Would you confess to a crime you did not commit? Each year innumerable American suspects do, and experts say that trained interrogators can get anybody to confess to anything. Defence attorney Jane Fisher-Byrialsen is determined to put an end to interrogation techniques that all too often pressure innocent people into false confessions. The film follows four of her cases, all involving false confessions, and examines the psychological aspect of how people end up confessing to crimes they have not committed and the consequences of these confessions – for those accused, for their families and for society at large.
| Original title | False Confessions |
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| Danish title | False Confessions |
| Other titles | False Confessions, False Confessions |
| Keywords | USA, Crimes, Police, Police work, Interrogation, interrogations, Lies, Confessions, Psychology, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Katrine Philp |
| Producer | Katrine A. Sahlstrøm |
| Director of Photography | Adam Philp, Talib Rasmussen |
| Editor | Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen, Signe Rebekka Kaufmann |
| Sound | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Composer | Jonas Colstrup |
| Appearances | Jane Fisher-Byrialsen, Malthe Thomsen, Korey Wise, Renay Lynch |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Production companies | Good Company Pictures |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | DR International Sales / DR Byen / Emil Holms Kanal 20 / 0999 København C / t +45 3520 3040 / f +45 3520 3969 / drsales@dr.dk / www.drsales.dk |
| Online release | 11.09.2018, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | Winner of the Special Jury Award at Los Angeles Film Festival and the Audience Award at CPH:DOX. Katrine Philp previously premiered her film 'Home Sweet Home' (2015) at IDFA. Her debut film, 'Dance for Me' (2012), screened at IDFA and was nominated for an Emmy. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for children over the age of 11 |
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| Production companies | Good Company Pictures |
| Co-producer | TV2, NDR, Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion |
| With support from | Det Danske Filminstitut, Women Make Movies, Rogovy Foundation, Dansk Skuespillerforbund |
| In collaboration with | Yes Docu, NRK, VGTV |
| Domestic distribution | Det Danske Filminstitut |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Katrine Philp |
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Production |
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| Producer | Katrine A. Sahlstrøm |
| Co-producer | Reinhardt Beetz |
| Co-producer | Paul Wiederhold |
| Production manager | Daniel Buresch |
| Production assistant | Signe Skov Thomsen |
| Production assistant | Maria Helga Stürup |
| Producer consultant | Julie Goldman |
| Producer consultant | Christopher Clements |
| Post Producer | Jakob Schaumburg |
| Executive producer | Eric Friedler |
| Executive producer | Boris Benjamin Bertram |
| Executive producer | Kaspar Astrup Schröder |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Adam Philp |
| Cinematographer | Talib Rasmussen |
| Cinematographer: Additional shoot | Katrine Philp |
| Cinematographer: Additional shoot | Adam Michael Jandrup |
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Stills |
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| Still photographer | Judith T. Lynch |
| Still photographer | Rinaldo Ray Moss |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen |
| Editor | Signe Rebekka Kaufmann |
| Editing supervisor | Mary Manhardt |
| Editing supervisor | Adam Nielsen |
| Trailer editor | Anders Villadsen |
| Trailer editor | Morten Højbjerg |
| Technical support | Jeppe Hansen |
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Music |
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| Composer | Jonas Colstrup |
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Sound |
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| Sound designer | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Mixer | Peter Albrechtsen |
| Mixer | Lars Halvorsen |
| B-sound designer | Jacques Pedersen |
| B-sound designer | Lars Halvorsen |
| Sound assistant | Mikkel Nielsen |
| Foley artist | Heikki Kossi |
| Foley editor | Pietu Korhonen |
| Foley mixer | Kari Vähäkuopus |
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Visual effects |
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| Graphic design | Torsten Høgh Rasmussen |
| Grading | Kaj Ivanovic |
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Appearance |
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| Appearance | Jane Fisher-Byrialsen |
| Appearance | Malthe Thomsen |
| Appearance | Korey Wise |
| Appearance | Renay Lynch |
| Appearance | Lorenzo Montoya |
| Appearance | Saul Kassin |
| Appearance | Jason Flom |
| Appearance | Kaitlin F. Nares |
| Appearance | Rinaldo Ray Moss |
| Appearance | David Fisher-Byrialsen |
| Appearance | Michael Lawandus |
| Appearance | India B. Henderson |
| Appearance | Deborah Royal |
| Appearance | Matthew Marvin |
| Appearance | Jay Salpeter |
| Appearance | Raquel Hunter |
| Appearance | Jackson Fisher-Byrialsen |
| Appearance | Liv Fisher-Byrialsen |
| Appearance | Rayna Moss |
| Appearance | Raymond Moss |
| Appearance | Raymar Moss |
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Awards and nominations
| Award | Year | Festival |
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| Special Jury Award | 2018 | Los Angeles Film Festival 2018 |
| Audience Award | 2018 | CPH:DOX 2018 |
Festival screenings
| Festival | Festival date |
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| Moscow Int. Film Festival | 2019-04-18 |
| New York, DOC NYC Film Festival | 2018-11-08 |
| Zürich Film Festival | 2018-09-27 |
| Malmö Nordisk Panorama | 2018-09-20 |
| Los Angeles Film Festival | 2018-09-20 |
| CPH:DOX | 2018-03-15 |
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