FkN Newsletter

April 2013

Nordisk Panorama News

25.04.2013
Submit Your Film to Nordisk Panorama
Now is the time to submit your shorts and docs to Nordisk Panorama Festival and Nordisk Panorama Market!

Nordisk Panorama is the annual gathering point for the Nordic short and documentary community and the place to be for Nordic shorts and docs. This is where you get updated on what's cooking in the Nordic region, meet fellow Nordic filmmakers to build invaluable network and get unique access to Nordic and international decision-makers. Don't miss out!

Submission Deadlines:

Films for competition: 1 May
Market films completed in 2012: 1 May
Market films completed in 2013: 1 August

Read more in the call for Nordisk Panorama and click here for regulations and online submission.

25.04.2013
Call for Projects for the 20th Edition of Nordisk Forum
This year we celebrate the 20th anniversary of Nordisk Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries and submission of projects will open 1 May. Nordisk Forum is the main funding event for professionals involved in the Nordic documentary community, taking place 22-24 September during Nordisk Panorama in Malmö, Sweden.

Again this year, Nordisk Forum is also open for cross-media documentary projects with a film or television component and we're looking forward to receiving new and exciting cross-media projects.

To apply for Nordisk Forum, check out the guidelines and make sure you have everything ready and submitted by the deadline 7 June. The deadline for accreditation to Nordisk Forum is 1 August.

7 June 2013: Submission of projects
1 August 2013: Accreditation

25.04.2013
Nordisk Panorama Partners with Nordic Game
Nordisk Panorama is partnering with Nordic Game to facilitate Nordic filmmakers' participation at the Nordic Transmedia Meet-up in Malmö during the Nordic Game Conference. Nordisk Panorama's contribution allows an additional 25 filmmakers to attend the Nordic Transmedia Meet-up free of charge!

The Nordic Transmedia Meet-up takes place on 22 May from 15:00 until midnight, and includes:

• A Master class with Carri Bugbee, digital marketing expert and the award winning creator of Mad Men fan fiction stories for @peggyolson and #TeamPeggyList
• An un-conference session where participants self-organize to discuss challenges and successes, to find partners and to network
• An informal meet-up dinner and the Nordic Game Indie Night party with screening of Suvi Helminen's interactive documentary "48 Hour Games"

The goal of the Nordic Transmedia Meet-up is for industry professionals to gain insight into conditions and methods across genres and fields of business for mutual benefit and to make new partnerships and projects flourish.

Since the first edition at last year's Nordic Game Conference, members of the Nordic Transmedia Meet-up group have themselves initiated 7 meet-ups at various Nordic locations. A future Nordic Transmedia Meet-up will take place at Nordisk Panorama in Malmö this September in connection with a special day of seminars and talks dedicated to transmedia and leading up to the 48 hour Hackathon.

To sign up for the Nordic Transmedia Meet-up free of charge, go here.

As a meet-up participant you will also be granted a SEK 1000,- discount on the accreditation fee to the Nordic Game Conference 23-24 May if registering before 1 May. To learn more and register, go here.

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25.04.2013
Nordic Delegation at Hot Docs
It will be hard to miss the Nordics at Hot Docs, North America's premier documentary festival, market and conference, taking place in Toronto, Canada, 25 April-5 May 2013.

Filmkontakt Nord has coordinated a delegation of documentary professionals from the five Nordic countries who will be attending different parts of the event. So there is a good chance of meeting us at either the screenings, the International Co-Production Day, the Hot Docs Forum and around. Check out the Nordic films and projects in the Official Selection here.

At Hot Docs Filmkontakt Nord will also give distributors, sales agents, commissioners, festivals and press a chance to meet the Nordic talent for lunch on Monday 29 April. The lunch is organised together with Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, The Finnish Film Foundation and the Nordic embassies in Canada and it is by invitation only. For more information contact christina@filmkontakt.com.

Nordisk Forum Manager Christina Jul Gregersen will be present at the festival 28 April-2 May. To set up a meeting with Christina, send her an email or contact her at +45 6131 8539.

Buyers, festival programmers, sales agents and distributors can already now check out some of the selected films at Nordisk Panorama Market Online, our professional streaming service for Nordic short and docs. Check out the list of films here.

25.04.2013
Filmkontakt Nord in Oberhausen
FkN's Jing Haase is attending the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 3-6 May. The German festival is the world's oldest short film festival and this year's edition is the 59th.

FkN is present in Oberhausen to expand the international network, promote Nordisk Panorama and the new films available at Nordisk Panorama Market Online, FkN's free streaming service for international tv-buyers, sales agents, distributors and festival programmers.

To set up a meeting with Jing, send her an email or contact her at +45 3132 0212.

25.04.2013
Nordic Vodka Hour at Reykjavík Shorts & Docs
FkN Director Katrine Kiilgaard is attending Reykjavík Shorts & Docs Festival 9-12 May.

On Saturday 11 May at 18:00, Filmkontakt Nord & Nordisk Panorama are happy to offer a drink to old and new friends. Join Katrine and Chairman of the FkN board Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir for the infamous Nordic Vodka Hour at Bió Paradís in Reykjavík.

To set up a meeting with Katrine, send her an email or call her at +45 2042 4529.

25.04.2013
Nordic Producers at Sunny Side of the Doc
Partnering with EDN, Filmkontakt Nord is co-ordinating the Nordic delegation to Sunny Side of the Doc in France, securing Nordic film professionals value-for-money access. Get a unique opportunity to join Sunny Side of the Doc's worldwide network! Read more here.

25.04.2013
Projects Selected for Manymade Mentored Crowdfunding Campaign
Filmkontakt Nord and Manymade are pleased to announce the three projects chosen for mentoring from the recent Crowdfunding Call for Projects. We would like to thank everyone for sharing their work with us. The three projects chosen were exemplars of the types of projects ideal for raising funds by partnering with their audiences to achieve a vision that includes them in all phases.

The selected projects are:

• Escaping Sunshine by Allan van O.T. Andersen, Producer: Rasa Miskinyte, Era Film, Lithuania/Denmark
• The Accidental Rock Star by Igor Devold, Producer: Ingvil Giske, Medieoperatørene, Norway
• The Fall by Andreas Thaulow, Producer: Håvard Gossé Bergseth, Gossé Media, Norway

These projects offer interesting subject matter, and present thoughtful ideas on how crowdfunding will be used to support their creation and engage their audiences. All three projects are unique in their message, their expected use of the platform and the funding, and demonstrate a mix of different formats and subjects to connect with their potential supporters.

The crowdfunding campaigns will appear on the Manymade website in the coming weeks, so keep an eye out at www.manymade.org to check out the projects and support them.