The North Film Festival - Stockholm, Sweden | ONLINE | April 24 -25, 2025
Official Selections Categorized by Genre and Format:
Feature Films, Feature Documentaries, Short Films, Short Documentaries, Music Videos, and Screenplays (Short & Feature)
Official Selection 2025: Feature Films (All Categories and Genres) & Feature Documentaries
Narrative Feature

Goodnight Killer
In the grim streets of Berlin, Tommy, a protégé of a ruthless gangster boss, is tasked with capturing a serial killer to secure a large bounty. He is supposed to be assisted by his former best friend Mickey, who, after being released from prison, has only one thing on his mind... revenge.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:47:00 minutes - Language: German
Country: Germany
Director: Patrick Schulz
Screenwriter: Malte Schulz
Producer: Malte Schulz
Cast: Malte Schulz, Eva Gerngroß, Nicolas Sidiropulos, Carlo Kitzlinger, Adrian Zwicker, Miguel Francisco, Robert Gulyás
Cinematographer: Oliver Rotter
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Narrative Feature

The Burrow
A young woman is set to testify in court as a witness. To ensure her safety, the witness protection service will hide her in a safe house until the trial.
Year: 2025 - Runtime: 01:22:49 minutes - Language: Georgian
Country: Georgia
Director: Giorgi Markoza Markozashvili
Screenwriter: Giorgi Markoza Markozashvili, Nika Oghiashvili
Producer: Data Gogiashvili, Davit Tkebuchava
Cast: Davit Tkebuchava, Lika Giorgobiani, Otar Mikeladze, Data Gogiashvili, Niko Kankia
Cinematographer: Vladimer Gedevanishvili
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Narrative Feature

EL DESAIRE
A beautiful young woman is murdered because of a dispute over her
love between two young men.
Year: 2025 - Runtime: 01:45:00 minutes - Language: Spanish
Country: Mexico
Director: Gabo Ramos
Screenwriter: Gabo Ramos
Producer: Gabo Ramos
Cast: Vico Escorcia, Joshua Okamoto
Cinematographer: Juansa Ávalos
Narrative Feature

First Friday
In the heart of Las Vegas, siblings Tiana and Trey, hustle to make ends meet, selling custom t-shirts and hosting a mobile podcast that gives voice to their city’s underground culture. Struggling against financial hardships, gentrification, and the weight of their own ambitions, they find themselves in debt to a dangerous local dealer, 2 Sacks. Desperate for a way out, they turn to an unlikely source—3D-printed firearms—leading them down a path of high-stakes risk, betrayal, and self-discovery. As the city’s iconic First Friday event approaches, they must decide how far they are willing to go to escape the cycle they’ve been trapped in.
Year: 2025 - Runtime: 01:20:11 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Joshua Ojeda
Screenwriter: Joshua Ojeda, Elijah Fuchs, Jemell Lewis, John Wherry
Producer: Joshua Ojeda, T Rex Sweeney, Mattie Alison Roe, Andrew Kwok
Cast: Candace Joy, Bella Hue, Trae Rojo, Marco 4D, Fred Wilson IV
Cinematographer: Andrew Kwok
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Narrative Feature

What the heart says
WHAT THE HEART SAYS” the story of Tomás, his son Kevin, a child with autism, and Marilyn, a young victim of human trafficking. The three coincide at a very complex moment in their lives, a meeting that, in some way, reveals itself as a disguised blessing. After meeting Marilyn and finding in her a home and a pure heart, Tomás is diagnosed with an illness, and the question that torments him is inevitable: what would happen to Kevin if he were no longer around? Amidst difficult decisions and tender moments, the story leads the viewer to reflect an unconditional love, empathy, and the importance of understanding the differences that make us unique.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:47:00 minutes - Language: Spanish
Country: Mexico
Director: René Bueno
Screenwriter: Enrique Torres, Rene Bueno
Producer: Barbarella Pardo, Carolina Aymerich
Cast: Lorena E. Gonzalez, Jaime Aymerich, Sergio Valenzuela
Cinematographer: Alberto Lee
Narrative Feature

