An intriguing psychological drama about isolation, Copenhagen Does Not Exist revolves around a radical and unconventional love story between two complex people.
Young woman Ida (Angela Bundalovic, Copenhagen Cowboys) disappears without a trace. Three months later, her boyfriend Sander (newcomer Jonas Holst Schmidt) voluntarily agrees to an unusual arrangement: to be locked in an apartment and interrogated by Ida’s father (Zlatko Burić, Triangle of Sadness) and brother to uncover what really happened, but Sander does not tell reveal all.
It soon becomes clear that long before her disappearance, the two lovers had chosen a strange and unconventional life: choosing to cut themselves off from the world in the search for intimacy, the couple isolated themselves in the middle of the big city.
Based on the novel Sander by Norwegian author Terje Holtet Larsen and with a screenplay by Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director Eskil Vogt (The Worst Person in the World) Martin Skovbjerg’s second feature explores the power of memories and how grief alters our reality.
WINNER – Sven Nykvist Cinematography Award, Göteborg Film Festival 2023
NOMINEE – Best Nordic Film, Göteborg Film Festival 2023
NOMINEE – Big Screen Award, Rotterdam International Film Festival 2023
NOMINEE – New Directors Competition, Seattle International Film Festival 2023
"The performances are spot-on"
- Cineuropa
Thursday 13th July
100 min
18+
Zlatko Buric, Angela Bundalovic, Jonas Holst Schmidt, Vilmer Trier Brøgger
Martin Skovbjerg
Film Festival
Danish, Swedish, Serbian with English subtitles
Palace Byron Bay
