Sweden, Norway, 2024
Regi: Johannes Persson

15-year-old Gustav is vegan and straight edge in 90s Umeå, Northern Sweden. One night, he follows his friend Zeke, full of hatred against the meat industry, to the town's slaughterhouse with gasoline-filled bottles. It will be a night that changes Gustav forever. Inspired by true events.

Norway, 2023
Regi: Ola Kjos Sollie

We are // We exist is a dance film that addresses power dynamics and norms across social groups. We meet two women who are both queer and Sámi, and we witness their relationship unfold through movement, framed by the spectacular landscape of Varanger in the northernmost part of Norway.

Norway, 2024
Regi: Ingvild Haga

Oh, my heart reflects on roots and identity, based on Ragnhild Margretha Mietinen Krüger's family history and personal, kveeni awakening. The Kven culture is almost lost. This documentary is about the deep sense of joy and desire connected to reclaiming the language and knowledge of female ancestors.

Sweden, 2024
Regi: Angelica Ruffier

The workers at the municipal recycling market sort through what other citizens no longer need. But as the northern city grows they face the perspective of becoming obsolete themselves. A stringent and well-edited documentary about a market, things and people that do not necessarily fit the frame.

Finland, 2024
Regi: Sunná Nousuniemi, Tuomas Kumpulainen

With the Sámi oral storytelling tradition of joik at its center, ÁHKUIN is a modern, visual and musical call-and-response between a grandmother and her descendants. Archival interviews and the joik of Maarit-áhkku unspool as a connective thread across time, inviting the viewer through a portal into this corner of Sápmi.

Iceland, Sweden, 2024
Regi: Rúnar Rúnarsson

O is a humanistic and poetic story of a fragile man trying to achieve a simple task where his main obstacle is within himself. The prize-winning, Oscar-nominated director Rúnar Rúnarsson states: “'The grey scale of life' is a vital element in my filmmaking. The moments in life that are black or white are very few."