The Masquerade
During an opulent cocktail party, visionary businessman Jared unveils his plan to replace a historic arts district with Nova Heights, a futuristic smart city. His estranged brother Jason and arts commissioner Lucy oppose the project, viewing it as a betrayal of the community. As tensions rise, illusionist Elias transports the group through time, revealing the district's rich history and the bleak consequences of its destruction. Amid bribery, threats of fire, and moral dilemmas, the evening becomes a turning point for Jared, who must confront the true impact of his vision and decide the future of the city.
Year: 2025 - Runtime: 40:00 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Screenwriter: Joslyn Rose Lyons
Producer: Joslyn Rose Lyons, Vernon Davis, Monica Castro, Christopher Goodman, Dominique Mouton
Cast: Vernon Davis, Dushaun Thompson, Candice Bolden, Omar Bolden
Cinematographer: Nick Mahar
Narrative Feature

Home Free
"Herb and Audry have had a near perfect relationship for over fifty years. This anniversary, Herb has a few surprises in store for his three estranged daughters; Daisy, the youngest, Ivy, the middle child, and Rain, the eldest. Herb, having recently been diagnosed with a fatal brain tumour, announces that he is choosing to die on his own terms and is not seeking treatment. Not only that, but he wants to spend his remaining hours with them getting to know their inner most secrets and finding a way to clear the air between the three.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:36:00 minutes - Language: English
Country: Canada
Director: Avi Ronn Federgreen
Screenwriter: Reese Eveneshen, Avi Federgreen
Producer: Avi Ronn Federgreen, Laura Tremblay, Emily Foster, Jen Pogue
Cast: Michelle Nolden, Tara Spencer-Nairn, Natalie Brown, Art Hindle
Cinematographer: Paul Maxwell
Documentary Feature

"Who Dat" The JT Money Story
"Who Dat" The JT Money Story is a captivating documentary that unravels the extraordinary life and legacy of Jeffrey Jermaine Thompkins, renowned as JT Money, a hip-hop icon who brought the vibrant beats of Miami to the global stage. Spanning 60 minutes, the film chronicles JT Money's rise from the streets of Miami, where the rhythm of the city inspired his journey into the world of rap. From his early performances and Poison Clan days to his solo breakthrough with chart-topping hits like "Who Dat," the documentary explores the highs, lows, and creative evolution of JT Money's prolific career. "Who Dat" The JT Money Story is a visual and auditory feast, blending nostalgic footage with insightful interviews, presenting a timeless portrayal of an artist whose influence on hip-hop transcends generations.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:05:00 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Dante S Briggins
Screenwriter: Dante S Briggins, Jeffrey Thompkins, Brian Leone
Producer: Jeffrey Thompkins, Brian Leone, Dante S Briggins
Cast: Jeffrey Thompkins "JT Money", Luther Campbell, Anthony Hamilton, Mel Smalls, Christopher Stewart
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Documentary Feature

Dream State Season V: Warroad
On the edge of the boreal forest in the center of North America, sits the only American port on Lake of the Woods, Warroad Minnesota. Rooted in Native American culture, and known for it’s world class angling and hunting, it is the history made on the hockey rink that earned this smalltown the title of Hockeytown USA. Follow the Warroad Warriors from their history books to the largest high school hockey tournament in the United States, and all things in between. One of most influential towns in amateur hockey history tries to expand their legacy making dreams of state championship glory a reality. This is Dream State.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:09:23 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Ian Fritz
Producer: Ian Fritz, Conor Murphy
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Documentary Feature

Miles in bello. Juan Bernier at the Spanish war.
Two brothers, one trained in literature and the other in the audiovisual field,
They join forces to follow in the footsteps of their great-uncle Juan Bernier during their participation in the Spanish Civil War.
Year: 2023 - Runtime: 60:00 minutes - Language: Spanish
Country: Spain
Director: Juan Antonio BERNIER BLANCO, Rafael BERNIER BLANCO
Screenwriter: Juan Antonio Bernier Blanco, Rafael Bernier Blanco
Producer: Rafael Bernier Blanco
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Documentary Feature

