The films offer adventurous stories about encounters with Icelandic trolls underground, discoveries beneath the water, or more urban myths.

The films offer adventurous stories about encounters with Icelandic trolls underground, discoveries beneath the water, or more urban myths.

This year’s Midnight Madness and LGBTQIA+ Panorama feature films that will entertain both the festival audience and the city’s night owls. Here is a selection of the films.

This year’s Midnight Madness, LGBTQIA+ Panorama and Abstraction films that will entertain both the festival audience and the city’s night owls. Here is a selection of the films, available in the Nordic and Baltic regions.

For 30 years, the festival has held a special place in its heart for the Nordic-Baltic animated short film. Now, as the competition program celebrates its 30th anniversary, the festival is delighted to announce that, in collaboration with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, it has established its own FIPRESCI Award, which will be presented to one of the festival's Nordic-Baltic short films. Program 2 of the professional short film competition features films by highly accomplished filmmakers, including two former FAF Grand Prix winners, but new talents presenting their first or second film have also found their way into the program.

For 30 years, the festival has held a special place in its heart for the Nordic-Baltic animated short film. Now, as the competition program celebrates its 30th anniversary, the festival is delighted to announce that, in collaboration with FIPRESCI, the International Federation of Film Critics, it has established its own FIPRESCI Award, which will be presented to one of the festival's Nordic-Baltic short films. Program 2 of the professional short film competition features films by highly accomplished filmmakers, including two former FAF Grand Prix winners, but new talents presenting their first or second film have also found their way into the program.

The Nordic-Baltic Student Film competition and Commissioned Films, here’s the selection of films available for only the Nordic-Baltic region.

The Nordic-Baltic Student Film competition program presents 12 exploratory animated short films, each mastering the medium's endless possibilities in its own way. Whether their strength lies in technical, narrative, or visual elements, the program showcases the great talent among young filmmakers from the Nordic and Baltic regions. What's striking is how different the visual expression is from film to film, while the films all appear highly polished in terms of script and narrative structure.

From the Abstraction program and the Nordic Baltic Competition, these two films are only approved for viewers in Norway.

This year's competition program for Nordic-Baltic commissioned film and Global Competition for Short Film.

This year's competition program for the Global Competition for Short Film.

From the feature film competition program and the Abstraction program.