The festival is in full swing; every evening is a party. We're still bouncing back from the opening night in Kerkrade, it was that good. With the fantastic alpine dance performance White Out of course, but everyone was also unanimously enthusiastic about the beautiful animated film The Legend of Goldhorn. You can still see this on Saturday, just like the exhibition of the same name that will be on display until November 25.

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On Thursday night, it was Heerlen’s turn for its first screening of the festival. The Royal cinema formed the backdrop for Le Otto Montagne, or The Eight Mountains, a moving story about friendship in the mountains. The film is adapted from the book of the same name by Italian author, Paolo Cognetti. Prior to the screening, there was a Q&A session with Yond Boeke, the Dutch translator of the book. The interview was part of the DMFF’s mountain literature programme, Boeken&Bergen.