As the Tide Comes In
The 27 inhabitants of the marshy island of Mandø live separated from the mainland by tides, dreaded tourist visits, and migrating birds. Among them is the farmer Gregers, on a quest to find a woman willing to live there with him... As a historic storm looms, the dilemma of departure is exacerbated, against an everyday backdrop blending poetry and humor.
SCREENINGS
World Premiere: IDFA 2023 – International Competition
2024 Gothenburg Film Festival – Nordic Competition
2024 DocPoint Helsinki & Tallinn
2024 True/False Film Fest (North American Premiere)
2024 HUMAN IDFF (Norwegian Premiere)
2024 Thessaloniki DFF (Greek Premiere)
2024 CPH:DOX (Danish Premiere)
2024 One world Prague (Czech Premiere)
2024 Movies that Matter
2024 One World Romania (Romanian Premiere)
2024 ZagrebDox (Croatian Premiere)
2024 Visions du Réel (Opening Film)(Swiss Premiere)
2024 Millenium Docs Against Gravity (Polish Premiere)
2024 Biografilm Festival (Italian Premiere)
2024 MDOC, Melgaco International Documentary Film Festival (Portuguese Premiere)
2024 Dokufest (Kosovo Premiere)
2024 Melbourne IFF (Australian Premiere)
2024 Rockaway Film Festival (NYC Premiere)
2024 Nordkapp Filmfestival
2024 International Human Rights Film Festival Albania (Albanian Premiere)
2024 Nordisk Panorama Malmo
2024 Hamburg Filmfest (German Premiere)
2024 EcoTrip Festival
2024 Pianeta Mare
2024 Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon (French Premiere)
2024 Ulaanbaatar International Film Festival (Asian Premiere)
2024 Bergen IFF
2024 Folkestone DFF (UK Premiere)
2024 Planet in Focus (Canadian Premiere)
2024 Inconvenient Films Festival / Nepatogus Kinas
2024 IDF – West Lake International Documentary Festival
2024 IFEMA – International Female + Film Festival Malmo
2024 Free Zone Film Festival (Serbian Premiere)
2024 Nordische Filmtage
2024 Bainbridge Film Festival
2024 Glimmerglass Film Days
2024 Northern Film Festival
2024 Gijon International Film Festival – FICX (Spanish Premiere)
2024 L’Alternativa – International Independent Film Festival of Barcelona
2024 Camerimage
2024 EU Human Rights Film Days Türkiye
2025 Tromsø IFF
2025 Ekenas Filmfest
2025 Big Sky DFF
2025 Sedona International Film Festival
AWARDS
*** Best Spanish Feature Film Prize at Gijon International Film Festival 2024 ***
"The Spanish Cinema Jury has decided to award the Best Film Prize to As the Tide Comes In, directed by Juan Palacios, for immersing us in an extremely powerful visual universe full of poetry and environmental reflection and offering us the portrait of a small community in transformation from a sensitive perspective and with sense of humour. Juan Palacios has been able to capture the essential connection between human beings and the natural environment with an anthropological gaze, revealing the small epiphanies that arise in the simplest moments."
*** Premio “RCSERVICE” Award for the Director of the Best Spanish Feature Film for Juan Palacios at Gijon International Film Festival 2024 ***
*** Best Film Award in Green Competition at Inconvenient Films 2024 ***
"This film is a unique cinematic experience that not only satisfies a sense of curiosity but also keeps us alert. A clear directorial vision pushes the boundaries of cinema as far as this medium allows and tries to engage in a non-didactic, meaningful conversation with the audience. As you’re watching a small community going about their lives, while their island is being swallowed by the sea, you start to feel as if also slowly drawing together. It is melancholic to witness something that soon will be gone, but also there is the joy that it all existed. This film is almost a statement, a time capsule for the future – see how we lived! And see how we drowned."
*** Nominated for the Robert Awards ***
*** Nominated for the Bodil Awards ***
CREDITS
Writer and Director: Juan Palacios
Co-director and Line Producer: Sofie Husum Johannesen
Producer: Kasper Lykke Schultz
Director of Photography: Juan Palacios
Editor: Nicolas Nørgaard Staffolani
Sound Designer: Peter Albrechtsen, MPSE
Music Composer: Morten Svenstrup
PARTICIPANTS:
Gregers Jørgensen & Sif - Mona Jørgensen - Osvald Jørgensen - Mie Laverentz - Ellen Hjort Christensen -
Ingeborg Jørgensen - Søren Stenbjerg - Solvej Sørensen - Erik Sørensen - Niels Knudsen - Ingrid Hye -
Andreas Hübschmann - Preben Nielsen - Michael H.N. Nielsen - Niels Christian Hjorth Nielsen - Bente Sven
Majchczack - Ruth Blankenfeldt - Timo Willershäuser
Produced by ELK FILM with support from THE DANISH FILM INSTITUTE by NEW DANISH SCREEN, Commissioning Editor Christina Ramsø Thomsen, TV2 Commissioning Editor Nikolaj Daugberg / Realdania / Claus Sørensens Fond / Merkurfonden / Danske Filminstruktører / Dansk Journalistforbund