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The Beast in Civilisation

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. How little do you have to scratch a civilisation's veneer before the dark, primeval forces appear? That's a fundamental question for the Danish director Janus Metz, whose documentary "Armadillo"…

The Chamber You Must Always Remember To Forget

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. Michael Madsen's "Into Eternity" is a mesmerizing reflection on the construction of the world's first permanent storage facility for nuclear waste. A reflection that Madsen, who comes from the art…

The Last Farmer

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. A farming country for the last 6,000 years, Denmark is undergoing radical changes, as industrialisation and streamlining has structured everything down to the smallest detail. In his portrait of a…

You've Got Blood In Your Mobile

02. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. When Frank Piasecki Poulsen went to Congo in 2008 to research a film about child workers, he was plunged into a real-life hell of human exploitation at militia-run mines extracting precious minerals…

R wins Mumbai Jury Grand Prize

29. oct 2010 | AWARDS. For its unflinching portrayal of power within the prison system, Mumbai's Festival Jury, chaired by Jane Campion, presented 'R' with the Silver Gateway Trophy—the Jury Grand Prize—at the closing…

Armadillo – a touchstone film

28. oct 2010 | AWARDS. "We believe that Armadillo is a touchstone film that will be watched for years to come", concluded Kevin MacDonald in his motivation for awarding Armadillo the British Grierson Award for Best…