Screening and Q&A in Copenhagen in collab with NOAH

For the fourth time this year, we had a sold out screening in Grand Teatret (movie theatre). This time in collaboration with the Miljøbevægelsen Noah (Environmental movement), Landsforeningen mod svinefabrikker (the National Association against Pig Factories) and Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke (Action Aid Denmark) and featuring Hanne Gundersen from Jordkontakt, Nanna Thomsen from Lerbjerggaard Andelsgaarde and Viola Capriola from Grønt Marked in the panel along with Isabelle. Hanne, Nanna and Grønt Marked are in the film. Thank you to Rui Arved, Helene Meden Hansen and Emil Brix for organizing the event. You are super cool, and your work for the environment, climate, biodiversity and animal rights is very important and appreciated. Grand Teatret has become our go to movie theatre! We keep coming back, and every screening has been a success.

Screening in Kolding

Isabelle met Martin Pedersen at the screening in Ry and he introduced her to Nina Isabella Moeller from SDU Food Lab at Klimafolkemødet (The Climate Festival in Middelfart). Nina proposed a screening collab in Kolding, and her colleague Danielle Wilde accepted. Just like in our soil, relationship, community and interconnectedness is everything. After a morning screening before 4 local school classes, Isabelle had a very inspiring talk with Nina and Martin about indigenous people and farming in the Amazon, as part of her research for our next film. Prior to the screening there was a lovely network dinner with local farmers and people from the municipality and different organizations. The evening screening was completely sold out. There was a group of people there all the way from Sønderjylland, and they are now arranging screenings in their cities. We really appreciate all the support we are receiving out there. Thank you Nicolai Bio (movie theatre) for hosting.

Screening in Aalborg

Lise Grevenkop-Castenskiold took the initiative and organized a screening of our documentary film “The Nature of Farming” in Aalborg. It was screened on the November 12 at Nordisk Film Biografer Aalborg Kennedy in collaboration with the Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (Danish Society for Nature Conservation Aalborg), BedsteForældrenes KlimaAktion – Aalborg, (the Grandparents’ Climate Action), and the political party Alternativet Nordjylland. The morning after it was screened again for various schools.

There were many good questions after the screenings, but the one that made the biggest impression on me was the one I got from a young person (age 14-17). “With all this evidence, why don’t we just switch to nature-friendly, regenerative farming methods everywhere?”

The answer to this lies in political and economic interests on behalf of decision makers, lobby organizations and agro-chemical companies. As for farmers, some may actually want to go regenerative but are trapped by debt. Others stubbornly hold on to their conventional way of doing things. Others simply do not have the information. Some say, “we don’t know if it works”, but common sense says that it is easier to farm with nature instead of against it! The film shows many examples of successful regenerative farms.

Screening in Hillerød

The screening in Hillerød was sold-out. Before the screening, a beautiful farm-to-table dinner had been arranged by Louise Køster at Rabarbergarden at Frederiksborg Castle. The debate after the film was marked by the desire to initiate new regenerative projects in cross collaborations between schools, associations, libraries, and the municipality. I have now created a FB group for Landbrugets Natur, in Danish for Denmark, as a space where people can come together. Once the film goes international, similar groups could be made in each country.The new farming paradigm already exists. It is growing, and we can all help strengthen the movement by buying our fruits and vegetables from local regenerative farms, creating our own market or forest garden in community, raising funds to support young people who want to grow regeneratively in our local area, ensuring that children and young people learn how to grow their food. We can become active in associations and local politics where we can make all of the above happen.Thanks again to Tommy Kjær Lassen for being the coordinator of the event and supporting it financially together with the Hillerød libraries, Annette Wad, Leif E Christensen. Thanks to Slotsbio for a great collaboration – what a wonderful place you have.

Screening in Hundested

Nanna Høyrup Andersen made this screening happen. She gathered quite a few local associations, and there was a lot of emailing and coordinating involved, but it worked out very well. This is an example of how a broad collaboration can be a solution to financing a screening event. Thank you Danmarks Naturfredningsforening Halsæs, Halsnæs filosoferer, Alternativet, Halsnæsushi, Hundested Kino and Andelsgaarde. There was a dinner before the screening where we enjoyed vegan sushi made of local greens and seaweed! Professor Stiig Markager from Aarhus University was there and talked about nitrogen and the effect that the use of too much fertilizer has on our waters.

Screening and Q&A in Faaborg in collab with Okobo

The screening in Faaborg was arranged and sponsored by Økobo on Bjørnø. Thank you Peder Villadsen for making it happen. Økobo is an innovative, visionary project, focusing on ecology, self-sufficiency, sustainability, nature and community on the island Bjørnø in the South of Funen. The project will serve as a role model for future communities, where well-being, responsibility and openness are in focus. Where people live in close connection with nature and each other. We visited their farm project based on regenerative practices. Their plan is to have a CSA system for individuals and restaurants in the Faaborg area in 2025.

