Films A-Z

Finland, 2025
Regi: Arttu Nieminen, Hans Pieski

This surreal journey examines the complex relationship between Sámi culture and technological progress. Although technology is often seen as undermining sustainable living, the Sámi have historically embraced change. What role does modern technology play in Sámi identity today, and can a complete break from it ever be achieved?

Finland, Germany, 2025
Regi: Juho-Pekka Tanskanen

Nature, dreams, and change meet in this striking documentary about the people who represent the last remnants of Finnish Lapland’s gold rush.

Norway, 2025
Regi: Olena Hætta

We follow Čan Martin, a 14-year-old snowcross rider from Kautokeino, as he navigates the challenges of this high-risk sport with the dedicated support of his family and local community. This short documentary is an inspiring story about pursuing dreams, overcoming obstacles, and the strength of family unity.

Italy, Canada, 1977
Regi: Ettore Scola

The day in 1938 when Hitler visited Mussolini in Rome, and two lonely souls are left behind in an apartment building after "everyone" has left to see the parade. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni brilliantly star in this subdued drama.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Marte Vold

Akkurat nå is the latest instalment in a series of shorts, featuring Marte and Ole, an artsy, middle-class couple in Oslo. As Ole pursues a deeper connection with his spiritual self, the now middle-aged Marte finds herself unmoored and can’t seem to catch a break. Akkurat nå plays out in both mundane and surreal fragments, continuing the series' exploration into the droll discomforts of togetherness.

Germany, 2025
Regi: Fatih Akin

An atmospheric coming-of-age story set at the end of World War II.

Iceland, 2025
Regi: Karin Rós Wiium

An understated, unsettling short film that explores the complexities of giving and taking, revealing that these actions are rarely as innocent as they may seem. With its minimalist tone and lyrical approach, the film offers a subtle, yet effective, meditation on human relationships and moral consequence. Won Best Icelandic Student Short at Reykjavik IFF in 2025.

Sweden, 2026
Regi: Polina Blag

In Aurora Dreams, a loving couple from China and an artist from Vietnam are brought together by coincidence in the Arctic, all seeking the Northern Lights. Despite their different lives, they share a profound belief in the Aurora's powerful, dream-fulfilling energy. This charming documentary explores human connection, our bond with nature, and the lengths to which we will go to chase what we truly long for.

Finland, 2025
Regi: Silja Tuovinen

Set in a future where snowy winters are gone, Avalanche explores the deep emotional impact of climate collapse. This experimental film looks at how loss of nature and climate grief affect our sense of the world. With fragile characters and snow as a comforting yet haunting illusion, it becomes both a warning and a way to mourn the landscapes we have already lost.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Polina Blag

Fifteen-year-old Vera is caught in the digital chaos of unrequited love, enduring the highs and lows of being blocked and unblocked by Leo. This emotional short film tracks Vera's relationship struggles with her best friend Moa, culminating in a encounter that forces them to confront their hidden feelings about love and connection in the social media age.

Norway, Sweden, Finland, 2026
Regi: Johannes Vang

A Norwegian customs officer (Øystein Martinsen), a Finnish poacher (Sverre Porsanger), and a mysterious Swedish woman (Ayla Nutti) meet at the three-country border. When their differences — spanning laws, language, and prejudices — spark an escalating conflict, they must devise an unconventional solution to resolve their unexpected connection.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Patrik Edlund

A young man lives alone in a remote cabin. His life changes when he discovers a fragile sunflower in the forest. He begins to nurture it, and as the flower slowly recovers, the emotional bond deepens into a consuming obsession. When the sunflower suddenly starts to wither, his care takes a desperate and dark turn. A silently dramatic and mysterious film about the deeply human need for company.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Per-Josef Idivuoma

The true story of two brothers, Niillas and Ande Somby, and their fight for the right to exist within the harsh reality of 1960s boarding schools. Here, colonial walls resisted every attempt at self-expression, leaving no room for dreams. The film is defined by what is left unsaid, tracing the lives of two men who would later play a decisive role in the Sámi struggle for rights, continuing to shape the conversation about history and resistance today.

France, Latvia, Spain, United Kingdom, 2025
Regi: Kristen Stewart

Lidia grows up with a father who sexually abuses her. Through swimming and poetry, she slowly finds her footing.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Torfinn Iversen

The Corkscrew is visually powerful coming-of-age story set in a winter landscape, in the iconic toboggan run "Korketrekkeren". 12-year-old Lucas finds himself in a moral trilemma: He risks losing his friendship, betraying an adult he trusts, or revealing family secrets he has long tried to keep hidden. Whichever choice he makes, it will have major consequences. 

