THANDIWE NEWTON JOINS TEAM OF 'PRESIDENT' AS EXEC PRODUCER

Photo by Gage Skidmore

Actress and activist Thandiwe Newton has joined the team of Camilla Nielsson’s Sundance award-winning documentary feature film President, as an executive producer.

Newton, whose family has its roots in Zimbabwe, says of the film: “Zimbabwe needs this film like a body needs oxygen. It has the potential to save lives, liberate the oppressed, and discover truths. There is no better purpose for filmmaking, than this.”

We are proud to welcome Thandiwe Newton to the team and look forward to working with her.

Click here to read more ( link to Variety)

'FLEE' WINS 3 AWARDS AT ANNECY

It was an incredible night for Flee at this year’s Annecy International Animation Festival - one of the world’s absolute leading film festivals for animation films. ‘Flee’ took home three awards - Best Original Music, the Gan Foundation Award for Distribution and last, but definitely not least: The Cristal Award for Feature Film.

Many from the team were present at Annecy and were able to accept the awards in person, which was wonderful after a year of mostly virtual festivals and appearances.

Flee is directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, and produced by Monica Hellström & Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real. Animation producer is Charlotte de la Gournerie from Sun Creature Studio. The film is coproduced by Jean-François Le Corre, Mathieu Courtois (Vivement Lundi ! FR)., Charlotte Most (MostFilm SE) and Maria Ekerhovd (Mer Film NO).

Flee is in cinemas all over Denmark right now, and has premiered to fantastic reviews - book your ticket here

And click here to see the full list of award winners at Annecy.

'FLEE' PREMIERES IN DANISH CINEMAS ON JUNE 17TH

On Thursday June 17 ‘Flee’ will be premiering in Danish cinemas.

‘Flee’ (Danish title: Flugt) has received great critical acclaim internationally, was selected for Cannes 2020, won the World Documentary Award at this year’s Sundance Film Festival and the Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Gothenburg Film Festival 2020.

In a recent article from Soundvenue, in relation to the upcoming premiere, ‘Flee’ is mentioned as a “Strong candidate for this year’s most hyped Danish film”. So come see what the hype is all about and get your tickets here.

‘Flee’ is directed by Jonas Poher Rasmussen and produced by Monica Hellström and Signe Byrge Sørensen for Final Cut for Real, in collaboration with Sun Creature Studios, and in co-production with Vivement Lundi ! (France), MostFilm (Sweden) and Mer Film (Norway).

'HUSH' VR INSTALLATION OPENS IN THY

We are very excited to announce that Vibeke Bryld’s VR experience ‘Hush’ (Danish title: ‘Havfolket Kalder Mørknet Vand’) will open as an installation at Vorupør Museum in Thy, Northern Jutland, on Saturday May 22, 2021. The exhibition will run until August 22.

Vorupør Museum is located in the same town, and on the same beach, that features prominently in the VR piece, so we are very happy that ‘Hush’ is coming home!

‘Hush’ was exhibited as an installation for two months at Nikolaj Art Centre in Copenhagen in 2020, and the exhibition in Vorupør will use some of the same elements, but will also be a site-specific installation, shaped by the building it will inhabit.

Due to the current and ongoing covid-19 pandemic, measures will be taken to ensure a safe VR experience, including nano-cleansing of the headset between each user.

Click here to read more about the museum

'OUR MEMORY BELONGS TO US' & 'HE'S MY BROTHER' WIN SPECIAL MENTION AT CPH:DOX

We are so proud and happy to announce that ‘Our Memory Belongs to Us’ and ‘He’s My Brother’, both recieved Special Mentions at CPH:DOX 2021.

‘Our Memory Belongs to Us’ is directed by Rami Farah and Signe Byrge Sørensen, and ‘He’s My Brother’ is directed by Cille Hannibal and co-director Christine Hanberg.

The statement of DOX:AWARD jury, when announcing the Special Mention to ‘Our Memory Belongs to Us’, was as follows:

“We have decided to award a special mention to a film that both challenged and haunted us – a work that expands on a painful tradition of documentaries we have all watched over the last decade. In a space created between viewer and images; in a process which is both performative and therapeutic, trauma is deconstructed and transformed, before our eyes, into camaraderie; intimacy; guilt, failure and despair. As the film progresses it exposes the impossible dichotomy faced by its protagonists – they want to remember, and at the same time they yearn to move beyond the past. Yadan, Rani and Odai’s engagement with the videos they filmed years ago, in their hometown of Dar’ah, reminds us that the images from the Syrian revolution, beyond being testimony, and evidence, are first and foremost people’s memories. The CPH:DOX Award Special Mention goes to ‘Our Memory Belongs To Us’ by Rami Farah and Signe Byrge Sørensen.”

The statement of the NORDIC:DOX jury, when announcing the Special Mention to ‘He’s My Brother’, was as follows:

“The best documentary films are always a window into other lives, other realities than our own. Always under-represented, people with disabilities have therefore often been the subject of documentaries. This moving film distinguishes itself by its very personal nature and its capacity to make us aware of the daily struggles a family can face in such a situation. It is both a love letter from a sister to a brother who cannot but live in his own world, and a very honest portrayal of the people who dedicate their lives for him. For its deeply humanistic approach, the jury would like to give a special mention to ‘He’s my Brother’.”

Both films have cinema premieres this upcoming weekend.

‘He’s My Brother’ is screened on Saturday, May 8th, at 19.15. Find tickets here.
’Our Memory Belongs to Us’ is screened on Monday, May 10th, at 18:45. Find tickets here.

Click here to see the full list of award winners at CPH:DOX 2021

'PRESIDENT' WINS BEST INTERNATIONAL DOC AT IT'S ALL TRUE

We are so happy that Camilla Nielsson’s new feature documentary President has won the award for Best International Documentary at the wonderful It’s All True / E Tudo Verdade Film Festival in Brazil!

Click here to see a full list of winners at the 2021 edition of It’s All True.

'SONGS OF REPRESSION' NOMINATED FOR BODIL PRIZE

Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga’s Songs of Repression has been nominated for a Bodil prize in the 'Best documentary' category.

The prestigious Bodil statuettes have been given out yearly by the Association of Danish Film Critics since the first Bodil award ceremony in 1948.

To see the full list of nominees for this year's Bodil, visit: www.bodilprisen.dk (in Danish)

'SONGS OF REPRESSION' NOMINATED FOR DANISH FILM ACADEMY AWARD

We are so happy to announce that Marianne Hougen-Moraga & Estephan Wagner’s critically acclaimed and awardwinning documentary ‘Songs of Repression’ has been nominated for the Danish Film Academy Award, also known as the Robert Award. The film is produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen & Heidi Elise Christensen.

This year the awards show will take place online, like pretty much everything else, but that also means that everyone is invited - the awards show will take place on February 6, at 7 pm.

Click here to see the full list of nominees

'MEANWHILE ON EARTH' CINEMATOGRAPHERS NOMINATED FOR GULDBAGGE

We’re so happy and proud that the brilliant cinematographers Mathias Døcker and Jonathan Elsborg, have been nominated for a Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography for their work on of Carl Olsson’s beautiful documentary film ‘Meanwhile on Earth’.

The Guldbagge Awards are Sweden’s leading film awards and have been presented since 1964 for outstanding contributions to Swedish film over the past year. You can see the full list of nominees here.