Call for Entries

Nordisk Panorama

Malmö, Sweden, 20-25 September 2013

Now is the time to submit your short and documentary films to Nordisk Panorama Festival and Nordisk Panorama Market!

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

Submission deadlines for Nordisk Panorama Festival and Market!

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

Click here for regulations and online submission.

Nordisk Panorama
Nordisk Panorama is the main platform for short films and documentaries in the Nordic region, offering an annual business venue and showcase. Comprising Nordisk Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries, Nordisk Panorama Market and Nordisk Panorama Festival, the event spans all professional focus areas from development and financing to distribution and exhibition.

To be eligible for the festival and market, the film must:

- qualify as an independent production
- qualify as a Nordic production or be directed by a Nordic director
- be completed within the current or preceding year
- be subtitled in English or English versioned

Documentaries are accepted in any length and short films include all forms of animation, fiction and experimental films of up to 60 minutes.

Nordisk Panorama Festival
Nordisk Panorama Festival screens the best Nordic shorts and docs in three competition programmes and in Nordic side programmes. The festival also features seminars, master classes and social events.

To be eligible for the competition programmes, the film must have a confirmed premiere between 1 July 2012 and 31 June 2013 and not have been entered for the Nordisk Panorama competition programme before.

Nordisk Panorama Market
Nordisk Panorama Market is the only place that offers a comprehensive overview of Nordic short and documentary film production, from films completed in the past year to titles in the pipeline.

Nordisk Panorama Market includes VOD screenings, curated closed market screenings and work-in-progress presentations on the spot in addition to an online VOD platform running all year round.

To be eligible for closed market screenings, the film must not yet have premiered internationally.

The market films are presented to international buyers, distributors and programmers during the event as well as at Nordisk Panorama Market Online all year round.

Submitting your film to the market gives your film and you unique access to the international professionals in place through pre-booked one-to-one meetings.

A paid film in the market will give a key person from the film discount on the Nordisk Panorama accreditation.