Sweden, 2026
Regi: Linnea Huhta

After Birger discovers that his wife Maj-Lis is having a more intense relationship with their neighbour Gunnar than he suspected, he makes a life-changing decision. Birger takes his marital frustrations out on the shoreline, physically chopping away at his simmering anger. A dark comedy with ambiguous mood, in Meänkieli language. 

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Chad Michael Ward

A confused young woman is detained by two mysterious scientists determined to study her uncontrollable ability to move between dimensions. During questioning, she reveals that this very power caused the end of the world. When she realizes the scientists plan to take full control of her, she makes a desperate escape – uncovering the horror of their true identities. A visually striking, black-and-white thriller with a complex, gripping story.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Patrik Eklund

Ulph Degerfors is plagued by a severe case of earworm as Rednex's "Cotton Eye Joe" relentlessly takes over his mind. He gradually spirals toward madness, finding that everything he experiences and hears becomes irrevocably tainted by the song. A new short film from the Swedish master of comedy, Patrik Eklund!

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Look out for these! In this program, you’ll find the most interesting short features and docs from young directors and film students in our region.

USA, 2001
Regi: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson

Get ready for laughs and family fun! TIFF Junior presents the animated favorite Shrek on Saturday, January 24.

Norway, 2025
Regi: Aasne Vaa Greibrokk

It’s a warm, bright summer day, and Sarah and her boyfriend are busy preparing to host a summer party. But within just one day, her entire sense of reality is turned upside down. An immensely beautiful and tender short where story, acting, cinematography and score together create a unique atmosphere.

Sweden, Denmark, 1922
Regi: Benjamin Christensen

Step into the forbidden world of Benjamin Christensen's banned masterpiece, accompanied by Cult Member's electrifying fusion of hardcore and thrash, for a silent film concert experience unlike any other.

Norway, 1993
Regi: Knut Erik Jensen

Knut Erik Jensen's first feature film is a modern classic and a gripping portrayal of a Northern Norwegian coastal community, spanning from the pre-war era to the post-war period.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Isak Erdahl

A lost identity. The filmmaker's grandfather, Otto Erdahl, was once a troubadour, athlete, and motorcyclist. Now he wrestles with Parkinson's disease, which has put the brakes on his life. Told through anecdotes from a rich and fulfilling life, this documentary is a brave and inspiring portrait that will touch many hearts.

France, 2025
Regi: Stéphane Demoustier

An unknown Danish architect wins a major international architectural competition in Paris in 1983. The construction becomes a dramatic battle between art, bureaucracy, and politics, in a story reminiscent of the real-life version of The Brutalist.

Iceland, Poland, 2025
Regi: Yrsa Roca Fannberg

The Ground Beneath Our Feet offers a tender glimpse into the hidden world and everyday rituals of a lovely cast of people in what is their final home.

Germany, Luxembourg, France, Israel, 2012
Regi: Margarethe von Trotta

A portrait of the thinker Hannah Arendt during the trial of the Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem. Her controversial analysis of the individual's responsibility in totalitarian regimes met with resistance.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Emelina Hedman, Ture Andersson

The film chronicles the life of Madeleine Renhuvud, a South Sámi artist and language teacher, tracing her journey through artistic heritage and cultural preservation. The documentary offers a sincere portrait, touching on universal themes of language, history, and cultural reclamation. As culture and art are downplayed, passing this heritage to future generations is all the more important.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Trond Kvig Andreassen

The poet-priest Petter Dass is more myth than man now. The boundaries between fairy tale and reality are blurred when a new monument to Dass is being built far out in the ocean. This astonishing, moving and intellectually engaging documentary offers a fresh and thought-provoking perspective on one of Northern Norway’s most mythologized figures, and raises important questions about cultural memory and moral legacy.

Sweden, Norway, 2025
Regi: Johan Tjärnberg

A feel-good documentary from Kiruna about a skate community worth fighting for.

Faroe Islands, Denmark, 2025
Regi: Sakaris Stórá

A gripping and sensitive Faroese drama about the challenges of choosing a simpler life. Winner of the Nordic Council Film Prize.

France, Germany, 2025
Regi: Hafsia Herzi

When Fatima leaves her tight-knit suburban family to study philosophy in Paris, she is caught in a squeeze between her religious upbringing and the free student life in the big city.

Iceland, 2025
Regi: Hlynur Pálmason

A heartwarming and contemplative family drama from Iceland. A separated couple attempts to continue their everyday lives after the breakup, together with their three children on a remote farm.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Carl Christian Lein Størmer

Based on over 500 hours of home video from a basement in Louisiana, this is the story of the band Hangface and the breakthrough that was always just around the corner.

