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Heartless
The Legacy
Government aka Borgen
The Eagle
The Man with the Golden Ears 07 Lulu – The Bankrobber’s Wife 07 The Summers 07 Better Times 07 Nikolaj & Julie
Happy Life 08 Album 08 Monopoly 08 The Spider 08 The Kingdom
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heartless
10 The Twins and Santa Claus 10 ludvig & Santa claus
11 Christmas Stars 11 Faith - Hope - Afghanistan
documentary
Naked 12 Suitable
Secret Flight 13 The Man who Saved the World
The Essence of Terror 14 Mission Rape
Warriors from the North 15 Genetic Me
The Agreement 16 Last Dreams 16 Taming The Quantum World
Ai Weiwei the Fake Case 17 The Auction House 17 Riis Reset
in production
18 India’s Daughter 18 Democrats 18 If I can’t Dance
19 The White Spot 19 Natural Disorder 19 Misfits
20 The Quatraro Mystery 20 No Regrets 20 Embracing the Dead
did you see
21 The Man whose Mind Exploded 21 The Carbon Crooks 21 The Dark Side of a Pill 21 The Second Wave 21 North of the Sun
22 The Will Be Some That Will Fear Even That Void 22 The Contemplator 22 The Coral Eden 22 The War Campaign 22 Back to Freedom
23Lost and Sound 23 Wonder World of Ice 23 Blood Ties 23 October 43 – The Rescue of Danish Jews 23 Wolfman
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Cover photo Secret Flight
Photo: Fridthjof Film
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Director
Natasha Arthy
Producer
Ronnie Fridthjof
Author Nikolaj Scherfig
Produced by Fridthjof
Film for SBS TV, The
Danish Film Institute,
Nordisk Film Distribution
& MEDIA.
Duration 5 x 42 min.
Year of Production 2014
Original Title Heartless
All that you touch must wither, all
that you love must burn
The unusual sibling couple of
Sebastian and Sofie are cursed. In
order to stay alive they are forced to
suck life force from people around
them, just as a vampire sucks blood.
Sometimes they can’t control this
instinct desire to suck and the victim
risks going up in flames! Where Sofie
is the outgoing and somewhat cynical
of the two who does whatever’s
necessary to keep herself and
her brother alive, Sebastian is
burdened with guilt over the curse’s
consequences and costs.
In their search of answers on their
mysterious curse, they are lead to the
dark and traditional boarding school,
Ottmannsgård, and suddenly they find
themselves juggling between everyday
teen life and their curse.
As the season develops we are
introduced to a tragic 400 year-old
background story that may hold
the key to the siblings’ mysterious
curse. In their search of salvation,
Sebastian’s prior romantic view
on life turns to cynicism as he is
forced to leave the girl he loves to
keep her safe, whereas Sofie has to
deal with her emotions for the first
time, when she falls in love with the
superintendent’s daughter Emilie.
Heartless is a fantasy series the
content of which is variations on the
themes of “original sin” and
“young love”. The emotions associated
with unrequited love, passion, intrigue,
revenge, lust, the search for identity,
etc. should captivate the viewers
and make them identify with the
characters. They are what hold up the
dramatic arch of the season as well
as Sebastian og Sofie’s investigation
of their connection to Ottmannsgård.
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the legacy
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government
aka borgen
FIPA d’Or
for best original
screenplay
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Berlin Film Festival
2011 Shooting Star
Pilou Asbæk
BAFTA 2012
Best International
Drama Series
Monte Carlo TV Festival 2011
Outstanding Actress
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Best
dramaseries
Prix Italia 2010
Best series
FIPA D’OR
Grand Prize
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Danish TV-Festival
Best TV Drama,
Best Actress, Best Editor
Best original
soundtrack FIPA
D’OR Grand Prize
Director Pernilla August
Producer Christian Rank
Author Maya Ilsøe
Produced by DR
Duration 10 x 58 min.
Year of Production 2014
Original Title Arvingerne
DR is proud to present the next
international success after The
Killing and Government aka Borgen.
Swedish star actress, Pernille
August, is appointed principal
director. Trine Dyrholm, Jesper
Christensen, Kirsten Olesen and
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard are among the
award-winning cast who play the key
characters in this family saga
The Legacy is set in and around the
countryside mansion house, which
has been the setting for the life and
work of the internationally renowned
artist Veronika Grønnegaard.
The series traces the story of
Veronika’s four adult children, whose
distinctive upbringing has affected
their lives in very different ways.
They live scattered until Veronika
dies, and they come together again
to take stock of her legacy. Shortly
before her death, Veronika bequeaths
the house to her daughter Signe,
whom she gave up for adoption.
Signe lives with her boyfriend in
a quiet residential district in the
local town, and has never learned
the truth about her origins. This is
to have fatal consequences.
What for the four siblings should
have been a quick and painless
division of Veronika’s estate marks
the beginning of a journey into
secrets and lies which turns their
lives upside down and forces them
to look at both themselves and each
other with new eyes.
Second season ready spring 2015
Now also available as scripted format
Photo: Mike Kollöffel, DR
Photo: martin lehmann, a.o.
FIPA d’Or
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series
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Directors
Søren Kragh-Jacobsen,
Rumle Hammerich,
Annette K. Olsen
& Mikkel Nørgaard
Producer
Camilla Hammerich
Authors Adam Price,
Tobias Lindholm
& Jeppe Gjervig Gram
Produced by DR
Duration 30 x 58 min.
Year of Production
2010-2013
Original Title Borgen
Government is a drama series about
the fight for political power – and
about the personal sacrifices and
consequences this has for those
involved on and behind the political
stage
The central figure is the 40-year-old
political leader Birgitte Nyborg, who
through her idealism and huge effort
secures her party a landslide victory
and thus faces the biggest challenge
of her life: How most effectively to
use the newly won seats, and how far
she is willing to go in order to gain as
The New York Times
“A bleaker, Nordic version of ‘The West
Wing,’ ‘Borgen’ finds a remarkable
amount of drama and suspense”
much influence as possible. Privately,
Birgitte leads a happy family life with
her husband and two children. She is
a woman with a burning commitment,
a big heart and little time. Will she
be able to be a successful and
professional top politician and stay
true to herself at the same time?
Among the many important people
in Birgitte Nyborg’s professional life
is her media adviser, Kasper Juul,
who is one of the most talented in
the business. However, he is also a
cynic with no illusions, who needs
to start believing in the messages
The Financial Times
“It’s intriguing from the start, deftly
paced and, despite veering into
melodrama midway through the 10
episodes, retain interest throughout”
1 hour documentary Behind Borgen
now available.
which is his job to impart.
Another significant character is
Katrine Fønsmark: A political journalist
working for a large public service
television station. Her screen charm
and her ability to bring the debate
to the viewers’ eye level have quickly
earned her popularity and clout, but her
personal life is rootless and confused.
Government has a large gallery
of characters and deals with many
different aspects in the political, the
journalistic, and the private spheres.
Now also available as scripted format
Washington Post
“The best television show about politics ever”
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the man with the golden ears
Never before has Danish drama travelled so much. We are
delighted to present some of our award-winning series
featuring the best directors and casts in Scandinavia.
