An Audience of 500 Million

10. nov 2011 | INTERNATIONAL DOC PROJECT. Why, in the 21st century, do a billion people still live in poverty? To answer that question, the "Why Poverty" project has enlisted some of the world's best documentary filmmakers to produce 8 one…

Apocalypse North

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. In the summer of 2011 a group of artists and scientists travelling onboard the good ship Activ ventured into the fjord system in Northeast Greenland to explore one of the last virgin territories on…

Brüggers Performative Jounalism

10. nov 2011. BRÜGGER'S METHOD. Undercover reporter, documentarian, writer, TV personality and newly minted radio station manager. In his multifaceted work, media trickster Mads Brügger is unabashedly pursuing a…

Curiosity is the Driver

10. nov 2011 | ONE TO WATCH. With an open mind and a camera under his arm, the self-taught, adventure-loving filmmaker Andreas Johnsen documents human lives around the globe.

If You Don't Go to Extremes, Why Even Go?

10. nov 2011 | EDITORIAL. If you don't go to extremes, why even go? the Danish COBRA artist Asger Jorn once said. His words naturally spring to mind when looking at the current crop of Danish documentaries. They go to…

Karen Blixen's Mark

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Director Morten Henriksen was just 10 years old when his father first involved him in his close personal relationship with the world-famous author Karen Blixen, also known by her pen name Isak…

Knock Knock

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. "A cosmic documentary comedy" is the tagline for Michael Madsen's next big film project "The Visit" which takes a close look at how we humans would react if – or when – we are approached by…

Putin's Young Elites and Thugs

10. nov 2011 | IN PERSPECTIVE. Putin's Kiss offers a rare look at Nashi, the Russian youth movement that's even more interesting to examine now that its great icon, Vladimir Putin, is set to return as president of Russia.

Reconstruction of a father

10. nov 2011 | ONE TO WATCH. Two-time pitch award winner Lea Glob is one of this year's documentary graduates from the National Film School of Denmark. Intimate reality is rich material for Glob who graduated with a highly…

Solar Mamas

10. nov 2011 | INTERNATIONAL DOC PROJECT. Mette Heide is producer of "Solar Mamas", one of the eight documentaries in "Why Poverty?", a project that speaks about global poverty through human stories. The experienced producer warmly welcomes…