Switzerland, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, 2025
Regi: Damien Hauser

Memory of Princess Mumbi portrays a love triangle between a filmmaker, a princess, and a prince, in which AI is a central element. A timeless love story set in a futuristic African country.

Iceland, USA, 2025
Regi: Jesse Smolan

Mountain Trek follows Icelandic farmers as they journey across mountains and valleys to round up thousands of sheep before winter. Amid unpredictable weather, the film captures, in stunning images, the grit, tradition, and sense of community behind this centuries-old ritual, and the questions it now faces in a rapidly modernizing world.

Chile, 2025
Regi: Diego Céspedes

When an unknown disease spreads through a Chilean mining town, the queer community is accused of transmitting the infection through their gaze. Winner of Un Certain Regard at Cannes.

Finland, Sweden, 2025
Regi: Agnes Koskinen

On a summer day at her family's cottage in the Ostrobothnian archipelago, 18-year-old competitive swimmer Alicia meets Mira by chance. Mira embody a boundless freedom unburdened by expectations, instantly intoxicating Alicia. When she returns home, nothing feels the same. Driven by an unexplained longing, Alicia swims back across the bay in the middle of the night. As the night fades, she has to determine where she is heading in life.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Jenny Speight

Are you able to stand by your choices when you know someone is watching? No One Reads Anymore is a Northern Norwegian short film about mental health and what it really means to help someone who is having a hard time. The storytelling and cinematic style is simple and effective, providing a balanced take on a crucial moment and complex issue.

Norway, Croatia, 2026
Regi: Endre Lund Eriksen, Isak Gjertsen

Nora's best friend is the beetle Billy. When climate change causes a great flood and her father fills his ark with animals, Nora starts her own rescue operation: She wants to save all insects. But Dad dislikes these nasty small pests and says no. Nora therefore prepares her own ark, Nora's Ark. Thus, a deep conflict arises between father and daughter, which not only puts their relationship at risk, but the entire small ecosystem on board Noah's ark – and in the world. 

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Per Bifrost, Alexander Rynéus

A visually stunning documentary about a small community that will soon be history.

United Kingdom, Ireland, 2025
Regi: Harry Lighton

Alexander Skarsgård is brilliant as a dominant motorcycle stud in this British dramedy about rough love between vulnerable men.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Jon Blåhed

In the remote Tornedalen of the 1930s, a principled wife must choose between her faith and her family's survival when her devout husband declares himself God's direct voice.

Norway, 2025
Regi: Johannes Vang

This poetic film questions the very sustainability of combating climate change when green energy is pursued at the expense of traditional Sámi life and culture. It asks whether replacing one form of environmental destruction with another can truly be considered progress.

Spain, 2025
Regi: Carla Simón

When 18-year-old Marina journeys to the Galician coast to trace the echoes of her parents’ past, her search turns into a pilgrimage through memory, where her family’s history reveals itself in unexpected ways.

Iceland, 2025
Regi: Steiní Kristinsson

While burying their beloved dog, a father and son find that the shared work and silence speak louder than words, quietly leading them back into connection with one another. The filmmaker experiments with camera position and timelapse, underlining a play with time and creating a framework that gives room for the viewer to reflect. 

Norway, 2026
Regi: Floortje Zonneveld

Jann is one of the last remaining eider duck keepers on the remote Arctic island of Sandøy in Træna. Anchored in coastal heritage, Jann has unique island skills that embody the rich tangible and intangible culture of Northern Norway. When teenage Træna islander Adam and Jann meet on Sandøy, they form an intergenerational bond as they visit the breeding eider ducks tending their nesting homes.

Brazil, 2025
Regi: Kleber Mendonça Filho

Kleber Mendonça Filho's intricate thriller is an intoxicating and riveting journey through Brazil's politically charged 1970s, starring a brilliant Wagner Moura in the lead role.

Norway, 2025
Regi: Eila Muotka

A young female Sámi reindeer herder must choose between pursuing further education or taking over her ancestors' traditional way of life. In this warm-hearted documentary, we follow her in her choice while exploring several aspects of an endangered cultural heritage in today's society.

Spain, France, 2025
Regi: Óliver Laxe

A striking audiovisual work by Oliver Laxe. One of the major award winners at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Latvia, Norway, Lithuania, 2025
Regi: Janicke Askevold

Driven by curiosity, a single mother gets tangled up in a web of lies while searching for the identity of her son's sperm donor.