Directors & Authors
Simon Bonde & Mike
Spooner
Producers Tomas Radoor
& René Ezra
Produced by Nordisk Film
Production A/S
Duration 8 x 27 min.
Year of Production 2009
The series are among the best ever produced for
television. They have been shown on five continents,
attracting millions of viewers around the world
A fast paced, upbeat dramedy
about fortunes and misfortunes in
the music industry which seems so
polished to the spectator. At a closer
look it is filled with ragged edges, lies
and absurdities. It is a world in which
people will go to extremes to get
their fifteen minutes of fame, often
putting themselves in situations,
which are completely and utterly
hilarious.
criminal network. She comes face
to face with a male dominated
underworld and the charming but
corrupt criminal detective Patrick
Smith, whom Lulu soon develops
feelings for.
the summers
Photo: Mike Kollöffel, DR
Directors C. Myllerup,
Kasper Gaardsøe, a.o.
Producers Katrine
Vogelsang & Camilla
Hammerich
Duration 20 x 1 hour
Year of Production
2007 - 2008
the most advanced technology and
high-tech weapons. Called ”The Eagle”
for his unerring intuition, Hallgrimsson
exudes competence and selfassurance; but behind the dynamic
facade is a tormented personality...
Like the mythical figure of
Odysseus, Hallgrimsson is a seeker.
His travels throughout Scandinavia
and continental Europe lead him not
only to new dangers and deadly traps,
but also to anguishing confrontations
with his own past. Like Odysseus, he
too makes many detours as he tries
to elude his inner demons rather than
battle them and to postpone the end
of a journey that might hold nothing
but emptiness and despair.
As varied as the cases are the
international locations in Denmark,
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Germany,
France, Russia and the Netherlands,
which give the series a truly
cosmopolitan air. Moreover, each
episode is given a special look and feel
through the use of a different film
director and director of photography.
Now also available as scripted format
A drama series about a family and its
generations – a series that focuses
on what happens when the previous
balance of power in the family suddenly
shifts. It is a story of parents and
children, joy and happiness and
Monte Carlo
TV-Festival
unity and division within and across
generations. It is about finding one’s
ideals and thereby finding the ‘bigger
picture’ in the ‘smaller picture’ in
everyday life.
better times
Director Charlotte
Sieling
Producer Sven Clausen
Author Stig Thorsboe
Duration 24 x 1 hour
Year of Production
2004 - 2007
The story of four young people determined to conquer the world when
events take off in 1949. Their love stories,
dreams, hopes, disappointments
and victories are the focus of the
Emmy nominated
series. It is also the story of the
advent of television from those
pioneering visions of culture and
public information to the unruly
child it became as society changed.
nikolaj & julie
Directors Charlotte
Sachs Bostrup,
Birger Larsen,
Kristoffer Nyholm, a.o.
Producer Piv Bernth
Authors Søren
Sveistrup a.o
Duration 24 x 45 min.
Year of Production 2003
A romantic drama series about
relationships, about being single and
friendship, about the long, winding
road of love, about hopes and dreams
− shattered as well as new ones – and
about that one great love and those
photo: DR design
Lulu is a charming and independent
mother of two. She lives with Leon,
the charismatic father and habitual
criminal, who she has been seeing for
10 years. When Leon is thrown in jail
Lulu is forced to interact with Leon’s
photo: Mike kollöffel
Directors Jannik
Johansen, a.o.
Producer Janni
Helleskov
Authors Jens Dahl
& Lolita Belstar
Duration 12 x 43 min.
Year of Production 2009
Directors
Niels Arden Oplev, Søren
Kragh-Jacobsen, a.o
Producer
Michael Bille Frandsen &
Sven Clausen
Authors Peter Thorsboe
& Mai Brostrøm
Produced by DR
Duration 24 x 58 min.
Year of Production 2004
Original Title Ørnen
In Copenhagen, charismatic detective
Hallgrim Hallgrimsson puts together a
team of crimefighters equipped with
Tv-series
of the Year
Mediawatch
lulu − the bankrobber’s wife
the eagle
As international terrorism and
organized crime become more
and more intertwined, Western
nations find themselves increasingly
threatened by violence and
lawlessness on an unimaginable
scale. In Denmark, a special unit is
set up to fight cross-border crime
across Scandinavia and to establish
operational links with similar teams
around the world
Best New
Danish Fiction Series
2009, TVtid.dk
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Emmy winner
cherished relations. The series gets
up close to six friends and the life
that surrounds them – when life is
hilarious and when life is hopeless.
Now also available as scripted format
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taxi
happy life
Directors Kasper
Gaardsøe & Jesper W.
Nielsen
Producer Katrine Vogelsang & Christian Rank
Authors Stig Thorsboe
& Hanna Lundblad
Produced by DR
Duration 18 x 58 min.
Year of Production 2011
- 2012
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A multi-plot dramedy about ambitions
and suppressed emotions, about
the hazy order between dreams
and reality and about the pursuit
of happiness and the organized life,
where you can plan for everything
− except chance. The twins, Lykke
and Thomas, share a tragic past, but
have dealt with their situation in very
different ways…
Directors Anders
Refn, a.o.
Producer Sven Clausen
Author Stig Thorsboe
Duration 56 x 40 min.
Year of Production 1997
The fixed anchorpoint for the Taxi
series is the dispatcher’s room where
the switchboard operators try to
maintain an overview of regular runs,
difficult customers and the network of
taxis around the clock. Each episode
of Taxi includes development of the
recurring characters’ stories as well
as the separate one-off customer
tales. Taxi is a family viewing – though
not for the very young.
unit one
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Multi-award
winning series
Emmy winner
2005
Multi-award
winning series
BAFTA winner
Multi-award
winning series
Emmy winner
2009
Now also available as scripted format
they contain too much sorrow and
pain. The three families do not really
know each other. Nevertheless they
impacted on each other’s lives over
three decades from 1970 to 2000.
towns leading families. They try hard
to break him but he gradually climbs
the social ladder and eventually
succeeds in turning the conservative
town around.
photo: Rolf Konow
Mads Skjern arrives in the small
provincial town of Korsbæk where
he decides to settle. He starts up
a draper’s. His business grows in
size and popularity and the hostility
towards him increases among the
commercial transactions of the
occupation, but the country was also
preparing to enter the more orderly
1950s. It was an age full of trickery
and fraud, lawlessness and corruption.
photo: Bjarne B. Hermansen
The Spider takes viewers back to the time
just after the occupation—1949 more
precisely—and post-war Copenhagen.
Denmark was still suffering from
shortages and the more or less shady
Directors Mikkel
Serup, a.o.
Producer Sven Clausen
Authors Mai Brostrøm
& Peter Thorsboe
Duration 20 x 58 min.
Year of Production 2008
Directors Lars Von Trier
& Morten Arnfred
Producers Ole Reim
& Bo Lindquist
Authors Lars von Trier,
a.o.
