Nordic/Docs 2025 — Lines of Flight
Outsiders, unheard voices, and hard-won hope fill Fredrikstad Kino (9–14 Sept), with 70+ docs, talks, a masterclass, and awards.
Norway’s Nordic/Docs runs 9–14 September at Fredrikstad Kino, presenting 70+ films alongside talks, debates, seminars, a masterclass, and awards. The festival opens with a portrait of post-injury resilience in Fighter and brings back the Oscar-winning No Other Land with producers attending. Beyond the opener, the lineup spans archival work, social issues, and intimate diaries—covering health care, family, nature, migration, and community. The masterclass pairs two acclaimed Nordic directors, while a veteran filmmaker screens a new archival project on the 1970s feminist movement. Education and regional outreach remain central, with school screenings and local spotlights. The 2025 profile centres Sámi rights, climate, animal welfare, poverty, war, and hard-won hope.
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News
Nordic/Docs announces full 2025 programme
Interview
«We look for documentaries which make a difference»
Festival Director Paul René Roestad speaks with Modern Times Review on the 2025 edition of the Fredrikstad, Norway documentary festival.
Films
Fighter
Director: Sunniva Sundby, Mari Bakke Riise
After a dockside dive leaves MMA fighter Geir Kåre Cemsoylu Nyland facing paralysis, Fighter tracks his two-year recovery and a candid reckoning with toxic masculinity.
Flophouse America
Director: Monica Strømdahl
Inside one motel room an intimate portrait of American poverty unfolds.
No Other Land
Director: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor
Receiving both awards and death threats, No Other Land is a poignant exploration of resistance, solidarity, and the quest for justice in a land marked by conflict.
The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy
Director: Håvard Bustnes
A corporate spy embeds with environmental activists, flips (sort of), and drags an asbestos empire into view. What follows isn’t a clean exposé but a knot of moral grey zones.
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