DANISH FILMS / IDFA 2016 DANISH FILMS / IDFA 2016 Welcome to the Danish Film Institute's festival website on Danish films at IDFA 2016 running 16-27 November. Amateurs in Space INTERVIEW. Max Kestner, one of Denmark's foremost documentary storytellers, goes for comedy as well as complexity in his film about the two space pioneers Peter and Kristian. Feature-length Competition Read more Venus INTERVIEW. Lea Glob and Mette Carla Albrechtsen explain how their film comes out of a need to understand desire from a female point of view and, not least, themselves as sexual beings. First Appearance Competition Read more Dream Empire INTERVIEW. David Borenstein's film offers insight and perspective on China's red-hot real estate market, "the biggest building boom in human history." First Appearance Competition The War Show INTERVIEW. Euphoria soon turned to tragedy for radio host Obaidah Zytoon, who started filming the Syrian uprising in 2011. Co-director Andreas Dalsgaard talks about turning her story into a film. Best of Fests Those Who Jump INTERVIEW. Moritz Siebert and Estephan Wagner explain how they passed the camera on to the migrant Abou Bakar Sidibé. Best of Fests Who We Were INTERVIEW. It still touches Sine Skibsholt very much to talk about Mette Line and Kristian, the couple in her film, who go through a major crisis after Kristian's near-fatal stroke. First Appearance Competition A Place Calles Lloyd INTERVIEW. The essence is right there on the surface, says Sebastian Cordes. His "slow" film takes us to a broke Bolivian airline. The Quiet Eye The Wait INTERVIEW. It was extremely hard to stay on the sidelines and not be able to help, Emil Langballe reflects about filming Rokhsar, an Afghan girl waiting for a residence permit in Denmark. Panorama Co-production trends BACKGROUND. Danish doc filmmakers have greatly expanded their networks. We asked why international partnerships are such a good idea. Catalogue IDFA 2016 Download catalogue for Danish films at IDFA 2016