Duration 8 x 1 hour
Year of Production
1994 & 1997
The second series saw Lund caught
up in a web of top-level cover-ups,
betrayals and lies in a time of Islamic
terrorism. Now Sara Lund is about to
embark on her third investigation…
Now also available as scripted format
scandinavian rights only
In today’s violent world, the lives of
many politicians, heads of state and
other VIPs are endangered. They can all
rely on loyal bodyguards. In Copenhagen,
Rasmus, Jonas and Jasmina form a
dedicated group called The Protectors.
the kingdom
the spider
Director Ole
Christian Madsen
Producer Christel
Jakobsen
Author Ole
Christian Madsen
Duration 6 x 60 min.
Year of Production 2000
Multi-award winning and internationally
acclaimed crime series introducing
Chief Inspector Sarah Lund. In the
first season, the murder of a young
girl prompts a police investigation with
personal and political consequences.
the protectors
monopoly
Director & Producer
Erik Balling
Authors Lise Nørgaard
& Erik Balling
Duration 32 x 50 min.
Year of Production
1978-81
Directors Kristoffer
Nyholm, a. o.
Producer Piv Bernth
Authors Søren Sveistrup,
Michael W. Horsten &
Torleif Hoppe
Duration 40 x 58 min.
Year of Production
2007 - 2012
scandinavian rights only
photo: Tine Harden
A series of snapshots from the
histories of three families. It is like
leafing through a photo album and
seeing the pictures we would like
to see, but also those we would
prefer to forget about because
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Director Hella Joof
Producer Thomas
Gammeltoft
Authors Hella Joof
& Bo Hr. hansen
Duration 5 x 58 min.
Year of Production 2008
the killing i, ii & iii
Winner of Reflet d’Or
Cinéma Tous Ecrans
solidarity and are equally puzzled
by the often horrifying, yet true
examples of human nature they face
in their work. Unit One is based on
true criminal cases through the last
10 years.
Now also available as scripted format
This crime series focuses on the lives
and missions of the specialists and
their superiors, while also portraying
the people they protect and those they
protect them from.
photo: Mike Kollöffel
album
A thriller series that tells the story
of a group of doughty crime experts
from the flying squad. We follow their
fascinating yet frightening work in
the underworld and are thrilled by
their commitment and affectionate
Now also available as scripted format
scandinavian rights only
The series by Lars Von Trier is
set in the neurosurgical ward of
Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet, the
country’s main hospital, nicknamed
Riget – where bizarre phenomena
occurs, human as supernatural.
It is notable for its wry humor, its
muted sepia colour scheme and
the appearance of a chorus of
dishwashers with Downs Syndrome
who discuss in intimate detail the
strange occurrences in the hospital.
Multi-award
winning series
photo: Henrik Dithmer
Directors Niels
Arden Oplev, a.o.
Producer Sven Clausen
Author Peter Thorsboe
Duration 30 x 60 min. & 2 x 90 min.
Year of Production 2000
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the twins and santa claus
Directors Tilde Harkamp
Producer Morten
Rasmussen
Produced by Deluca
Film A/S
Story by Camilla Hübbe
& Anna Neye
Duration 24 x 25 min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title Tvillingerne
og Julemanden
On the 1st of December Nicolas
(Santa Claus) wishes with all his
heart to feel like the REAL Santa
Claus, not just his own insecure and
indecisive self
Suddenly the sorcerer, Dr. Schwartz,
stands before him. Dr. Schwartz
knows that Nicolas has the potential
to find the miracle stone that will
turn him into the real Santa, but Dr.
Schwartz wants to use the stone
himself so that he can turn off all
lights in the world and become the
sole ruler of darkness.
Schwartz persuades the naive
Nicolas to sign a contract in which
Nicolas promises to find the stone
and give it to Schwartz. As soon as
has he has signed, his wife Julie is
magically transformed into a goose
and kidnapped by Dr. Schwartz.
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necessary to overcome the very evil
Dr. Schwartz, who will stop at nothing
to become the master of black magic.
The Christmas story is about
overcoming the darkness and thereby
turning on the light in oneself and in
others.
A Christmas story for the
whole family
The leading characters of Christmas
Stars are three children: Sus, Bob
and Tom, who is a bit younger than
the others. The action starts when
Sus reluctantly ends up in Brorfelde,
a village deep in the country, because
her mum and dad have inherited a
poinsettia nursery. Sus soon finds a
friend in star-crazy Bob, a boy of her
own age whose mother disappeared
without trace seven years ago while
she was out star-gazing. Bob spends
all his time sneaking into the Brorfelde
observatory to study stars. The trio
is completed by Tom, a rascal who is
convinced that pixies are vampires.
One day Bob discovers a new star in
the sky and when three mysterious
astronomers with an overweening
interest in the new star suddenly put
in an appearance, the plot really takes
off.
In Christmas Stars we meet a
gallery of colourful personalities in
addition to the three leads, including
Bob’s former rock star dad, Big J,
who is struggling to pay the bills at
the rarely hired village hall while he
tries to put on a Christmas musical.
Let the Christmas fun begin!
Official selection
IDFA 2013
faith - hope - afghanistan
ludvig & santa claus
Directors Søren
Frellesen & Tilde
Harkamp
Producer Morten
Rasmussen
Produced by Deluca Film
for TV 2
Duration 24 x 30 min.
Year of Production 2011
Original Title Ludvig &
Julemanden
Is Santa really who we think he is? A
Christmas ghost story for the entire
family
Atop a lonely hill in a windswept
countryside, sits Børglum Monastery,
a 500-year-old manor house, awaiting
the arrival of its new residents, the
Glad Family. But Børglum is not empty.
It is haunted by four ghosts, led by
the legendary Bishop of Børglum,
who once ruled this remote part of
Denmark like a king.
12-year-old Ludvig Glad has a
mission. He wants to find the fabled
Crown of the Virgin Mary. When an
ancient inscription prophesising a
Chosen One mysteriously appears
over the Børglum gate, Ludvig thinks
he has a clue to the treasure. But the
Bishop has his eyes on the Crown as
well...
Meanwhile, far up north in a magical
workshop, Santa Claus and his wife
Directors Jens Pedersen
& Tai M. Bakhtari
Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Produced by
Pedersen & Co.
Duration 5 x 15 min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title
Faith - Hope Afghanistan
have a fight that sends Santa off,
angrily, in his sleigh. And there is only
one place he can think of going – the
place where he grew up, Børglum
Monastery.
On his quest to find the elusive
crown, Ludvig uncovers long-hidden
secrets of the manor house that
threaten not only his family and
their home, but Christmas itself. It
is a magical adventure that brings
together ghosts, Santa’s elves,
secret passageways, hidden treasure
and even an angel. And Ludvig
uncovers a secret so shocking it
threatens Christmas: Santa Claus is
not who everyone thinks he is.
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christmas stars
Directors Michael Wikke
& Steen Rasmussen
Producer Sven Clausen
Produced by DR in ass.
with SVT & NRK
Duration 25 x 25 min.
Year of Production 2012
Original Title Julestjerner
Fortunately, the two twins, Peter and
Signe, witness Dr. Schwartz’s evil act.
