'Jørgen Leth is good at being Jørgen Leth'

15. nov 2019 | PROFILE. The Danish filmmaker Jørgen Leth receives IDFA's Lifetime Achievement Award for his strong auteur voice and unique perspective on reality. Read about Leth's versatile body of work, including his

Learning to walk, all over again

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. The earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 left a tremor in Jørgen Leth, the Danish filmmaker/writer. His balance was affected, making it hard for him to walk. His poetic, observational diary film 'I

Jørgen Leth leads Danish line-up at IDFA

15. nov 2019 | IDFA 2019. Jørgen Leth's intimate self-portrait 'I Walk' is world-premiering in the Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, while the Danish filmmaker will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Fat Front producer wanted to make more films about women

15. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. We grew up with stories about and by men, says producer Malene Flindt Pedersen, who was shocked to realise that most of her own documentaries had male protagonists. In turn, she decided to make five

'I wanted to celebrate a life not having to look like an ordinary life'

14. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. 'I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die' is Eva Marie Rødbro's first feature documentary, a harsh and dreamy story about Betty and her family living on the fringes of American society.

How Can a Machine Help Us Make Art?

13. nov 2019 | BACKGROUND. The Danish XR production company Makropol has developed an AI engine, Kaspar, that can edit documentaries in real time. The installation 'Reflector' illustrates how the tool is applied. World

Taking children seriously

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Children are thoughtful and sensitive and deserve to be taken seriously, says Simon Lereng Wilmont, who considers it a privilege to make artistic documentaries for a youthful audience. His new

Winter Journey: Shining a new light on the German Jews of WW2

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Winter Journey', director Anders Østergaard utilizes strong narrative devices from fiction to depict an untold chapter in the history of the German Jews during WW2. World premiere in IDFA

Love Child: Fleeing for love

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Eva Mulvad’s documentary 'Love Child', about a family fleeing Iran, is as much a love story as a refugee film. The veteran filmmaker wants to add a narrative to the refugee debate that audiences can

Translating science into emotion

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Hunting for Hedonia', Pernille Rose Grønkjær looks at the groundbreaking technology of Deep Brain Stimulation. Bringing complex science issues down to earth through the language of film, the