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royal jewels
love addict
light of eternity 09 big city, big spirit
law of the dragon
the micro debt 11 the man who lied the world into war
good life 12 young, american and right
diamond dog 13 between science and the mind
mystery ship 14 a balloon for allah 14 au pair
andy schleck: my tour 15 stieg larsson’s millenium 15 voices from secret burma
armadillo 16 blood in the mobile 16 the president
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Pilou Asbæk
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Directors Kasper
Gaardsøe & Jesper W.
Nielsen
Producers Katrine
Vogelsang & Christian
Rank
Produced by DR
Duration 18 x 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Lykke
Available in HD
Happy Life is a multi-plot dramedy
about ambitions and suppressed
emotions, about the misty border
between dreams and reality, about
the dream of happiness and the
organized life, where you can plan for
everything, except chance
The series evolves around the two
25 year-old twins, Lykke and Thomas
Leth. They share a tragic past, having
lost their parents at an early age,
under circumstances they prefer not
to talk about.
The twins have reacted to their loss
in very different ways. While Thomas
has been undergoing therapy for
depression for several years, Lykke
has gained a degree at Copenhagen
Business School with top marks and
immediately afterwards found a job
with the pharmaceutical giant SanaFortis. Here she is looking forward to
a meteoric career.
SanaFortis specializes in the production of psychopharmacological
drugs. The antidepressant medication Forticil, has ensured blockbuster
sales but the patent is on the point of
expiring and a replacement is urgently
needed. This is on its way under hectic
circumstances in the form of the
anti-stress pill, Fortisol. But the allimportant factor is still not in place:
official approval of the drug.
SanaFortis struggles with an annoying opponent in this connection,
the psychiatrist Anders Assing, who
airs his anti-pharmaceutical views at
every opportunity. Lykke soon finds
further reason to detest Assing as he
becomes her brother’s new therapist
and immediately discontinues Thomas’
anti-depressant medication. But she
hates the provocative psychiatrist
most of all because he appears more
and more frequently in her uncontrollably erotic dreams.
Lykke’s struggle for her career and
her battle with Assing provide the
main story in the series. This is supplemented by Thomas’ efforts to free
himself from his role as a loser and
SanaFortis’ fight for survival. Over
and above this we meet a wide range
of characters that each undergo
surprising changes when their view of
happiness is challenged by chance. In
each of these characters stories an
animal appears in a peculiar manner.
These animals also give title to each
episode of the series: The fish, the
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happy life
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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 20 x 58 min.
Year of Production
2010
Original Title Borgen
Available in HD
dog, the mouse, the monkey, the fly,
the goat, the spider, the fox, the cat
and the horse – to name the first ten.
Happy Life is a multiplot dramedy
about the pursuit of happiness. The
series that consists of 18 one-hour
episodes is created by Emmy nominees Stig Thorsboe and Hanna Lundblad, whose previous credits include
the hit series Better Times and TAXI.
The series stars an impressive cast of
some of the biggest names in Danish
film and television.
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
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 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.
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the man with the golden ears
Directors Simon
Bonde & Mike
Spooner
Producers Tomas
Radoor & René Ezra
Produced by Nordisk
Film Production A/S
Duration 8 x 27 min. &
210 min.
Year of Production
2009
Original Title Manden
med de gyldne ører
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Jakob is an Artist & Repertory man
at a record company. He leads a
rock’n’roll lifestyle in the jungle of
self-conscious artists and fallen
stars
Jakob has been living this way since
the gold-rimmed nineties, the heydays
of the music industry. Presently he
needs to fight for his existence on
all levels, if he wants to maintain his
extravagant lifestyle and reputation.
Jakob has to juggle his new strict female boss, his omnipresent rival ”The
Butt”, his ex-wife and his teenage
daughter, Julie, who just moved in with
him. As Jakob is about to discover, it
is not always easy to raise a teenager
– especially not if the parent is also
behaving like one.
Jakob’s golden egg – the rock band
”Konsumer” – is back in the studio for
the first time in two years, and that
might just be the salvation he needs.
It could help take away some of the
hard pressure that he faces at the
company, where sales are down and
costs increasing.
Unluckily for Jakob, but partially
due to his own lack of focus, he loses
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petitor. They will use all means at their
disposal to contribute to Jakob’s
downfall. Jakob needs to discover a
new artist, who can put an end to the
company’s declining results. Someone
who can help him retain his nickname
”The Man with the Golden Ears”.
The Man with the Golden Ears is a
fast paced, upbeat dramedy about
4 TV-Awards 2010 incl.
’Best Script’ & ’Best
Short Drama Series’
the fortunes and misfortunes in an
industry which seems so polished to
the spectator, yet at a closer look
is filled with ragged edges, lies and
absurdities. It is a world in which
people will go to extremes to get their
15 minutes of fame, often putting
themselves in situations, which are
completely and utterly hillarious.
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the royal jewels
Ready Summer 2011
Best New Danish
Fiction Series 2009,
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Director Anna Von
Lowzow
Producer Tomas
Radoor
Produced by Nordisk
film Produktion A/S
for DR
Duration 2 x 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title The
Royal Jewels
TV-series of the Year,
Mediawatch
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A world very few people know but
many would like to know about
They have been stolen and resurrected as copies. They have been
given as dowries and used as a
cure for bad consciences in broken
engagements. They have been hidden
beneath women’s skirts and smuggled
out of chaotic countries. And some
are still buried in the woods of Siberia.
It is the story of European civilization,
where the symbols of royal power
and the most visible evidence of royal
dignity, the legitimacy of the family,
are the impressive jewels worn at the
great dinners and State visits. Few
people know that some of the most
fascinating jewels in the world are
often tied to the high points of the
history of the various royal families.
