DFI web magazine — IDFA

17. nov 2009. The Danish Film Institute invites you to feast your eyes on images, trailers and introductions to some of the latest docs and their filmmakers in FILM#Special IDFA 2009.

CPH:DOX Awards 2009

17. nov 2009. At the closing gala of CPH:DOX, Copenhagen's international documentary film festival (6-15 November 2009), films and filmmakers were honoured with the following awards:

Hard Knocks

16. nov 2009. Albert's Winter, Anders Koefoed's graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark, tells the story of an eight-year-old boy who is goes through a tough time after his mother is diagnosed…

Disguised as Communists

16. nov 2009. For 20 days, the reporter Mads Brügger toured North Korea with two Danish-Korean comics and a TV crew. Officially, they were a theatrical troupe on cultural exchange. Unofficially, they were peeking…

Observation to Construction

16. nov 2009. It's okay for a documentary to stage reality – any documentary will always be a personal interpretation of reality anyway, Birgitte Stærmose says. In "Out of Love", the first documentary by this…

Inventing a portrait

16. nov 2009. A profound interest in Japanese culture led the director Kaspar Astrup Schröder by coincidence to Dr. Nakamats, an eccentric inventor who by his own count holds more than 3400 patents and is planning…

Images louder than words

16. nov 2009. In "Northern Lights", Kristoffer Kiørboe's graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark, two brothers go in search of the northern lights, each other and themselves. Samuel is brain…

Desperately Seeking Space

16. nov 2009. Shanghai Space, directed by Nanna Frank Møller, takes a poetic and contemplative look at the abnormal growth of China's great port city, where a new building is constructed every other day, and where…

A life online

16. nov 2009. Miri has isolated herself in the real world, while generously sharing her thoughts and photos on her blog. "Book of Miri", Katrine Philp's graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark,…

The Danish terrorist

16. nov 2009. "The Accidental Terrorist", a documentary for young people, is a side-by-side look at two young men. They are the same age, from the same culture and religious background and they had the same…