IDFA Forum 2016 presents a catalogue of 60 pitch teams from 25 countries, all ready to meet up with commissioning editors, funds, private financiers and other documentary stakeholders at one of the most influential financing and co-production markets for creative documentary taking place during the IDFA festival.
Five Danish projects are lined up this year – films by directors Simon Lereng Wilmont, Katrine Kjær, Pernille Rose Grønkjær, Carol Dysinger and Phie Ambo touching on subjects of identity and human consciousness, politics and war zones:
The Distant Barking of Dogs
Dir. Simon Lereng Wilmont
Denmark-Sweden-Finland / 2017
Everything has changed for the 10-year-old Ukrainian boy Oleg, whose life has been turned upside down by the on-going war in East-Ukraine.
Production Monica Hellström Weston for Final Cut for Real
Co-production Sami Jahnukainen for Mouka Filmi / Tobias Janson for Story
Forum category Round Table
Girl in Return
Dir. Katrine Kjær
Denmark / 2017
What happens when an adopted teenage girl decides to change her destiny by taking charge over the fight against the system?
Production Sara Stockmann for Sonntag Pictures
Commissioning Editors Lasse Bjerre for TV 2 Denmark / Charlotte Gry Madsen for SVT / Tore Tomter for NRK / Jenny Westergård for YLE
Forum category Round Table
Hunting for Hedonia
Dir. Pernille Rose Grønkjær
Denmark / 2018
This film explores how the burgeoning technology of deep brain stimulation will impact human identity and our sense of self.
Production Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær and Sidsel Lønvig Siersted for Danish Documentary Production
Commissioning Editor Flemming Hedegaard for DR
Forum category Central Pitch
One Bullet Afghanistan
Dir. Carol Dysinger
Denmark-USA / 2017
One bullet, fired into darkness, hits a boy on a residential street outside Kabul, sending him into the path of a woman filmmaker embedded with International Security Forces in Afghanistan.
Production Jesper Jack and Su Kim for House of Real
Forum category Round Table
Ripples on the Shore
Dir. Phie Ambo
Denmark / 2017
The film will take you on an expedition into the unknown territory of the human consciousness.
Production Phie Ambo for Viola-Lucia Film
Co-production Malene Flindt Pedersen for Hansen & Pedersen Film og Fjernsyn
Commissioning Editor Flemming Hedegaard for DR
Forum category Rough Cut Project
Danish Films at IDFA 2016
Find our full IDFA coverage on festival website dfi.dk/idfa.
IDFA Forum 21-23 November is taking place during IDFA 16-27 November 2016.