Through history, the European royal
families were known for their great
wealth. As an expression of this, you
would see them in extravagant garments and beautiful jewelry. Today,
some of the monarchies are now history, but the jewels can still be seen
worn by the remaining royal families
at the festive occasions they attend
or house. This two part documentary
will take the viewer through their
fascinating story and the human destinies behind them. These are stories
of power, love, triumph, tragedy and
honour.
Episode one tells stories from the
Scandinavian royal families, German
principalities, the British royal family
and the Benelux-countries, starting with the coronation of Emperor
Napoleon in 1804, where the eyes of
the world were trained on France.
Napoleon Bonaparte is planning a
magnificent ceremony, in which the
Pope himself will crown him emperor.
Incredible wealth is spent on jewellery and clothing – nothing is left to
chance. Not only is Napoleon’s wife
Josephine taking part in the coronation but also there is his first fiancée
Désirée, wearing the most beautiful
rubies and diamonds – a parure that
Désirée brings with her when later
she becomes Queen of Sweden. Her
son marries Josephine’s granddaughter so, through several generations,
the Swedish royal family inherits
magnificent jewels from the French
family. Today Crown Princess Mary of
Denmark wears Désirée’s ruby parure.
Episode two begins in Russia, where
in 1917 the wealthy Grand Duchess
Vladimir publicly declares her opinion
of her nephew, Tsar Nicholas II, and
his incompetent way of governing the
country. The nephew exiles his aunt
to the Caucasus and her grandiose
jewels are left at the palace in St.
Petersburg. During the revolution her
son dresses up as a craftsman and
sneaks into the palace collecting several large sets of jewellery, which are
later smuggled out of Russia. Today
the English Queen Elizabeth II wears
the Grand Duchess’ very beautiful
diamond tiara.
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– the beauty of a diamond
Producers & Directors Cathrine la Cour
& Niels Birkemose
Produced by
Elmstreet Media
Duration 50 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title The
Light of Eternity
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What have we not done in the name
of love? Throughout history we have
fought, conquered, killed and been killed
in the name of love. We have written
songs, poems and books in an attempt
to capture this ultimate feeling. One
can get intoxicatingly “high” from love,
when it really takes hold – but fear of
abandonment can be an accompanying toxic spice, ruining the sense of
happiness: Do you love me as much as
I love you? This question is constantly
present and can be as exhausting as
the battle of life and death.
How does it feel when every decision, every thought and every single
second only depends on another
person’s actions? And what if these
actions become the foundation for
your entire existence? How does it
feel to be addicted to love?
This new documentary by Pernille
Rose Grønkjær (The Monastry) describes how romantic love can evolve
into an all consuming obsession.
Through the stories of 6 love addicts
we see what it means to be addicted
on love – what this strange disorder
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the light of eternity
– not a love story
Can love take over your life? Can you
become obsessed with “love”?
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love addict
Director Pernille Rose
Grønkjær
Producer Sigrid
Dyekjær
Produced by Danish
Documentary Production in association
with TV 2, VPRO, ZFD/
ARTE, NRK, SVT, ORF,
CBC, Against Gravity,
YES/DBS & YLE
Duration 58 min. &
75 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Love
Addict – Not a Love
Story
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entails and where it comes from.
Most of us know of love’s intoxication: You can act crazy, behave irrationally and feel that you are totally
obsessed with another person for a
short period of time. In this way many
of us have been addicted to love for
shorter periods or in moments. What
determines whether you are a love
addict or not is whether the obsession continues and escalates. As an
addict the feeling of love becomes an
absolute necessity for survival – like
alcohol is for alcoholics and drugs for
drug addicts. You will do anything for
a fix and in chasing it you build up a
fantasy around the person you are
addicted to. You live only through his
or her actions. Your life becomes secondary and you try to escape who you
really are. A kind of escapism. Most
love addicts do not like themselves
and therefore it is much more appealing to live their life through others.
A love addict lives in a vicious circle
– a bad pattern they repeat from
one relationship to another. If you do
not get “fixed” in your relationship or
if the relationship breaks up you immediately must find a new one to feel
the rush again. You are not actually
No material in the world reflects light
as powerfully as a diamond
Diamonds have always been the ultimate symbol of wealth, courage and
everlasting love. Sparkling with such
an overwhelming beauty, it is often
said that diamonds must contain
fragments from the birth of our Universe. When the light hits a pure and
perfectly cut diamond, it is reflected
with such overwhelming beauty, that
the most beautiful women stand in
line to decorate themselves with
these valuable stones.
The Light of Eternity – the beauty
of a diamond is a journey into the
seductive world of diamonds and
the fascinating craftsmanship that
transforms what is in essence just
a stone among other stones into a
shiny and sparkling jewel.
Set in Antwerp, the traditional capital of diamonds, the film exclusively
takes the viewers behind the closed
doors of a secret world of discretion
and integrity. Here they have traded
and manufactured diamonds for
centuries according to four strict parameters, also known as the diamonds
four Cs: Cut, Clarity, Colour and Carat
Weight.
Through the outstanding cinematography of award winning DOP Lars
Skree (Armadillo), viewers witness
diamond deals worth hundreds of
thousands of dollars. And follow the
process that turns stones into jewels:
from the grading of quality to the
extremely difficult craft of polishing
diamonds in one of the world’s leading
polishing factories. Run by a young
crew – all 3rd and 4th generation of
diamond polisher families – the company successfully combines traditional
methods with highly advanced computer technology in setting new standards
for the beauty of diamonds.
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big city, big spirit
– a jewelled love story
interested in meeting another person,
your only focus is the rush. In that way
a love addict is never able to obtain a
real relation. The relationship stays a
fantasy and an illusion of how it could
be and not of how it really is.
Ultimately, addiction leads one into a
very destructive pattern and depression, despair and anxiety often follow
with. Addiction varies in strength, but
in the worst cases, it may end up with
suicide or murder. Ultimately you are
having a very destructive pattern in
your love life.