They bring Nicolas home and hide him
in the attic. Together with Signe and
Peter, Nicolas succeeds in finding the
light within him and ultimately believes
in his own worth. This is strictly
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Chicago International
Film Festival 2013
Tough times : Tough kids
Five stories of real life drama with
unique access to children in conflict
ridden Afghanistan − told from their
point of view:
01 Orphaned Asadagha is thrown
out of his uncle’s house and journeys
into the unknown with his two sisters.
A friendly man takes them in, but
Asadagha battles the memories from
the night his family fell apart.
02 At 11 Faridullah is an expert brick
maker. After five years it is about
time his father fulfilled his promise
of letting him go to school. But his
father made a contract with the brick
boss that Faridullah will work there
until a debt is cleared.
03 Layla was put into an orphanage
when the Taliban killed her father.
She has not seen her mother for
five years. Now Layla’s mother is
coming to visit! But Layla is 11,
the usual age for girls to marry in
her village. Is that what brings her
mother to Kabul?
04 While Basira is a successful
chewing gum vendor, Wali is a
disaster as a street worker. Wali has
to provide for his mother, but hardly
makes a penny. Luckily they live rent
free but one day eviction threatens.
05 Machgan works to raise money for
her father, who became a drug addict
as a soldier. Her brother is bullied
because his father is a dope head. One
day Machgan and her mother threaten
to throw father out unless he quits.
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naked
secret flight
MIPDOC Video Library
Director Nicole Nielsen
Horanyi
Producer Helle Faber
Production company
Made in Copenhagen for
TV 2/DANMARK
Duration 52 min.
Year of production 2014
Diary from Porn Valley
Denice is 25 years old and has starred
in hundreds of porn films. The last
three years, however, she has been
preoccupied with the startup of
her own company. But then Denice
decides to make a come back in Porn
Valley, LA, just to make some quick
cash over the summer. She packs up
and leaves for the prosperous Studio
City in Los Angeles, where she moves
into a 500 square meter house. The
house is owned by Derek Hay, a porn
film agent, also owner of LA Direct
Models - the largest talent agency
for porno film models in the world.
Ten young porn models live together
in this house – some of them as young
as 18, and about to make their debut
in the tough industry of porn.
With her 25 years, her body still
natural and unaltered, Denice is the
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Director Andreas
Koefoed, script by
Tobias Lindholm
Producer Miriam
Nørgaard
Produced by Fridthjof
Film for DR TV in
association with SVT,
VRT, VPRO, ERR, LTV
Duration feature and
1 hour
Year of production 2014
experienced one. But after 3 years
gone from the industry, she starts
to see everything in a new and not
so positive spotlight. She can’t help
noticing how all the young girls are
pumped up with silicone and armed
with a willingness to do anything to
get a porn job.
Naked explores the sexualization
of young people. It is a film that
looks into how a young generation
represses their own personal
boundaries – and what happens to
them, when they stop repressing
them.
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Dropping 4 tons of illegal weapons
over India can be a dangerous deed
Former British arms dealer and
ex-mercenary Peter Bleach is on a
mission to find the MI5 agent who
lied in court when Bleach was facing
a possible death sentence in India. On
his word, Bleach was convicted for
dropping 4 tons of weapons over the
West Bengal in order to start a civil
war.
In fact, Bleach was indeed part
of the weapons drop – but he was
working as an MI5 informer to catch
the mastermind behind it, the Danish
activist Niels Holck, who was also on
board the plane. As Niels Holck during
the night dramatically escape the
Indian police in Mumbai Airport where
the plane is detained, Peter Bleach is
left behind to pay the ultimate price.
Bleach is left to rot 8 years
in an Indian jail under horrible
circumstances before he managed to
prove his collaboration with the MI5.
When he is eventually released, he
embarks on a quest to find the British
agent who set him up.
This is the story of one the world’s
largest illegal weapon drops, and how
the man who saved the world
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What does it take to become an EU
citizen?
Like many other countries, Denmark
has agreed to receive a number
of UN refugees every year. UN
refugees belong to those who have
the greatest need to be resettled
in another country. It is a matter
of life or death for these people.
Denmark has agreed to welcome 500
refugees per year, but has installed
some special routines in order to find
the ones with the best ‘integration
potential’.
Suitable follows a group of
Burmesian refugees who live illegally
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and
whose only real hope for a future
is a new life in Europe. The film
gives a unique insight into these
people´s backgrounds and lives. We
follow them through the interviews
it came to pass with the knowledge
of three governments. It is a story
of a fatal flight of two men; built on
the subjective reconstructions of
the main characters who will re-live
the actions and psychological tension
on board the plane, where both were
trying to deceive the other.
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suitable
Director Katrine Philp
Producers Rasmus
Abrahamsen & Elise Lund
Larsen
Produced by Bullitt Film
for DR TV in association
with UR
Duration 56 min.
Year of production 2013
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Director Peter Anthony
Producer Jakob Staberg
Produced by Statement
Film TV2/DANMARK in
ass. with ZDF/ARTE,
SVT, NRK, VPRO, VRT
Duration 105 min.
Year of production 2014
and health tests conducted by
the representatives of the Danish
Immigration Service. Then breaking up
with everything they have known and
starting up a new life in Denmark. We
follow their dreams and the fear of
being rejected, the worries about the
future, the desire for feeling safe -
that their children can be safe…
The people in this film share the same
destiny. They hope for a better life far
away from the country they have had
to turn their back on. They share the
same hope: To get to a place where
they can be safe.
A nonfiction drama about nuclear
warfare at the hight of the cold war
The story of Lt. Colonel Stanislav E.
Petrov, formerly of the Soviet Army,
who held the fate of the world in his
hands for a few crucial minutes. When
an alarm went off indicating that five
American nuclear missiles had been
launched against the Soviet Union,
he followed his gut feeling and went
against orders, convincing the armed
forces that the threat was a false
alarm saving the world from a nuclear
holocaust.
Three decades later, after his
life has unraveled around him, his
contribution to the world today is
recognized, and he embarks on a
spectacular journey to save himself.
The Man Who Saved the World
seamlessly mixes fact and fiction
to create a historical thriller and
personal redemption story. This
unlikely real-life hero reminds us how
close we came to Apocalypse, and
what the loss of billions of lives looks
and feels like.
The Man Who Saved the World is an
epic tale about a man who is put to
the ultimate test, when he
has to make a decision that can
change our world forever.
In order to tell Stanislav’s story,
and to illustrate his hard-learned
philosophy, a philosophy which could
serve the world so well, the film
moves from documentary to fiction,
and from fiction to documentary. The
boundary between the two forms is
slowly erased as the film develops.
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the essence of terror
warriors from the north
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Director & Producer
Andreas Rocksén
Produced by Laika Film &
Television AB for SVT.
Duration 52 & 58 min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title
Diktaturens fångar
Two Swedish journalists shot and
captured when they illegally entered
the region of Ogaden, Ethiopia in an
attempt to report from inside the
closed region
For four days Martin Schibbye and
Johan Persson were kept in the
desert forced to participate in a film
to be used as evidence against them
in court. They were even subject to
a mock execution before they were
finally sentenced to eleven years in
prison for acts of terror. With unique
access to the filmed material, The
Essence of Terror show a behind the
scenes account of these events.