The Architects of Hope: The First Steps in Rebuilding Ukraine.
Now selected for 59 festivals, including 14 awards, and 3 upcoming nominations! Filmed in English, the film follows 5 architects on their determined journeys to continue creating & building during wartime, as they seek a new people-focused identity for Ukrainian architecture. While Russia continues to turn former Ukrainian cities to dust, Ukraine’s leading architects are already building upwards & advanced new buildings are rising again as symbols of hope.
Their projects are the continuation of a powerful cultural revolution that has been unfolding for three decades, ever since independence – as Ukraine's modern architects have been steadily transforming Ukraine's towns & cities, and each new project fuels the ongoing transformation of society.
Year: 2023 - Runtime: 01:14:00 minutes - Language: English / Ukrainian
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Paul Thomas
Screenwriter: Paul Thomas
Producer: Steve Cole
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Documentary Feature

Why Go There
Spektrum’s latest adventure documentary series takes you into the world of
mountain climbing.
‘Pure’ Hungarian mountain climbing expeditions – the ones that do not rely on
oxygen tanks and high mountain porters, so called ’alpine’ expeditions – become
the focus of the story through the lives of six Hungarian mountain climbers. Their
biographies are adventurous, entertaining, sometimes fateful and often tragic. Three of them are no longer with us, they are held by their beloved mountain.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 48:00 minutes - Language: Hungarian
Country: Hungary
Director: Dávid Marcel Géczy
Screenwriter: Nóra Mattyasovszky, Sári Megyeri
Documentary Feature
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Veus Del Pallars SobirÀ
This unprecedented documentary reviews the history of people who live in some of the last villages, at the end of three valleys of the LLEIDA Pyrenees, in the Pallars Sobirà region. Unpublished due to the difficulty in obtaining said testimonies in front of a camera, given the not very open and distrustful nature of the people of these mountains. An oral memory document that recounts memories of his childhood, the church, rural school, civil war, post-war, smuggling, ancestral traditions, Hydroelectric works, Neo rural, problems with the Bear, depopulation. Sincere and hard stories, unusual in
Year: 2023 - Runtime: 01:10:00 minutes - Language: Catalan
Country: Spain
Director: Pere Marique Marti
Screenwriter: Laia Rissech
Producer: Laia Rissech
Cast: Pere Marique Marti
Documentary Feature

Nuclear Power Plants in War Zones – A New Threat?
How safe is nuclear power under the conditions of war? Author Reinhart Brüning investigates this question on a journey through war-torn Ukraine. He attends a security training for wartime scenarios and speaks with eyewitnesses of the occupation of the Chernobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plants, who were pushed beyond their limits...
Year: 2023 - Runtime: 01:12:00 minutes - Language: German / English
Country: Germany
Director: Brüning Reinhart
Producer: Brüning Reinhart
Documentary Feature

One Person, One Vote?
One Person, One Vote? is an award-winning documentary that takes an in-depth look at the US Electoral College, its slavery origins, and impact on American politics today.
The film features four dynamic electors - a Republican, a Democrat, a Green Party and Kanye West elector, who offer insight into the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution.
At a time when the Electoral College is making headlines in America’s political discourse, One Person, One Vote? is a nonpartisan and timely film that will inform the raging debate.
Year: 2023 - Runtime: 01:18:00 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Maximina Juson
Screenwriter: Maximina Juson
Producer: Maximina Juson, Daresha Kyi
Cast: Polly Baca, Derrick Wilburn, Patricia McCracken, Kit Maclean, Jelani Cobb
Documentary Feature

Ice Breath
Entre 2015 et 2024, Leonard Alecu a filmé la fonte des glaciers au large de la côte est du Groenland. Naviguant dangereusement près des glaciers, Alecu a manié sa caméra pour capturer les masses de glace cédant à l'océan implacable. Filmé en noir et blanc, Ice Breath est un poème cinématographique dont le seul acteur est le regard du cinéaste. En 43 minutes, une séquence d'images plates tournent en scènes remuantes, un vrai parcours existentiel de la genèse à l'extinction. L'hypnotisme du film est accentué par la bande sonore Become Ocean, une composition envoûtante de John Luther Adams, évoquant l'implacable montée des marées, la fonte des glaciers polaires et l'élévation du niveau de la mer. Become Ocean a reçu un accueil critique enthousiaste, remportant le Prix Pulitzer de la musique en 2014 et le Prix Grammy pour la meilleure composition classique contemporaine en 2015. Plus qu'un documentaire environnemental, Ice Breath et Become Ocean constituent une fusion expérimentale explorant les vastes et insondables significations du changement climatique. Erwin Kessler
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 43:00 minutes - Language:
Country: Romania
Director: Leonard Alecu
Screenwriter: Leonard Alecu
Producer: Leonard Alecu
Documentary Feature

