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Film

Mechanical Love

Phie Ambo, Denmark, 2007

79 min.DK/Documentary

»Mechanical Love« is a documentary on the interrelationship between robots and humans. The film portrays people who have a close relationship with a robot, and it takes us from the high temple of robot technology, Tokyo, Japan, to Braunschweig, Germany, to Italy and back to Copenhagen, Denmark. By this world tour director Phie Ambo seeks to highlight the human need for love and our craving to be loved by others - perhaps the two most important aspects of life. Through the main characters, she examines the cultural differences in how we accept emotional robots in the East and the West.
Basic information Credits Festivals & awards Materials
Original title Mechanical Love
Danish title Mechanical Love
Keywords Artificial intelligence, Robots, Ishiguro, Hiroshi
Director Phie Ambo
Screenplay Phie Ambo
Producer Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Director of Photography Phie Ambo
Editor Camilla Skousen, My Thordal
Sound Rasmus Winther Jensen
Composer Sanna Salmenkallio
Production country Denmark
Domestic distribution Dox-on-wheels
International sales TV 2 World
Technical info 35 mm, 2,35:1 Scope, color, Dolby, SRD
Danish festival release 06.11.2007, Grand, CPH:DOX 2007
Danish theatrical release 01.02.2008
Cinemas Grand samt 6 biografer i provinsen i de efterfølgende 2 måneder
DFI subsidy Konsulentstøtte
Danish rating Allowed for all
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Companies

Production company Tju-Bang Film
Domestic distribution Dox-on-wheels

Instruktion

Direction Phie Ambo

Manus

Script Phie Ambo

Produktion

Producer Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
Line producer Ane Mandrup Pedersen
Executive producer Michael Fleischer

Foto

Cinematography Phie Ambo
Graphic design Torsten Høgh Rasmussen

Stills

Stills Phie Ambo

Klip

Editing Camilla Skousen
Editing My Thordal
Additional editing Marion Tuor

Musik

Music Sanna Salmenkallio

Lyd

Sound designer Rasmus Winther Jensen

Visual effects

Graphic design Torsten Høgh Rasmussen

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Awards and nominations

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Award Year Festival
Audience Prize 2008 Warszawa, Against Gravity 2008

Festival screenings

Festival Festival date
Durham, Full Frame 2009-04-02
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2008-11-28
Tehran, Cinéma Vérité, Documentary Film Festival 2008-10-15
Morelia International Film Festival 2008-10-04
Malmö Nordisk Panorama 2008-09-26
Wellington - New Zealand Film Festival 2008-07-17
Jerusalem Int. Film Festival 2008-07-10
München International Film Festival 2008-06-20
Los Angeles Film Festival 2008-06-19
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2008-06-18
SilverDocs AFI Documentary Festival 2008-06-16
Krakow Film Festival 2008-05-30
Warszawa, Against Gravity 2008-05-09
Toronto, Hot Docs Int. Documentary Festival 2008-04-17
Vilnius International Film Festival 2008-04-03
Sao Paulo It's All True Int. Documentary FF 2008-03-27
Thessaloniki Documentary Festival 2008-03-16
Prague, One World Human Rights Film Festival 2008-03-05
Helsinki Doc Point Documentary Film Festival 2008-01-23
Amsterdam, IDFA 2007-11-22
CPH:DOX 2007-11-09
Det Danske Filminstitut registrerer international festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, dog primært de titler, som Filminstituttet varetager i sin festivaldistribution, og primært i forbindelse med de festivaler, som Filminstituttet har prioriteret at samarbejde med. Registreringen af festivaldeltagelse og priser til danske film, der ikke er i festivaldistribution, foretages kun for "launch"-festivaler ifølge Filminstituttets prioriterede festivalliste. Se listen over prioriterede festivaler.

Reviews and articles

On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
Type Source Author Date
Artikel Berlingske Tidende ebbe 2008-12-01
Artikel Børsen Sgr 2008-11-28
Interview Politiken-Fonden Birgitte Kjær 2008-10-09
Interview Politiken-Fonden Birgitte Kjær 2008-10-09
Interview Politiken-Fonden Morten Jastrup 2008-08-19
Interview Politiken-Fonden Morten Jastrup 2008-08-19
Anmeldelse Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten Sophie Engberg Sonne 2008-03-14
Artikel Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten 2008-02-04
Artikel Berlingske Tidende Ebbe Iversen 2008-02-02
Artikel Urban Louise Kidde Sauntved 2008-02-01
Anmeldelse Politiken-Fonden Dorthe Hygum Soerensen 2008-02-01
Anmeldelse Information Lars Movin
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