Abdulahi Hussein was advisor
to the regional president, Abdi
Muhamoud Omar, and head of the
local TV-channel, Cakaara News. He
had for two years made copies of
the president’s secret video files
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Directors Søren Steen
Jespersen & Nasib Farah
Producer Helle Faber
Produced by Made in
Copenhagen for DR TV in
association with NRK
Duration 1 hour
Year of production 2014
containing evidence of serious human
rights abuse in Ogaden. In the files
policemen and militia are giving
statements about murder, torture,
rape and arbitrary arrests. When he
got the files with the two Swedish
journalists in his hands, he decided
to leave Ethiopia taking the evidence
with him.
In the film Schibbye, Persson
and Hussein present a harsh and
unpleasant image of Ogaden, a region
that is attracting increasing interest
from international oil and mineral
companies.
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How terrorist organisation AlShabaab recruits fighters from the
western world
In a marquee in Mogadishu, the
newly graduated doctors are being
celebrated. Dressed up relatives and
friends are everywhere and up on
stage the young graduates, in full gala
dresses, are overlooking the crowd.
Down below them, in the front row,
a young man is taking pictures. He
is there as a journalist, to cover the
happy event. No one in the marquee
knows that this young “journalist”
is Abdi Rahman from Denmark. Nor
that, in just a few seconds he will blow
himself up and take several young
doctors with him in the blast.
Warriors from the North is about
young Somali-European men, who
leave their comfortable everyday
life in European cities to become
fighters, and perhaps even suicide
bombers, in Somalia − one of the most
dangerous and impoverished places
in the world. These young men, the
majority of which are born and raised
in Scandinavia, are typically recruited
there and subsequently leave for
Somalia, where they are trained by
genetic me
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A Tool of War
Despite increasingly refined
technology mass rape as a tool
of war is used in modern combat.
25,000 – 40,000 women were victims
of mass rape during the Balkan war
1992-1995. When a woman is raped,
the entire family is affected for
generations to come. 20 years after
these crimes only very few cases of
war crimes of sexual violence have
been investigated and prosecuted.
For the women in the film the rapes
remain a heavy, dark shadow in their
lives enshrouded by taboo. For these
women legal justice is the only hope
to regain integrity and life. But justice
fails and betrays them all the way to
the International Criminal Court of
Justice (ICTY) in The Hague.
When the war ended, those
responsible were never sentenced,
Al-Shabaab, an Islamic terrorist
organization, to help obtain Islamic
rule in Somalia. The film gets close
to an otherwise impenetrable milieu,
the immigrants at the bottom of the
social hierarchy, where Al-Shabaab
is always feared − even at a great
distance.
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mission rape
Directors Annette Mari
Olsen & Katia Forbert
Petersen
Producers Annette Mari
Olsen & Katia Forbert
Petersen
Produced by Sfinx
Film/TV for DR TV in
association with SVT,
TVP, RUV & BHRT
Year of production 2014
Duration: 58 minutes
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Director Pernille Rose
Grønkjær
Producer Katrine A.
Sahlstrøm
Produced by The Four
Letter Revolution Aps
for Lundbeck Fonden
Year of production 2014
neither by local courts nor by the
ICTY. Legislation does not focus on
the situation of the women raped in
war, and without legal justice they
find it hard to get on in life and regain
their selfesteem. The rapists from
the war are at large, whereas the
women are afraid to return to their
homes. In court cases about war
crimes, rape constantly falls down on
the agenda. The film shows how the
ICTY downgrades the rape that was
committed against one of the main
characters of the film by a highranking and notorious officer from
the war.
This film takes us on a journey
into the new genetics of human
psychology and behavior. It takes the
format of a personal quest
Our main character, science
journalist Lone Frank, wants to
know how the advent of personal
genetics will change our individual
view of ourselves and affect our
understanding of human nature
– the understanding of your own
personality. Lone comes with a rather
disagreeable personality herself,
that has given her many problems
through life and she is determined
to change this personality – she
simply wants to become someone
else. To find out how to change, she
has herself psychologically tested
and she gets relevant genes mapped
out. Lone believes solely in biology and
therefore believes that the solution
lies in knowledge of your brain and
genes. She takes the viewer on a
scientific and philosophical journey to
the forefront of research into how
our genetic information shapes the
brain and mind and through that our
personality.
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Competion
IDFA 2013
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the agreement
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Official Selection
Hot Docs 2014
F:ACT Award
Opening Film
CPH: DOX 2013
A little bit of world history is made
when Serbia and Kosovo meet for the
first time ever in chief negotiator
Robert Cooper’s EU office to reach
an agreement on peaceful coexistence
Stakes are high and the tension in the
room is palpable. But in spite of the
seriousness of the negotiations, they
turn out to be surprisingly funny and
the audience is let into an unknown
universe of diplomacy − behind the
scenes. As Cooper tries to mediate
between the Serbian and the Kosovar
negotiators, the three fantastic,
charismatic characters personalize a
crucial bit of European history in their
fight to reach an agreement. It is
the last territorial conflict of Europe
and it is crucial for the EU to prove
its ability to make peace in its own
backyard. new
last dreams
Official Selection
CPH: DOX 2013
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Director Andreas
Johnsen
Producer Katrine A.
Sahlstrøm
Produced by Rosforth
& Danish Documentary
for DR in ass. with BBC,
SVT, NRK, TSR, Against
Gravity & SBS Australia
Duration 1 hour & 85
min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title Ai Weiwei
The Fake Case
Ai Weiwei is one of the most
politically influential living artists. He
is a man with no weak points, a man
no one can break
That is until he is literally kidnapped
by the state. Just before boarding
a plane Ai Weiwei is taken away by a
group of men and held on a secret
location for 81 days. When released
there are signs of worry and anxiety
on his face. For the first time he
understands that there is a price to
pay for his fight
The film follows Ai Weiwei right
after his release from the isolated
detention. He is grounded in his house
in Beijing, on probation and under
tight surveillance by the Chinese
authorities. He is met with a lawsuit,
which he soon names ‘The Fake
Case’ referring to the name of his
company Fake, but more so to the
false reasons behind the accusations.
the auction house
Last Dreams confronts us with
a taboo deeply embedded in our
society: Death
The film follows three women during
their last month at a hospice. Through
them we gain an insight of what it
means to be close to death. We hear
about their last dreams and wishes,
and we are there when they find the
courage to say “I’m sorry” or “I love
you”. The film is an honest portrait,
and the camera keeps rolling even
when conditions are tough.
Last Dreams is a heart-breaking
story, yet calming, humorous and
hopeful. It illustrates in an intimate
and honest manner, how a hospice can
bring joy and consolation and allow
people to end their lives in a dignified
and peaceful way. The film shows the
joy and the sadness in the last days
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Director Ed Owles
Producer Giovanna
Stopponi
Produced by Native
Voice Films
Duration 60 & 85 min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title The
Auction House: A Tale of
Two Brothers
of the three women, and leaves the
audience both smiling and crying.
