SOCIETY:CINEMA
Try to imagine CPH:DOX as a newspaper. With a foreign section, big interviews, and cultural content - and an overview of the most important events in the world right now - combine it with a huge ballroom party and you have our SOCIETY:CINEMA.
Once again this year, we welcome you to a three-day society festival in collaboration with our media partner, Politiken. From March 15th to 17th, there is SOCIETY;CINEMA at Pressen. Friday is dedicated to this year’s theme Body Politics, when we discuss the right to a good youth life – also with disabilities – with TV host Anna Lin, researcher Emil Falster, and chairman of the Association of Young People with Disabilities, William Korte.
Later, there is a debate about body-positive communities and performance at the screening of ‘This is Ballroom’ with a visit from the film’s Brazilian dancer and main character, and afterwards, we hold a ballroom party until late at night – where everyone is welcome.
The rest of the weekend, you can meet, among others, the Palestinian doctor, Izzeldin Abuelaish, who lost three daughters during Israeli attacks in Gaza. He is the main character in the documentary film ‘I Shall Not Hate’, which is nominated for our new Human:Rights Award. You can also experience the exhibition ‘Turning Points’, which marks 75 years of the Human Rights Convention.
Also look forward to debates on fertility and expectations of motherhood, about fat activism, about the Taliban, about French literature and autofiction a la Édouard Louis, and about the failure of the food industry.
17:00
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.
20:00
This is Ballroom
Juru & Vitã / Brazil / 2024 / World Premiere / 94 min
+ Event: Body politics and queer culture
After the screening of 'This is Ballroom' at the festival's SOCIETY:CINEMA, we welcome the film's directors Juru and Vitã together with performer in and art director of the film, Statement Mother Idra Mamba Negra for a conversation about the art of fighting transphobia through voguing. After the conversation, Statement Mother Idra Mamba Negra will give a taste of ballroom, and the performance will turn into this year's opening party of the SOCIETY:CINEMA with drinks som Mikropolis Cocktails, DJ's and 3D visuals by Signe Dige. Everyone is welcome to the party, buy your tickets at 'Events A - Z'.
Language: English
An upbeat tribute to the Brazilian ballroom scene, where LGBTQ+ and non-white people create the creative space they are not allowed in a repressive society.
All three days in PRESSEN:
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