Producers & Directors Cathrine la Cour
& Niels Birkemose
Produced by
Elmstreet Media
Duration 50 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Big City,
Big Spirit – a jewelled
love story
Ready summer 2011
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The French, world famous and classic
top-brand Cartier and the upcoming
Danish, Buddhism inspired and NewKids-on-the-Block brand Shamballa
– two jewellery houses; each with
their own defining heritage and mindset share a common passion for fine
art jewellery
This documentary follows jewellery
designers from the two distinguished
houses and their source of inspiration
− from the decadent Parisian atmosphere and the cool and understated
Scandinavian lifestyle in Copenhagen
to the mountains of Himalaya. We
are permitted into the very hearts
of the brands, the workshops, were
signature pieces are made. Jewellery
art which, for more than 150 years,
have grabbed the hearts of millions.
Displayed and favoured by celebrities, from actors, musicians and
sports stars alike to the royal families
around the world, the jewellery has
become the symbol of success and
glamour.
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the law of the dragon
the micro debt
Director & Producer
Tom Heinemann
Produced by Heinemann Media for NRK/
Brennpunkt with DR
& SVT
Duration 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title The
Micro Debt
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A critical investigation into the dark
side of microcredit loans
For decades Microcredit has been
hailed as the #1 solution to eradicate poverty. But then journalist
Tom Heinemann met with a woman
living in a slum-like house outside the
Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka. Shortly
before, she had sold her house in order to pay her weekly instalments. For
months, she had been intimidated and
harassed by the members of her loan
group and by the loan officers.
This was the first in a string of interviews with poor people in Bangladesh, India and Mexico. The loan-takers told the
same story: Most of them had numerous
loans in NGO’s and Micro Finance Institutions – and many must take new loans
to cover the old ones. They pay annual
interest rates ranging from 30-200 %,
and they are under extreme social pressure not to mention how cruel some of
the loan officers behave when it comes
to default a single weekly payment.
The film also takes a close look at
the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner,
Muhammad Yunus and reveals a num-
ber of secret documents proving how
Grameen Bank back in the mid-90’s
transferred 100 mio USD − where
most was donated as grants from
Norway, Sweden, Germany, USA and
Canada − to a new company in the
Grameen-family in order to avoid tax.
new
Director Weijun Chen
Producer Lawrence
Elman
Produced by Amber
Entertainment Ltd &
Drive Thru Pictures
for BBC & DR
Duration 4 x 30 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title The Law
of the Dragon
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the man who lied the world
into war
Justice must prevail
The Law of the Dragon examines the
way in which the Chinese legal system
is trying to cope with the myriad recent dramatic changes to Chinese life
and society by following the fortunes
of a provincial legal practice, the Tiger
Law Firm of Chengdu.
Following on from the success of
The Biggest Chinese Restaurant in the
World, The Law of the Dragon will once
more bring a new perspective to the
lives of the billion Chinese people who
make up the twenty-first century’s
most powerful nation. With rare access to the Chinese court system the
series will also cast a new light – from
below – on a regime whose judiciary
is the subject of much international
attention and concern.
At the heart of The Law of the Dragon stands the austere Judge Chen, who
journeys with his team of court officials along mud tracks and grit roads,
often having to be dug out by the
locals, to ensure that justice is served.
Their court is wherever they hang the
national emblem, be it nailed up in the
fields or stuck up in the plaintiff’s
house. Squatting on rocks amongst
Director Poul Erik
Heilbuth
Producer Ole Hjortdal
Produced by DR &
NDR
Duration 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Manden
som løj verden i krig
a farmers crops to advise him on his
rights might seem primitive and even
faintly ridiculous, but to the people he
deals with, Judge Chen is the law.
Chinese society is changing fast and
the stories which The Law of the Dragon
will tell will reflect those changes. In
the family courts we will meet newlydivorced couples, some liberated from
loveless arranged marriages, others
facing a grim future separated from the
only child who would traditionally have
made a home for them. Businessmen
raised in the former command economy
confront the vicissitudes of bankruptcy
or labour disputes, while thieves find
opportunities as the gulf between the
new rich and the poor creates a boom in
so-called ‘crimes of envy’.
Directed by the award-winning documentary director Weijun Chen (Please
Vote For Me, The Biggest Chinese
Restaurant in the World), The Law of
the Dragon will portray all drama, the
high and lows, the strains and stresses
that affect families and businesses
alike daily as they seek to navigate the
labyrinthine Chinese judiciary.
The story of Codename Curveball and
one the most incredible fabrications
in modern history
An Iraqi engineer arrives in Germany
late 1999 and applies for asylum.
He immediately starts to tell the
German Intelligence Service, BND, a
detailed account of Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction.
His most famous account is that of
seven mobile biological trucks which
could function as small factories and
be driven around in Iraq – and a tale
about a serious accident with a number of deaths.
This documentary reveals that 40
days before the war UN-inspectors
had inspected 11 sites nominated by
Curveball as central to his account.
However the inspectors had concluded that there was not the faintest
possibility that these sites had ever
seen a chemical or biological weapon.
Eyewitnesses reveal how people
inside the CIA raised serious concern
about Curveball’s account before
Secretary Powell used Curveball in his
presentation to the UN. This concern
was fuelled by the German intelligence
service BND who wrote directly to the
director of CIA.
The story of Curveball offers a
unique voyage into the secret world
of international politics and secret
services – done through one man’s lies
which killed hundreds of thousands of
his fellow countrymen.
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the good life
Director Eva Mulvad
Producer Sigrid
Dyekjær
Produced by Danish
Documentary for TV2,
NRK & SVT
Duration 75 min. &
58 min.
Year of Production
2011
MIPDOC Video Library
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Official selection
IDFA 2011
Official selection
HOT DOCS 2011
Available in HD
out. As times get tougher, the mother
sends her spoiled daughter out to
make money. But how do you find a job
when you are 56 years old, act like a
teenager and have never done a days’
work in your life? One final rescue
attempt fails when the daughter
desperately proposes to work as a
prostitute. But her mother’s reply is
“You’re too old – they don’t want old
meat”.
