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…

An Audience of 500 Million

10. nov 2011 | INTERNATIONAL DOC PROJECT. Why, in the 21st century, do a billion people still live in poverty? To answer that question, the "Why Poverty" project has enlisted some of the world's best documentary filmmakers to produce 8 one…

Reconstruction of a father

10. nov 2011 | ONE TO WATCH. Two-time pitch award winner Lea Glob is one of this year's documentary graduates from the National Film School of Denmark. Intimate reality is rich material for Glob who graduated with a highly…

Dancing with Demons

09. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. For two years, co-directors Christian Bonke and Andreas Koefoed tracked former International Latin World Champion Slavik Kryklyvyy as he struggled to get back to the top. For the Ukrainian ballroom…

Hybrid = Mixing

09. nov 2011 | VIEWING A TREND. There is currently a strong trend of mixing the methods and vocabulary of fiction and documentary films. The Nordic Film & TV Fund recently invited the commissioning editors of the Nordic film…

In Search of Love

09. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. After her success with "The Monastery", it was a challenge for Pernille Rose Grønkjær to start her next film. But a development grant from the Danish Film Institute allowed her to work in depth with…

Essential Voices

08. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. There is a common thread in
all of Helle Hansen's work. The Danish Film Institute's new commissioner for documentaries has years of experience as a journalist and filmmaker. A driving force in every…

Shooting from the Hip

08. nov 2011 | ONE TO WATCH. Kaspar Astrup Schröder has had two films shown at IDFA, "My Playground" and "The Invention of Dr Nakamats". Both reflect a few truths about their creator: Schröder has the explosive energy of a…

Sovereignty for Sale

08. nov 2011 | IN PERSPECTIVE. The Ambassador exposes a particularly dark side of global capitalism, says Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen who has studied the game of diplomatic titles brokerage.