Story Before Ego

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Making "The Kid and the Clown", Ida Grøn was tiptoeing through an ethical minefield. In her documentary about a hospital clown
and Tobias, a boy with cancer, the director
was determined not to reduce…

The Courage to Think and Act

10. nov 2011. DOX:LAB, which kicked off in 2009, is a CPH: DOX initiative to stimulate talent development across all borders and cultures with the overall goal of evolving the documentary film genre. While its…

The Diversity of Beauty

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Your dignity. Your beauty. Think about those
two words when you're on stage tonight, Antony gently encourages the transsexual performers in the show "Turning", as they prepare to go on stage, in…

The Inheritance

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Diving deep into the intimate life of its protagonist, "The Will" is a documentary with all the energy and presence of a narrative film. We watch a guy have sex, crash his car, be disowned by his…

Warped Conspiration

10. nov 2011 | ONE TO WATCH. Parochial fiction meets new journalism
in self-taught director Christoffer Dreyer's blend of film noir, thriller, comedy and documentary reportage in his second film, "The Detective".

Way over The Line

10. nov 2011 | ESSAY. Of course Mads Brügger goes over the line. He stretches his long legs and purposefully takes several steps beyond the rules, both written and unwritten. "The Ambassador" isn't honourable reporting…

Win-Win Adoptions?

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. For many Western childless parents adoption is a win-win situation. Unfortunate orphans are provided with parents and the childless are blessed with children. But behind the dream lies anoher reality…

Dancing with Demons

09. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. For two years, co-directors Christian Bonke and Andreas Koefoed tracked former International Latin World Champion Slavik Kryklyvyy as he struggled to get back to the top. For the Ukrainian ballroom…

Hybrid = Mixing

09. nov 2011 | VIEWING A TREND. There is currently a strong trend of mixing the methods and vocabulary of fiction and documentary films. The Nordic Film & TV Fund recently invited the commissioning editors of the Nordic film…

In Search of Love

09. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. After her success with "The Monastery", it was a challenge for Pernille Rose Grønkjær to start her next film. But a development grant from the Danish Film Institute allowed her to work in depth with…