On Friday evening, Umeå Film Festival presented three awards: Rödspoven, Storspoven, and The School Cinema Audience Award, along with two Special Mentions. Storspoven comes with a grant of 25,000 SEK and is awarded to the best film in the Perspectives from the Northsection. Rödspoven includes a 10,000 SEK grant and is given to a current […]
There’s something truly special about November. As the sun retreats, rain and wind give way to frost-kissed mornings and the season’s first snowfalls. In Umeå, November also means film festival time – a week where the glow of projectors brings fresh light into everyday life, making space for stories from every corner of the world. […]
On November 7, we will release the program for Umeå Film Festival 2024 Together with Kajen, we invite you to an evening of mingling and music by folk singer Poromaa, who will perform alongside guitarist Viktor Krutrök on the Kajen stage. The first 50 visitors will also have the chance to take home a goodie […]
Autumn is approaching, and at the festival office, we’re working hard to finalize the upcoming festival program. However, we are already excited to reveal several titles from different program sections – make sure to find your favorite and book your tickets today! If you haven’t secured your ticket for this year’s Sing Along yet, we […]
We proudly invite you to this year’s Sing Along film: Cabaret – an unforgettable musical film! Cabaret was showered with Oscars when it premiered in 1972. It combines fast pace, skilled acting, and superb music and dance numbers with a foreboding undertone that gives much to ponder. With a political undertone and subtle portrayal of […]
For the eleventh year in a row, Umeå Filmfestival invites you to the annual outdoor cinema event. The screening starts at 9:00 PM, the 23rd of August, in Döbeln’s Park. Bring a blanket or chair to sit on, as well as warm clothing. The store Frukthörnan ensures that there will be snacks for sale on-site, […]
We invite you to a screening at Folkets Bio Umeå of the documentary film Soviet Barbara, the Story of Ragnar Kjartansson in Moscow. The screening is arranged in collaboration with Vita kuben Norrlandsoperan and is followed by a conversation with Lusine Djanyan from Pussy Riot. The film is directed by Gaukur Úlfarsson. About the film: […]
The registration for Umeå Film Festival 2024 is now closed. (Still image from the film Unborn Biru, winner of Storspoven 2023.)
Submit your film to the festival! On April 2th we open the registration for the 2024 edition of Umeå Film Festival. We have three different categories that we accept registration for. Links to registration forms will be published on this site on April 2th. Registration for all three categories are open from April 2 until […]
Every year, Umeå Film Festival awards the Storspoven film prize. It is a scholarship of SEK 25,000 given to the best film in the Northern Perspectives section, which contains films related to northern Sweden. Of this year’s five nominated films, the winner was Unborn Biru by director Inga Elin Marakatt. This year’s […]