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Elvira Lind

Director. Born 1981. Graduated from the CityVarsity School of Media and Creative Arts in Cape Town in 2005, majoring in documentary film directing.

Lind debuted as director with 'Songs for Alexis' (2014), which was selected for CPH:DOX and IDFA in Amsterdam. In 2015, she received a talent award at CPH:DOX.

Her second documentary film, 'Bobbi Jene' (2017), won three awards at Tribeca Film Festival: for Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Cinematography (Elvira Lind) and Best Documentary Editing (Adam Nielsen).

She made her debut in fiction with the short film 'The Letter Room' (2020) starring Oscar Isaac. The film was nominated for an Oscar in the live action short film category.
Filmography Awards Festivals
Title Year Function Category
Bobbi Jene 2017 Direction, Cinematographer DK/Documentary
April 9th 2015 Research DK/Feature
Songs for Alexis 2014 Direction, Cinematographer DK/Documentary
Love addict - historier om drømme, besættelse og længsel 2011 Casting DK/Documentary
Et andet sted 2006 Production manager DK/Short fiction

Awards and nominations

Award Release year Festival Film
Best Documentary Award 2017 New York Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Bobbi Jene
Best Documentary Cinematography 2017 New York Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Bobbi Jene
Best Documentary Editor 2017 New York Tribeca Film Festival 2017 Bobbi Jene
Det Danske Filminstitut registrerer international festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, dog primært de titler, som Filminstituttet varetager i sin festivaldistribution, og primært i forbindelse med de festivaler, som Filminstituttet har prioriteret at samarbejde med. Registreringen af festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, der ikke er i festivaldistribution, foretages kun for "launch"-festivaler ifølge Filminstituttets prioriterede festivalliste. Se listen over prioriterede festivaler.

Festivals

Festival Festival date Film
Torun, Camerimage 2017-11-11 Bobbi Jene
Valladolid International Film Festival 2017-10-21 Bobbi Jene
London Film Festival 2017-10-04 Bobbi Jene
Reykjavik Film Festival 2017-09-28 Bobbi Jene
Malmö Nordisk Panorama 2017-09-16 Bobbi Jene
Helsinki Film Festival - Love & Anarchy 2017-09-14 Bobbi Jene
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2017-08-15 Bobbi Jene
Melbourne Film Festival 2017-08-03 Bobbi Jene
Bologna, Biografilm 2017-06-09 Bobbi Jene
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2017-05-12 Bobbi Jene
Tel Aviv Docaviv Int. Documentary Film Festival 2017-05-11 Bobbi Jene
Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival 2017-04-27 Bobbi Jene
Nyon, Visions du Réel 2017-04-21 Bobbi Jene
New York Tribeca Film Festival 2017-04-19 Bobbi Jene
Amsterdam, IDFA 2014-11-19 Songs for Alexis
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2014-11-14 Songs for Alexis
New York, DOC NYC Film Festival 2014-11-13 Songs for Alexis
CPH:DOX 2014-11-06 Songs for Alexis
DMZ South Korea 2014-09-01 Songs for Alexis
Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival 2014-04-24 Songs for Alexis
Det Danske Filminstitut registrerer international festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, dog primært de titler, som Filminstituttet varetager i sin festivaldistribution, og primært i forbindelse med de festivaler, som Filminstituttet har prioriteret at samarbejde med. Registreringen af festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, der ikke er i festivaldistribution, foretages kun for "launch"-festivaler ifølge Filminstituttets prioriterede festivalliste. Se listen over prioriterede festivaler.

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