Come and celebrate the 21th Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival
The festival is back in Bergen!
Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival has for several years been a vital stop on the international film festival circuit - famous for its´ cultural importance and creativity, and recognized as a good place to find new, soulful, cutting-edge work. Taking the pulse on the current Nordic short film & documentary scene, the festival creates a vibrant meeting-point for filmmakers, distributors, financiers and audience alike! Since 1989 the festival has rotated annually between the five Nordic countries Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Finland.
Last year Nordisk Panorama was held in Reykjavik, this year we welcome you to Bergen, Norway.
20 years ago...
In the beginning the festival was established as the main meeting place for the professional Nordic short film & documentary community. Public interest from movie-lovers convinced festival organizers to open up the closed industry event, and ever since Nordisk Panorama has continued to grow and reach new audiences with every year. Last year the festival celebrated its 20th anniversary!
Nordisk Panorama offers a unique opportunity to take the pulse on the Nordic Scene - to be among the first to see new films by proven talents and to discover new potential. A number of internationally well-known Nordic directors have debuted at Nordisk Panorama throughout the years.
Nordisk Panorama is arranged annually by Filmkontakt Nord and a local partner in each of the five Nordic countries. In Bergen the major partner is Bergen Council and West Norwegian Film Centre.
...yet MORE than a film festival
The festival wants to open our eyes and hearts to Nordic short & documentary filmmaking. Not only through films, but through a variety of exciting happenings during the entire festival, such as seminars, master classes, side programmes, parties, open forums and network opportunities between professionals and audiences alike.
The main showcase of Nordisk Panorama is the Competition Programme. It consists of approximately 80 new short film & documentary titles, of which the vast majority are introduced to an international audience for the very first time. The three main competitions are Best Nordic Short, Best Nordic Documentary and New Nordic Voices. Among other special awards is the Canal + Award.
Two other major parallell events take place during the festival: Nordisk Forum for Co-financing of documentaries, and Nordisk Panorama Market. The Forum and Market span every professional focus area, from the development and financing to the distribution and exhibition.
Everyone´s invited!
So whether you are a professional or an amateur: There is something for everybody at Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival! Come to Bergen and enjoy the wild, wondrous and wide-open variety of Nordic short & documentary filmmaking!
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