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taming the quantum world
Two brothers struggle to save their
family business – the oldest auction
house in India
Elder brother Anwer recently
returned to his homeland after
a lifelong career in the UK and is
desperate to revive the fortunes of
his beloved auction house, The Russell
Exchange. It was purchased from the
British by his grandfather in 1940
and has been in the Saleem family
ever since. A unique piece of India’s
heritage which still brings people from
across Indian society − rich and poor,
high class and low – through its doors
today.
Younger brother Arshad, India’s
longest-standing auctioneer, has
worked at The Russell Exchange since
the 1960s and knows the place, and
the world of antiques, inside out. He
is steeped in the city’s traditions
and is sceptical about Anwer’s plans
When computers take a quantum
leap: the future of global information
technology
In recent years physicists have been
developing a new type of computer;
the quantum computer. It will
revolutionize computer technology by
harnessing the mysterious quantum
physics. Quantum computers will be
able to generate virtual realities that
could become a vehicle for addressing
critical issues such as global warming
and what the ultimate fate of the
universe will be.
The quantum computer utilizes
the strange quantum phenomena
superposition and entanglement.
These are phenomena that Danish
physicist Niels Bohr discussed with
Albert Einstein with much fervour.
But even for those two these
for change. He believes that Kolkata
is a city in terminal decline and the
auction house is destined to die out
along with it…
riis reset
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Director Lars BeckerLarsen, Producer Gitte Randløv
Produced by Masto
Media for DR in ass. with
SVT, NRK, YLE & RUV
Duration 45 min.
Year of Production 2013
Original Title Taming the
Quantum World
However Ai Weiwei has a firm belief
that China is ready for change and
the headstrong caged bear starts to
move again
: a tale of two brothers
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Director Estephan
Wagner
Producer Signe Byrge
Sørensen
Produced by Final Cut
for Real for DR TV
Duration 58 min.
Year of production 2013
Original title En god død
Official Selection
Hot Docs 2013
ai weiwei the fake case
MIPDOC Video Library
Director Karen
Stokkendal Poulsen
Producer Vibeke Vogel
Produced by Bullitt Film
for DR in ass. with ZDF/
ARTE, VPRO, SVT, ERR,
RTV Slovenija, Knowledge
Network & Yes/DBS
Duration 1 hour
Expected release 2013
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Director Niels Christian
Jung
Producers Anders
Thomsen & Tine Bendix
Produced by DR
Duration 58 min.
Year of production 2013
Original title Riis Forfra
phenomena were hard to grasp –
because quantum physics flies in the
face of common sense.
The rise and fall of cycling legend
Bjarne Riis
Riis Reset follows former pro-cyclist,
now owner of the professional cycling
team Saxo-Tinkoff, Bjarne Riis during
one of the most difficult and challenging
times of his life. It is an intimate and
amazing journey through the world of
professional cycling and Bjarne Riis’
personal life with his family – just as it
takes surprising turns.
In 1996 Bjarne Riis won Tour de France.
12 years later he admitted to extensive
use of doping. Now his team is on the
verge of a similar fall. Once the best in
the world, financial difficulties and poor
performances almost forces Riis to
shut down the team in 2012. And when
Tyler Hamilton, former star of the team,
makes new severe allegations against his
former employee, Riis’ life achievement
is about to collapse. With unique and
unprecedented access to one of
cycling’s most enigmatic key players, this
film allows Riis to tell his story.
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in production
The rape case that shocked India and
the World
On December 16th 2012, Jyoti went
with a male friend to see ’Life of Pi’.
At 9pm, they boarded a public bus
to reach home. On the bus were 6
men: a driver, conductor, and 4 male
passengers. The men beat her friend
unconscious and gang raped her for
an hour as the bus rode round the
highways. After raping her, the men
shoved an iron rod into her vagina and
pulled her intestines out of her body.
The youngest of the rapists (17) put
his hand inside her and pulled out the
rest of her intestines.
The film examines the societal
values in which brutality against
women is so widespread. We follow
the events leading up to the incident
and the aftermath: the arrests,
hopeless attempts to save the
victim’s life, the suicide in prison of
one of the rapists, the protests and
riots, and the political ramifications
Director Björn
Cederberg
Producer Jan Röed &
Jonas Kellagher
Produced by Charon
Film for SVT in ass. with
DR TV
Duration 1hour &
feature
Expected release 2014
of the case which are yet to conclude
in the government using the hanging
of the rapists as an electioneering
platform.
Two political enemies are forced on
a joint mission to write Zimbabwe’s
new constitution. The ultimate test
that will either take the country a
decisive step closer to democracy
and away from President Mugabe’s
dictatorship, or toward renewed
repression. In a country with little
respect for human rights, impeded by
economic sanctions and hyperinflation
running rampant, failure is not an
option.
The two top politicians, MP Paul
Mangwana (ZANU-PF) and MP Douglas
Mwonzora (MDC) have been appointed
to lead Zimbabwe through the process
of writing a new constitution.
Going behind the scenes of the
constitutional process, Democrats
offers a unique insight into the
Zimbabwean government at a critical
and history changing juncture as the
political elite struggles to find a new
if i can’t dance
Why we fight and how we survive
During the Syrian uprising, defiant
female radio host Salma and her
young fan and protégé, Reem, quickly
become intimate friends and go on
the road in search of Syria’s future.
Amidst a terrible war their newly
found freedoms also ostracize them.
Soon they realize their unconditional
support of the revolution may bring
to power extremists who will condemn
We have been filming inside the
Ramstein Airbase, the world’s
largest military airbase, for seven
years now. The base is not built for
any specific war, but for all possible
wars, anywhere on this planet and all
US troops whether going to Iraq or
Afghanistan enter Ramstein before
continuing to their final destination.
Ramstein Air Base is a piece of
America located in a medieval German
landscape. It is a world completely
isolated – a neat American small town
where everyone is smiling, shopping,
playing golf, bowling and going to the
cinema.
Half a million military personnel
fly to or from Ramstein every year.
We meet some of the people when
coming and going or permanently
staying. The best known American
soldier entering Ramstein was Elvis,
and though Elvis never went to
combat, he is an icon for the base
that has been strategically crucial to
American foreign policy and warfare
for more than 60 years.
natural disorder
postcolonial identity − a struggle that
may be the harbinger of a new epoch
in the development of modern African
states.
in production
Directors Marie
Skovgaard &
’Anonymous’
Producers Jesper Jack
& David B. Sørensen
Produced by Fridthjof
Film & Dharmafilm
in ass. with DR,
IKON, WDR, UR, TVO,
Knowledge Network,
Against Gravity, NRK,
RUV & FFF.