With empty pockets, a rich kid attitude and a blank CV – what will happen
to the poor couple?
young, american and right
The next president of USA?
Conservative American teens Ben,
D.J. & Nick are high school class
presidents who each are, and plan to
stay, leaders for their peers. Their
divergent paths growing up during a
turbulent period in American politics
form a compassionate yet ironic
portrait of what “change” means for
these traditional boys who all wish to
be President of the United States
someday.
Born as Reagan left office and the
Berlin Wall fell, the boys were raised
to believe in an American exceptionalism that was shattered when, at age
12, “9/11 taught us that America was
great but not invincible”. Picking up
their lives as 16-year-olds, the film
presents moments in each boy’s political development over the next three
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diamond dogs
Director Mikael Ruttkay Hylin
Producers Magnus
Kåberg & Mikael
Ruttkay Hylin
Produced by M&I
Film AB
Duration 53 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Diamond
Dogs
MIPDOC Video Library
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Director & Producer
Jonathan Goodman
Levitt
Produced by Changeworx in association
with Channel 4, DR,
NRK, SVT & VPRO
Duration Feature and
60 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Young,
American and Right
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Official selection
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Past was paradise – present is hell
20 Euros for two weeks. This is what
is left for the two women, mother
(83) and daughter (56), in Eva Mulvad’s
black family portrait from Portugal’s
Costa del Sol. But things have not
always been like that. The family used
to be wealthy and passed down a
fortune through generations. But now
the money is gone. The daughter, Anne
Mette, and her mother have traded
the villa for a small apartment, where
they now live on the Mother’s small
pension. All the same the daugther
does not quite grasp the fact that
the days of servants, beachfront
property and lounging about by the
pool are gone for good.
There is hardly anything left to take
to the pawnshop and credit from
friends and local stores is running
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election, their personal stories offer
a revealing alternative approach to
thinking about tomorrow’s leaders and
the legacy of Bush’s presidency.
Young, American and Right offers a
unique insight to present and future
middle class America.
Dogs have always been considered
man’s best friend. Man tamed the
wolf, made them their hunting partner
and gatekeeper – and ever since the
dog has been ever more domesticated. Now ‘wolfi’ comes in all sorts of
variations. Some are cuddly and some
still resemblance the characteristics
of its ancestor. Dogs went from having a daily purpose to being more of a
companion – hence the saying “man’s
best friend”. Now, it seems like man’s
best friend has become more than a
friend.
Diamond Dogs follows three different dog owners in the city where the
pet-obsession reaches an absolute
climax; Los Angeles. Our dog owners come from different social
backgrounds, but they are all alike
concerning one thing: their unconditional love for their doggie. All seems
to substitute children with their dogs
– and therefore, they treat them with
the same amount of love that they
would give to a child.
This documentary show how the line
between parenthood and dog ownership is being blurred, as the question
remains: Who is caring for whom?
When “man’s best friend” becomes
your lovechild.
new
between science and the mind
Director & Producer
Thomas Breinholt
Produced by Blu
for DR
Duration 3 x 60 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Sjæl &
Videnskab
years. As they finish high school and
begin college, these traditional young
patriots make different choices that
force each of them to reconsider their
political beliefs and future careers.
Against a backdrop of watershed political changes culminating in Obama’s
When you cannot have children, you
can always have dogs
Do people have souls? What really
happens when we die? Can we see the
future? Can thoughts heal?
These are the questions that are
asked in Between science and the
mind. This series explores life’s big
questions – those that until now have
been matters of religion and faith –
attempting to explain the unexplainable based on research and science.
Jeff, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder after a near
fatal explosion in Iraq, participates
in a unique experiment revealing the
hidden powers within us awaiting
activation. Two-year-old Eric recalls
his former life in vivid detail. A mother
saves her son’s life based on a vision
of his future death. Researchers
attempt to measure the telepathic
connection between identical twins.
People from around the world talk
about near-death experiences: leaving
their bodies and seeing themselves
dead, only to return to life shortly
thereafter.
An increasing number of scientists
are delving into subjects such as the
power of thought, life after death
and sixth sense. In Between science
and the mind ground-breaking experiments demonstrate the awesome
power of the human mind.
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Available in HD
Drama-doc about the tragic end of
the world’s largest sailing ship, the
“København”
On 14 December 1928, the training ship
the “København” departed from Buenos Aires setting course for Adelaide,
Australia. Eight days later the ship sent
out a telegram - “all well on board”. This
was the last the world ever hear from
the enormous ship. On an unknown po-
sition, somewhere in the cold southern
Atlantic, the ship perished and took 60
young sailors with it into the abyss. No
bodies or debris were ever recovered.
The “København” was the world’s
largest and finest sailing ship at the
time it vanished. The loss of the great
ship became the end of Denmark’s
most powerful man at that time; H.N.
Andersen, founder of the East Asiatic
Company. The story of the “Køben-
Director Niels Christian Jung
Produced by DR
Duration 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Andy
Schleck: My Tour
havn” and the mystery surrounding
its disappearance was a tragedy that
touched and changed the maritime
world forever.
a balloon for allah
Available in HD
As a child, Norwegian-Turkish filmmaker Nefise, sent balloon letters to
Allah. In them, she put all her concerns
and thoughts in the hope of finding
replies to all the questions she could
not answer herself. Still looking for
answers, she now sets out on a jour-
ney to unravel some of the mysteries surrounding Islam. Following her
grandmother’s “Sufi” path, she goes
on a quest to discover her grandmother’s Islam – an Islamic belief not
dominated by the extremist and fundamentalist ways of thinking; a belief
where women are not suppressed by
their faith and dominant male thinking. She talks to both extremist and
liberal Islamic believers and wonders
whether in fact these polarized dif-
ferences is the reason for the lack
of understanding that Islamic life and
religion face in the Western societies.
