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…

If I Can't Dance It's Not My Revolution

06. nov 2009. An apt choice, emblazoning the cover of this year's CPH:DOX festival programme with a statement by the anarchist Emma Goldman. In seven short years CPH:DOX has grown into Scandinavia's biggest…

Spain celebrates Nordic shorts

06. nov 2009. The film festival in Alcalá de Henares, Spain, kicking off today, is celebrating Nordic films. Six Danish shorts are selected.

FILM#67 Amsterdam online

06. nov 2009. A crowd at a Mumbai station spreads the cover of the latest issue of FILM, marking the release of Cities on Speed, a series of films portraying the megacities of Bogotá, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai.

Grierson award to Burma VJ

06. nov 2009. "Burma VJ" swept away the Grierson Best Cinema Documentary Award, beating Oscar winner "Man on Wire".