The second of our film screenings in collaboration with CPH:DOX took place on a Thursday evening last week. In the movie theater temporarily established in our Flagship Store we showed five new short films by Danish artists.
The five films on screen were:
‘First Day (Now only the eye can catch’) by Jacob Ohrt Nielsen
‘Anóme’ by Lena Ditte Nissen
‘Mother of Monsters’ by Anne Haaning
‘The Horse Breaker’ by Nanna Rebekka and Pernile Lystlund Matzen
‘It Runs About Like Ants’ by Gitte Villesen
We were very happy to be able to host this particular event, which has risen from an intention of highlighting emerging talents.
Still from the film ‘The Horse Breaker’ that tells the story of a bronze statue located in Copenhagen
An essential motivation behind the collaboration between Normann Copenhagen and CPH:DOX is a shared belief in new talents influence on innovation. The film festival is known for its support of up-and-coming filmmakers and its vision to explore the latest conceptual forms within the documentary genre. Likewise, Normann Copenhagen makes a point of spotting new design talents and challenge conventional thinking in order to bring something new to the field of design. This collaboration was the perfect way to extend and unfold those beliefs.
Still from the film ‘Mother of Monsters’ that comments on today’s digital culture
More and more Danish artists are working with film and are using the media in new intriguing ways, crossing borders between film and art. Although the five films shown at the event are very different from one another, they all invite the viewer to experience moving images in new constellations. By experimenting with the documentary genre through the use of, for example, animation, collage, sound and editing, they create new poetic and thought-provoking takes on reality.
Still from the film ‘It Runs About Like Ants’ that invites us into a Latvian herb garden with healing powers
The evening started with drinks and music. Guests mingled and browsed the shop while trying to eye the best seats from the cozy mixture of chairs and sofas put together from the stores assortment. The screening was followed by a Q&A with the artists, where the audience was let in on the thoughts behind the five transcendental works.
Here are a few pictures from the event:
Form Chairs lined up
The Flagship Store filled with film enthusiasts
Guests enjoying drinks
Chilled drinks for everyone
Catching up
The crowded bar area
Head of Press at CPH:DOX, Katrine Ravndal, presenting the films
Click here to see the pictures from our first film event, where the documentary ‘Banksy Does New York’ was on screen.