Dutch Mountain Film Festival launched
The festival is in full swing; every evening is a party. We're still bouncing back from the opening night in Kerkrade, it was that good. With the fantastic alpine dance performance White Out of course, but everyone was also unanimously enthusiastic about the beautiful animated film The Legend of Goldhorn. You can still see this on Saturday, just like the exhibition of the same name that will be on display until November 25.
On Thursday night, it was Heerlen’s turn for its first screening of the festival. The Royal cinema formed the backdrop for Le Otto Montagne, or The Eight Mountains, a moving story about friendship in the mountains. The film is adapted from the book of the same name by Italian author, Paolo Cognetti. Prior to the screening, there was a Q&A session with Yond Boeke, the Dutch translator of the book. The interview was part of the DMFF’s mountain literature programme, Boeken&Bergen.
Safari supper and opening of exhibition: A quest for silence within colours
With visual artist Emeline Galhac acting as chef for the evening, a group of inquisitive foodies were treated to a safari supper of special Japanese dishes. This year’s theme of Risk was particularly appropriate during the epicurean peregrinations as visitors had to be particularly on guard for falling trees on what was a ferociously windy afternoon!
Eventually, everyone reached Villa Eikhold safe and sound for the opening of the Quest for Silence within Colours exhibition by Femke Habets. Her series of meditative drawings inspired by Japanese Suiseki can be seen in the Villa until 12 November.
