DOCS-IN-PROGRESS NORWEGIAN SHOWCASE
Monday 14 May – 10:00 - 11:30 – Doc Corner Screening Room
Presented by: The Norwegian Film Institute
The Norwegian Film Institute is a public institution under the authority of the Ministry of Culture. The NFI supports and promotse films, series and games. Norway is experiencing a new dawn for documentary production and the quality of Norwegian docs has risen far beyond the local market. At Doc Corner we present four documentary works in progress by both new and established directors.
ONCE AURORA (En gang Aurora)
Directed by: Benjamin LANGELAND & Stian SERVIOSS
Produced by: Thorvald NILSEN (Flimmer Film AS)
Country of production: Norway
Running time: 70’/52’
Completed in: January 2019
Aurora is a pop sensation from a small town in Norway. She was discovered at the age of 16, dropped out of school, and spent the next years touring the world. At the age of 20 she is at a breaking point. Is this really what she wants, and if not, does she have any other option but to continue?
Contact: Thorvald NILSEN - thorvald@flimmerfilm.no
MUNCH IN HELL (Munch i helvete)
Directed by: Stig ANDERSEN
Produced by: Carsten AANONSEN (Indie Film As), Pieter VAN HUYSTEE (PvH Film & TV)
Country of production: Norway, The Netherlands
Running time: 75’/58’
Completed in: November 2018
Adored abroad – ignored at home. The untold story of Edvard Munch and a country too small for his genius. MUNCH IN HELL is a documentary that seeks to explain how and why the painter Edvard Munch was subject to systematically poor and ignorant treatment in his homeland. Today considered one of the world’s greatest painters, but not treated as he deserves.
Contact: Carsen AANONSEN - carsten@indiefilm.no
THE ARCTIC CAMELS (De arktiske kamelene)
Directed by: Karl Emil RIKARDSEN
Produced by: Knut SKOGLUND (Relation04 Media), Karl Emil RIKARDSEN (Pomor Film) - Norway, Maria STEVNBAK WESTERGREN (Toolbox Film) - Denmark, Anna BJÖRK (Giraff Film) – Sweden.
Country of production: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Running time: 75’
Completed in: October 2018
Siblings Torarin and Svalin in Arctic Norway wanted a horse to ride but got two Mongolian camels instead. When dad seriously injures his hand, the kids have to contribute more, but the camels are stubborn. They decide to go to Mongolia to find a skilled camel trainer who is willing to return with them to their Arctic island.
Contact: Knut SKOGLUND - knut.skoglund@gmail.com
KROGUFANT Directed by: Victor KOSSAKOVSKY
Produced by: Anita REHOFF LARSEN (Sant & Usant) ; Co-Producers: Serge LALOU / Camille LAEMLÉ (Les Films d’Ici)
Country of production: Norway, France
Running time: 80’
Completed in: February 2019 K
ROGUFANT is a film about the intelligence, emotions, and sensibility of animals which we have been living close to for thousands of years and mainly considered as our food. The film will show how animals have a thinking without language, the capacity to anticipate, the power of insight and decision. And therefore their own destiny. By following the ordinary lives of the three most common farm animals; pigs, cows and chickens we will discover they are not just something, but is in fact, someone!
Contact: Anita REHOFF LARSEN - anita@santogusant.no
EXPERTS CONSULTATIONS
Thursday 10 May, Friday 11 May, Saturday 12 May, Sunday 13 May, Monday 14 May, Wednesday 16 May – 11:00-12:30 – Doc Corner – Sign up onsite with the Doc Corner staff for 20 minutes long one-on-one consultations with one of our industry experts. Benefit from their invaluable experience to refine your filmmaking strategy and sharpen your knowledge of the international marketplace.
DOCS-IN-PROGRESS
PALESTINIAN SHOWCASE
Monday May 14 – 11:30 - 13:00 – Doc Corner Screening Room
Presented by: The Palestine Film Institute
Palestine Film Institute (FPI) is a structure that supports film productions from and for Palestine, by providing development and consultancy, increasing accessibility for funding and connecting film talents and experts. The PFI is rooted in the tradition of cinema history, independent film practices, and the commitment of cinema as a tool of social change.
AS I WANT
Directed by: Samaher AL QADI
Produced by: Karim EL HAKIM (Prophecy Films) - Egypt; Co-Produced by: Sami SAID (Idioms Films) - Palestine
Country of production: Egypt, Palestine
Running time: 75’
Completed in: September 2018
After the brutal gang rape of Samaher’s best friend, and waves of attacks against women, a rebellion of women ignites on the streets of Cairo and the Woman’s Rights Movement of Egypt is born anew. Samaher enters the fray, her camera her weapon, but her journey is not only a view to the outside, it is an intimate documentation of her own inner awakening that confronts the painful childhood traumas that shaped her.
