I prefer the absurdity of making films to the absurdity of not making films.
Adam Paaske is a student, filmmaker and curator. Since 2024, he has been enrolled in the Master's degree programme in Visual Anthropology at Aarhus University specializing in the intersection of cinema and anthropology. Debuted as a director with 'The Art of Shattering Eternity' (2020), a portrait of the novelist Carsten Jensen. His second film, the ethnographic comedy 'Leisure Time - A Summer’s Day' (2022), sheds light on people at leisure in the setting of the 'sommerhus', a kind of second home popular in Denmark. He is currently working on two films: A short feminist ballet set in the Spanish village of Marinaleda, and a feature-length documentary exploring how Danish tourism in the U.S. Virgin Islands, formerly the Danish West Indies, mirrors colonial power struggles of the past. Paaske also works as an external curator at The Danish Cinematheque.
IDF Competition
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
West Lake International Documentary Festival (IDF)
Hangzhou
2023
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Flatpack Festival
Birmingham
2023
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Freiburger Film Forum
Freiburger
2023
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival
Saguenay
2023
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Missoula, Montana
2023
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam
Rotterdam
2022
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Reykjavik International Film Festival
Reykjavik
2022
Danish & Documentary Competition
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Odense International Film Festival
Odense
2022
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Astra Film Festival
Sibiu
2022
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
Visions du Réel
Nyon
2022
Official Selection
Leisure Time - A Summer's Day
CPH:DOX
Copenhagen
2022
College
Department of Anthropology - University of Copenhagen
20182022
College
The European Film College
20152016
College
Station Next
20112014
College
Visual Anthropology - Aarhus University
2024Present
High School
Rysensteen Gymnasium
20122015
Birth Date
June 30, 1996
Current City
Aarhus
Hometown
København / Copenhagen
Gender
Male
I prefer the absurdity of making films to the absurdity of not making films.
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