Available in HD
The term ‘au pair’ refers to a cultural
exchange, where young people can
experience a foreign country in return
for light housework and nursing – and
a small allowance. In reality, au pairs
to build up the organization, culture
and professionalism needed to succeed in the Tour de France.
Director Georg
Larsen
Producers Georg
Larsen & Stig Bilde
Produced by Georg
Larsen Film
Duration 28 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Stieg
Larssons Millennium
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Stieg Larsson’s Millenium books are
selling like hotcakes worldwide, marketed as action but in truth fierce
social criticism. Eva Gabrielsson was
Larsson’s partner for 30 years
For the first time, she talks about
his literary intent, about the reality
behind his books, and about how she
believes the books have become part
of the global commercialism she distains. The Industry, according to Ga-
brielsson, has subverted the original
meaning of the books in its attempt
to squeeze as much money as possible
out of the Millennium series. With
Lisbeth Salander as action hero and
a calculating marketing strategy, the
series has been framed as an action
story instead of the critical portrait
of women’s oppression in a patriarchal society, which Gabrielsson claims
was their original intent. Because the
two were never married, Larsson’s
family have been responsible for – and
earned the millions on – the administration of his books.
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au pair
The number of au pairs in Europe and
the US has exploded and countries
like the Philippines suffer from “care
drain”, as many young people go
abroad to take care of other people’s
children
In the race to the 2011 finish line, DR
has exclusive access to the champion
rider and his top new pro-cycling
outfit, Team Leopard Trek.
Over the past two years of Tour
de France, Andy Schleck has come a
close second to Spanish rider Alberto
Contador. This year, Schleck vows to
go one better. Team Leopard Trek
is an ambitious professional cycling
project. Andy Schleck and his equally
talented brother Frank have just
risked everything by leaving the Danish Team Saxo Bank.
The champion’s systematic preparations, his personal meetings and
conversations will be opened up. But
will Schleck have the support he needs
in a new, untested team? It takes time
stieg larsson’s millennium
new
Directors Nicole Horanyi Nielsen & Heidi
Kim Andersen
Producer Helle Faber
Produced by made in
copenhagen
Duration 58 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Au Pair
Pro-cylist Andy Schleck is the heir
apparent to the world’s biggest and
most talked about cycling race, the
Tour de France
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the many faces of islam
A Balloon for Allah questions the role
of women in today’s Islamic belief and
looks into the historic development
of the religion
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andy schleck: my tour
new
Director Nefise Özkal
Lorentzen
Producer Jørgen
Lorentzen
Produced by Integral
Film for NRK
Duration 52 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title En Ballong til Allah
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mystery ship
Director Ole Bendtzen
Producer Anders
Dylov
Produced by Chroma
Film
Duration 60 min.
Year of Production
2010
Original Title Forliset
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voices from secret burma
are very cheap domestic help for busy
families all over the world.
Au Pair follows three Philippine girls
as they leave their families behind and
try to make a better future for themselves abroad. Theresa has left her
2-year old daughter and is supporting her entire family back home on a
salary of less than 350 euro a month.
Matet’s salary pays her mother’s
cancer treatment and Rosalie is
providing for her younger sisters
education. When the money is sent,
there is nothing left and the dream of
education and a better future is still
just that – a dream.
Director Steffen
Kretz
Producer Charlotte
Harder
Produced by DR
Duration 24 min.
Year of production
2011
Original Title Horisont: Det hemmelige
Burma
Interview with Aung San Suu Kyi – a
historical political manifestation
Politics, democracy and human rights
became her call in life, when she
returned to Burma. Driven by her
father’s history as a known reform
politician, she created a political party
and won by a landslide election in 1992.
She was shortly thereafter imprisoned and put in house arrest for what
turned out to be 15 years.
The feature offers an exclusive
interview with Aung San Suu Kyi,
which not only covers her personal
and political fight for democracy, but
also her personal costs. The feature
also includes a unique reportage on
young Burmesians fight against the
regime, as well as the consequences
of the Western economical sanctions
with ASSK, featuring two leading
politicians from the opposition. Finally
it takes a look at the election and
oppositional criticism of ASSKs party
neglecting to run for parliament.
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armadillo
Director Janus Metz
Producers Ronnie
Fridthjof & Sara
Stockmann
Produced by Fridthjof
Film
Duration 102 min. &
59 min.
Year of Production
2010
Original Title Armadillo
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Award-winning Armadillo is an upfront account of growing cynicism
and adrenaline addiction for young
soldiers at war
Mads and Daniel are on their first
mission in Helmand, Afghanistan. Their
platoon is stationed in Camp Armadillo,
right on the Helmand frontline, fighting tough battles against the Taliban.
The soldiers are there to help the
Winner Grierson Award
for best documentary
British Film Festival
Ever wondered where the minerals in
your mobile come from?
We love our cell phones and the selection between different models has
never been bigger. But the production of phones has a dark, bloody side.
By buying so-called conflict minerals
the phone companies were financing a horrific civil war in DR Congo
which until a few years ago resulted in
almost 4 million deaths and accord-
Official Selection
IDFA
Afghan people, but as fighting gets
tougher and operations increasingly
hairy, Mads, Daniel and their friends
become cynical, widening the gap
between themselves and the Afghan
civilisation. Mistrust and paranoia set
in causing alienation and disillusion.
For the first time ever a film crew has
gained unforeseen access to follow
a division of Danish soldiers at war, in
the fight against terror. Armadillo is
Official Selection
Milano Film Festival
a journey into the soldier’s mind and a
unique film on the mythological story
of man and war, staged in its contemporary version in Afghanistan.
Official selection IDFA
for feature length
documentary
ing to human rights organisations,
the civil war has been the bloodiest
conflict since World War II.
The war will continue as long as
armed groups can finance their
warfare by selling minerals that end
up in our phones – and the minerals
are still mined and exported illegally
out of Congo, where they are used in
the production of electronic devices.
