Unanimal

World premiere: CPH:DOX 2025 / NEXT:WAVE Competition

Guided by the voice of Isabella Rossellini, we embark on a self-reflecting journey into the complex relationship between us humans and other animals. With humor and depth, we uncover animals’ astounding adaptations to our urban, modern lives, fostering deep contemplation about our shared presence in a world dominated by man.

We move from the living conditions of inner city rats and pigeons to absurd spectacles by which we are surrounded under hypercapitalism: three goldfish being sold for the price of one, monkeys negotiating a deal on coca cola with the zookeepers and horses being transported across the globe on jumbo jets.

What can we learn about ourselves by looking at other animals? Or as our narrator Isabella Rossellini puts it: Man only dares to introduce himself to himself by the name in which he has clothed himself: human. What can we learn about ourselves by looking at the line that separates us from the rest of the living?

A FILM BY Tuva Björk and Sally Jacobson | Sweden/ France, 2025, 74’ | Sales: Open Kitchen