INTERNATIONAL DAYS
On selected days, you can watch premiere films with English subtitles at BIFFEN INTERNATIONAL - a concept targeted at North Jutland's non-Danish audience. On other days, the films are shown in their original language but with Danish subtitles.
Furthermore, Biffen shows a Cinematheque film (classics, cult films, etc.) every Tuesday night and these films are often with English subtitles as well. The Cinematheque films with English subtitles or dialogue are listed below.
The Cinematheque is part of the Danish Film Institute and has an extensive collection of films that gives today's audiences a chance to experience world cinema spanning from the very beginning of film history to the latest digital releases.
VISIT BIFFEN NORDKRAFT
Biffen offers a wide variety of current films from all over the world. The cinema is placed in Aalborg's cultural centre, Nordkraft. Nordkraft offers also music, theatre and art events, as well a range of eateries, a fitness centre and fairs. The former power plant Nordkraft, is now a dynamic and diverse cultural powerhouse.
Apart from ordinary screenings, you can also experience film festivals, Q&A's with film directors and actors and other events. Biffen is happy to organize screenings for groups of international residents/citizens, associations, organisations or companies. Biffen is an obvious meeting point for international residents in Aalborg and North Jutland with a passion for the cinema.
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Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron
Thursday December 26th at 15:45
Sunday December 29th at 20:20
With English subtitles.
Have you always wished you could visit Studio Ghibli? A filmmaker makes this dream a reality in this documentary that follows the development of Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron all the way from pre-production to premiere. ‘Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron’ explores the complex relationship between Miyazaki and producer Toshio Suzuki, as the latter pushes him even further into his creativity, and presents a revelatory portrait of the man and the artist, as he opens up about inspiration and obsession, ageing, his postponed retirement, and grief at the loss of fellow animator Isao Takahata.
The documentary gives an Intimate glimpse at the life and work of Hayao Miyazaki, filmed over seven years during the making of his masterpiece, ‘The Boy and The Heron’.
The Boy and the Heron - English subtitles
Thursday December 26th at 20:20
Saturday December 28th at 20:20
With English subtitles.
Tokyo, near the end of World War II in the Pacific. 11 -year -old Mahito loses his mother in a fire, and takes refuge with his father in his mother’s hometown. They move into an old mansion on a large estate, which also includes a secluded tower that has become a nesting spot for a gray heron. Mahito struggles with complex feelings toward his father, who runs a factory supplying the war effort, and his new stepmother Natsuko, who happens to be his mother’s younger sister. To make matters worse, he becomes alienated at school. Mahito was told that the tower was built by his mother’s granduncle, who eventually disappeared inside it, never to be seen again. One day, Natsuko suddenly goes missing, so Mahito ventures into the tower to look for her. Led by the gray heron, he unwittingly ends up embarking on an odyssey into another world. Mahito finds himself in a bizarre realm where the living and the dead exist side by side. As he encounters its astonishing inhabitants, he comes to learn of the secrets of the world.
Cinematheque films with English subtitles or English dialogue without subtitles
Alene hjemme - CIN B
Thursday 26th of December, 13:30 (Home Alone)
With English dialogue.
An eight-year-old troublemaker, mistakenly left home alone, must defend his home against a pair of burglars on Christmas Eve.
Den gode, den onde og den grusomme - CIN B
Sunday 29th of December, 13:30 (The Good the Bad og the Ugly)
With English dialogue.
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.