in and put a lot of effort into the film industry and is home to a big short and documentary film audience.
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