Discover the Nordic Film Market 2026 Programme
The 27th edition of Göteborg Film Festival’s Nordic Film Market takes place January 28–30, 2026, with the full programme now unveiled. As the region’s leading marketplace, the Nordic Film Market showcases curated new and upcoming films and talents from the Nordics and beyond.
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In 2026, a record 700 delegates from 35 countries will gather at the market, including buyers, distributors, sales agents, producers, festival programmers, fund representatives and other industry delegates.
Over 70 projects will be showcased, with the main market line-up featuring 18 market screenings, 19 Works in Progress, 16 Nordic films in development, and 6 international projects in financing. Hotel Draken will serve as the market’s central hub, hosting talks, presentations, and events.
Nordic Film Market 2026 is now sold out.
Nordic Film Market Delegates as of Jan 14
Wonderful Things That Work
In a tough market, some projects still succeed—creatively, structurally, and financially. What makes this possible? How do creators, producers, and institutions navigate the shifting terrain and still deliver success, both artistically and in the market? What key ingredients are needed to build a brighter future for the next generation?
This Wednesday afternoon session, January 28, will be held at Draken and is a shared programme with TV Drama Vision. It is also accessible to Nordic Film Market accredited.
Part I: Creative Conversation
What does it take to sustain your creative voice today? Filmmakers Isabella Eklöf, Milad Alami, and Benedikt Erlingsson come together for a conversation on directing, writing and artistic integrity and the challenges of working in a changing industry.
Part II: Industry Conversation
Why do some series and films find large, and sometimes unexpected, audiences? A conversation exploring creative courage, innovation, and the paths to success in a shrinking market.
Anna Croneman (CEO, Swedish Film Institute), Henning Kamm (Executive Producer/Managing Director, REAL FILM, Unorthodox and KRANK: Berlin), Jimm Garbis (Producer, SF Studios, Co-Owner, Gambio Film) and Peter Carlton (Co-Owner/Senior Executive Producer, Warp Films, Adolescence and This is England). Moderated by Johanna Koljonen.
Part III: Nostradamus Closing Keynote
Johanna Koljonen, media analyst and Nostradamus report author, concludes TV Drama Vision with a keynote reflecting on, and challenging, the current audiovisual landscape.
Wonderful Things That Work is co-presented by Nostradamus partner German Films.
Dogma 25 - Reloaded
Thirty years after the original initiative, Dogma 25 returns with a contemporary manifesto and new rules, challenging filmmakers to reclaim urgency, authorship, and artistic risk in a changed industry.
Directors May el-Toukhy, Milad Alami, Annika Berg, Isabella Eklöf and producer Louise Vesth, meet to discuss why Dogma 25 is needed now, what its principles make possible, and how it aims to unsettle current filmmaking conventions. Moderated by Jonas Pedersen Hardebrant, the 30-minute session explores the manifesto, the momentum, and what’s next as the first Dogma 25 films emerge.
A New Europe Must Emerge: Rethinking Power, People, and Pipelines
In her 2025 State of the Union Address, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen declared that “a new Europe must emerge” — but what does this mean for European cinema amid disruption from streaming, technological change, budget cuts, and shifting routes to market?
ARTEF’s 2025 report A New Europe Must Emerge distils insights from four think tanks across the film value chain, bringing together professionals, creatives, scholars, and policymakers to examine how development, funding, marketing, and circulation can become more equitable. The report offers a timely assessment of the challenges and opportunities facing European cinema today.
Conversation with Victoria Thomas and Dr Regina Mosch from the Anti-Racism Taskforce for European Film (ARTEF), moderated by media analyst and Nostradamus report author Johanna Koljonen.
UP 4: New Talents, New Audiences
In this Nordic Film Market session, emerging Norwegian creators present concrete audience-driven methods developed within their projects.
UP 4 is part of the Norwegian Film Institute’s talent initiative UP, focusing on how filmmakers can reach, understand, and engage new audiences. Three projects are presented, each demonstrating innovative approaches to audience work in film and series:
- En skygge over Grimsby – Carl Georg Rødsten (writer/director), Øyvind Lierhagen Eriksen (producer)
- Goussit – Linn Sunniva Høglund (writer), Ragna Midtgard (producer)
- Russetur – John Gunnar Edvinsen (writer), Nora Ibrahimi (producer)
UP 4 is a talent development programme created in collaboration by the Norwegian Film Institute, Talent Norge, and Norsk Tipping.
UP 4: New Talents, New Audiences
