The Rhyme is going to #OFF24! What an honour, the news had me on the floor! A dream come true, team work was the key, a fairytale start to our festival journey!
I first attended OFF as a guest in 2018 dreaming of one day having my own film at my hometown’s magical festival. The same year, in Edinburgh where I studied Criminology an idea popped into my mind. An idea for a series. It was set in the 1920s at a club in NYC - a murder mystery about two sisters taking up the fight against the patriarchy on different sides of the law.
A few years later I was back in Denmark beginning to assemble our dream team. A series was too big to start OFF, so after getting to the core of the story in a short film format pitching it to forums like
@screentalenteurope at OFF2... We are now in the 21st century, in a little theatre on Fyn where rehearsals for an upcoming show are taking place. Yet behind the colourful masks lie a dark secret. How do we act when something terrible happens in front of us? Do we shut our eyes or do we listen, stand up and act?
I still cannot express how humbled I am by those who believed in the story, believed in me. By the talented, passionate and dedicated team of over 40 people that without hesitation jumped into this dark fairytale universe with me and worked tirelessly to make it the best version of what it could be, staying with me through my most perfectionistic moments even when we were told our ambitions were too high. If we couldn’t fly to the moon, we made one and brought it to us instead! Thank you to our sponsors
@odensefilmvaerksted @danskskuespillerforbund @nyborgkommune seeing my vision, believing we could take this ambitious project across the finish line and to every consultant offering their time, energy and support to the story!
And from the bottom of my heart, thank you to those trusting me with your stories. Your lived experiences.
“The little girl with her umbrella,
brings love to every little fellow.
And all they hear her dance flawlessly,
But now her voice they finally see.”
I can’t wait for the world to see our voices at OFF24.
// Director, Freja Refning Hansen
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