about aarhus filmfestival.

AarhusFilmfestival is an international film festival presenting short anddocumentary films to audiences in Aarhus and the region of Jutland.

Theshort film programmes highlight experimen- tal, artistic and innovativefilms. The document- ary programmes focus on global issues, humanrights and social change. Further programming include regional films,seminars and special focus series. The festival is held each year inNovember at downtown venues in Aarhus, Denmark. After the festival inAarhus, Aarhus Filmfestival goes on tour in Jutland with packages offilms from the programme and debates.


The world around us israpidly changing. Issues of globalization, migration, conflict, urbandevelopment and the environment as well as new media technologies areaffecting both our ways of living as well as our ways of viewing theworld. We receive more information than ever before, however thequality of the content and the personal intention of its makers, isoften compromised by sheer quantity and variations of the same stories.

Webelieve that stories that are told with cinematic insights and worldlyoutsights can enlighten, inform and entertain, challenge ourworld-views and conceptions of the ’truth’ as well as spark activismand social change.

We want to use the power and uniqueness offilm as a vehicle for insights and outsights from contemporary societyand – together with the audience – create small pockets of reflectionand immersion into the back-sides!? and wonders of the world.

Shortfilm programmes presents international gems of artistic, experimentaland innovative visual expression. Common for the films are that theyuse the possibilities of sound and vision to break with traditionalcinematic language. They catch us off guard, surprise us, enchant usand speak to places in our mind and bodies that are rarely touched.

Mixinguntraditional and provocative short films, fascinating animations,artistic visual creations and powerful short documentaries, the shortfilm programmes take advantage of the interplay created by juxtaposingwidely different genres and formats of visual expression.

Documentaryfilm programmes offers inter- national high quality films about issuesof global concern, human rights and social change. The films invest intheir subjects, creating powerful, poetic and challenging narrativesand visions!? that allow us to step into other lives, concerns andrealities.

Mixing personal and creative approaches to filmmakingwith debates and discussions, special screenings, directors’ commentsand guest-curated programmes, the documentary programme will open formoments of reflection, immersion and surprise.

We hope you will join us!