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FILM#73 online

11. nov 2011 | MAGAZINE. Read about Danish documentaries right now including the films headed for IDFA in the Danish Film Institute's festival magazine FILM#73.

A Kiss with a Price Tag

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Lise Birk Pedersen's fascination with Russia grew as she discovered another side to the poverty-stricken reality that she already knew so well. "Putin's Kiss", selected for IDFA competition, portrays…

Aiming for the Stars

10. nov 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. Is it possible for an Iranian girl to become an astronaut? In "Break of Dawn", Berit Madsen follows 16-year-old Sepideh's struggle to break away from traditions in order to pursue her dreams.

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…