A KILLER BARGAIN
Globalisation may be the stepping stone for many developing countries, but do not fall into the water. You might die from it.
56, dir. Tom Heinemann, Lynx Media. Release 2006
AFGHAN MUSCLES
The young men of Afghanistan have discovered the art of bodybuilding. In a country ravished by war, they still dream of muscle, honour and fame. Absolute control of the body in a world of chaos.
58 minutes, dir. Andreas Dalsgaard, Nimbus Film. Release September 2006
BLOWING UP PARADISE
The horriying story about the French nuclear testing in the Pacific
59 or 80 minutes, dir. Ben Lewis, Bergmann Pictures. Release 2004
BOOK THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, THE
Banned in many countries The Little Red Schoolbook stirred quite a controversy around the world when it was first published.
52 minutes, dir. Con Anemogiannis, Fortian Production. Release 2007
BORN INTO STRUGGLE
Filmaker Regad Desai takes us on an intimate journey mapped out by the scars etched onto his family’s life.
52 or 74 minutes, dir. Rehad Desai, Uhuru Productions. Release 2004
BROTHER OUTSIDER
Right hand for Martin Luther King, openly gay, an activist and a communist Bayard Rustin was ranking high in the FBI files
84, dir. Nancy Kates and Bennet Singer, Question Why Films. Release 2007
CHILDREN OF DARFUR, THE
The shocking truth from inside the refugee camps in Darfur, told by the most fragile victims of the war: the children
24, dir. Camilla Nielsson, Third Eye Productions. Release 2007
DANISH SOLUTION, THE
The Rescue of the Danish Jews
58 minutes, dir. Camilla Kjærulff and Karen Cantor, Singing Wolf Productions. Release 2003
DIPLOMACY - THE RACE FOR PEACE
For the first time ever a film crew has been allowed to follow the behind-the-scenes proceedings in the UN Security Council.
44 minutes, dir. Boris Bertram & Rasmus Dinesen, EASY FILM. Release 2007
DISHONORED
She was sentenced to be raped; now she is risking her life to end a horrifying tradition. This is a story about the making of an icon.
52 minutes, dir. Gard A. Andreassen, BasicTV. Release 2008
DRUNKEN KIDS
They drink too much and they get younger and younger starting out.
40 minutes, dir. Inger K. Lasen & Klaus Birch, B-film for TV 2/DANMARK. Release 2007
ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS
SUNDANCE WINNER and WINNER OF SILVER WOLF AWARD at IDFA 2006 - about a radical freedom fighter and a land that is changing. A film on personal courage and the fact that an ordinary person not only can, but will make a difference
59 minutes, dir. Eva Mulvad, Bastard Film. Release December 2006
GAME OF THEIR LIVES, THE
In 1966 North Korea created the greatest shock in World Cup history.
52 or 80 minutes, dir. Daniel Gordon, Very Much So Productions. Release 2002
GHETTO
Is the American War on Drugs a genocide in disguise?
60 / 90 minutes, dir. Eugene Jarecki, Charlotte Street Films. Release Fall 2009
GODLESS IN AMERICA
“I don’t know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is One Nation under God.” George W. Bush
59 minutes, dir. Leslie Woodhead, October Films. Release 2007
ITALIAN DOCTOR, THE
Doctor Alberto Cairo, is a man with a mission: He wants to restore the dignity of every mine victim in Afghanistan.
23 / 28, dir. Esben Hansen, Filmvaerkstedet. Release 2007
LIVING IN A MINEFIELD
“In this country you have to make it on your own. If you are afraid and just stay at home, you will have no food to give to your children.”
56 minutes, dir. Marit Gjertsen, VideoMaker. Release 2006
MADRID CONNECTION, THE
Killing 191 persons and injuring almost 2,000 the Madrid bombings in 2004 is considered to be the worst terrorist attack in Europe ever
90 / 58 minutes, dir. Justin Webster, JWPproductions. Release 2007
MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD, THE
In 1983 the world was at the brink of war. One September night the Russian alarms went off alerting that US missiles were approaching. One man followed his gut feeling and acted against orders. He saved the world from a devastating nuclear holocaust.
