Three premieres will open the festival at Fredrikstad Kino on Thursday evening. The opening film is the Norwegian premiere of the Danish-Norwegian feature film Flee directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and the world premiere of the latest short film from the Oscar-winning Norwegian studio Mikrofilm Frydenlund Hair Parlour, directed by Hanne Berkaak. Also, the Finnish short film Flames by Maja Viitahuhta will have its festival premiere during the opening ceremony. After the opening TÆPS and hoi polloi welcome the festival audience to their bars.