CPH:DOX review: Rules of War by Guido Hendrikx
Seeing a white man in South Sudan explaining to soldiers and their superiors how to fight a war in a ‘humane’ way screams of neo-colonialism. Which makes Rules of War, selected for F:act Award Competition, an uncomfortable yet fascinating and provoking watch, which leaves you with mixed emotions and a lot of questions.
CPH:DOX interview: How To Survive A Pandemic by David France
If future generations want to know how the world’s scientific community responded to coronavirus, one of their first starting points is likely to be US director David France’s How To Survive A Pandemic, sold by Dogwoof. The film, screening in CPH: Science, tells the story of how scientists across the world raced to develop vaccines against a virus which has been killing millions. France explains his doc to BDE.
BDE interview: CPH:DOX Managing Director Katrine Kiilgaard
In late 2021, CPH:DOX 2022 seemed destined for digital roll-out a third year running. But to the relief of all, the Covid threat abated and Danish cinemas re-opened in January, which meant plans for a hybrid festival presentation of 200 new films, 76 world premieres and 6 international competitions comprising 59 titles could go ahead. Katrine Kiilgaard (MD of CPH PIX and BUSTER as well as CPH:DOX) explains her relief to BDE.
CPH:DOX interview: The Happy Worker – Or How Bullshit Took over the Workplace by...
Finnish/UK filmmaker John Webster talks to Business Doc Europe about his film that exposes how corporate jargon, fashionable management practice and ‘self-serving bureaucracy masquerading as efficiency’ threaten to drain all sense of satisfaction from the work process. “If people have burn-out, it is not because of weakness and personal flaws but because they’ve just been subjected to a toxic working environment,” he says.
CPH:DOX interview: Andreas Koefoed on The Fall
In 2015, Danish filmmaker Andreas Koefoed was shooting a promo video for a physical rehabilitation centre when he met Estrid, who was then just 12 years old. She was doing rehab after falling out a fifth-floor window four months beforehand, which left her with 17 fractures but remarkably no brain injury. The director discusses Estrid’s subsequent six-year odyssey with BDE.
Doc Alliance Awards 2022 selection unveiled
Doc Alliance, the creative union of seven major European documentary festivals, has unveiled the shortlist of 14 nominees for the 2022 Doc Alliance Awards, to be handed out during the Doc Day lunch in Cannes on May 24. Seven films will compete for the awards in each of the Best Feature Film and Best Short Film categories.
CPH:DOX opening film review: Into the Ice by Lars Ostenfeld
A spectacular delve beneath the Greenland ice sheet, Lars Ostenfeld’s memorable film Into the Ice (Rejsen til Isens Indre) – which opens this year’s CPH:DOX – is both a treat for the eyes but also a wake-up call (if one were needed) for the scale and consequences of the climate crisis.
Dogwoof announces strong sales on How to Survive a Pandemic and River
Buyers turn to David France’s How to Survive a Pandemic, which world premiered at the recent Thessaloniki Doc Fest, and Jennifer Peedom’s River, produced by Stranger Than Fiction in association with Arrow Pictures and commissioned by Australian broadcaster ABC and the BBC, described as a retelling of the history both of rivers and human civilisation. The two films are screening at this year’s CPH:DOX.
CPH:DOX interview: The Chocolate War by Miki Mistrati
This isn’t the first time that Danish filmmaker Mistrati has explored the dirty secrets of the chocolate industry. His previous films include The Dark Side Of Chocolate (2010) and Shady Chocolate (2012). “The price for a chocolate bar is unnaturally low. It doesn’t make any sense. A chocolate bar should cost around 4 or 5 quid, not 50p. It’s unrealistic…unless you don’t pay the farmer and the farmer’s employees,” the director tells BDE of his F:act Award Comp selection.
CPH:DOX opening film interview: Into The Ice by Lars H. Ostenfeld
“I always dreamed about becoming an explorer,” Danish filmmaker Lars Ostenfeld tells Business Doc Europe ahead of the March 23 world premiere of CPH:DOX opener Into The Ice. “Every day we see something in the news about the ice melting, but we have no idea how fast it’s going,” says the director of what inspired his eco-doc. "Instead of just telling people something is wrong with the climate, I wanted to discover where do we get these numbers?”