Duration 1 hour &
feature
Expected Release 2014
Inside the world’s largest military
airbase
in production
democrats
A political drama about the future
of a dictatorship
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in production
Director Camilla Nielsson
Producer Henrik
Veileborg
Produced by Upfront
Pictures in ass. with DR,
BBC, NHK, VPRO, SVT,
YLE, NRK, ITVS & HRT
Duration 1 hour
& feature
Expected Release 2014
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India’s Daughter
Director Leslee Udwin
Producers Leslee Udwin
Produced by Assassin
Films for BBC in ass.
with DR, SVT, IKON,
RTS, CBC
Duration 1hour &
feature
Expected release
Summer 2014
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Director Christian
Sønderby Jepsen
Producer Malene Flindt
Pedersen & Sidsel Lønvig
Siersted
Produced by Moving
Documentary for DR
TV in association with
IKON, SVT
Duration 1hour &
feature
Expected release 2015
Jacob Nossell (24) is intelligent, but
hardly fits the picture of a dream
child: He suffers from a paralysis
of the brain, a congenital physical
handicap
It affects not only his powers of
speech, but also causes cramps and
stiffness. When he speaks, his words
cluster together, and when he walks
it is with difficulty. With a normal
intelligence in a weakened body Jacob
is the embodiment of the problem
‘what is normality’: He is too much
of an invalid to be fully accepted by
society and too ordinary for him to be
able to accept his own fate.
That is why Jacob has decided to try
redefining the concept of ‘normality’,
as perceived by most people and
will investigate and challenge the
concept of normality in modern
society. The film will witness Jacob’s
dilemmas in the course of the process
and will enter his most personal
thoughts in order to highlight the
ethical dilemmas with regard to our
intervention in human evolution.
in production
– it’s not my revolution
them once again to their former
silenced lives and suppress their
personal revolutions.
In If I Can’t Dance, through Salma’s
eyes and experiences, as well as
her close relationship with Reem,
the director wants to depict the
gravity and progress of a complex
conflict: The controversial and
the conservative, sensitivity and
destruction, pacifism and violence −
the calm of daytime giving way to the
misfits
Director Jannik
Splidsboel
Producer Sara
Stockmann
Produced by Sonntag
Pictures for DR TV in
association with UR
Duration feature and
1hour
Expected release 2015
chaos of the night. The hopes of many
and the overall meaninglessness of
war.
A story of American gay teenagers
who do not fit into their religious
society
In Tulsa, Oklahoma, there is a tiny
youth club called Open Arms. The club
is squeezed in between 2 of the 2000
churches in the town and welcomes
young GLBT kids, between 13 and 18,
who have found the strength to come
out in ‘the buckle of the Bible belt’.
But the prize for being yourself is
high – and you may end up becoming a
Misfits in society.
The film is about a new generation
of teenagers coming out at an early
age in the middle of the Bible belt.
While the general public opinion
towards gays within America is slowly
changing, this coming of age story
closely follows the three gay teen
protagonists as they struggle to
achieve a sense of self within families
in a community that still widely
condemns homosexuality.
Misfits is a character driven story
about identity, showdown with
parents, and teenage sexuality in a
highly moral society.
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did you see
in production
the quatraro mystery
the man whose mind exploded
Official Selection: Sheffield
Doc/Fest 2013 + East End Film
Festival 2013
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Directors Mads Brügger
& Jeppe Rønde
Producer Sara
Stockmann
Produced by Sonntag
Pictures Aps in ass.
with DR
Duration 1hour &
feature
Expected Release 2015
A documentary film about the dark
side of the EU
Two journalists set out to investigate
why The Maltese EU Commissioner
of Health, John Dalli, recently had to
leave The Commission in disgrace, in a
storm of accusations about being in
the pockets of Big Tobacco.
Faced with closed doors in The
Commission and disturbing news
about how NGO’s in Brussel, who
are fighting a tsunami of lobbyism
from tobacco corporations, had
their offices burglarized by unknown,
almost ninja-like perpetrators − the
two reporters decide instead to
investigate an old and long forgotten
possible fraud case about a EU
Commission civil servant, who died
under mysterious circumstances
while facing accusations of being
in the pocket of Big Tobacco. His
name was Antonio Quatraro, and the
Director Toby Amies
Producers Rob
Alexander & Kat
Mansoor
Produced by
Perfectmotion Ltd &
Animal Monday
Duration 58 & 74 min.
simple question, ”why did Quatraro
die”, forms the narrative drive of an
intriguing and darkly funny journalistic
muckraking of a long forgotten,
unsolved fraud case.
no regrets
Director Sun Hee
Engelstoft
Producer Ditte Milsted
Produced by Profile
Pictures ApS
Duration 1 hour
Expected Release 2014
A film about a woman’s choice
In South Korea there are many
institutions for pregnant unmarried
women. Here women seek refuge in
order to hide their pregnancy and
they stay there until they have given
birth to their baby. The women end up
here because abortion is illegal and
the strict Korean society does not
accept unmarried mothers.
No Regrets follows the women at
such an institution. During their stay
the women have to make a crucial
choice: The difficult and painful
decision of whether to keep their
child or give it up for adoption. A
decision strongly influenced by a huge
pressure from the outside world
where the disgrace of the family,
the reluctance of the boyfriend and
the disdain of Korean society have
a huge impact on the women’s final
decision. Ultimately the decision that
Joergen Lange Thomsen is a forensic
expert. His job is to examine the dead
and determine how they died. But one
day he is hired to solve a different
type of case: One that involves the
living. On behalf of a major human
rights organization he is to examine a
group of Iraqis to determine whether
they have been subjected to torture.
The case is of political importance
and Joergen’s conclusion may mean
that Denmark ends up in court on
trial for war crimes committed in Iraq.
Suddenly he faces a moral dilemma.
He needs to trust his knowledge of
human nature and deductive interview
methods as well as his own extensive
experience in being able to spot a
lie rather than relying on his usual
scientific approach. But years of
pioneering work in the field of human
rights cause Joergen to question
An investigative documentary on
Climate, Credits and Crooks.
At the end of 2012, the Kyoto Protocol
expired. The countries that ratifed
the protocol have all promised to
cut down on their carbon emissions
and curb the greenhouse gasses.
The question is how. One answer is
by purchasing carbon credits from
poorer countries.
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will change their lives forever, will
always be the women’s own and the
consequences will be up to the single
individual to handle.
embracing the dead
A psychological detective story
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the dark side of a pill
in production
Director Nanna Frank
Møller
Producer Helle Faber
Produced by Made in
Copenhagen for DR, UR
& Knowledge Network
Duration 1 hour &
feature
Expected release 2014
danced at the Folies Bergeres and
through a life as exotic as his name. A
model for Dali & Warhol, drug dealer
for Keith Richards, the gay husband
of an Italian poet, and actor for Derek
Jarman..
the carbon crooks
Director Tom Heinemann
Producer Søren Steen
Jespersen
Produced by Larm Film
& Heinemann Media
present in corp. with
Britdoc Journalism Fund
/ Channel 4 & DR
Duration 56 min.
in production
”Two attempted suicides. Two
nervous breakdowns and two comas.
I’m in my seventh life now and I love it.
I love it all” Drako Oho Zahazar, last
interview, August 2011.
