Premieres at this year’s festival
Some of the films that meet their audience for the very first time at this year’s festival.
The Silence in Sápmi – Swedish and European premiere
Daughters – Malmö premiere
Mr Murphy – Nordic premiere
Blue Note – International premiere
Operation Siblings – World premiere
Tsumu – Where Do You Go With Your Dreams? – Swedish premiere
Turtoise in Time – Världspremiär
The Eclipse – Swedish premiere
See Me As I Am – Swedish premiere
Urgent topics at this year’s festival
Write about urgent topics through the lens of this year’s films! Below we’ve made some suggestions of themes to help you orient in our programme. In most cases the directors of the films are present in Malmö and eager to talk about their films and the topics they adress. If you want help to be put in contact with them reach out to press@np-test.server01.dk and we’ll forward your request.
Legal rights / Speaking your truth
The voices of many. Testimonies either sung out loud or carefully investigated and thoroughly retold in attempts to make the world a better place. Corruption and misuse of power seen in different variations across the world.
Ruthless Times – Songs of Care, (Armotonta menoa – Hoivatyön lauluja), Susanna Helke, 92 min, Finland, 2022.
The Killing of a Journalist, (The Killing of a Journalist), Matt Sarnecki, 100 min, Denmark, Czech Republic, USA, 2022.
The Silence in Sápmi, (Tystnaden i Sápmi), Liselotte Wajstedt, 70 min, Norway, Sweden, 2022.
The Eclipse, (Formørkelsen), Nataša Urban, 109 min, Norway, 2022.
Sabaya, (Sabaya), Hogir Hirori, 91 min, Sweden, 2021.
Burden of Proof, (Bevisbyrden), Ivar Aase, 9 min, Norway, 2021.
King of the Butterflies, (King of the Butterflies), Olaf de Fleur, 70 min, Iceland, 2022.
Identity & (Social) Heritage
Coming to terms with destiny and the lottery of life. These films tell stories about the complicated relationships to the places we call home. Whether it means traveling across the world in order to find out where you come from or accepting the reality that your home can’t really give you what you need. Stories about coping with life with the tools given, and about the people helping along the way.
Moosa Lane, (Moosa Lane), Anita M. Hopland, 87 min, Denmark, Norway, 2022.
Tsumu – Where Do You Go With Your Dreams?, (Tsumu – Where Do You Go With Your Dreams?), Kasper Kiertzner, 85 min, Denmark, Sweden, 2022.
No Place Like Home, (Veien hjem), Emilie Beck, 70 min, Norway, 2022.
How to Save a Dead Friend, (How to Save a Dead Friend), Marusya Syroechkovskaya, 104 min, Sweden, Norway, France, 2022.
Challenging Anthropocentrism and nature in focus
A close look at the human world, its past, present and near future. Different perspectives and eyes on our planet remind us to cherish what has been here long before us and prepare us for what might come next. Tributes to the force of nature, and condemnations of humankind.
Invisible Demons, (Invisible Demons), Rahul Jain, 70 min, Finland, Germany, 2021.
Memory of Life, (Elämän muisti), Juhani Haukka, 46 min, Finland, 2022.
Abyss, (Abyss), Jeppe Lange, 13 min, Denmark, 2022.
Nest (Nest), Hlynur Pálmason, 22 min, Denmark, Iceland, 2022.
True Bug, (True Bug), Tuisku Lehto, 17 min, Finland, 2022.
Children, youths and rebellion
Not so classic coming of age stories shine light on the clever, thoughtful and funny minds of children and young adults: a much needed perspective. What can we learn from the leaders of tomorrow, and their blunt look at life?
A House Made of Splinters, (A House Made of Splinters), Simon Lereng Wilmont, 87 min, Denmark, Finland, Ukraine, Sweden, 2022.
Budding Humans, (Store små mennesker), Gunhild Westhagen Magnor, 70 min, Norway, Sweden, 2022.
Daughters, (Döttrar), Jenifer Malmqvist, 90 min, Sweden, Denmark, 2022.
Golden Land, (Kultainen maa), Inka Achté, 83 min, Finland, Norway, Sweden, 2022.
See Me As I Am, (Se mig som jeg er), Louise Leth, 71 min, Denmark, 2022.
Fardosa, (Fardosa), Iqlaas Osman & Anton Tammi & Rukia Mahamed, 11 min, Finland, UK, 2021.
Hex, (Hex), Katrín Helga Andrésdóttir , 15 min, Iceland, 2022.
A message from a generation left behind/ On Grief and Growing up
Intimate portraits captured in the heat of the moment or retold through conversation and archive. During the course of these films, we get invited to follow different journeys of healing and coping with the loss of loved ones.
A message from a silenced generation of Russia, a torn generation of Greenland and the people left behind after great tragedies.
Tsumu – Where Do You Go With Your Dreams?, (Tsumu – Where Do You Go With Your Dreams?), Kasper Kiertzner, 85 min, Denmark, Sweden, 2022.
Daughters, (Döttrar), Jenifer Malmqvist, 90 min, Sweden, Denmark, 2022.
How to Save a Dead Friend, (How to Save a Dead Friend), Marusya Syroechkovskaya, 104 min, Sweden, Norway, France, 2022.
The Scars of Ali Boulala, (The Scars of Ali Boulala), Max Eriksson, 107 min, Sweden, Norway, 2021.
Explore the archives
The Eclipse, (Formørkelsen), Nataša Urban, 109 min, Norway, 2022.
Nelly & Nadine, (Nelly & Nadine), Magnus Gertten, 85 min, Sweden, Belgium, Norway 2022.
How to Save a Dead Friend, (How to Save a Dead Friend), Marusya Syroechkovskaya, 104 min, Sweden, Norway, France, 2022.
The Scars of Ali Boulala, (The Scars of Ali Boulala), Max Eriksson, 107 min, Sweden, Norway, 2021.
Moosa Lane, (Moosa Lane), Anita M. Hopland, 87 min, Denmark, Norway, 2022.
