Simon of the Mountain / Who defines who you are?

Name: Simon of the Mountain / Who defines who you are?
Start: 2025-04-13T16:45:00+02:00
End: 2025-04-13T19:15:00+02:00
Location: Cinemateket

Schedule

Sun Apr 13 2025 at 04:45 pm to 07:15 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Cinemateket | Copenhagen , SK

(Danish below)
Simon of the Mountain’ is a fictional coming-of-age story, starring and centering a group of young people with intellectual disabilities in South America as they navigate the path to adulthood. Simon, who does not have an official certificate of disability, finds community and acceptance with his new friends, while his parents are increasingly irritated by his behaviours. With an ambiguous ending, the film invites the audience to question how we see disability, and who should get to define the word. This co-production between Chile, Uruguay and Argentina has won multiple prizes at international film festivals, including the Critics' Week Grand Prize at Cannes. Several of the main characters are portrayed by lay actors with intellectual disabilities giving empathic debut performances.
Director: Federico Luis
Chile, Uruguay and Argentina, 2024
Spanish with English subtitles
98 minutes
Trigger warning: Parental abuse
Event
After the film, we will split into smaller groups to discuss the film and topics of identity, community and representation; guided by SUMH, the Danish Association of Youth with Disabilities (ca. 30 minutes). Moderators will provide prompts as well as material to write down thoughts and ideas, which we will collect on poster boards later. The event will mainly be in English, with the possibility of discussion groups in Danish and Spanish.
Access for people living with disability
Cinemateket has few seats for larger wheelchairs. While this is unfortunate, we hope that the event will be attractive to as many people living with physical disability as possible. If the wheelchair-accessible seats in the cinema are sold out and there is demand, we will host a free parallel screening of the films in Asta Bar, where the subsequent panel discussion will also take place. Please email us at [email protected] to express your interest.
You can always call us on 29782636 if you have any questions, need assistance, or need help with your booking.
Cinemateket provides free admission to companions accompanying individuals living with disability who have a membership card from either the Danish Association of the Blind (Dansk Blindesamfund) or a companion card from the User Service of Disability Organisations (Invalideorganisationernes Brugerservice).
There is step-free access for wheelchair users through the entrance to the courtyard at Landemærket 26. In the courtyard, there is also a parking space for people living with disability.
Get your tickets on +45 3374 3412 or here: https://www.dfi.dk/cinemateket/biograf/filmserier/serie/26949
See the full festival programme here: www.globalhealth.ku.dk/film
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‘Simon of the Mountain’ er en fiktiv coming-of-age-historie med og om en gruppe unge mennesker med intellektuelle handicap i Sydamerika, mens de navigerer vejen mod voksenlivet. Simon, som ikke har en officiel handicapattest, finder fællesskab og accept hos sine nye venner, mens hans forældre bliver mere og mere irriterede over hans adfærd. Med en tvetydig slutning inviterer filmen publikum til at sætte spørgsmålstegn ved, hvordan vi ser på handicap, og hvem der skal have lov til at definere ordet. Denne co-produktion mellem Chile, Uruguay og Argentina har vundet flere priser på internationale filmfestivaler, bl.a. Critics' Week Grand Prize i Cannes. Flere af hovedpersonerne portrætteres af personer med intellektuelle handicap, der leverer empatiske debutpræstationer.

Instruktør: Federico Luis
Chile, Uruguay og Argentina, 2024
Spansk med engelske undertekster
98 minutter
Trigger advarsel: Forældre misbrug

Event: Efter filmen vil der være en paneldiskussion (30 minutter) om spørgsmål om identitet, fællesskab og repræsentation. Publikum får mulighed for at deltage og diskutere, “hvem der definerer, hvem vi er”. For at styre diskussionen vil der blive udleveret et par forslag til emner i form af minikort, f.eks. om den rolle, som samfundsmæssige barrierer spiller for at skabe handicap, eller hvad der skaber et inkluderende samfund. Arrangementet foregår på engelsk.
Kørestolsadgang til Cinemateket
Cinemateket har få pladser til større kørestole. Selvom dette er uheldigt, håber vi, at arrangementet vil være attraktivt for så mange mennesker, der lever med fysiske handicap som muligt. Hvis de kørestolspladserne i biografen er udsolgt, og der er efterspørgsel, vil vi afholde en gratis parallelvisning af filmene i Asta Bar, hvor den efterfølgende paneldiskussion også vil finde sted. Send venligst en e-mail til [email protected] for at hvis du er interesseret i dette.
Du kan altid ringe til os på 29782636, hvis du har spørgsmål, brug for hjælp eller har brug for hjælp til din booking.
Cinemateket giver gratis adgang til ledsagere, der følger handicappede, som har et stamkort fra enten Dansk Blindesamfund eller et ledsagerbevis fra Invalideorganisationernes Brugerservice.
Der er niveaufri adgang for kørestolsbrugere gennem indgangen til gården i Landemærket 26. I gården findes også en handicap-parkeringsplads.
Bestil billetter på +45 3374 3412 eller online her: https://www.dfi.dk/cinemateket/biograf/filmserier/serie/26949
Se det fulde festivalprogram her: www.globalhealth.ku.dk/film