'FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS' WINS YOUTH JURY AWARD IN LÜBECK

This weekend Camilla Magid’s documentary film Fighting Demons with Dragons won the Youth Jury Award at the Nordic Film Days festival in Lübeck.

We are so honored that the jury chose the film, here is their statement: "Through out the week, we watched 9 different movies. Many of them effected us emotionally and it was a hard decision to choose the best one. But after long considerations, we decided to hand the award to a movie, which is about finding yourself, your safe space and people that you trust and make you feel comfortable around them. We hope that the movie reaches as many people as possible to show the importance of the topic."

Click here to read all the jury statement and to find out more about the festival

Fighting Demons with Dragons premiered as a TV series in primetime on national television, DR1 , in March 2024 and received wonderful reviews and reactions. The feature version of the film premiered at Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, where it won the Silver Alexander for Best Debut.

Fighting Demons with Dragons is both a 4 part TV series, a 52 min TV version, and a 90 min feature film, and Cinephil is international sales agent.

'FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS' WINS GOLDEN ALEXANDER IN THESSALONIKI

Last week 's wonderful new doc FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS took home the Silver Alexander in the Newcomers Competition at Thessaloniki Int. Documentary Film Festival, where it celebrated its world premiere - we are so delighted and can't wait for the film to meet even more lovely audiences all over the world!

Here is the jury's statement: "We would like to award a director for taking the hard challenge of telling a multi character story, creating with tenderness a both emotional and complex universe of teenagers in such a fragile turning point of their lives. With the talent and skills of a documentarian she is voicing from a very intimate perspective her protagonists with empathy and respect."

You can see the full list of award winners here.

'FIGHTING DEMONS WITH DRAGONS' AT THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL

This weekend the documentary ‘Fighting Demons with Dragons’ by Camilla Magid has been shown at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival as a part of the Newcomers International Competition. 

‘Fighting Demons with Dragons’ is a coming-of-age documentary about feeling excluded - and for the first time finding a community.

Congratulations to Director Camilla Magid and Producer Heidi Elise Christensen who was in Greece for the International premiere. 

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival runs until March 17th 2024. 

If you are in Denmark the documentary series can be streamed on DRTV.