Blood in the Mobile is a film about
one of the most dangerous places
the president
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The chaotic story of how Europe got
its first President
In January 2009 a historical moment
was planned to take place in the account of the European Union - the
27 member states were to elect the
first permanent President of the EU.
Except, the Irish voters said no in a
referendum in June 2008, which threw
the EU into perhaps its biggest crisis
ever.
versailles
Director Lauren
Greenfield
Producer Frank Evers
Produced by Evergreen Pictures in
association with BBC,
CBC, DR & VPRO
Duration Feature and
1 hour
Year of Production
2012
Original Title Versailles
Will be available
in HD
Justice Award 2011
Berlin International
Film Festival
The 27 Heads of State were now
required to find a solution. A historical
political power play began, all confidentially and far away from the public
eye. This is a complex process taking
place in meetings and corridors,
where compromises must be found
and national interests looked after.
This film explores the core of
European political power (and lack
of power) which includes drama,
intrigues, vanity and greed, when
A riveting spectacle of decadence in
the pursuit of the American Dream
Versailles is a character-driven film
that follows an eccentric, endearing
billionaire family and their quest to
build the biggest house in America.
Jackie, an ex-beauty pageant star,
and David S., a real estate magnate,
are a marriage of beauty and money.
And they are materializing their union
in a 90 000 square foot “home”: a
playground for their eight children and
a mini-kingdom of imported marble
(5 million dollars worth), fairytale
staircases, and wet and wild pools. The
gargantuan construction, aptly named
“Versailles” and inspired—in equal
measures—by the eponymous chateau
in Ile-de-France, and the Paris Hotel in
Las Vegas, serves as a symbolic backdrop for Jackie and David’s personal
journey as they navigate financial
setbacks that force them to put
their dream house on the market, and
consider the prospect of bankruptcy.
The cinema verité film intimately documents a wealthy family’s over-the-top
lifestyle and subsequent dramatic fall
as the financial crisis devastates their
personal wealth.
Versailles is an ultimate display of
decadence, but also a parable about
ambition, loss, and navigating the
flaws on the journey of the mythic
American Dream.
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on earth; it is about human courage
and above all it is about hope and the
search for solutions.
the inside story of how europe got its first
Director Christoffer
Guldbrandsen
Producers Ane Mandrup Pedersen, Stine
Meldgaard
Produced by Guldbrandsen Film for DR
Duration 52 min.
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Præsidenten
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in production
Winner Semaine
de la Critique
Cannes Film Festival
blood in the mobile
Director Frank Piasecki Poulsen
Producer Ole Tornbjerg
Produced by Koncern
TV & Film for DR
Duration 52 min. &
84 min.
Year of Production
2010
Original Title Blod i
mobilen
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ballroom dancer
Directors Andreas
Koefod & Christian
Bonke
president
Producers Sigrid
Dyekjær & Jakob
Nordenhof Jønck
Produced by Danish
Documentary
Duration Feature &
1 hour
Year of Production
2011
Original Title Ballroom
Dancer
presidenCy
Will be available
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European leaders facing their voters
to sell the idea of a strong and unified
Europe
From the Director of the award
A fiLM
By to Europe.
winning film
the Road
Christoffer guLdBrAndsen
Passion, pain and glory
A Ukrainian boy of Gypsy descent,
Slavik was born and raised in poverty.
At a young age he wowed to become
the world’s best Latin American
dancer. His family could not support
him financially, but he was discovered
at the age of 22 and teamed up with
a Belgian dancer from a very wealthy
family, who provided ample financial
support.
In less than two years Slavik rose
through the ranks to become the
world’s number one Latin dancer – the
fastest rising star in the history of
dance. Yet his explosive temper and
uncompromising personality often
destroyed his partnerships and eventually cost him his title and the legacy
that he wants so badly.
Now teamed up with his new partner
and lover Anna, Slavik is determined to
once more become the best dancer
in the world. This endeavor, however,
proves more difficult than anything
as Slavik suffers from severe hip and
back pains and it is only a question of
time, before his body will force him to
quit completely.
Anna is an unknown dancer. She is
stunned at his determination and his
skills on the dance floor. She is deeply
in love with him and their dancing
seems promising, but she suffers
from his raging temper.
Only one question now remains. Can
the couple make it all the way?
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in production
the mystery of
tycho brahe’s death
in production
democrats
Director Camilla
Nielsson
Producer Henrik
Veileborg
Produced by Upfront
Pictures in association with DR, BBC,
VPRO, SVT, YLE & NRK
Duration Feature and
1 hour
Year of Production
2012
Original Title Democrats
Will be available
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A political drama about the future of
a dictatorship
Two political enemies are forced on
a joint mission to write Zimbabwe’s
new constitution. It is the ultimate
test that will either take the country
a decisive step closer to democracy
and away from President Robert
Mugabe’s dictatorship – or toward
renewed repression. In a country
with little respect for human rights,
impeded by economic sanctions from
the international community, and hyperinflation running rampant – failure
is not an option.
Democrats follows the two top
politicians, MP Paul Mangwana (ZANUPF) and MP Douglas Mwonzora (MDC),
who have been appointed to lead Zimbabwe through the process of writing
a new constitution. In 2008, the two
men opposed each other in one of Af-
Director Lisbeth
Jessen
Producer Thomas
Houkjær
Produced by DR
Duration 1 hour
Year of Production
2011
Original Title The
Mystery of Tycho
Brahe’s Death
Will be available
in HD
rica’s bloodiest elections. Today, they
are still political enemies but united in
the ambition to reform Zimbabwe into
a modern democracy.
By going behind the scenes of the
constitutional process, Democrats
offers a unique insight into the Zimbabwean government at the highest
level. We will be present at a critical
and history-changing juncture as the
political elite struggles to find a new
postcolonial identity – a struggle that
may be the harbinger of a new epoch
in the development of modern African
states.
