Director. Born 1980 in Denmark. Lasse Barkfors graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2012.
Barkfors' debut as documentary director, 'Pervert Park' (2014) directed with Frida Barkfors, won the Special Jury Award for Impact at the Sundance Film Festival. The film is the first in a trilogy about social stigma and was followed up by 'Death of a Child' (2017), which world premiered at the Göteborg Film Festival and screened at CPH:DOX. 'Raising a School Shooter' (2021), which screened at CPH:DOX and IDFA, completed the trilogy.
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