Dola Bonfils

Director for the documentary cinema, Kino Valde, 1970-1973 before she became a film consultant for DANIDA. In 1995, she received a 1-year scholarship from the Danish Art Foundation and in 1998 a working scholarship granted by a committee for film and theatre.

Inspired by US director Frederick Wiseman, Bonfils was a pioneer in Danish observational documentary. She portrayed different Danish institutions – a high school, the police, a hospital – in "Gymnasiet - en skoleform" (1983), "Politiet i virkeligheden I-III" (1986) and "Dying - a Part of Living". The latter was part of a trilogy about the health and research world, which also included "The Anatomy of Thought" (1997) about current brain research and "Dreams with Deadlines," following a research team at Novo Nordisk. She initiated the series "Magtens billeder," about the nature of power, to which she contributed with "C-Memorandum" (2004) about the Defense Command.

Bonfils was film commissioner at the Danish Film Institute 2005-09 plus 2011.