CPH:DOX 2014 awards

15. nov 2014. CPH:DOX. Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Look of Silence" has been awarded the DOX:AWARD. Read on for the full list of winners at this year's CPH:DOX and see the list of films to be streamed for free on 16…

Almost Like Foie Gras

12. nov 2014. IDFA Forum / Central Pitch. Andreas Johnsen's "Ai Weiwei The Fake Case" screened in IDFA's main competition last year. The Danish filmmaker's next documentary, "Bugs", digs into the phenomenon of…

Caught Between Two Worlds

12. nov 2014. IDFA Forum / Round Table. It's been nearly a decade since we first met Sommai, Kae and Basit, three Thai women arriving in a small, windswept village in Denmark to find husbands.

Building a True Creative Space

11. nov 2014. Signe Byrge Sørensen has produced both of Joshua Oppenheimer's films bringing to light the human consequences of the Indonesian genocide. Her collaboration with the American-born director has proven…

"Insight into the Journalistic Process Is Important to Understand Our Democracy"

11. nov 2014. As the daughter of a journalist and editor-in-chief, Mikala Krogh's childhood was defined by newspapers, debate and a critical attitude towards those in power. To make "The Newsroom – Off the Record"…

We Have to Learn from the Warriors from the North

11. nov 2014. Søren Steen Jespersen and Nasib Farah's "Warriors from the North" provides a unique window into a world where young Somali Danes go off to fight a holy war and are willing to die for the terrorist…

The Future of (Tabloid) Newspapers

11. nov 2014. At a time when the newspaper industry is struggling with changing habits of news consumption, Mikala Krogh got access to the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet. Documenting the daily work of reporters and…

Double Arms Dealing

11. nov 2014. In 1995 a secret weapons drop was set to take place in India. The principals were a Danish idealist and a British arms dealer. But nothing went according to plan. Andreas Koefoed's real-life thriller…

A Trans Boy Becomes a Man

11. nov 2014. A love story between a transsexual teen and his girlfriend, Elvira Lind's musical portrait documentary "Songs for Alexis" acts as a magnifying glass on youthful vulnerability and dawning maturity.

A Good Place to Be

11. nov 2014. In her new film, Phie Ambo goes to bat for sustainable agriculture. "Good Things Await" is about Niels Stokholm, a farmer fighting with the authorities to run his farm – supplier to Copenhagen's…