A Kiss with a Price Tag

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Lise Birk Pedersen's fascination with Russia grew as she discovered another side to the poverty-stricken reality that she already knew so well. "Putin's Kiss", selected for IDFA competition, portrays…

The Inheritance

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Diving deep into the intimate life of its protagonist, "The Will" is a documentary with all the energy and presence of a narrative film. We watch a guy have sex, crash his car, be disowned by his…

Aiming for the Stars

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. Is it possible for an Iranian girl to become an astronaut? In "Break of Dawn", Berit Madsen follows 16-year-old Sepideh's struggle to break away from traditions in order to pursue her dreams.

Putin's Young Elites and Thugs

10. nov 2011 | IN PERSPECTIVE. Putin's Kiss offers a rare look at Nashi, the Russian youth movement that's even more interesting to examine now that its great icon, Vladimir Putin, is set to return as president of Russia.

Brüggers Performative Jounalism

10. nov 2011. BRÜGGER'S METHOD. Undercover reporter, documentarian, writer, TV personality and newly minted radio station manager. In his multifaceted work, media trickster Mads Brügger is unabashedly pursuing a…

If You Don't Go to Extremes, Why Even Go?

10. nov 2011 | EDITORIAL. If you don't go to extremes, why even go? the Danish COBRA artist Asger Jorn once said. His words naturally spring to mind when looking at the current crop of Danish documentaries. They go to…

Solar Mamas

10. nov 2011 | INTERNATIONAL DOC PROJECT. Mette Heide is producer of "Solar Mamas", one of the eight documentaries in "Why Poverty?", a project that speaks about global poverty through human stories. The experienced producer warmly welcomes…

The Courage to Think and Act

10. nov 2011. DOX:LAB, which kicked off in 2009, is a CPH: DOX initiative to stimulate talent development across all borders and cultures with the overall goal of evolving the documentary film genre. While its…

Win-Win Adoptions?

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. For many Western childless parents adoption is a win-win situation. Unfortunate orphans are provided with parents and the childless are blessed with children. But behind the dream lies anoher reality…

The Diversity of Beauty

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Your dignity. Your beauty. Think about those
two words when you're on stage tonight, Antony gently encourages the transsexual performers in the show "Turning", as they prepare to go on stage, in…