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afghan stories
Director Nagieb Khaja
Producer Henrik
Grunnet
Produced by Grunnet
Film in association
with DR
Duration 1 hour
Available 2011
Original Title Afghan
Stories
Will be available
in HD
The day after the situation is the
same. Shukrullah goes down in the
basement where his entire family on
the third day sitts crouching. Their
home has become no man’s land and
battleground between Taliban and the
ISAF-forces
Many have a relationship with the
war in Afghanistan. We have tried to
keep up with and discussed the war,
its political legitimacy and whether it
is worth the losses and we have seen
interviews and testimonies with civilian Afghans.
But we have not yet really seen the
Afghans’ own stories – the civil Af-
History tells that world known astronomer Tycho Brahe died of a ruptured
bladder because he was too polite to
go to the bathroom during a dinner
in 1601. But is it just a myth? Was he
actually poisoned by mercury by a jealous colleague or an envoy from King
Christian IV of Denmark?
After protracted negotiations a
group of international experts was
finally allowed to reopen the grave in
November 2010 and remove samples
of Tycho’s bones, teeth and hair. The
samples are now being analyzed to
discover the circumstances of Tycho
Brahe’s death so that the mystery
finally can be solved.
Ultimately it may turn out Brahe
killed himself! The analysis will likely
reveal that he was the victim of mer-
cury poisoning. The question is how
long before his death had he ingested
the toxin? It will take cutting edge
technology to tell us that.
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putin’s kiss
Director Lise Birk
Pedersen
Producer Helle Faber
Produced by Monday
Media for DR
Duration 1 hour
Year of Production
2010-2011
Original Title Putin’s
Kiss
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Shukrullah keeps the little cell phone
at arm’s length and films himself. He
runs up the stairs and creeps beneath the window. Then the shooting
starts. Shukrullah is crouching while
you can hear the shots all around him
A murder mystery among Kings and
noblemen in the court of renaissance
Europe
Masha is 19 years old and an officer
in NASHI, a Russian youth movement
which grooms the future leaders of
the country. Well, only if they keep on
doing, what is “right” for the nation
Supposedly NASHI is designed by the
Kreml, by Vladislav Surkov, Putin’s
Chief ideologist. Since 2005 the
movement has gathered hundreds
of thousands of Russian teenagers
through an euphoria of propaganda
and promises for the future – all
wrapped in loud techno music. Masha
allows us to get to know the organisation from within and experience the
Russia of today – seen trough the
eyes of the generation to come.
Masha encapsulates the new Russia; she remembers the poverty of
the eighties, but has also witnessed
how privileges and material comforts
have become obtainable during Putin’s
reign. She is influenced by what can
take her further, but begins to realize
that privileges and attention come at
a price.
in production
free the mind
ghans that the war is suppose to help.
Half a year ago we gave 30 Afghans
in the Helmand province a mobile
phone with video and a basic training
in recording stories.
Now those Afghans welcome us into
their homes and their lives. Here are
everyday stories about daily life and
the omnipresent war.
The film will have many faces and
with a few main characters we will tell
a fantastic, beautiful and yet tragic
and desperate story about the life
anno 2011 in Afghanistan
Director Phie Ambo
Producer Sigrid
Dyekjær
Produced by Danish
Documentary for DR
in association with
VPRO & BOS, SVT,
ERR, Against Gravity
Duration Feature &
1 hour
Year of Prod. 2011
Original Title Free
the Mind
Will be available
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Professor Davidson is a brain scientist with a mission: he believes the
world can become a better place and
that change comes through the brain
It is thought that our personalities
are mainly determined by our genes
together with our upbringing. But
Davidson’s research shows something
different – that the brain is actually plastic and shapes personalities
throughout life. And there are effective ways of taking control.
In order to create a more harmonious society one must begin with those
who disturb. Can you, by teaching
American war veterans Mindfulness
meditation, change the distraught destructive brains of soldiers, thereby
giving them a better chance at surviving life in civil society?
Professor Davidson has instigated
a test with a group of veterans, who
must meditate for eight weeks and
the camera will follow the experiment
closely during and after the experi-
PR ESEN TS
ment facing the ultimate question: is
it possible through meditation to free
the struggling minds of war veterans
and finally give them some peace of
mind?
- A DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT
MINDFULNESS MEDITATION WITH AMERICAN SOLDIERS
BY AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR PHIE AMBO
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argentina in therapy
Directors & Producers Adam Barnett &
Simon Deeley
Produced by Jericho TV
Duration 52 min. &
79 min.
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Buenos Aires is the psychoanalytic
capital of the world, with twice the
number of therapists per head than
New York. For millions of Argentineans
a visit to the psicologo is as much
part of their weekly routine as going
Director M. Marczak
Produced by Aperto
Films & Ozumi Films
Duration 60 min. and
72 min.
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In the midst of the vast and frozen
nothingness, and more than a thousand kilometres from the nearest
tree, a handful of old soldiers and
their young assistant are left to deal
with themselves, the magnificent
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nature and the antiquated political
ideas that keeps them on their toes,
as they ward off invisible enemies
from the borders and guard the endless, uninhabited parts of the Russian
country.
bringing life to space
Director & Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Produced by Express
TV Produktion
Duration 58 min. &
3 x 29 min.
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For decades man have prepared for
long voyages into space and explored
the possibility of settling on other
planets. Feeling confined by this galactic province, they see colonization
of space as a possible alternative to
a fragile, rather worn planet. But to
make their dream come true they will
not only have to challenge knowledge
and technological skills – but also
their own fears and psychological
limitations.
children of mandela
Director & Producer
Jakob Gottschau
Produced by Express
TV Produktion
Duration 58 min. &
3 x 28 min.
