Meet the 2025 Nordic Film Lab participants

Presenting partner: Film i Väst 

We are proud to announce this year's 17 Nordic Film Lab participants! Nordic Film Lab is Göteborg Film Festival's exclusive networking forum for up-and-coming Nordic filmmakers. The participants will meet during this year's Göteborg Film Festival. 

One of the most vital functions of a film festival is to act as a meeting place. Since 2008, Göteborg Film Festival has worked on enhancing this function by creating a special forum for talented filmmakers. Nordic Film Lab is a one-year programme with two functions: to be a place where you meet potential future work partners and to be a place for in-depth discussions about filmmaking and creativity.  

Thanks to the collaborations with our main partner, Film i Väst and Norwegian Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Finnish Film Foundation and Swedish Film Institute, we are proud and happy to welcome the participants of Nordic Film Lab 2025! 

Nordic Film Lab Participants 2025

Amiin Madar

Director, Sweden

André Vaara

Director, Screenwriter, Sweden

Anna Dammegaard Søllested

Producer, Denmark

Atchy Konesh

Screenwriter, Norway

August Joensalo

Director, screenwriter, Finland

Badrudin Ga’ur

Screenwriter, director, Norway

Barbora Hollan

Director, Norway

Claes Hedlund

Producer, Denmark

Embla Åslein

Director, screenwriter, Norway

Joel Karppanen

Director, Screenwriter, Finland

Mads Lind Knudsen

Screenwriter, Denmark

Majse Vilstrup

Director, screenwriter, Denmark

Nicolai G.H. Johansen

Director, screenwriter, Denmark

Rebekka Rognøy

Producer, Norway

Sara Börje Ramberg

Producer, Sweden

Sarah Olsson

Director/screenwriter, Sweden

Stina Eriksson

Producer, Sweden