58 and 72 minutes, dir. Peter Anthony, Zentropa & Statement Film. Release Ultimo 2008
MECHANICAL LOVE
Can robots substitute human affection and can robots make people feel love?
52 / 75 minutes, dir. Phie Ambo, Tju Bang Film for TV2/DANMARK. Release Ultimo 2007
MILOSEVIC ON TRIAL
Nicknamed the Butcher of the Balkans, Slobodan Milosevic died of a heart attack on 11 March 2006, just before the end of a four-year war crimes trial that was the biggest since Nuremberg
2x60 or 70, dir. Michael Christoffersen , Team Production for BBC & TV2/DANMARK. Release 2007
MOSQUITO PROBLEM, THE
The epic story of a village turned concentration camp, turned a city, turned nuclear power plant and it’s population, swamped between regimes, fried fish, ideologies, mass murder, pop-folk music, guilt, redemption, hope and mosquitoes…
52 / 100 minutes, dir. Andrey Paounov, AGITPROP. Release May 2007
MOURA MYSTERIES, THE
This is the story of Baroness Moura Budberg, lover of HG Wells, Maxim Gorky and Sir Bruce Lockhart. Was she a KGB spy as well as working for British Intelligence?
52 / 59 minutes, dir. Dimitri Collingridge, Bergmann Pictures Ltd. . Release February 2008
MY DAUGHTER THE TERRORIST
What drives anyone to blow themselves up for a cause? In this intimate and personal portrait we join two young catholic elite women soldiers trained for the ultimate mission.
52 / 58 minutes, dir. Beate Arnestad & Morten Daae, Snitt Film Production for TV2 Danmark. Release 2007
RED ZONE
Comradeship, exercises and extremely hard training
3 x 40, dir. Jakob Nielsen, TV2 Danmark. Release 2007
RESERVED TO FIGHT
Every war brings home shell shocked veterans. Coming home from Iraq is definitely not an easy task. The young soldiers find themselves neglected by the Military and isolated in a society that cannot recognize their distress
57 / 77 minutes, dir. Chantelle Squires, Mirrorlake Films. Release 2008
RIKER'S HIGH
New York City’s Rikers Island Prison is the location of the city’s most extreme high school.
60 / 90 minutes, dir. Victor Buhler, Rikers High LLC . Release 2006
SOLD FOR NOTHING
Thai Women Held as Sex Slaves in Europe
43 minutes, dir. Irene Thyrri, TV 2/ØSTJYLLAND for TV 2/DANMARK, 2006. Release 2007
SREBRENICA: NEVER AGAIN
This is the story of three people whose lives were overturned by the Srebrenica massacre in July 1995.
53 or 79 minutes, dir. Leslie Woodhead, October Films for BBC and WDR. Release 2005
STARWARS DREAMS
The history of America’s multi-billion dollar Star Wars missile defence system
52 minutes, dir. Leslie Woodhead, Antelope. Release 2003
STEPS FOR THE FUTURE
A collection of extraordinary documentaries and short films from filmmakers in southern Africa telling positive, warm stories about living – rather than dying – in a time of HIV/AIDS.
17 docs & 19 short films, dir. various, Day Zero Film. Release 2002
SUBMARINE IN THE TRAWL
On July 19th 1984 the Norwegian fishing boat “Bentin” managed something that neither Norwegian nor Swedish navy vessels had ever managed: To force a Soviet submarine to surface!
26, dir. Frode Fimland, Fim Video for TV2 Norway. Release 2005
TOOTS
Toots Shor was friend to the famous, crook to the feds, father, brother, gambler, bum, but most of all he was the owner of America’s greatest saloon.
85 minutes, dir. Kristi Jacobsen, Catalyst Films. Release 2006
USA vs AL-ARIAN
USA vs AL-ARIAN is a close portrait of an Arab-American family facing terrorism charges leveled by the U.S. Government.
52 / 98 minutes, dir. Line Halvorsen, Dalchows Verden . Release May 2007
WAR FEELS LIKE WAR
A compelling account of the brutalities of 21st Century war, told through the eyes of independent journalists.
59 minutes, dir. Esteban Uyarra, In Focus Production. Release 2004
WHY WE FIGHT
An inside look at the anatomy of the American war machine