Screening in Bornholm in collab with DN and Øko Bornholm

The island of Bornholm is dominated by industrial farming, especially meat producing farms. There was a big interest in the film from people who long for more nature-friendly and regenerative farming methods, and the screening was sold. We talked about how we need to reflect upon our relationship with the more than human community and how we treat our fellow species, the animals, before we move forward with a different way of incorporating animals in our farming productions. Thank you Helle Bay Eriksen and Lucas Keller from Danmarks Naturfredningsforening and Anna Sofie Poulsen from Øko Bornholm for co-arranging this important screening. You can support the regenerative movement by becoming a shareholder in Øko Bornholm.

Screening in Falkoner Bio in Frederiksberg (Copenhagen)

This screening in Falkoner Bio (movie theatre) was completely sold out. Thank you Danmarks Naturfredningsforening (The Danish Nature Association) for supporting the screening and Dråben i Havet (Drop in the Ocean) for co-arranging it. Lone Loklindt, vice major in Frederiksberg, introduced the screening with a historical look at how fruit and vegetables were grown in the borough for the city and the King. We talked about how that could be an inspiration to create more urban community farming.

Screening in Valby kino in collab with Valby Miljøgruppe and Grøn Kirke

Begitta Blauhat from Valby Miljøgruppe (Environmental Group), Karen Lumholdt from Grøn Kirke (Green Church) and Mads Kusk form Valby Bibliotek (Library) arranged and supported a sold out screening in Valby, in greater Copenhagen.

Screening in Vejle in collab with Klimafokus Vejle

Vejle is Isabelle’s mother’s birth town, so this was a special screening for her. Isabelle’s grandparents and mother have planted a seed in her with their love for nature. Her mother talked about taking care of the planet 35 years ago, long before it became main stream to do so. There was a debate after the screening with, among others, an industrial farmer. It was respectful but our experience is that we are still far from each other and that it is difficult to bridge the gap. Thank you Nina Skriver Dahl and Klimafokus Vejle for making this happen. Thank you Caroline Montserrat from Lido Biograferne (movie theatre) for excellent service.

Screening in Taastrup Nordisk Film Biografer (greater Copenhagen)

Screening in Vig (northwest Zealand)

We had the most wonderful screening in Vig! The audience was fantastic! Despite the warm beach weather on a Sunday afternoon, 120 people showed up to watch a film about agriculture. That says a lot about how much longing there is out there for a new farming paradigm. And it gives us so much hope! Thank you Noëlle Kampmann and the BioDags Agricultural Group, DN Odsherred and Vig Bio (movie theatre) for making this happen.

Screening in collab with Jord (Earth/Soil) Festival

Sold Out! Once again, a full house. This time in Faxe, where the film was screened in Biografen Kanten at the official opening of the JORD – Art and Nature Festival. Thank you, Ingeborg Fangel Mo and Signe Glahn, for choosing to show The Nature of Farming under this year’s theme: GROWTH. The panel discussion afterward was great, and the audience was very engaged. The conversation focused a lot on what can be done locally and in local politics to push towards a nature-friendly, regenerative agricultural paradigm.

Earthwise Residency and Secret Hotel in Mols Bjerge

A very special screening was hosted by Earthwise Residency and Secret Hotel in the beautiful national park Mols Bjerge. Trine Rytter Andersen and Christine Fentz had arranged a lovely dinner with produce from their regenerative garden before showing the film. We were invited to stay for the weekend, and our sweet hostess Trine made our stay unforgettable. We are very grateful. Thanks to the tour, we are seeing so much of beautiful Denmark and meeting so many wonderful people.

Grand Theatre in Copenhagen

With support from The Danish Society for Nature Conservation (Danmarks Naturfredningsforening) and The Danish Climate Movement (Klimabevægelsen i Danmark) the film was screened in Grand Theatre in Copenhagen for the third time and once again before a full audience. Special thanks to Lisbeth Signe Nielsen and Stine Bardeleben Helles.

Øst for Paradis in collab with Aarhus University

Professor and Anthropologist Susanne Højlund from Aarhus University reached out to us in May 2024 with an interest in showing our film internally at the university. This quickly evolved to becoming a screening with Q&A at the cinema Øst for Paradis where a group of students were present as well as general public. Susanne had invited Professor, Anthropolist, Biologist and leader of AIAS (Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies) Andreas Roepstorff, and the discussion with the room was beyond interesting. Among other things, we talked about relations, community and interconnectedness as fundamentals for regenerative thinking.

Biografen Samsø

This was such a successful screening and Q&A. It was hosted by Økologisk Samsø, Yduns Have and DN Samsø. The theatre was full and there was still a line of people hoping to get tickets. We are overwhelmed by everyone’s interest and will have to go back! I

Premiere on Earth Day in Grand Theatre

The film premiered in its definitive version on Earth Day in collaboration with Grand Theatre. 140 people came and the event was sold out. Having gathered so many people on a Monday night for a film about farming really gives me hope. We are beyond happy!

Andelsgaarde in Copenhagen

There was a full house at the screening hosted by Andelsgaarde in Copenhagen in Demokratigaragen in Copenhagen. Kristine Gaardhus did a great job at interviewing me about the film. We talked about our reasons for making it, my vision of a new farming paradigm and the role go beauty/aesthetics in the film.