Calendar
09:00
The Serengeti Rules
Nicolas Brown / United Kingdom & United States / 2018 / 84 min
The hardest core of inmates in a maximum security prison in California participate in a life-changing photography project with French art star and Oscar-nominated director JR.
The Flats
Alessandra Celesia / France, United Kingdom, Ireland & Belgium / 2024 / World Premiere / 114 min
A run-down Belfast housing estate becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors. An aging man on his final, existential mission confronts the ghosts of the past.
11:00
12:00
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? The Body Reexamined. An exploration of our changing relationships to our bodies.
13:00
The Flats
Alessandra Celesia / France, United Kingdom, Ireland & Belgium / 2024 / World Premiere / 114 min
A run-down Belfast housing estate becomes a haunted inner landscape in a dark, cinematic film where the echoes of the conflict in Northern Ireland still reverberate in the corridors. An aging man on his final, existential mission confronts the ghosts of the past.
14:00
Echo of You
Zara Zerny / Denmark / 2023 / 76 min
A poetic and touchingly honest film about lifelong love and what remains when it disappears. The echoes of love resound in the poignant, humorous and life-affirming stories of those left behind.
15:00
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
16:00
Once Upon a Time in a Forest
Virpi Suutari / Finland / 2024 / World Premiere / 93 min
Biodiversity and generation gaps collide in a politically urgent and thoughtful film about two young activists' fight to save the vast Finnish forests. Is it still civil disobedience when you know you have both history and the future on your side?
Invisible Nation
Vanessa Hope / United States & Taiwan / 2023 / 85 min
+ Talk: The history behind the Taiwan conflict
As part of the festival's new 'Backstory' section, we will unfold the history behind the Taiwan conflict and the events leading up to 'Invisible Nation' after the film in the company of the film's director, Vanessa Hope, senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, Andreas Bøje Forsby, and director of The Danish Foreign Policy Society, Charlotte Flindt Pedersen.
Language: English
With unrestricted access to Taiwan's current president, we follow the tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the country's first female head of state, during a time of great political tension between East and West. A competent and charismatic defender of democracy.
A young Norwegian gamer with an unusual double life in 'World of Warcraft' turns out to be a true online superhero, much to his family's surprise. A genuinely moving film about transcending your disability and making a real difference in other people's lives.
The Walk
Tamara Kotevska / Syria, Türkiye, France, Palestine, Greece & United Kingdom / 2023 / 79 min
The director of 'Honeyland' returns with a contemporary fairytale made with sensitivity and poetry as a giant puppet travels from Syria up through Europe to tell the story of migration from a child's perspective.
17:00
Bye Bye Tiberias
Lina Soualem / France, Palestine, Belgium & Qatar / 2023 / 82 min
Four generations of Palestinian women give vivid and moving accounts of their relationship with their homeland, their hometown of Tiberias, and the resistance that has been passed down from mother to daughter.
Reas
Lola Arias / Argentina, Germany & Switzerland / 2024 / 82 min
A creative queer musical where the former inmates of a women's prison in Buenos Aires rewrite their own life stories and perform them as vogue and song numbers about trading cigarettes for friends and dreaming of freedom.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Burning Out
Saskia Gubbels / Netherlands / 2023 / International Premiere / 85 min
Dad humour is declared a thing of the past at a fire station in Amsterdam, where diversity must be promoted and employees must learn to interact with each other anew. A witty and human film about finding yourself in a time of cultural upheaval where fires still need to be put out.
A New Kind of Wilderness
Silje Evensmo Jacobsen / Norway / 2024 / 83 min
A family who have created an idyllic self-sufficient life for their four children are forced to rethink their choices and try to (re)integrate into modern society when tragedy strikes unexpectedly. Radical life choices meet dilemmas in a moving and wise film.
18:00
Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay / United Kingdom & United States / 2023 / 96 min
A humorous, personal and highly educational manifesto about being fat in a world designed for thin people. Based on the iconic texts and activist Aubrey Gordon, and on six years of lived experience from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay / United Kingdom & United States / 2023 / 96 min
A humorous, personal and highly educational manifesto about being fat in a world designed for thin people. Based on the iconic texts and activist Aubrey Gordon, and on six years of lived experience from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
Echo of You
Zara Zerny / Denmark / 2023 / 76 min
A poetic and touchingly honest film about lifelong love and what remains when it disappears. The echoes of love resound in the poignant, humorous and life-affirming stories of those left behind.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
19:00
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
As the Tide Comes In
Juan Palacios & Sofie Husum Johannesen (Co-director) / Denmark / 2023 / 89 min
The 27 residents of the Danish Wadden Sea island of Mandø experience the forces of climate change in the form of severe weather and the risk of flooding. Still, they stubbornly cling to their identity as islanders, as they have done for generations.
