Projects include The Distant Barking of Dogs, from The Act of Killing production company Final Cut For Real.
The Nordisk Panorama Forum for Co-financing of Documentaries, to be held in Malmo, Sweden from Sept 18-20, has selected 24 documentary projects to be pitched to industry professionals.
They include Johan Von Sydow’s Swedish documentary about American musician Tiny Tim; Lea Glob’s Danish documentary about a female painter’s coming of age in Paris; Emil Trier’s feature debut about Norwegian con man Waleed Ahmed; and The Act of Killing production company Final Cut For Real’s new Ukraine-set project The Distant Barking of Dogs [pictured], directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont.
The full list of projects being pitched
- 16, dir Kenneth Elvebaak, Fuglene (Norway)
- Adil and the Spy, dirs Randi Mossige-Norheim & Johan Palmgren, Mantaray Film (Sweden)
- Apolonia, Apolonia, dir Lea Glob, Danish Documentary (Denmark)
- Confessions of a Military Dictatorship, dir Karen Stokkendal Poulsen, Bullitt Film (Denmark)
- Femimam, dir Marie Skovgaard, House of Real (Denmark)
- Hockey Dreams, dirs Janne Niskala & Oksari Pastila, Vaski Filmi (Finland)
- Hunting For Hedonia, dir Pernille Rose Gronkjaer, Danish Documentary (Denmark)
- Last Men in Aleppo, dirs Feras Fayyad & Steen Johannessen, Larm Film (Denmark)
- Lost Diamond, dir Rita Broka, Laika Film (Sweden)
- Mother Slave, dir Charlotta Stromberg, Illume (Finland)
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy, dir Sofia Haugan, Indie Film (Norway)
- Permaculture Preacher, dirs Heather Millard & Thordur Jonsson, Compass Films (Iceland)
- Rodeo, dir Raimo Joerand, Traumfabrik (Estonia)
- Surrogate, dir Sven Blume, WG Film (Sweden)
- The Distant Barking of Dogs, dir Simon Lereng Wilmont, Final Cut For Real (Denmark)
- The Russian Job, dirs Petr Horky, Krutart (Czech Republic)
- The Waleed Ahmed Story, dir Emil Trier, Motlys (Norway)
- War of Art,Tommy Bulliksen, Norsk Fjernsyn (Norway)
- What’s Eating Tiny Tim?,dir Johan Von Sydow, Momento Film (Sweden)
Wildcards being pitched
- Expectations of Me, dir Julie Bezerra Madsen, Made In Copenhagen (Denmark)
- The Mercurius of Molenbeek, dir Reeta Huhtanen, Zone2 Pictures (Finland)
- Love, Always, dir Kristin Andrea Thordardottir, Poppoli (Iceland),
- Dacca And the Reindeer, dir Fridtjof Kjaereng, fx (Norway)
- Scheme Birds, dirs Ellen Fiske & Ellinor Hallin, Sisyfos (Sweden)
There are also 20 “observer+” projects selected. More than 260 professionals are expected to attend. The sister festival, Nordisk Panorama (Sept 16-21), has also confirmed its documentary competition titles.
Best Nordic Documentary
- Becoming Zlatan, dirs Fredrik Gertten & Magnus Gertten (Sweden, Netherlands, Italy)
- Brothers, dir Aslaug Holm (Norway)
- Bugs, dir Andreas Johnsen (Denmark)
- Diving Into The Unknown, dir Juan Reina (Finland, Norway)
- Don Juan, dir Jerzy Sladkowski (Sweden, Finland)
- Dugma – The Button, dir Paul Refsdal (Norway)
- Keep Frozen, dir Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir (Iceland)
- Magnus, dir Benjamin Ree (Norway)
- MonaLisa Story, dir Jessica Nettelbladt (Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
- Motley’s Law, dir Nicole Horanyi Nielsen (Denmark)
- Reflections, dir Sara Broos (Sweden, Latvia)
- Return Of The Atom, dirs Mika Taanila & Jussi Eerola (Finland, Germany)
- The Magnitsky Act, dir Andrei Nekrasov (Norway)
- Those Who Jump, dirs Estephan Wagner, Moritz Siebert & Abou Bakar Sidibé (Denmark)
The festival also has two categories for short films, best Nordic short and best new Nordic voice.
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