As a beautiful young man, Drako
Director Poul-Erik
Heilbuth
Producer Ole Hjortdal
Produced by DR in coproduction with NDR &
in ass. with YLE, UR, ERT,
Yes/DBS & HRT
Duration 58 min.
A journey into the dark side of a
pill that conquered the world: the
antidepressant. An exclusive, casedriven investigation into the one of
the medical success stories of our
time. Every 10th grown up in the
Western world is on antidepressants.
With global sales of some USD 20
billion, the prescription drug is one of
the most lucrative products of the
medical industry. But the drug has a
dark side.
the second wave
Director & Producer
Folke Rydén
Produced by FRP in ass.
with SVT
Duration 55 min.
Something worrying is happening in
and around the Baltic Sea.
The Baltic Sea is an important
indicator of how chemicals are
influencing the environment and
scientists now warn of a new wave of
particular pollutants. Wildlife in and
around the Baltic Sea is suffering and
species are diminishing. At the same
time welfare diseases such as cancer,
infertility and allergies have increased.
north of the sun
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whether any of it actually matters.
And his doubts will soon put him to
the test.
Directors Inge Wegge &
Jørn Nyseth Ranum
Producer Anne
Bergseng
Produced by Filmhuset
Produksjoner AS
Duration 46 min.
Inge, 25, and Jørn, 22, spent nine
winter months in an uninhabited bay
in Northern Norway, away from the
luxuries of urban life.
The boys built a cabin of driftwood,
ate free food past its expiry date,
and most importantly brought their
surfboards − the greatest motivation
of all. Zero money at zero degrees on
an adventure to reveal the secret of
the bay: some of the world’s finest
surfing waves.
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did you see
there will be some that will fear even that void
lost and sound
World premiere
SXSW Film Festival
2012
Sheffield Doc/
Fest Official
selection 2012
Open City Docs
Fest 2012 emerging
director nominee
Official Selection
Napa Valley Film
Festival 2012
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Director Saeed Taji
Farouky Producer Marie-Therese
Garvey
Produced by Tourist
With A Typewriter in coproduction with Jabfilm
for NRK
Duration 52 min.
An ecological film for the 21st
century.
This is a film about the future of
our planet that turns the traditional
environmental documentary on its
head. Rather than looking at our
influence on the environment, it
examines the environment’s influence
on us.
Shot during a 16 day voyage on a tall
ship sailing around Norway’s remote
Arctic islands, the film chronicles the
work of 20 artists living aboard. A unique film about the life around
the Baltic Sea.
The Contemplator is a tribute to
one of the world’s most beautiful
areas, The Baltic Sea. It celebrates
the diversity and the richness of
the region, but it also shows how
fragile the ecosystem of the sea has
become. The Baltic Sea is a resource
that we are overusing to breaking
point in order to satisfy our human
needs.
Director Lindsey Dryden
Producers Kat Mansoor
& Lindsey Dryden
Produced by Animal
Monday Ltd
Co-produced by Little
by Little Films Ltd
Duration 58 & 77 min.
the contemplator
Director & Producer
Mattias Klum
Produced by Tierra
Grande Films
Duration 57 min.
What if you went deaf, and lost the
ability to hear music?
Imagine waking up in the morning to
find that the world sounds utterly
different and music is suddenly
unrecognisable. All the songs you
loved and all the songs you’ve yet to
discover are suddenly out of reach.
Could you find a way to get music back
again and could music find you?
wonder world of ice
Director Ilkka Rautio
Producer Pertti
Veijalainen
Produced by ILLUME Ltd
in ass. with YLE
Duration 52 min.
the coral eden
A film about trying to make Chinese
dreams come true in the middle of the
biggest ski resort in Finnish Lapland
Wonder World of Ice tells the story
of modern Lapland and her transition
from national scenery to a global
entertainment centre. At the ski
resort two different realities collide:
the world created by tourism and the
pure nature only seen on postcards.
blood ties
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Director & Producer
Mattias Klum
Produced by Tierra
Grande Films
Duration 44 min.
Do we preserve nature?
The story of Indonesia’s Raja Ampat
Archipelago with remarkably diverse
coral reefs, mangroves and lush
groups of small islands brings us to a
moral and ethical cross­road: We can
either choose to stay and deplete the
last of the ocean’s resources –or, we
can adopt more sustainable methods
of harvesting the fruits of nature,
to ensure the pres­ervation of our
oceans indefinitely.
Directors Pernille
Bervald Jørgensen &
Christian Sønderby
Jepsen
Producer Helle Faber
Produced by Made
in Copenhagen in
cooperation with Vega
Pictures & TV2Denmark
Duration 58 & 83 min.
the war campaign
A powerful film about how difficult it
can be to break social heritage.
Blood Ties is about a dysfunctional
family who share a sense of unity and
love for each other despite massive
social problems. It is a story about
children forcibly removed from home
when they are young but return as
teenagers to parents who haven’t
changed a bit.
october 43 – the rescue of the danish jews
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Director Boris B. Bertram
Producer Lise LenseMøller
Produced by Magic Hour
Films in ass. with DR, UR,
ERR, RTV Slovenija, RUV,
NRK, VPRO & CT
Duration 58 & 75 min.
An in-depth account of how the Iraq
war campaign was organized, and a
case study of ‘how to sell a war of
choice’ to the public.
A genuine political thriller that
investigates the campaign carried
out by USA, UK, and Denmark in
order to sell the war on Iraq to the
international community.
2013 marks the 10th anniversary of
the invasion of Iraq by a coalition of
willing nations.
Director Jonatan
Jerichow
Producer Carl Otto
Dethlefsen
Produced by STV for DR
Duration 58 min.
back to freedom
Six million European Jews lost their
lives during World War II.
The Holocaust became the fate
of two European Jews out of every
three. After the Nazis assumed
power in Germany, their propaganda
of hate grew and culminated in the
worst genocide of the 20th Century.
Throughout German-occupied
Europe, Jews were deported to
Nazi concentration camps. But until
October 1943 Denmark remained an
exception.
The story of a man who has taught
himself the language and ways of
wolves, faced them in the wilderness
and witnessed their fates.
Seppo Ronkainen monitors wildlife
for a living and has dedicated his life
to the study of wolves in the wild. This
film is based on Ronkainen’s video
diaries, collected over the course of
13 years. Its unique material tells the
intertwining stories of man, wolves
and dogs.
wolfman
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Director
Anna Katrin Nørgaard
Producer
Bjarke Ahlstrand
Produced by DR
Duration 58 min.
Fighting for the survival of the
species for the past 18 years at
the Nyaru Menteng orangutan
rehabilitation and rescue center,
Danish-born Lone Dröscher Nielsen is
the “mother” and caretaker of more
than 600 orangutan orphans on the
island of Borneo in Indonesia.
Lone is about to release her oldest
and most skilled rehabilitated “kids”
for the first time.
Director Juha Suonpää
Producers Timo
Vierimaa & Joonas
Berghäll
Produced by Oktober Oy
in ass. with YLE & in coproduction with ARTE
G.E.I.E. , with support
from Finnish Film
Foundation & AVEK
Duration 52 & 75 min.
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