DansFunk Festival: Freak Show - film + artist talk

Festival Film at Panora

“Do you feel exploited? Because I certainly do,” one of the actors blurts out moments after the premiere of a prestigious play about disability at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw. 

The documentary Freak Show from 2026 by Łukasz Ronduda and Filip Pawlak explores the dilemmas faced by a group of young Polish artists with disabilities whilst creating a new production for Poland’s most renowned contemporary art institution. A film about how simplification becomes the price paid for communication, but also about how people with disabilities can take physical revenge by using fear, horror and art. 

Practical Information

The film Freak Show is shown at Biograf Panora, Friisgatan 19 D, Malmö.

Tickets to the film are bought through Biograf Panora's website. Click on the button Buy tickets on this page to access Panora's website. 

The film showing begins 18:00. Aftre the film anyone is welcome to stay for a post-show artist talk with director Filip Pawlak approximately 19:20-19:45. The talk is led by Gwyn Emberton, choreographer and project manager at Skånes Dansteater.

The spoken language in the film is Polish with subtitles in English. 

The post-show artist talk is held in English with sign language interpretation in Swedish Sign Language.

Accessibilty

Biograf Panora is a modern 3 theatre cinema. It is planned to welcome audiences with and without disabilities alike. The cinema has lifts, audio enhancement and tactile ground surface indicators. Wheel chair access is avalable in all cinema theatres.  B

About DansFunk 2026 

The film is presented in collaboration with Skånes Dansteater as a part of the festival DansFunk. Each year, Skånes Dansteater’s festival dedicates a week to a theme, question, or community that challenges how we understand the dancing body. Beyond Safety is the theme of this year’s DansFunk Festival, and it is placing disabled-led work at its centre, raising the question: do you feel safe? Concepts of safety, care and pleasure will be examined and embodied by international disabled artists.