***We're now accepting submissions for our 2024 event!***
The Annual Aarhus Film Festival showcases international independent cinema. Taking place since 2019, the vibrant and groundbreaking film festival has brought dozens of upcoming and established filmmakers to the spotlight. Our screening programmes include feature fiction films and documentaries and cover a wide range of themes, aesthetics and genres.
Since the festival's foundation, we have stayed loyal to our vision to support local cinemas with a long history. Therefore we always set our screens to the city’s unique art cinema, Øst for Paradis inviting the audience to explore and support the historic cinema halls.
The Annual Aarhus Film Festival is organized by the team behind the Annual Copenhagen Film Festival. Fueled with the same vibe, love for cinema and an appetite to bring indie films to Aarhus' cinephile community, the people behind AAFF make sure to always create a unique event.
The annual Aarhus Film Festival is organized by HFP, an international production company that runs several film festivals around the world. A collective of filmmakers, producers and marketing professionals with a common goal: to forge productive and lasting relationships between independent filmmakers and audiences.
There are three stages to the process:
» Nominations – Films nominated for each category will be contacted on the notification date, and listed on our website and social media pages. Nominated filmmakers are invited to join the event, although only the films in the Official Selection (below) will be screened.
» Official Selection – Films selected for screening will be notified if they have been considered to be part of AAFF’s Official Selection on the notification date. Screening materials will be requested and more information about the event will be provided.
» Winners – Award winners will be selected from the Nominations & Official Selection and announced at our festival, after the screenings, and online the following day.
Awards will include Certificates, Treats, and exclusive online Distribution deals, and will be given in the following categories:
Best Feature Film
Best Feature Documentary
Best Short Film
Best Short Documentary
Best Experimental
Best Animated Short
Best Danish Production (free entry for films made by local filmmakers, please email the festival to provide you with a password)
... as well as an Audience Award, voted on the evening of the event!