EDWARD OSREDKAR'S ENTERTAINER CHAT_JOHN VAMVAS AND OLGA MONTES INTERVIEW
Talk show where various performers in the entertainment industry are interviewed.
Year: 2024 - Runtime: 01:22:48 minutes - Language: English
Country: United States
Director: Edward John Osredkar
Screenwriter: Edward John Osredkar
Producer: Edward John Osredkar
Cast: John Vamvas, Olga Montes
Official Selection 2025: Short Films (All Categories and Genres),
Short Documentaries, Music Videos, and Web Series:

Title: The Road to Gold & Injuries
This is my first rodeo. I changed the title of my documentary after getting feedback from its debut at the North Film Festival where it was well received. The Road to Gold & Injuries is based on my life of how I became a pastry chef, how I discovered the Culinary Olympics along with discovering Culinary Team USA and the US Army Culinary Team. Car accidents ended my career in 2000 & 2004.
Runtime: 39:41 minutes
Country: United States
Director: Dean Jeffrey Kropp
Title: LifeLine
Lily is trying her hardest to live up to everyone's (read: Mom's) unrealistic expectations of being a "real" grown up. However, when she is caught red-handed having an abortion in secret, Lily is forced to realise (as is Mom, obviously) that being an adult, especially a "perfect" one, isn't something you can do on your own.
Runtime: 15:00 minutes
Country: The Netherlands
Director: Emma-Rose Thompson, Maxim van den Broeke


Title: SAGA
With the help of the slavegirl Gudrun, Sigurd flees from his violent father with her to a distant settlement in hopes of betterment.
The years go by and the comfort and serenity of their newfound life now seems threatened by a looming past.
Runtime: 30:00 minutes
Country: Denmark
Director: Oliver Jacoby
Title: Say it with Smile
A short film with many layers and with Ulla Billquist as a source of inspiration. It takes place in Sörmland, just outside Trosa, on the actual ground where Ulla Billquist once had a cabin that burned down. The film begins in a wonderful spirit with five young people who wants to make their own documentary. A documentary about the story that is rooted in the place where the character Ylva happens to have a country house. But two girls in the group carry a common secret that will soon come to the surface during their stay at the country place. They seem determined about what they are going to do, but Lea does not know if she is on the same wavelength as Ylva. The stay becomes everything it should be, but also more to it. A film about both relationships and underlying intrigue, but above all about the woman - and the woman's story that wants to repeat itself. Whether it is the year 1946 or the year 2023.
Runtime: 23:00 minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: Malin Carlsson Ståbi, Johan Åslund, Reboar Lotfi


Title: The Soul of Heritage – Calligraphy
Calligraphy, as a precious art form of Chinese tradition, is not only a display of technique but also a medium for cultural inheritance. It has evolved over centuries, yet still thrives in modern society. Beyond being a personal expression of emotion and thought, calligraphy plays a crucial role in social functions, promoting the exchange of ideas and the continuation of culture. Through the dedication of calligraphers like Lin Yinshan, this art form is preserved and passed on. Regardless of age or time, the artistic value and spiritual essence of calligraphy remain enduring. It allows individuals to discover themselves through writing and perpetuates culture through its practice, reflecting the profound cultural heritage and unique artistic beauty of China.
Runtime: 8:22minutes
Country: China
Director: JIAN LU
Title: PRINCËNEY (New Edition)
Princëney is a Caribbean boy that begins a journey towards the unimaginable to achieve his greatest wish: he just wants to be a prince.
Runtime: 8:45 minutes
Country: Puerto Rico
Director: ARIEL ORAMA LOPEZ (AG ORLOZ)