Germany, 2025
Regi: Mascha Schilinski

Sound of Falling is an ambitious film that portrays four generations of women sharing a common dark destiny.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Bo Johan Sörensen

In 1980s Härnösand, a group of unaccompanied Eritrean boys faced mounting anti-refugee sentiment. When 17-year-old Sara founded the anti-racist movement "5i12," the town seemed ready for change — until she and her friend Sylvia were murdered by one of the refugees. After the tragedy, the town got shooked by burning crosses and attacks. Thirty years later, filmmaker Bo Johan Sörensen returns to his hometown to understand how it all went so terribly wrong.

USA, Norway, 2025
Regi: Ismaele Tortella

Driven by the dream of filming the iconic wolffish in Northern Norway's kelp forests, an Italian photographer moves north. His quest quickly turns into a chilling discovery: the ocean floor is stripped bare, and the thriving sea forests have almost vanished. As the filmmaker investigates the mystery of the missing kelp, he uncovers how exploding sea urchin populations and human impact have pushed the Arctic coast to the edge.

Norway, Sweden, 2026
Regi: Ellen-Astri Lundby

An unprecedented Indigenous court case unfolds on film between two Sámi communities locked in an unresolvable conflict rooted in forced relocations by the state, over a century ago. 

Sweden, Norway, 2025
Regi: Jakob Arevärn

Josefine installs the world's fattest bass box in her car before her evening date with Billy. Young love fills the night air, but the loud music does not impress everyone. Soon, the date turns into a horrific battle for life and death, somewhere in the dark forests of Northern Sweden.

Denmark, Greenland, 2025
Regi: Christoffer Rizvanovic Stenbakken

When his dog is stolen, Kaali, a young autistic boy, embarks on an intensive search for the thief across the East Greenland town of Tasiilaq. During his determined quest, Kaali is repeatedly confronted with the reality of being different from his peers. When he finally locates his dog, he plans to steal it back, but he must weigh the truth: Is the dog truly stolen, and is his mission worth losing his only friend?

Norway, 2026
Regi: Inge Wegge

The Think Tank is a philosophical documentary that follows the challenging work of transforming an old water tower into a unique space for contemplation and reflection, located out on the open sea on the windswept island of Røst.

Norway, 2026
Regi: Jenny Andersen

In 1923, the Norwegian Parliament decided that a railway should be built in Troms. A hundred years later, many are still waiting.

Germany, 1935
Regi: Leni Riefenstahl

A groundbreaking masterpiece and a symbol of megalomaniacal Nazi Germany. Leni Riefenstahl's famous documentary is a study in raw propaganda art.

Sweden, 2025
Regi: Viktor Johansson

Yoshi is preparing for one final attempt at becoming an artist in New York. Before he leaves, however, he must undertake the painful task of explaining to his 11-year-old son why the boy will be left behind in Tokyo. Dreams collide with obligations in this sensitive, poetically portrayed short about the relationship between father and son, told through Viktor Johansson’s truly distinctive cinematic language.

France, Germany, Netherlands, Latvia, Romania, Lithuania, Ukraine, 2025
Regi: Sergey Loznitsa

Sergei Loznitsa returns with a dark and satirical excursion into the machinery of Stalinist repression.

United Kingdom, 2025
Regi: Harris Dickinson

Urchin is a compelling directorial debut by actor Harris Dickinson. A raw and absurd story about a young man trying to claw his way out of a self-destructive pattern.

Sweden, 2026
Regi: Jonas Lawes

A nerve-wracking thriller in which a small theft has major consequences.

Welcome to our Winter Cinema at Stortorget for preschools and elementary schools during Tromsø International Film Festival. Experience the outdoor cinema magic through short films from a variety of countries, specially selected for our youngest audience.

Welcome to our Winter Cinema at Stortorget for preschools and elementary schools during Tromsø International Film Festival. Experience the outdoor cinema magic through short films from a variety of countries, specially selected for our youngest audience.

Welcome to our Winter Cinema at Stortogert for preschools and elementary schools during Tromsø International Film Festival. Experience the outdoor cinema magic through short films from a variety of countries, specially selected for our youngest audience.

United Kingdom, France, 2025
Regi: Olivier Assayas

Step behind the iron curtain.

Norway, Sweden, 2025
Regi: Sirin Sponga

The Woolgod is bitter that no one believes in it anymore. Plagued by an important message that it tries in vain to convey to the world, the Woolgod now begins to dream of finding a messenger. An experimental short film unlike anything you've seen before. 

Canada, 2025
Regi: Zacharias Kunuk

An Arctic adventure about two young Inuit destined for each other but separated by tragic events, by the legendary filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk, a pioneer of Indigenous cinema.