This film portrays Brian, Juan and Gianni from South Central, Los Angeles. Obstacles are plenty when you are a child growing up between gang members, or a teenager with an addiction and a newborn, or a middle-aged man, just released into a new and changed world after 24 years in prison. Following their lives for more than two years, the film shows with precision the psychological impact of a prison system that focuses on punishment rather than prevention and rehabilitation. The three characters merge into one life story in this intimate portrait of people living in a society where help is scarce and you have to rely on your own resources to get by.
| Original title | Fanget i de fries land |
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| Danish title | Fanget i de fries land |
| Keywords | Criminals, Gangs, USA, Rehabilitation, Drug dealing, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Camilla Magid |
| Screenplay | Camilla Magid, Stine Fischer Christensen |
| Producer | Heidi Elise Christensen, Signe Byrge Sørensen |
| Director of Photography | Consuelo Althouse |
| Editor | Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen |
| Sound | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Composer | Manoj Ramdas |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | DR International Sales |
| Online release | 06.06.2018, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | Selected for IDFA's Best of Fests. The film was awarded the best Nordic doc prize at its CPH:DOX world premiere and has screened at the festivals in Karlovy Vary and Telluride. Camilla Magid graduated from the independent Super16 film school in Copenhagen in 2010. Her first long documentary, White Black Boy (2012), was nominated for a national Bodil Award and given the prize for best sound at CPH:DOX. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Executive Producer | Final Cut for Real ApS |
| Co-production | Tuffi Films |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Finnish Film Foundation, MEDIA (EU), AVEK |
| In collaboration with | DR, UR, YLE, NRK, IKON, Yes - DBS, VGTV, I Wonder Srl, Against Gravity |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
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| Direction | Camilla Magid |
| Casting consultant | Cornelius Edwards |
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| Screenplay | Camilla Magid |
| Screenplay | Stine Fischer Christensen |
| Script consultant | Rasmus Heisterberg |
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Production |
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| Producer | Heidi Elise Christensen |
| Producer | Signe Byrge Sørensen |
| Creative producer | Stine Fischer Christensen |
| Co-producer | Elli Toivoniemi |
| Associate producer | Felipe Marino |
| Associate producer | Joe Neurauter |
| Production assistant | Ömer Sami |
| Production assistant | Mauricio González-Aranda |
| Production assistant | Kasper Juhl Kjems |
| Production assistant | Emma Svendsen |
| Production assistant | Emily Buck |
| Production assistant | Nadine Zylberberg |
| Production assistant | Celine Klint |
| Post-production manager | Maria Kristensen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Consuelo Althouse |
| 2nd cinematographer | Polly Morgan |
| 2nd cinematographer | Dan Mark |
| 2nd cinematographer | Moira Morel |
| 2nd cinematographer | Antonio Cisneros |
| 2nd cinematographer | Camilla Magid |
| 2nd cinematographer | Stine Fischer Christensen |
| Drone operator | Consuelo Althouse |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen |
| Co-editor | Peter Winther |
| Editing supervisor | Anders V. Christensen |
| Online | Frederik Marbell |
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| Composer | Manoj Ramdas |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Sound Editing | Pietu Korhonen |
| Sound assistant | Mikkel Nielsen |
| Foley artist | Heikki Kossi |
| Foley mixer | Salla Hämäläinen |
| Dialogue premix | Jaques Pedersen |
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Visual effects |
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| VFX | Thomas Irving |
| Graphic design | Emil Thorbjørnsson |
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