Contact: Karim EL HAKIM - karim@prophecyfilms.net / kafilm@gmail.com
THE DEVIL’S DRIVERS
Directed by: Mohammed ABUGETH, Daniel CARSENTY
Produced by: Mohammed ABUGETH & Daniel CARSENTY
Country of production: Palestine, Germany, France
Running time: 90’
Completed in: November 2018
Chased by the army, two Beduin smuggle Palestinian workers through the Negev desert. A portrait filmed over five years about men living on the edge in one the most fragile regions of the world.
Contact: Daniel CARSENTY - films@danielcarsenty.com
DISPLACED IN HEAVEN
Directed by: Khaled JARRAR
Produced by: Khaled JARRAR (Jenin Films), Thomas KASKE (Kaske Film)
Country of production: Palestine, Germany, Qatar
Running time: 80’
Completed in: February 2019
By following a family through the Balkan route, a Palestinian director plunges into the horror of exile in a desperate need to recover his lost memories. A journey between two times and two displacements.
Contact: Thomas KASKE - info@kaskefilm.de
LYD IN EXILE
Directed by: Sarah FRIEDLAND & Rami YOUNIS
Produced by: Rami YOUNIS & Fivel ROTHBERG (Perinspire LLC)
Country of production: Palestine, USA
Running time: 90’
Completed in: September 2019
A vivid portrait of a city splintered by war, weaving together multiple voices from the past, present and future. Palestinian elders remember their expulsion, Zionist soldiers return to the scene of the massacre they committed, Jewish settlers re-shape the city in their own image and a young educator fights to preserve Palestinian cultural identity.
Contact: Sarah FRIEDLAND - lydinexile@gmail.com
SPECIAL SCREENINGS: CONNECT4CLIMATE - WORLD BANK GROUP
ANOTHER WORLD IS POSSIBLE: MY DECADE IN THE YOUTH CLIMATE MOVEMENT
Monday 14 May – 14:00 - 15:30 – Doc Corner Screening Room
Directed by: Slater JEWELL-KEMKER
Produced by: Daniel BEKERMAN (Scythia Films), Wendy JEWELL, Slater JEWELL-KEMEKER, Film4Climate - World Bank Group
Country of production: Canada
Running time: 86’ Completed in: 2018 Award-winning filmmaker and director Slater Jewell-Kemker spent 10 years shooting Another World Is Possible around the world. At age 15, Slater began attending environmental summits, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. What began with a single journey evolved into an intimate and challenging documentary shot behind the front lines of the largely misunderstood Global Youth Climate Movement.
Contact: Wendy JEWELL - wendyjewell@gmail.com, Daniel Bekerman - scythiafilms@gmail.com
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
LA LUCARNE, ARTE
Monday 14 May – 16:00 - 17:30 – Doc Corner Screening Room
Directed by: Callisto Mc NULTY
Produced by: Sophie DE HIJES & Nicolas LESOULT (Les Films de la Butte, France) / Britta RINDELAUB (Alva Film, Switzerland)
Country of production: France, Switzerland
Running time: 70’ (completed film) / 66’ (presented WIP)
Completed in: July 2018 The portrait of 1970s enchanted feminism, the film retraces the encounter of actress Delphine Seyrig and director Carole Roussopoulos in 1974, their creative and disruptive use of video, their radical actions and incisive humour.
Contact: Sophie DE HIJES - sophie.dehijes@gmail.com
DOC MEETS
Thursday 10 May, Friday 11 May, Saturday 12 May, Sunday 13 May, Monday 14 May, Wednesday 16 May – 16:30-17:30 – Doc Corner
Come meet a variety of documentary film professionals for an informal discussion about their activity and about your own projects, alongside a small group of fellow filmmakers/producers. Grab the opportunity to expand your network and make new contacts. Please take note of the participating industry professionals and of their specific area of expertise (onsite at the Doc Corner or on our website) so as to make this meeting relevant and useful for all.
DOCUMENTARY FESTIVALS –
DRIVERS OF INNOVATION OR KEEPERS OF THE TRADITION?
Monday 14 May – 17:30-18:30 – Doc Corner Screening Room
Featuring Festival Directors Emilie Bujès (Visions du Réel), Tine Fischer (CPH:DOX), Orwa Nyrabia (IDFA) and Leena Pasanen (DOK Leipzig).
Written by Dallas Fitzmartin
