The Nordic Talents Pitch Prize went to Finnish writer/director/producer Kaisa el Ramly and her fiction project Scenes from a dying town. She graduated from ELO Helsinki Film School.

Synopsis:

The film observes moments in the life of people seemingly living in the past. It looks at a small community through the eyes of an outsider. What happens when a stranger enters your territory and breaks the protective shell?

The Jury:
The Nordic Talents’16 jury was film commissioner at the Norwegian Film Institute Wibecke Rønseth (NO), animation director/comics artist Anders Morgenthaler (DK), producer at Filmlance International Lars Blomgren (SE), writer/producer and head of drama at Yellow Film Petja Peltomaa (FI) and CEO of EAVE Kristina Trapp.