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In 2001, 24 black, coloured and white
students from a high school in Cape
Town met on a so-called Rainbow
Camp. They were the first “bornfree” generation of South Africa. A
generation whose lives were formed
after the brutal apartheid regime was
abolished and Mandela had come to
power. They confronted each other
with questions regarding racism and
reconciliation in South Africa. Today
they meet again.
chips and liver girls
Directors B. Bertram
& K. Kamya
Produced by Dead
People’s Choice Films
& Ivad Productions
Duration 29 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Sex, sugar daddies and modern love
in Kampala, Uganda! Some girls in
Kampala do not want to get married;
instead they go out with men who can
pay them for sex and their company.
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to the gym. Such a demand for an
expensive and time-consuming exercise suggests a neurosis on a national
scale. This film puts Argentina on the
couch, delving into the past to reveal
the causes of this unique obsession.
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tion but as a way to climb the social
ladder, a way to obtain a comfortable
and modern lifestyle. Sonia is a young
actress. She takes full advantage of
the new times and the sugar daddies
around her.
Director Martin
Sundstrøm
Produced by Mirabelle Film & Danish
Film Institute
Duration 30 min. &
52 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Official selection
HOT DOCS 2011
Each year around 50 people are
executed in the US. Since 1997 Karl
Chamberlain has been on death row in
Texas because he raped and murdered a 30-year-old woman in her
apartment in Dallas in 1991. The film
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Odense Film Festival 2010
follows Karl’s mother Muina, an old
hippie and now a practising Muslim,
who hopes that her prayers will save
her son’s life as she tries to understand what turned her once sweet
little son into a violent criminal.
the heretics
Director Joan Braderman
Produced by No More
Nice Girl Production
Duration 95 min. (1
hour version will be
available)
MIPDOC Video Library
The inside story of the Second Wave
of the Women’s Movement. A film told
through the eyes of Joan Braderman, who arrived in New York in 1971
to become a filmmaker and joined
a feminist art collective at the epi-
center of the 70’s art world in lower
Manhattan. Framed by striking digital
graphics, the story unfolds through
unique archive material and intimate
interviews with former members.
last white man standing
Director Justin
Webster
Produced by Plus Pictures in association
with ITVS, DR & BBC
Duration 55 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
In 2006, Robert Njoya was shot and
killed by Tom Cholmondeley, heir to
the Delamere Estate in Kenya. This
resulted in a trial focusing not so
much on the alleged murder, as on
the symbolic contrast between a few
wealthy white Kenyan landowners and
the poor coloured people. This case of
severe contrasts raises the question,
if the wealthy few should have the
right to land when it could provide for
many more.
maasai on the move
Directors Morten
Vest & Robin Schmidt
Produced by Filmselskabet
Duration 50 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Available in HD
The film follows four Masai living
in one of the world’s most beautiful natural resorts: the Ngorongoro
Safari Park in Tanzania. Sharp and
poetic, it explores issues like globalisation, wealth and love in the Masai
culture. Leaving stereotypes behind, it
depicts a people greatly aware of the
world we inhabit, confronting us with
our habitual conceptions and prejudices about indigenous people − and
the meaning of development.
mind the gap
Director Maciej
Górski
Produced by Braidmade Films
Duration 58 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Available in HD
Tracing your origin and finding your
identity have become important
issues in a multicultural, globalised
world. The film follows a Sikh family, originating from Kenya but living
in London, as they immigrate to
Australia − and finally journey through
India in search of roots and a common
ground. Their story epitomises the
problems confronting thousands of
families struggling with the clash of
cultures, religion and generations.
Official selection
IDFA 2011
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my cousin – the pirate
Director Christian
Sønderby Jepsen
Produced by Monday
Media
Duration 40 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
When civil war broke out in Somalia,
Nasib’s family could only afford a
single one-way ticket and he was sent
off alone to a European asylum centre. Now, his home town has become
the very centre of the large-scale So-
mali piracy and some of the toughest
pirates are from Nasib’s own clan and
family. And when Nasib learns that his
cousin Abdi plans to join the pirates
as well, he decides to go home to
make him change his mind.
noma at boling point
Director Christian
Vorting
Produced by DR
Duration 58 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Behind the scenes of the world’s
number one restaurant Over six busy,
turbulent months this fly-on-the-wall
documentary follows the daily drama in
the kitchen of the renowned restaurant Noma, where head chef René
Redzepi pursues his unique vision and
culinary talent with military precision
while exploring the tastes and flavors
of the Nordic Region. The film delves
into the restaurant’s kitchen to reveal a harsh and relentless atmosphere.
prelude to a fight
Directors A. Monies
Bøggild & M. Clausen
Produced by DR &
Monies Film
Duration 60 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Available in HD
Do we all have a reason to believe in
our own success? If so, what determines why some succeed and others
do not? The story of two ambitious
women, an African-American boxer
and a Korean-American classical pia-
nist; both pursue the same dream of
success. Though they come from two
different worlds, seemingly far apart,
their personal aspirations, their biggest dreams and their greatest fears
are surprisingly similar.
when my child is born
Directors Guo Jing &
Ke Dingding
Produced by Amber
Entertainment
Duration 60 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Available in HD
Jun and Long are neo-intellectuals in
post-modern China. Jun is a university
teacher who engages her students in
sensitive philosophical debates. Long is
trying to finish his thesis on Kant and
Marx. Life is confusing enough until
they discover that Jun is pregnant.
Nothing will ever be the same. Witness
the challenges of being an academic
suspended between modernization and
tradition, love, career and family ties in
ever-mutating contemporary China.
white slaves – muslim pirates
Director Lisbeth
Jessen
Produced by DR
Duration 3 x 40 min. &
60 min.
MIPDOC Video Library
Every sailor knew the risk: if you were
captured by Muslim pirates, you
could end up a slave in North Africa.
From 1500 to 1830, roughly a million
Europeans were detained. Sailors
mostly, captured by Muslim pirates in
the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.
Victims of a war waged by Muslim pirates, endowed with state permits to
capture commercial vessels belonging
to the enemy.
Official Selection
Toronto International
Film Festival 2010
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