Doc Corner wrappped full program with new additions

This year, the Doc Corner integrated a whole new ‘pop-up’ market screening room, just for docs.

A conversation with Daniel Bekerman – Producer: An Inconvenient Youth, The Witch,Backstabbing for Beginners
An Inconvenient Youth is a coming of age story about the rise of the global youth climate movement, from flood-ravaged villages in Nepal to international conferences in Cancun and the riots of Copenhagen and Paris. A true story about the power of personal connection and the worthiness of keeping hope in the face of incredible challenges, director Slater Jewell-Kemker has created a personal documentary of epic perspective, her own story evolving within the ongoing crisis of climate change on the world stage.

Last December, the World Bank Group’s Connect4Climate initiative brought together a humanitarian coalition comprised of Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Inc., the Li Ka Shing Foundation, Okeanos, The Oceanic Preservation Society, and Obscura Digital to present a gift of contemporary public art entitled "Fiat Lux: Illuminating our Common Home" to Pope Francis on the opening day of the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy. At this unprecedented and historic event, beautiful images of our shared natural world were projected onto the façade of St. Peter's Basilica in a contemporary work of public art that told the visual story of the interdependency of humans and life with the planet, in order to educate and inspire change around the climate crisis across generations, cultures, languages, religions and class.

We are extremely excited to welcome our partner CPH:DOX - Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival for a special presentation of 3 selected documentary works-in-progress. A whole new 2016 Doc Corner event, in our dedicated ‘pop-up’ screening room.

The 3 chosen projects are:
Amateurs in Space – director Max Kestner / prod. Danish Documentaries, Sigrid Dyekjær (DK)
On Sceeen Off Record – director Rami Farah / prod. Final Cut for Real, Signe Byrge Sørensen (DK)
Ray & Liz – director Richard Billingham / prod. Jacqui Davies ltd., Jacqui Davies (UK)

Read a description of the projects here.

An extension of the Conference to be held on Wednesday, 18 May, in Palais K
Looks at how narrative filmmakers, documentarians and broadcast journalists are exploring this global humanitarian crisis and presents independent filmmaking voices – including refugees themselves – sharing the stories of refugees and their plight.