47 children are given free rein on an abandoned construction site in Copenhagen, where nature has long since taken over. Here, they will go to school for ten weeks and discover what nature has to teach them. The film is told through scenes with the children, but also with nature’s voice as a continuous narrator: "For what does it mean to learn something? How do you know what you’ve learned from feeling my wind in your hair or my rain on your cheeks? How can you measure what you sensed in your belly as you sat in the top of my tallest chestnut tree? Where does it settle in you?"
| Original title | Genopdagelsen |
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| Danish title | Genopdagelsen |
| Keywords | Denmark, 2010-2019, Teaching, Nature, Children |
| Director | Phie Ambo |
| Producer | Malene Flindt Pedersen |
| Director of Photography | Phie Ambo, Maggie Olkuska |
| Editor | Theis Schmidt |
| Sound | Rasmus Winther Jensen |
| Composer | Johan Carøe |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
| International sales | LevelK |
| Online release | 15.10.2019, Filmcentralen |
| Comment | The documentary made its world premiere at CPH:DOX. Phie Ambo is renowned for such titles as ’Family’ (2001) and ’Good Things Await’ (2014), as well as the trilogy ’Mechanical Love’ (2007), ’Free the Mind’ (2012) and ’When You Look Away’ (2017) about science and human existence. |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Production company | Hansen & Pedersen Film og Fjernsyn |
| Executive Producer | Viola-Lucia Film |
| Co-production | N.C.R.V. - Television, Holland, SVT, Creative Europe |
| In collaboration with | Det Danske Filminstitut, Danmarks Radio, Against Gravity |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut |
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| Direction | Phie Ambo |
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Production |
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| Producer | Malene Flindt Pedersen |
| Production manager | Jonas Bruun |
| Production manager | Signe Skov Thomsen |
| Production assistant | Dorte Lykke Christiansen |
| Technical assistant | Jeppe Hansen |
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Cinematography |
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| Cinematographer | Phie Ambo |
| Cinematographer | Maggie Olkuska |
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Editing |
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| Editor | Theis Schmidt |
| B-editor | Anne von der Heide |
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Music |
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| Composer | Johan Carøe |
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Sound |
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| Sound engineer | Rasmus Winther Jensen |
| Sound effects | Kasper Janus Rasmussen |
| Foley artist | Heikki Kossi |
| Foley mixer | Kari Vähäkuopus |
| Foley editor | Pietu Korhonen |
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Voice |
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| Voice | Jytte Abildstrøm |
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| Graphic design | Torsten Høgh Rasmussen |
| Grading | Norman Nisbet |
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Reviews and articles
On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Hygum Sørensen, Dorte | 2019-03-24 |
| Interview | Information | Elmelund, Rasmus | 2019-03-23 |
| Interview | Politiken-Fonden | Varning Bendtsen, Johan | 2019-03-21 |
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