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Mikala Krogh

(1973 – )

Director. Born 1973, Denmark. Graduated in documentary direction from the National Film School of Denmark, 2001. Worked for several years in radio before making her directorial debut in 1992 with "Epilogue" (co-directed with Sara Bro). Has since worked with personal, investigative and experimental documentaries. Co-owner of Danish Documentary Production.



Her films include "Fish Out of Water" (2000), "Omvej til frihed"/"Detour to Freedom" (with Sidse Stausholm, 2001) and "My Father's Choice" (2002). Co-directed "My Grandad's Murderer" (with Søren Fauli, 2004), awarded in Sevilla and Paris, and "Beth's Diary" (with Kent Klich, 2006), recipient of Best Short Documentary at CPH:DOX and Honourable Mention at Nordic Panorama. Contributed to a series of four films on megacities with "Cairo Garbage" (2009). In 2011 she made "Me and My Twin", one of four films about sibling relationships. The documentaries "A Normal Life" (2012) and "A Year of Hope" (2017) were both selected for competition at IDFA.

Filmography Awards Festivals
Title Year Function Category
Cash 2022 Direction, Producer, Screenplay, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Cash 2022 Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Cash 2022 Direction, Producer, Screenplay, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Cash 2022 Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Cash 2022 Direction, Screenplay, Producer, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Apolonia, Apolonia 2022 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Innocence 2022 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Solutions 2021 Executive producer DK/Documentary
The cars we drove into capitalism 2021 Executive producer Documentary
Scandinavian Star (overview) 2020 Direction, Screenplay, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Scandinavian Star 2:6 - The Disaster 2020 Direction, Screenplay, Executive producer Series (documentary)
Scandinavian Star 1:6 2020 Direction, Screenplay, Executive producer Series (documentary)
I Walk 2020 Executive producer DK/Documentary
School of Seduction 2019 Editing supervisor, Executive producer DK/Documentary
Love Child 2019 Executive producer DK/Documentary
The Cave 2019 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Cherry Tale 2019 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Hunting for Hedonia 2019 Executive producer DK/Documentary
A Year of Hope 2017 Direction, Executive producer DK/Documentary
Den anden side 2017 Executive producer DK/Documentary
The Newsroom - Off the Record 2014 Direction, Cinematographer, Screenplay, Executive producer DK/Documentary
Slottet 2014 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Good Things Await 2014 Executive producer DK/Documentary
A Different Kind of Boy 2013 Consultant DK/Documentary
Ai Weiwei The Fake Case 2013 Executive producer DK/Documentary
One Day at a Time 2012 Direction, Cinematographer DK/Documentary
Me, myself & Martin Laursen 2012 Director supervisor DK/Documentary
Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling 2011 Direction, Cinematography DK/Documentary
Pockets of resistance 2011 Consultant DK/Documentary
Ballroom Dancer 2011 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Love addict - historier om drømme, besættelse og længsel 2011 Executive producer DK/Documentary
Tank City 2010 Consultant DK/Documentary
Cairo garbage 2009 Direction DK/Documentary
Everything is Relative 2008 Direction DK/Documentary
Roskilde 2008 Co-director DK/Documentary
Beths dagbog 2006 Direction, Editing DK/Documentary
Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse 2004 Direction, Cinematography DK/Documentary
Min fars valg 2002 Direction, Script, Cinematography DK/Documentary
Min... 2002 Direction Anthology
mk 2001 Direction DK/Documentary
Omveje til frihed 2001 Direction, Script, Cinematography DK/Documentary
Epilog 1992 Direction, Script DK/Documentary
Skattekortet 1988 Assistant TV series

Awards and nominations

Award Release year Festival Film
Best Documentary Film 2005 Sevilla Festival de Cine 2005 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
Honorable Mention 2006 Aarhus, Nordisk Panorama 2006 Beths dagbog
Gold Dok Best Short Doc 2006 CPH:DOX 2006 Beths dagbog
Audience Award 2012 CPH:DOX 2012 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
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
Malmö Nordisk Panorama 2018-09-20 A Year of Hope
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2018-05-11 A Year of Hope
München Documentary Festival 2018-05-02 A Year of Hope
CPH:DOX 2018-03-15 A Year of Hope
Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival 2018-03-05 A Year of Hope
Amsterdam, IDFA 2017-11-15 A Year of Hope
Beijing, iDOCS Int. Documentary Forum 2016-11-11 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival 2016-01-25 Alt er relativt
Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage 2015-11-04 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Sao Paulo Int. Film Festival 2015-10-22 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Bergen International Film festival 2015-09-23 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Malmö Nordisk Panorama 2015-09-18 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015-06-18 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2015-05-09 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival 2015-03-02 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival 2015-01-27 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Göteborg International Film Festival 2015-01-23 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Amsterdam, IDFA 2014-11-19 Ekstra Bladet: uden for citat
Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage 2013-10-30 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2013-05-10 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2013-03-15 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival 2013-03-04 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
Amsterdam, IDFA 2012-11-14 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
CPH:DOX 2012-11-01 En mors kamp for et normalt liv
Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage 2012-10-31 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Chicago Int. Children's Film Festival 2012-10-26 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012-06-20 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Malmö, BUFF 2012-03-13 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2012-03-09 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Aarhus, Nordisk Panorama 2011-09-23 Sådan er søskende - Mig og min tvilling
Hamburg FilmFest GmbH 2010-09-30 Cairo skrald
Dokufest Prizren 2010-07-31 Cairo skrald
Melbourne Film Festival 2010-07-23 Cairo skrald
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2010-05-08 Cairo skrald
Moscow - Royal Danish Embassy 2010-04-22 Roskilde
Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente 2010-04-07 Roskilde
Göteborg International Film Festival 2010-01-29 Cairo skrald
Reykjavik Film Festival 2009-09-17 Roskilde
Leuven, Docville 2009-05-02 Alt er relativt
Sao Paulo It's All True Int. Documentary FF 2009-03-25 Alt er relativt
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2009-03-13 Alt er relativt
ZagrebDox 2009-02-23 Alt er relativt
Göteborg International Film Festival 2009-01-23 Roskilde
Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival 2009-01-21 Alt er relativt
Torun, Camerimage 2008-11-29 Beths dagbog
CPH:DOX 2008-11-07 Alt er relativt
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2008-11-05 Alt er relativt
Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation 2008-10-27 Alt er relativt
Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival 2008-10-24 Alt er relativt
Warsaw International Film Festival 2008-10-10 Roskilde
Malmö Nordisk Panorama 2008-09-26 Alt er relativt
Hamburg FilmFest GmbH 2008-09-25 Alt er relativt
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2008-07-04 Alt er relativt
Nyon, Visions du Réel 2008-04-17 Alt er relativt
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2007-11-07 Beths dagbog
Lisbon Int. Documentary Film Festival 2007-10-18 Beths dagbog
Nyon, Visions du Réel 2007-04-20 Beths dagbog
Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival 2007-01-24 Beths dagbog
CPH:DOX 2006-11-10 Beths dagbog
Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animation 2006-10-30 Beths dagbog
Aarhus, Nordisk Panorama 2006-09-22 Beths dagbog
Sevilla Festival de Cine 2005-11-04 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
Odense Internationale Film Festival 2005-08-11 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
Buenos Aires Festival de Cine Independiente 2005-04-12 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
Göteborg International Film Festival 2005-01-28 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
CPH:DOX 2004-11-05 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
Reykjavik Nordisk Panorama 2004-09-22 Min morfars morder - en film om tilgivelse
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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