Sit.Play.Stay

Director: Cecilie Flyger Hansen
Script: Cecilie Flyger Hansen
Cinematography: Kasper Wang Yadee Andersson
Editing: Matilda Lind
Producer: Line Aas Sørensen

Sweden 2024
19’12”

Snow White is about to be staged by a troupe like no other—in the lead roles are dogs. Seen from a dog’s perspective, Sit. Play. Stay. reflects on love, longing, power, and the complex bonds between human and animal.

Cecilie Flyger Hansen

an award-winning director based in Copenhagen. Her film Sit. Play. Stay. won the Best Danish Documentary Award and received a Special Mention for Best Documentary Short at Odense International Film Festival. She was also nominated for the Next Nordic Generation Award at The Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund. As a filmmaker, she explores the human relationship with the non-human, examining how these dynamics reflect broader social hierarchies and power structures. Working between documentary and fiction, she often stages reality to highlight the aspects we often overlook or normalize. She has collaborated for several years with Lea Glob on the documentary Apolonia, Apolonia. Her films have screened at international festivals including Göteborg Film Festival, CPH:DOX, Odense International Film Festival, Haugesund, Filmfest Dresden, FEST – New Directors/New Films, and at the National Gallery of Denmark. She graduated as a director with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film from HDK-Valand in Sweden. She previously studied at the Danish School of Journalism and LUCA School of Arts in Belgium.