The 2021 Festival in Review

This year’s opening films are intimate portraits that invite us to different realities. Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest portrays the importance of a strong social community to fulfil your dreams, A Mother’s Body is about the relationship that we have to bodies and physical labour.

“Our ambition this year is to give something back to the audiences after a year when so much has been canceled. We had our hopes up early for a festival focusing on in-person events and now we’re on! Film as a medium creates such beautiful opportunities for people to meet, opening up worlds and inspiring new conversations. As a visitor of the festival you will get the opportunity to experience film in a range of different city spaces. In cinemas, but also in more unexpected locations, for example as part of our Cinema Walk”, says festival producer Sigrid Bersmann.

This year’s opening films are intimate portraits that invite us to different realities. In their own ways they both shine a light on how we depend on each other and on the physical world.