Nordisk Panorama, running this year from 18-22 September in Malmö, Sweden, and ARTE, Europe’s leading cultural streaming service, have announced the new ARTE European Talent Development Award, worth €10,000. It will be handed to one of the 24 documentary projects pitched at the Nordisk Panorama Forum and is at the heart of a new partnership to strengthen opportunities for emerging documentary projects, and to build closer connections between Nordic filmmakers and the European industry.

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The prize will recognise a project with outstanding artistic potential that is currently in development or production – a stage when access to financing, expertise and international networks can be decisive. The jury for the inaugural award consists of Bernd Seidl, commissioning editor at ARTE/SWR; Swedish documentary producer Elin Kamlert; and Finnish documentary director Arthur Franck.

Heidi Elise Christensen, managing director of Nordisk Panorama, says: “When ARTE approached us about building closer ties with Nordic filmmakers, my first reaction was: ‘What’s the catch?’ ARTE is already one of the most sought-after partners for Nordic producers, so why would closer ties be necessary when there is clearly no shortage of interest?

“But the more we talked, the more it became clear that this wasn’t about creating demand for ARTE; it was about making the connection between ARTE and the Nordic documentary community more direct and creating more opportunities for the right projects to find their way to ARTE.”

Fabrice Puchault, head of Society and Culture Department at ARTE France, says: “We really appreciate the space that Nordisk Panorama has created. Their very productive platform allows access to projects from across the Nordic world, where immense talents exist in documentary filmmaking.

“Historically, ARTE has already worked quite a lot with Nordic filmmakers and producers, with ARTE GEIE notably signing a cooperation agreement with SVT in 2026. But we want to strengthen our ties even further and provide another opportunity for projects to develop. As a European cultural platform and a major financier in the documentary landscape, we need these stories as much as they need us.”

The partnership also includes the event “A European Ambition: A Conversation with ARTE” on 20 September, taking place during Nordisk Panorama’s industry programme. The session will explore ARTE’s expanding European ambitions, and its role in connecting, financing and supporting talent across the continent.