Extra showing of Aarhus Stories

2011/08/30

Wednesday at 7.30 pm in Screen B there will be an extra showing of the popular Aarhus Stories

Special event: Super villain is visiting festival

2011/08/18

Filmlab Aarhus 2.0 is so ready to go!
The film festival, which creates oppositions to the usual ways of production- and storytelling, will this year have 15 world-premiers as well as 8 conversations with people from the film industry, who have done things differently. Among others, the famous villain from ‘Bladerunner’, Rutger Hauer, will attend the festival and show his version of an Aarhus Story 2011.

Rutger Hauer’s film is produced specifically for a part of Filmlab Aarhus we call Aarhus Stories 2011, where musicians meets film directors, and together reinterpret the short film. The film, titelt ‘Requiem 2019′, tells the story of the last surviving whale in the oceans and the encounter with its greatest enemy, mankind, played by Rutger Hauer. Co-director is the very sought after music video director Sil van der Woerd, who will attend the premiere as well. The musical contribution is the Dutch Lolly Jane Blue.

Rutger Hauer + Sil van der Woerd & Lolly Jane Blue
August 29th at 10 pm. in Studie 1, Filmby Århus
Free

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

2011/08/18

The festival programme is now available.
Read the online edition below or use the menu on the right to navigate this year’s programme.

We hope you will enjoy it.

Aarhus Stories 2011

2011/06/13

For the third year in a row established film directors team up with famous musicians to make a film, an Aarhus Story, which will be recorded in 24 hours in Aarhus. The following four teams have now accepted the challenge and will give their own personal and interesting take on a 2011 Aarhus Story.

Rutger Hauer, Sil van der Woerd and Lolly Jane Blue
Since his legendary performance as Roy Batty in Ridley Scott’s ’Bladerunner’, Dutch born actor Rutger Hauer has participated in a wide number of Hollywood productions such as ‘The Hitcher’ and ‘Sin City’. Soon he will be starring in the major production Dracula 3D, but only after he has made his own Aarhus Story to the music of Dutch singer Lolly Jane Blue.

Frederikke Aspöck and Lambchop
Danish director Frederikke Aspöck’s first feature film, ’Out of Bounds’, has been very well received at her debut at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival. On the other hand, Lambchop, headed by Kurt Wagner, has long since established themselves as one of the true greats of country rock.

Margaret Brown and Under byen
American director Margaret Brown is behind a new Sundance Film Festival supported documentary on BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. She herself asked for the musical score to be provided by critically acclaimed Danish band Under byen, whom even though they were officially on hiatus just couldn’t say no.

Jonas Elmer and John Parish
With its improvised plot and dialogue Jonas Elmer’s debut film, ‘Let’s get lost’, set a fashion for local filmmakers, and it soon led him to Hollywood, where he made the film ‘New in Town’ starring Renée Zellweger. For his Aarhus Story the musical inspiration will be given by none other than, John Parish, long time producer for P.J. Harvey, with whom he released the album ‘A Woman a Man Walked By’ in 2009.

The four Aarhus Stories will all be shot in Aarhus during the summer, and the finished films will premiere at Filmlab Aarhus, which will take place from the 29th – 31th of August as a part of Aarhus Festival.

25.000 DKK for a good idea

2011/05/10

If you happen to carry around a really original, absurd, dangerous or even impossible idea for a short movie, Filmlab Aarhus and FO Aarhus’ newly founded 25.000 DKK Talentlab Award can help you realize it.

The Filmlab Aarhus Film Festival, which takes place during this year’s Aarhus Festival, is looking for the right idea and therefore encourages film talents – at all levels – to join in. The best entry will be awarded the 25.000 DKK Talentlab Award, which will be used to put the idea into production. The winning film will premiere at the Filmlab Festival in front of audiences and industry professionals looking for bright talent.

Read more about the award here.

Filmlab Aarhus 2011

2011/04/01

It has now been determined that Filmlab Aarhus will take place between 29th to 31st August 2011.

The film festival will feature between 20 and 30 premiere film, keynote speaks and a workshop for and about Danish and international film talents.

Watch the site for updates on names, titles and the program. In the meantime you can explore the films from earlier years using the menu on the left hand side.

We look forward to seeing you.

Filmlab Aarhus

Watch films from Filmlab Aarhus 2010

2011/04/01

The baby named Filmlab Aarhus took its first toddling steps in 2010. The 2010 program consisted of more than 20 world premieres, and many of these films can be seen here on the site – e.g. Soren Kragh-Jacobsen’s ‘Finished Man’, built over a track by Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø –and written and recorded (with Nesbø on vocals) for the occasion. Watch it below, and find more films from the festival in 2010 in the left menu.

Enjoy!

Jo Nesbø (NO) & Søren Kragh-Jacobsen – ‘Finished Man’

From a boxing club in Aarhus one of the original Dogme 95 film directors, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, tells his story on the basis of ‘Finished Man’ – a song written by famous, Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbø.