Cph:Forum, the financing and co-production event on the industry programme of Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, has selected new projects from the producers of Flee and Cow for its 2024 edition; and has refreshed its industry awards with six prizes.
Danish producer Signe Byrge Sorensen will participate with Freedom (working title), directed by Camilla Nielsson, who previously made Sundance 2021 title President about a challenger in Zimbabwe’s corrupt presidential elections.
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Sorensen is CEO of Danish documentary production house Final Cut For Real, which has made films including The Killing Of A Journalist,...
Danish producer Signe Byrge Sorensen will participate with Freedom (working title), directed by Camilla Nielsson, who previously made Sundance 2021 title President about a challenger in Zimbabwe’s corrupt presidential elections.
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Sorensen is CEO of Danish documentary production house Final Cut For Real, which has made films including The Killing Of A Journalist,...
- 2/8/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cph:forum, the financing and co-production section of the Copenhagen Intl. Documentary Film Festival (also known as Cph:dox), will showcase 32 projects, including new works from producers such as Sidsel Lønvig Siersted, Signe Byrge Sørensen (“Flee”), Diane Becker (“Navalny”) and Mandy Chang, the creative director of Fremantle label Undeniable and former head of BBC documentary strand Storyville, as well as directors Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh (“Writing With Fire”), and Mads Brügger (“Cold Case Hammarskjöld”).
Other projects include those by directors Sky Hopinka (“Kicking the Clouds”), Talal Derki (“Of Fathers and Sons”), and Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche (“Advocat”), and producers Lindsey Dryden (“Trans in America”), Mila Aung-Thwin (“Midwives”) and Kat Mansoor (“Cow”).
Cph:forum will bring together more than 65 filmmakers and producers from 26 countries between March 18-21.
The selected projects will compete for a number of long-standing as well as newly-introduced awards at Cph:Industry, the professional section of the festival.
Other projects include those by directors Sky Hopinka (“Kicking the Clouds”), Talal Derki (“Of Fathers and Sons”), and Rachel Leah Jones and Philippe Bellaiche (“Advocat”), and producers Lindsey Dryden (“Trans in America”), Mila Aung-Thwin (“Midwives”) and Kat Mansoor (“Cow”).
Cph:forum will bring together more than 65 filmmakers and producers from 26 countries between March 18-21.
The selected projects will compete for a number of long-standing as well as newly-introduced awards at Cph:Industry, the professional section of the festival.
- 2/8/2024
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Idfa’s international co-finance and production market will run Nov 25-27 in Amsterdam.
During the Idfa Forum, filmmakers and producers will present documentary projects to commissioning editors from international television stations and other providers of finance, with the aim of completing the finance for their documentary projects.
In total, 50 projects have been selected for the upcoming Idfa Forum, including the latest projects by Femke and Ilse van Velzen, Eva Mulvad and Marcus Vetter.
The Idfa 2013 screening program includes 18 documentaries presented as projects at previous editions of the Idfa Forum.
The 50 projects selected for the Idfa Forum 2013 will be pitched in various different settings: the central pitches in the Compagnietheater’s main hall; the round table pitches in the small hall; and one-on-one discussions with potential financiers.
For the second year in succession, the Idfa Forum includes the Work in Progress Screening category, aimed at stimulating sales and distribution.
While most of the projects at the Idfa Forum...
During the Idfa Forum, filmmakers and producers will present documentary projects to commissioning editors from international television stations and other providers of finance, with the aim of completing the finance for their documentary projects.
In total, 50 projects have been selected for the upcoming Idfa Forum, including the latest projects by Femke and Ilse van Velzen, Eva Mulvad and Marcus Vetter.
The Idfa 2013 screening program includes 18 documentaries presented as projects at previous editions of the Idfa Forum.
The 50 projects selected for the Idfa Forum 2013 will be pitched in various different settings: the central pitches in the Compagnietheater’s main hall; the round table pitches in the small hall; and one-on-one discussions with potential financiers.
For the second year in succession, the Idfa Forum includes the Work in Progress Screening category, aimed at stimulating sales and distribution.
While most of the projects at the Idfa Forum...
- 10/22/2013
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
I can't remember a time I went to the Seattle International Film Festival (Siff) press launch and looked over the list of films and saw so many I was interested in seeing. The claim to fame for over the years is to call it the largest and most-highly attended festival in the United States. This is a fact I've often taken issue with as I don't equate quantity with quality. Granted, there has been a large number of quality features to play the fest over the years, including Golden Space Needle (Best Film) winners such as Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), My Life as a Dog (1987), Trainspotting (1996), Run Lola Run (1999), Whale Rider (2003) and even recent Best Director winner, Michel Hazanavicius's Oss 117: Nest of Spies in 2006. That said, looking over this year's crop of films I see a lot of films I will be doing my absolute best to see.
- 4/27/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A leading light of Russia's nationalist youth movement, begins to question what they really stand for.
Born in 1989, Masha Drokova became a pin-up girl for the Russian self-proclaimed "anti-fascist youth movement" Nashi while still in her teens, being awarded a medal of honour - and that all-important kiss from Putin - when she was just 19.
Danish filmmaker Lise Birk Pedersen tracks this girl, whose impressions of Putin are that he is "very stong, charismatic, responsible", as she does what most young people do - discover that the world we live in, power and politics are...
Born in 1989, Masha Drokova became a pin-up girl for the Russian self-proclaimed "anti-fascist youth movement" Nashi while still in her teens, being awarded a medal of honour - and that all-important kiss from Putin - when she was just 19.
Danish filmmaker Lise Birk Pedersen tracks this girl, whose impressions of Putin are that he is "very stong, charismatic, responsible", as she does what most young people do - discover that the world we live in, power and politics are...
- 2/21/2012
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Putin’s Kiss, the Sundance Festival-approved documentary on the modern state of Russia, shares similarities with its subject. Director Lise Birk Pedersen‘s debut feature-length film is informative and interesting but, like the regime it focuses on, isn’t exactly what it says it is. Much like the criticisms that various talking heads level at Vladamir Putin’s top-down authoritarian stronghold over the country’s “democracy,” this film purports to be about a young girl’s journey towards enlightenment, which is the weakest of its many narrative threads.
Masha Drokova never knew communism. Now in college, she grew up with relative prosperity in a small town just outside of Moscow, now big and bright and littered with billboards touting expensive foreign cars, cell phones, and other hallmarks of consumer-based capitalism. If only the Soviet kids who weren’t allowed to buy denim jeans could see what their country has turned in to.
Masha Drokova never knew communism. Now in college, she grew up with relative prosperity in a small town just outside of Moscow, now big and bright and littered with billboards touting expensive foreign cars, cell phones, and other hallmarks of consumer-based capitalism. If only the Soviet kids who weren’t allowed to buy denim jeans could see what their country has turned in to.
- 2/16/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Masha Drokova, born in 1989, is the star of Lise Birk Pedersen’s documentary Putin’s Kiss, and the bearer of a heavy onscreen burden. She serves as a stand-in for the young Russian generation, a role for which she was also, in different ways, self-selected. Until recently, Drokova was a rising star in Nashi, a patriotic, powerful pro-Vladimir Putin movement that critics have compared to the Hitler Youth. The Danish Pederson would surely count herself as one of those critics—her film aligns itself with the political opposition and a group of liberal journalists, including sometimes-narrator Oleg Kashin. But ...
- 2/16/2012
- avclub.com
Chicago – One of the annual gems of the Chicago movie scene is the Siskel Film Center’s unmissable European Union Film Festival. It provides local movie buffs with the opportunity to sample some of the finest achievements in world cinema. For many of the festival selections, their EU appearance will function as their sole screening in the Windy City.
This year’s edition, running from March 2nd through the 29th, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (“Wuthering Heights”), Bruce Dumont (“Hors Satan”), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Fairy”), Abdellatif Kechiche (“Black Venus”) and John Landis (“Burke & Hare”). Moviegoers will have the opportunity to see the latest work from some of the world’s most acclaimed and beloved actors, including Léa Seydoux (“Belle Épine”), Tahir Rahim (“Free Men”), Colm Meaney (“Parked”), Noomi Rapace (“Beyond”), Andy Serkis (“Burke & Hare”), Isabella Rossellini (“Late Bloomers”) and Ewan McGregor...
This year’s edition, running from March 2nd through the 29th, includes high profile films from world renowned filmmakers like Andrea Arnold (“Wuthering Heights”), Bruce Dumont (“Hors Satan”), Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon (“The Fairy”), Abdellatif Kechiche (“Black Venus”) and John Landis (“Burke & Hare”). Moviegoers will have the opportunity to see the latest work from some of the world’s most acclaimed and beloved actors, including Léa Seydoux (“Belle Épine”), Tahir Rahim (“Free Men”), Colm Meaney (“Parked”), Noomi Rapace (“Beyond”), Andy Serkis (“Burke & Hare”), Isabella Rossellini (“Late Bloomers”) and Ewan McGregor...
- 2/15/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Parker Posey was all set to host last night's awards ceremony, but fell ill — and so, as live-bloggers Eric Hynes and Claiborne Smith report, Sundance festival director John Cooper reluctantly took the helm, choking up a bit right at the top as he drove himself through a remembrance of Bingham Ray. Rebounding, he brought on director and actress Katie Aselton as co-host and it was on to the awards. You can actually watch all this here (select "2012 Sundance Film Festival"). An overview of what the critics are saying about the winners:
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. The House I Live In, "a lucid, long-view unpacking of the War on Drugs from Eugene Jarecki, who ably dissected the lead-up to the Iraq War in Why We Fight." The Boston Globe's Ty Burr: "The movie marshals a wide selection of talking heads, from Oklahoma prison guards and Reagan-era appointees to street dealers and Jarecki's own nanny,...
Grand Jury Prize: Documentary. The House I Live In, "a lucid, long-view unpacking of the War on Drugs from Eugene Jarecki, who ably dissected the lead-up to the Iraq War in Why We Fight." The Boston Globe's Ty Burr: "The movie marshals a wide selection of talking heads, from Oklahoma prison guards and Reagan-era appointees to street dealers and Jarecki's own nanny,...
- 1/30/2012
- MUBI
Danish director Lise Birk Pedersen became interested in in documentary filmmaking when she traveled to China as a lone 16-year-old girl. Smelling change in the air and witnessing the "many great stories, contrasts and characters illustrating that" inspired her sketchbook drawings, but that didn't satisfy her enough. She debuted her first short, doc "Margarita," in 2003, and followed it up with several other shorts (including 2010 short "Nastya in Love") before tackling her first feature, "Putin's Kiss," which now hits Sundance. What's it about? The documentary follows Masha Drokova, a rising star in Russia’s popular nationalistic youth movement, Nashi. She's a smart, ambitious teenager who embraces Vladimir Putin and his promise of a greater Russia, and her dedication as an organizer is rewarded with a university scholarship, an apartment, and a job as a spokesperson. But her bright political future falters when she...
- 1/17/2012
- Indiewire
Trailer roundups can grow to be rather unwieldy and slow to load, so I'm rounding up trailers for films screening at this year's Sundance Film Festival in two batches, the competitions and all the other programs.
Us Dramatic Competition
Ira Sachs's Keep the Lights On
Ava DuVernay's Middle of Nowhere
Youssef Delara and Michael D Olmos's Filly Brown
Us Documentary Competition
Alison Klayman's Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Kirby Dick's The Invisible War
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's Detropia
Sam Pollard's Slavery by Another Name
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
The trailer for Keiichi Kobayashi's About the Pink Sky is here.
Luciano Moura's Father's Chair (A Cadeira do Pai)
Babis Makridis's L
Armando Bó's The Last Elvis (El Ultimo Elvis)
David Trueba's Madrid, 1987
Andrés Wood's Violeta Went to Heaven
Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here
And the trailer for...
Us Dramatic Competition
Ira Sachs's Keep the Lights On
Ava DuVernay's Middle of Nowhere
Youssef Delara and Michael D Olmos's Filly Brown
Us Documentary Competition
Alison Klayman's Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry
Kirby Dick's The Invisible War
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's Detropia
Sam Pollard's Slavery by Another Name
World Cinema Dramatic Competition
The trailer for Keiichi Kobayashi's About the Pink Sky is here.
Luciano Moura's Father's Chair (A Cadeira do Pai)
Babis Makridis's L
Armando Bó's The Last Elvis (El Ultimo Elvis)
David Trueba's Madrid, 1987
Andrés Wood's Violeta Went to Heaven
Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here
And the trailer for...
- 1/16/2012
- MUBI
Kino Lorber has acquired all North American rights to documentary Putin's Kiss. The acquisition was made at Idfa, where the Monday Production film had its world premiere in the Idfa feature documentary competition, and was negotiated by Kino Lorber vice president Elizabeth Sheldon and Helle Faber of Made in Copenhagen. Putin's Kiss will be released theatrically after its North American premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It will be broadcast in late 2012 on Itvs. Directed by Lise Birk Pedersen, Putin's Kiss centers on middle-class, 19-year-old Russian girl Masha, who is a member of Nashi, a political
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- 12/9/2011
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In a prelude to the Sundance titles that will find Stateside distribution, Kino Lorber has picked up all North American rights to "Putin's Kiss" by Danish director Lise Birk Pedersen. The film had its world premiere at the recent International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, which screened in competition. The doc will have its North American debut at Sundance in the World Cinema Documentary Competition. The film will broadcast on Itvs in late 2012. Full Kino Lorber acquisition release follows: Kino Lorber, Inc. is proud to announce the acquisition of all North American rights to "Putin's Kiss" a film by Lise Birk Pedersen and Monday Production. "Putin's Kiss" was acquired by Kino Lorber at Idfa, where it had its world premiere in the Idfa Feature Documentary competition. The acquisition was negotiated by Kino Lorber Vice President Elizabeth Sheldon and Helle Faber of Made in Copenhagen. It will be...
