Ponte Nórdica No Ar

Ponte Nórdica Film Festival moved online in 2020 as Ponte Nórdica No Ar (on air). A sponsorship from Falck Fire & Safety Brazil made it possible to launch this new platform with 11 Nordic films available for streaming free of charge all over Brazil for two months. The titles were mainly highlights of previous physical editions of the festival. The Festival has been curated with a diversity and gender equity focus since the start in 2016, expanding the theme to diversity in a broader sense, including social, sexual, and ethnic diversity with special attention to indigenous peoples in Brazil and the Nordic region.

Ponte Nórdica No Ar received over 35,000 impressions on social media, 6,400 film views, and 2,300 registered users over two months. The educational activities included a Mentoring Lab, where 23 minority filmmakers sparred with Nordic mentor Helene Granqvist and Brazilian mentor Érica de Freitas, and debated with several guest
speakers.

Online events were held in a collaboration with Forcine, bringing inspiration to Brazilian film students from The Animation Workshop and Viborg Animation Festival. With the approval of a new edition in March 2021, financed by the State of São Paulo, Ponte Nórdica No Ar will make one more step towards the longterm goal of becoming the reference online Nordic cinema platform in Brazil.