IDFA 2019 - English

Taking children seriously

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Children are thoughtful and sensitive and deserve to be taken seriously, says Simon Lereng Wilmont, who considers it a privilege to make artistic documentaries for a youthful audience. His new…

Winter Journey: Shining a new light on the German Jews of WW2

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Winter Journey', director Anders Østergaard utilizes strong narrative devices from fiction to depict an untold chapter in the history of the German Jews during WW2. World premiere in IDFA Masters.

Love Child: Fleeing for love

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Eva Mulvad’s documentary 'Love Child', about a family fleeing Iran, is as much a love story as a refugee film. The veteran filmmaker wants to add a narrative to the refugee debate that audiences can…

Learning to walk, all over again

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. The earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 left a tremor in Jørgen Leth, the Danish filmmaker/writer. His balance was affected, making it hard for him to walk. His poetic, observational diary film 'I Walk…

Translating science into emotion

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Hunting for Hedonia', Pernille Rose Grønkjær looks at the groundbreaking technology of Deep Brain Stimulation. Bringing complex science issues down to earth through the language of film, the…

The Cave: Dr. Amani challenging the stereotypes

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. An evocative, birds-eye view of women's lives in a hellish warzone, 'The Cave' is a deeply personal film for Feras Fayyad, a film stretching back to his childhood and into the humanitarian…