Echo of You
Zara Zerny / Denmark / 2023 / 76 min
A poetic and touchingly honest film about lifelong love and what remains when it disappears. The echoes of love resound in the poignant, humorous and life-affirming stories of those left behind.
Copa 71
Rachel Ramsay & James Erskine / United Kingdom / 2023 / 90 min
A forgotten chapter in Danish football history finally gets its place in the spotlight 50 years after a legendary World Cup match in Mexico. A film with women in all the leading roles and with all the drama and excitement you would expect from a true adventure.
Your Fat Friend
Jeanie Finlay / United Kingdom & United States / 2023 / 96 min
A humorous, personal and highly educational manifesto about being fat in a world designed for thin people. Based on the iconic texts and activist Aubrey Gordon, and on six years of lived experience from anonymous blogger to best-selling author.
Efterklang: The Makedonium Band
Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & North Macedonia / 2024 / World Premiere / 81 min
A charming tour of Macedonian folk music and a fascinating insight into the creative process of the Danish band Efterklang.
Efterklang: The Makedonium Band
Andreas Johnsen / Denmark & North Macedonia / 2024 / World Premiere / 81 min
A charming tour of Macedonian folk music and a fascinating insight into the creative process of the Danish band Efterklang.
The Many Lives of Édouard Louis
François Caillat / France / 2023 / 72 min
One of the most important contemporary writers invites us on a personal stroll through the past he has come to terms with in his autobiographical novels. Class, culture, sexuality, identity and education: Édouard Louis speaks from experience.
The Many Lives of Édouard Louis
François Caillat / France / 2023 / 72 min
One of the most important contemporary writers invites us on a personal stroll through the past he has come to terms with in his autobiographical novels. Class, culture, sexuality, identity and education: Édouard Louis speaks from experience.
The Many Lives of Édouard Louis
François Caillat / France / 2023 / 72 min
One of the most important contemporary writers invites us on a personal stroll through the past he has come to terms with in his autobiographical novels. Class, culture, sexuality, identity and education: Édouard Louis speaks from experience.
The Daughters of Fire + Man in Black
Pedro Costa & Wang Bing / Portugal, France, United States & United Kingdom / 70 min
Two expressive new films by Pedro Costa and Wang Bing – screened together.
Trans Hero
Sol Amanda Wendel & Evo Smilla S. Sidney / Denmark / 2024 / World Premiere / 54 min
+ Talk: Film and installation with soft sculptures
Meet the film's directors Sol Amanda Wendel and Evo Solas Smilla S. Sidney and producer Ane Sofie Vennize Andersen at the premiere of 'Trans Hero', where you can also step directly onto the set, as we'll be setting up the amazing and colorful soft sculptures in the cinema.
Language: Danish
Charli, Nya, Chris, Alia and Milo are children. They tell their own stories in their own voices about being between genders - surrounded by family and love.
Monumental and unfiltered story about women and their bodies, told empathetically and insightfully through the eyes of patients, doctors and nurses in a Parisian public hospital.
Minted
Nicholas Bruckman / United States, Canada, Cuba, Netherlands & Nigeria / 2023 / International Premiere / 80 min
Q&A: Meet director Nicholas Bruckman
How can a digital artwork that anyone can download for free be sold for 69 million dollars? Get the answer - and lots of new questions to ponder - in a critical and entertaining film about culture and capital in the 21st century.
Bottle Conditioned
Jerry Franck / United States / 2023 / 82 min
Cheers! The sour lambic beer that is experiencing a big comeback. Join us on a trip to the Flemish Pajottenland region and learn more about the process, tradition and the drama behind scenes.
20:00
The relationship between students and their favourite teacher in a bilingual Austrian school class, observed with loving attention over three formative years by documentary auteur Ruth Beckermann.
21:00
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Radu Jude / Romania, Luxembourg, France & Croatia / 2023 / 163 min
... but expect one of the wildest and most entertaining films of the year when Romanian iconoclast Radu Jude drums up a blistering social satire. A true speedball of a film that moves freely across forms and genres.
There was Nothing Here Before
Yvann Yagchi / Switzerland / 2024 / 71 min
A Swiss-Palestinian director visits his childhood friend who has moved to an Israeli colony, to make a film about their relationship that transcends borders and political differences.
Devo
Chris Smith / United States / 2024 / European Premiere / 95 min
Meet the cult band of them all in the rockumentary of the year about a band that fused a political vision with being bizarre, nerdy and rock star cool. From the director of ‘American Movie’ and the hit series about the Fyre Festival.
Milli Vanilli
Luke Korem / United States / 2023 / 106 min
From a meteoric career to tabloid tragedy. Get the untold details of the lip-synch scandal of them all in thr stranger-than-fiction account of the pop duo behind the mega-hit 'Girl You Know It's True'.