Årets vinnare på Nordisk Panorama Film Festival 2018
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Ikväll har årets vinnare på Nordisk Panorama Filmfestival 2018 korats. Prisutdelningen ägde rum på tisdagkvällen på Malmö Rådhus och sätter punkt för en fantastisk filmfestival.
Från öppningen den 20:a september med världspremiären på Stefan Bergs film Leslie Brinner, Sacred Cinema i Johanneskyrkan, VR upplevelser, seminarier och en uppsjö av möten och filmvisningar har Malmö, fyllts med festivalkänslor i sex dagar.
I år gästades Nordisk Panorama av 750 ackrediterade gäster från den nordiska och internationella filmindustrin som tillsammans med den tillströmmande publiken gjorde festivalen till en härlig filmfest!
Best Nordic Documentary
Winner
The Deminer by Hogir Hirori (SWE), 2017, 83 min, (Sweden)
Motivation
The Best Nordic Documentary Award goes to a film which displayed incredible risk taking in following a character who put his life on the line every day, also putting the filmmaker in great danger. This portrait of a military man who dedicated his life to protecting civilians is portrayed through a great combination of archive footage and daring front line filmmaking. Throughout the documentary, the viewer faces a fear for the character as he goes about his work, creating a level of suspense which is rarely reached, and made we the Jury feel we’re in the hands of a skilled filmmaker as well as a brave documentarian. It is our honour to award the prize to The Deminer by Hogir Hirori.
Honary Mention
Raghu Rai - An Unframed Portrait by Avani Rai (IND), 2017, 55 min, (Finland, India, Norway)
A special mention goes to a film whose character was among the most dynamic and memorable we’ve seen on screen this week, and who gave us an insight into India we had never known. In Raghu Rai – An Unframed Portrait, Rai’s daughter, emerging filmmaker Avani Rai, bravely turns the camera on one of India’s most accomplished photographers.
Jury
Melanie Iredale, Interim Director of Sheffield Doc/Fest, Anais Chantal Paule Lebrun, Director of International Programming MUBI, Feras Fayyad, Filmmaker and Producer.
About the Award
The Best Nordic Documentary Award is presented by the documentary jury to one of the 15 films in the Nordic Documentary Competition. The award goes to the director(s) of the film. 15 documentaries competed for the Nordic Documentary Award.
Sponsored by
The prize sum is 11,000 € and is sponsored by the Nordic public broadcasters DR, YLE, RUV, NRK and SVT.
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Best Nordic Short Film
Winner
Shadow Animals by Jerry Carlsson (SWE), 2017, 22 min, (Sweden)
Motivation
The award for Best Nordic Short Film goes to a film that the jury all considered to be a bold and startlingly original work. It makes effective and creative use of a child’s perspective to reveal the strangeness of adult social rituals, the subtle power dynamics in our interactions, and the pressures we may feel at any point in our lives to conform to behaviours and protocols we may not entirely understand. We were especially impressed by how the film creates many layers of meaning through its richness of detail, precise performances, inventive physical vocabulary and eerie atmosphere. The award for Best Nordic Short Film goes to Shadow Animals by Jerry Carlsson.
Honorary Mention
The jury would like to give a special mention to one film in the competition that greatly impressed us with its sophistication, intelligence and elegance. We were struck by how this film presented complex themes and provocative ideas in a manner that is both unusually contemplative and beautifully composed. The jury gives a special mention to The Green Valley by Ellen Ugelstad.
The Green Valley by Ellen Ugelstad (NO), 2018, 24 min, (Norway)
Jury
Martina Fiorellino, Premium Films, Jason Anderson, Toronto International Film Festival, Heta Jäälinoja, Animation director and lecturer
About the Award
The Best Nordic Short Film Award is presented by the short film jury to one of the 20 films in the Nordic Short Film Competition. The prize-winning film will qualify for consideration in the Short Film Category of the Annual Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided that the film otherwise complies with the Academy rules. The award goes to the director(s) of the film.
20 short films competed for the Nordic Short Film Award.
Sponsored by
The prize sum of 7,000 € is sponsored by the Nordic directors’ associations; Danish Film Directors, Directors Guild of Finland, Guild of Icelandic Film Directors, Norwegian Film Makers Association and Swedish Film Directors.
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Children's Choice Award:
Winner
Shadow Boxer (Skyggebokser) by Andreas Bøggild Monies, 2017, 22 min, (Denmark)
Jury
The young audience of Nordisk Panorama Film festival 2018
About the Award
The films in the Young Nordics programme compete for the love of our most critical audience. We ask the youngest viewers to tell us which film they liked the best and we’ll award the winner with a Children’s Choice award, as well as an invitation to attend next year’s festival.
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Nordisk Panorama Audience Award:
Winner
The Distant Barking of Dogs by Simon Lereng Wilmont (DK), 2017, 91 min (Denmark)
Jury
The audience of Nordisk Panorama Film festival 2018
About the Award
To win the prize of the audience of Nordisk Panorama Film Festival is among the finest appreciation a filmmaker can get. The audience can vote for any of the Nordic short films and documentaries competing in the main competition programmes and the new Nordic films in the special programmes.
Sponsored by
The Nordisk Panorama Audience Award prize sum is 2,500 € and is sponsored by the City of Malmö.
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FACTS - Nordisk Panorama Film Festival - 29th edition
59 films was screened
750 film industry guests
Over 500 submitted competition entries
215 of the latest finished Nordic films are presented during Nordisk Panorama Market for distribution
45 film projects are presented at the Forum to seek financing for a total of around 4 million euros
Over 700 industry meetings booked throughout the event
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