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Mercy Mercy - A portrait of a true adoption
Katrine W. Kjær, Denmark, 2012
90 min.DK/Documentary
What happens when adoption turns into an industry with the aim to alleviate the western world's childlessness, forgetting all about helping the children and families in the developing countries? The film is a global story about the catastrophic consequences of a choice made with the best intention. We follow an adoption from both sides of the globe, from the biological parents' last days with their children, through the adoption process and during the first four years of the adoptive parents' new life with the children in the West.
| Original title | Mercy Mercy - Adoptionens pris |
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| Danish title | Mercy Mercy - Adoptionens pris |
| Keywords | Adoption, Adopted children, Families, Adoptive parents, Developing countries, Africa, Ethiopia, Denmark |
| Director | Katrine W. Kjær |
| Producer | Sara Stockmann, Miriam Nørgaard, Vibeke Windeløv |
| Director of Photography | Henrik Bohn Ipsen |
| Editor | Morten Højbjerg |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Dialogue language | Amharic,Danish,English,Oromo |
| Production company | Fridthjof Film |
| Finance | With support from The Danish Filminstitute/Malene Flindt Pedersen and TV2 |
| Domestic distribution | DR International Sales |
| International sales | DR International Sales / DR Byen / Emil Holms Kanal 20 / 0999 København C / t +45 3520 3040 / f +45 3520 3969 / drsales@dr.dk / www.drsales.dk |
| TV release | 26.11.2012, DR |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Production company | Fridthjof Film |
| Finance | With support from The Danish Filminstitute/Malene Flindt Pedersen and TV2 |
| Domestic distribution | DR International Sales |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Katrine W. Kjær |
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Production |
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| Producer | Sara Stockmann |
| Producer | Miriam Nørgaard |
| Producer | Vibeke Windeløv |
| Production manager | Christian von der Recke |
| Producer's assistant | Nicolai Boesen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Henrik Bohn Ipsen |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Morten Højbjerg |
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Festival screenings
| Festival | Festival date |
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| Beijing, iDOCS Int. Documentary Forum | 2014-12-12 |
| Cape Town, Encounters South African Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2013-06-06 |
| Warszawa, Against Gravity | 2013-05-10 |
| Tel Aviv Docaviv Int. Documentary Film Festival | 2013-05-02 |
| Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival | 2013-04-25 |
| Stockholm Film Festival Junior | 2013-04-15 |
| Göteborg International Film Festival | 2013-01-25 |
| Amsterdam, IDFA | 2012-11-14 |
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