The largest Nordic short and documentary film festival Nordisk Panorama climaxed in tuesday night's Award Ceremony.

This year a record-breaking 565 films were registered for the competition, from which 63 films were chosen to compete for the festival’s main prizes. The awards for the best documentary and short film were both 6500 euros.

The Winner of the Nordic Documentary Competition was Norwegian Line Halvorsen for her film USA vs Al-Arian. The jury said that the film shows precisely how a common man becomes a victim of the situation in the contemporary world, where the Big Brother is watching you even when you're ordering pizza. According to jurors the film combines all the elements any documentary needs: a powerful story, strong characters and an emotional journey well crafted together.

The Documentary Honorary Mentions went to Finnish director Oliwia Tonteri for her document Lilli and Norwegian director Hanne Myren for her document Girls (Jenter).

The Winner of the Nordic Short Film Competition was Swedish Fredrik Emilson with his film Love and War that the jury described as a stunning combination of Hollywood epic war picture, puppet animation and classic opera.

The Short film honorary mentions went to Iceland and Sweden for Grimur Hákonarson's Wrestling (Bræðrabylta) and Patrik Eklund's Situation Frank.

Also - for the first time ever - 15 movies were selected to compete for the New Nordic Voices -award. The award is 3000 euros and it went to Swedish director Csaba Bene Perlenberg for his film The Walk (Väsenpumpen). The jury described the film as a: “one shot one take masterpiece.” The NNV honorary mentions went to Olavi Linna for his film Stuck and Malin Nicander and Lisa Jonsson for their film In the Meantime.

Other awards given in Nordisk Panorama Awards Ceremony were SF Nordic Talent Award, Canal+ Award and Neo Arena Award.

The SF Nordic Talent Award was given to Norwegian director Magnus Mork for his film Flatmates (Kompisar). The award is worth 10 000 euros, and it goes towards development and production of a new project with SF Film. The Canal+ Award was given to Finnish director Sami Korjus for his film Harvest (Elonkorjuu) and it consists of purchase of the film for Canal+ broadcasting. The Neo Arena Award, 2000 euros, was given to Finish director Ami Lindholm for her film The Irresistible Smile (Ilo irti).

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