- 12/9/2011
- Indiewire
Lise Birk Pedersen's Putin's Kiss acquired by Kino Lorber. According to Variety, Kino Lorber said today that the Monday Production film has been acquired at the International Documentary Film Festival, where the pic made its premiere playin gin the Idfa Feature Documentary section. Putin's Kiss will find theatrical release after making its North American premier at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, competing in the World Cinema Documentary competition. We have the first poster for the film produced by Helle Faber, and be sure to check out the official site as well. Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to The Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. We meet 19-year-old Marsha,...
- 12/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Lise Birk Pedersen's Putin's Kiss acquired by Kino Lorber. According to Variety, Kino Lorber said today that the Monday Production film has been acquired at the International Documentary Film Festival, where the pic made its premiere playin gin the Idfa Feature Documentary section. Putin's Kiss will find theatrical release after making its North American premier at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, competing in the World Cinema Documentary competition. We have the first poster for the film produced by Helle Faber, and be sure to check out the official site as well. Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to The Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. We meet 19-year-old Marsha,...
- 12/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Lise Birk Pedersen's Putin's Kiss acquired by Kino Lorber. According to Variety, Kino Lorber said today that the Monday Production film has been acquired at the International Documentary Film Festival, where the pic made its premiere playin gin the Idfa Feature Documentary section. Putin's Kiss will find theatrical release after making its North American premier at the upcoming Sundance Film Festival, competing in the World Cinema Documentary competition. We have the first poster for the film produced by Helle Faber, and be sure to check out the official site as well. Nashi is an increasingly popular political youth organization with direct ties to The Kremlin. Officially, its goal is to support the current political system by creating a future elite among the brightest and most loyal Russian teenagers. But their agenda is also to keep the political opposition from spreading their views among the Russians. We meet 19-year-old Marsha,...
- 12/9/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
The Sundance Film Festival has unveiled its 2012 competition lineup, announcing that "110 feature-length films were selected, representing 31 countries and 44 first-time filmmakers, including 26 in competition. These films were selected from 4,042 feature-length film submissions composed of 2,059 Us and 1,983 international feature-length films. 88 films at the Festival will be world premieres…. On Day One, the Festival will screen one narrative film and one documentary from both the Us and World Cinema competitions, as well as one shorts program."
And those four films are Todd Louiso's Hello I Must Be Going (Us Dramatic Competition), Lauren Greenfield's The Queen of Versailles (Us Documentary Competition), Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here (World Cinema Dramatic Competition — image above) and Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Man (World Cinema Documentary Competition). Click here to see titles and synopses for all four programs.
The festival runs from January 19 through 29.
Updates: Ioncinema's Eric Lavallee on the highlights of the World...
And those four films are Todd Louiso's Hello I Must Be Going (Us Dramatic Competition), Lauren Greenfield's The Queen of Versailles (Us Documentary Competition), Kieran Darcy-Smith's Wish You Were Here (World Cinema Dramatic Competition — image above) and Malik Bendjelloul's Searching for Sugar Man (World Cinema Documentary Competition). Click here to see titles and synopses for all four programs.
The festival runs from January 19 through 29.
Updates: Ioncinema's Eric Lavallee on the highlights of the World...
- 12/1/2011
- MUBI
Sundance's World Docu Comp section might come across as the olympics with strong representation from 3 countries dominated by the Danes (Mads Brügger, Lise Birk Pedersen, Malik Bendjelloul and docu team Omar Shargawi and Karim El Hakim). With several items being carried over from this past November's Ifda Doc Film Festival, the 12 film section includes three Israeli film and three World Premieres from Canadian documentarians. Here's the complete list.1/2 Revolution / Denmark (Directors: Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim) — In January 2011, two filmmakers captured the reality of the Egyptian revolution as it occurred out of view from the world's media in the alleyways and streets away from the square – and in the process were arrested by the secret police. North American Premiere 5 Broken Cameras / Palestine, Israel, France (Directors: Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi) — A Palestinian journalist chronicles his village’s resistance to a separation barrier being erected on their land and in the process...
- 11/30/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
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