SAQMI presents: Natural Candy

A film program about the forest – the queer forest. Whether there are trees there or not, as on Iceland, queers have always related to the forest as a place for secret meetings, a haven for erotic fantasies, feelings of freedom and a place to seek comfort from. Just like natural candies, the films are neither particularly natural nor healthy.

In this film program we meet seven stories where nature and the forest are highly present in different ways. Curated by Anna Linder in close collaboration with Kolbrún Inga Söring on behalf of the Umeå European Film Festival 2024. The selection has been made in view of the ongoing exhibition Eight Degrees – contemporary art about the forest, which is running until January 21, 2025 at Bildmuseet in Umeå.