Title: Death Penalty
The ultimate wish of the convicted criminal, which shook everyone in the courtroom, in anticipation of the execution, asked as his last wish that the letter was handed over to his mother.
Runtime: 10:49minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: OAdrian B. Morina
Title: MÄRBLES
A marble embarks on a journey toward freedom. Along the way, discovers something beyond a subtle movement: the true value of its destiny and its ultimate gift for the Universe.
Runtime: 1:00 minutes
Country: United States
Director: Ariel Orama Lopez


Title: The Plot
A councilman finds himself caught up in a corruption plot, and under pressure from his entourage, he faces a decision that could put everything he cares about at risk.
Runtime: 19:00 minutes
Country: Spain
Director: Jesús Cambil
Title: "Orphic Laments"
"Orphic Laments" is a dance created for video that was inspired by the music and ideas of Joao Castro Pinto
Runtime: 9:15 minutes
Country: United States
Director: Mimi Garrard


Title: Reclaim
A small Inuit community in the high arctic is snowed in, disconnected from the rest of Canada and essential resources indefinitely. Saila continues to hang around her white boyfriend until she is the only Inuk left. Faced with the horrendous reality, Saila must confront her demons and make the ultimate decision.
Runtime: 14:00 minutes
Country: Canada
Director: Ashley Qilavaq-Savard
Title: SKOG
Skog is a short drama about a young woman from a forgotten time who travels south during the late summer though Sweden’s primal forests and landscapes. She lives in harmony with nature and experiences the wonders of nature from the big to the small, but around the corner looms her downfall.
Runtime: 7:17 minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: Eva Jangen


Title: 13 Strokes...
n this inner journey, still photos resemble the flashes that emerge like random files from our memory folders. They serve different functions in the way they are being utilized. They only seemingly unfold a linear narrative, while the clock strike in the vacuum gives the pace, as a reminder moreover of our mental and psychical capacity to overpass time and make it seem frozen, by opening, in this case, symbolically a metaphysical gate beyond which the variant dimensions intersect.
Runtime: 7:27 minutes
Country: Greece
Director: Ioulia Lymperopoulou
Title: The Queen
The Queen is a story about a young girl named Lara and her close relationship with a magical tree in the forest called the Queen, and its guardian Solveig. When Lara's father falls ill, she faces the choice of becoming the new guardian of the Queen to save him. The conflict escalates when loggers threaten to cut down the Queen, and Lara takes a brave stand to protect it. Through sacrifice, love, and the power of nature, the story explores themes of family bonds, loyalty, and environmental conservation.
Runtime: 12:06 minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: Amanda Svensson, Nicklas Sternegård


Title: The Days of Knight: Chapter 1
Elite soldier William Alexander is ready to leave the battlefield behind. After years of service, he embarks on his final mission. But as William and his team move through the mountainous landscape, strange occurrences begin to unfold.
As the mission unravels into chaos, William is forced to confront a terrifying truth: he may not be destined to make it home. Sometimes, for some, fate has other plans.
Runtime: 30:00 minutes
Country: United States
Director: John P Martinez
Title: BEKLEYİŞ VE BUNALIM
I PLANNED TO TELL LIFE IN TWO PARTS. IT CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS: WAITING AND BEING OVERWHELMED.
Runtime: 4:31 minutes
Country: Turkey
Director: EKREM ÇIĞIR


Title: Say My Name And I'll Be No More
A young man has to flee to a house on the countryside while waiting for a passport that'll take him out the country.
Runtime: 11:58 minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: Mattias Engqvist
Title: Dont Tell Mom
It's no secret that mom’s always got interesting opinions, but do we ever love listening to them? Find out in this one woman show, and with a little humor, you might just overcome your family trauma.
P.S. Don't tell mom, I actually listened to her, AND took notes.
Runtime: 4:39 minutes
Country: United States
Director: Bianca Panos


Title: Unshod
Unshod, as in wild horses without horseshoes, the fortunate free-roaming ones as well as the unfortunate captured ones who have lost their freedom.
Runtime: 4:00 minutes
Country: United States
Director: Mary Piller
Title: Can't you hear me?
A hunter goes into the woods in search for a birdnoise but soon finds herself on another path when hearing a childs' laughter. A chase starts, but if she wants to save or hurt the motive to the alteration to her path may be a question left unanswered. The movie is without dialogue and monologue but has very strong sound.
Runtime: 8:35 minutes
Country: Sweden
Director: Märta Hemberg

