The best and brightest in non-fiction filmmaking from the Nordic countries.
A Place in The Sun
A visual tour of the pastel-coloured holiday destination of Gran Canaria, a haven for millions of tourists - and for people fleeing more than just rain and cold. The paradoxes of tourism meet the harsh realities of those who live in paradise all year round.
Mette Carla Albrechtsen / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Phantoms of the Sierra Madre
Three men embark on a boyhood dream of a Western adventure in search of a lost Apache tribe in Mexico, but end up in a very different place than they had planned. A thought-provoking film about being out of place - and about realising it along the way.
Håvard Bustnes / Norway, Finland, United States & Mexico / 2024 / World Premiere
Mina and The Radio Bandits
There's more than cops and robber stories at stake in this heartbreaking and dramatic film about Norwegian Mina with the kind heart who starts a radio station for (and with) prison inmates. Can she find the line between life and work when an unexpected tragedy strikes?
Kari Anne Moe / Norway / 2024 / World Premiere
Our Father Wears a Sun
A brother and sister's loving, poetic and personal film poem to their late father, Danish actor Søren Spanning.
Jasper Spanning & Rosalinde Mynster / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
Hard to Break
Two young Finns are fuelled by their (self-)destructive love for each other as their parallel lives on social media become further and further removed from reality.
Krista Moisio & Anna-Maija Heinonen / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
G – 21 scenes from Gottsunda
The Swedish gang conflict seen from the inside over five years by a filmmaker who is at home portraying one of Sweden's most dangerous areas, which he is now moving out of. A poetic and existential film about life, death and brotherhood.
Loran Batti / Sweden & Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere
The Labour of Pain and Joy
A generous and eye-opening story that unfilteredly follows two Finnish birth attendants as they struggle to improve birthing practices and challenge old traditions.
Karoliina Gröndahl / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests. Is it still civil disobedience when you know you have both history and the future on your side?
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere
Life and Other Problems
The meaning of life, death and everything else? The possible answers are plenty in Max Kestner's adventurous film, which starts when the death of a giraffe at the Copenhagen Zoo goes viral from Hollywood to Chechnya.
Max Kestner / Denmark, Sweden & United Kingdom / 2024 / World Premiere
The Son and the Moon
A Danish-Iranian filmmaker's brave and honest journey through six years of cancer, love and a life project of mapping her family's dramatic history. Existential poetry with an unforgettable woman in front of (and behind) the camera.
Roja Pakari / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere