Graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 2001. Director of documentaries for DR TV since 1997.
Mulvad got her breakthrough with 'Enemies of Happiness' (2006), which won IDFA Amsterdam's Silver Wolf Award and the World Cinema Jury Prize at Sundance. Her follow up documentary feature 'The Good Life' (2010) was selected for the Feature-length Competition at IDFA and also selected for HotDocs, Tribeca and San Francisco Film Festivals. In 2011, 'The Good Life' was awarded Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long in Karlovy Vary, and in Denmark Mulvad received The Roos Award.
She has since directed films such as 'The Samurai Case' (2011), 'The Castle' (2014) as well as 'A Modern Man' (2017), which was nominated for the NORDIC:DOX award at CPH:DOX, and 'Cherry Tale' (2019), which also premiered at CPH:DOX. In 2019 Mulvad directed 'Love Child', which was selected for Toronto Film Festival.
Mulvad won the 2006 WIFT (Women in Film and TV) award for young film talents as well as DFI's documentary award, Roos Prisen, in 2011. She is the co-owner of the acclaimed production company Danish Documentary Production.
Mulvad got her breakthrough with 'Enemies of Happiness' (2006), which won IDFA Amsterdam's Silver Wolf Award and the World Cinema Jury Prize at Sundance. Her follow up documentary feature 'The Good Life' (2010) was selected for the Feature-length Competition at IDFA and also selected for HotDocs, Tribeca and San Francisco Film Festivals. In 2011, 'The Good Life' was awarded Best Documentary Film over 30 minutes long in Karlovy Vary, and in Denmark Mulvad received The Roos Award.
She has since directed films such as 'The Samurai Case' (2011), 'The Castle' (2014) as well as 'A Modern Man' (2017), which was nominated for the NORDIC:DOX award at CPH:DOX, and 'Cherry Tale' (2019), which also premiered at CPH:DOX. In 2019 Mulvad directed 'Love Child', which was selected for Toronto Film Festival.
Mulvad won the 2006 WIFT (Women in Film and TV) award for young film talents as well as DFI's documentary award, Roos Prisen, in 2011. She is the co-owner of the acclaimed production company Danish Documentary Production.
| Title | Year | Function | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Fight for Greenland | 2020 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Scandinavian Star (overview) | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Scandinavian Star 2:6 - The Disaster | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Scandinavian Star 1:6 | 2020 | Executive producer | Series (documentary) |
| Cherry Tale | 2019 | Direction, Screenplay, Cinematographer, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Love Child | 2019 | Direction, Cinematographer, Screenplay, Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Reunited | 2019 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| The Cave | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Hunting for Hedonia | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| School of Seduction | 2019 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| A Modern Man | 2017 | Direction, Cinematographer | DK/Documentary |
| Den anden side | 2017 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| A Year of Hope | 2017 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Aquarela | 2016 | Production | DK/Documentary |
| Slottet | 2014 | Direction, Screenplay, Cinematographer | DK/Documentary |
| The Newsroom - Off the Record | 2014 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| The Sunfish | 2014 | Editing supervisor | DK/Feature |
| Good Things Await | 2014 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Ai Weiwei The Fake Case | 2013 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Kidd life | 2012 | Editing supervisor | DK/Documentary |
| The good life | 2011 | Direction, Cinematography | DK/Documentary |
| Med døden til følge | 2011 | Direction, First assistant camera | DK/Documentary |
| Ballroom Dancer | 2011 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Love addict - historier om drømme, besættelse og længsel | 2011 | Executive producer | DK/Documentary |
| Roskilde | 2008 | Co-director | DK/Documentary |
| One Day | 2007 | Consultant | DK/Documentary |
| Enemies of Happiness | 2006 | Direction, Stills | DK/Documentary |
| Kolonien | 2006 | Direction, Script, Stills, Sound | DK/Documentary |
| In between | 2001 | Direction | DK/Short fiction |
Awards and nominations
| Award | Release year | Festival | Film |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nestor Almendros Prize | 2007 | New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival 2007 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Best Documentary Award | 2011 | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2011 | Det gode liv |
| Silver Wolf Award | 2006 | Amsterdam, IDFA 2006 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Speciel Mention | 2007 | SilverDocs AFI Documentary Festival 2007 | Enemies of Happiness |
| World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary | 2007 | Sundance Film Festival 2007 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Speciel Mention | 2007 | Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival 2007 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Doc Alliance Award | 2011 | CPH:DOX 2011 | Det gode liv |
| Gold Hugo | 2019 | Chicago International Film Festival 2019 | Love Child |
| Special Jury Mention | 2019 | New York, DOC NYC Film Festival 2019 | Love Child |
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og primært i forbindelse med de festivaler, som Filminstituttet har prioriteret at samarbejde med.
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Festivals
| Festival | Festival date | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Krakow Film Festival | 2020-05-31 | A Modern Man |
| CPH:DOX | 2020-03-18 | Love Child |
| Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival | 2020-01-27 | Love Child |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2020-01-24 | Love Child |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2019-11-20 | Love Child |
| New York, DOC NYC Film Festival | 2019-11-07 | Love Child |
| Chicago International Film Festival | 2019-10-16 | Love Child |
| Toronto International Film Festival | 2019-09-05 | Love Child |
| Tel Aviv Docaviv Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2018-05-17 | A Modern Man |
| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2018-05-11 | A Modern Man |
| ZagrebDox | 2018-02-25 | A Modern Man |
| Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival | 2018-01-23 | A Modern Man |
| Montreal, Rencontres Int. du Documentaire | 2017-11-09 | A Modern Man |
| Bergen International Film festival | 2017-09-26 | A Modern Man |
| Message to Man | 2017-09-15 | A Modern Man |
| Sheffield Doc/Fest | 2017-06-09 | A Modern Man |
| Sydney Film Festival | 2017-06-07 | A Modern Man |
| München Documentary Festival | 2017-05-04 | A Modern Man |
| CPH:DOX | 2017-03-16 | A Modern Man |
| Message to Man | 2014-09-20 | Det gode liv |
| Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | 2012-03-09 | Med døden til følge |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2012-01-27 | Med døden til følge |
| Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival | 2012-01-24 | Med døden til følge |
| CPH:DOX | 2011-11-03 | Det gode liv |
| Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage | 2011-11-02 | Det gode liv |
| Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival | 2011-10-25 | Det gode liv |
| Bergen International Film festival | 2011-10-19 | Det gode liv |
| Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation | 2011-10-17 | Det gode liv |
| Aarhus, Nordisk Panorama | 2011-09-23 | Det gode liv |
| DMZ South Korea | 2011-09-22 | Det gode liv |
| Helsinki Film Festival - Love & Anarchy | 2011-09-15 | Det gode liv |
| Karlovy Vary International Film Festival | 2011-07-01 | Det gode liv |
| CPH:DOX | 2011-06-17 | Det gode liv |
| Cape Town, Encounters South African Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2011-06-09 | Det gode liv |
| Sydney Film Festival | 2011-06-08 | Det gode liv |
| Tel Aviv Docaviv Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2011-05-12 | Det gode liv |
| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2011-05-06 | Det gode liv |
| Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival | 2011-04-28 | Det gode liv |
| San Francisco Int. Film Festival | 2011-04-21 | Det gode liv |
| New York Tribeca Film Festival | 2011-04-20 | Det gode liv |
| Nyon, Visions du Réel | 2011-04-07 | Det gode liv |
| Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente | 2011-04-06 | Det gode liv |
| Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | 2011-03-11 | Det gode liv |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2010-11-18 | Det gode liv |
| CPH:DOX | 2010-11-04 | Det gode liv |
| Moscow - Royal Danish Embassy | 2010-04-22 | Roskilde |
| Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente | 2010-04-07 | Roskilde |
| Reykjavik Film Festival | 2009-09-17 | Roskilde |
| ZagrebDox | 2009-02-23 | Roskilde |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2009-01-23 | Roskilde |
| Warsaw International Film Festival | 2008-10-10 | Roskilde |
| Sheffield Doc/Fest | 2007-11-07 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage | 2007-10-31 | Kolonien |
| Lisbon Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2007-10-18 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Tehran, Cinéma Vérité, Documentary Film Festival | 2007-10-15 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Oulu Nordisk Panorama | 2007-09-21 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Rio de Janeiro Film Festival | 2007-09-20 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Odense Internationale Film Festival | 2007-08-27 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Melbourne Film Festival | 2007-07-25 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Cape Town, Encounters South African Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2007-07-13 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Wellington - New Zealand Film Festival | 2007-07-13 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Jerusalem Int. Film Festival | 2007-07-06 | Enemies of Happiness |
| SilverDocs AFI Documentary Festival | 2007-06-12 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Sydney Film Festival | 2007-06-08 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2007-05-11 | Enemies of Happiness |
| München Documentary Festival | 2007-05-02 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival | 2007-04-19 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Istanbul Int. Film Festival | 2007-03-31 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Sao Paulo It's All True Int. Documentary FF | 2007-03-22 | Enemies of Happiness |
| London, Human Rights Watch Film Festival | 2007-03-22 | Enemies of Happiness |
| New York Human Rights Watch Film Festival | 2007-03-21 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Hong Kong International Film Festival | 2007-03-20 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Thessaloniki Documentary Festival | 2007-03-16 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival | 2007-02-28 | Enemies of Happiness |
| ZagrebDox | 2007-02-26 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2007-01-26 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival | 2007-01-24 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2007-01-20 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Sundance Film Festival | 2007-01-18 | Enemies of Happiness |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2006-11-23 | Enemies of Happiness |
| CPH:DOX | 2006-11-10 | Kolonien |
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.
