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Inventing a portrait

16. nov 2009. A profound interest in Japanese culture led the director Kaspar Astrup Schröder by coincidence to Dr. Nakamats, an eccentric inventor who by his own count holds more than 3400 patents and is planning…

Observation to Construction

16. nov 2009. It's okay for a documentary to stage reality – any documentary will always be a personal interpretation of reality anyway, Birgitte Stærmose says. In "Out of Love", the first documentary by this…

The Danish terrorist

16. nov 2009. "The Accidental Terrorist", a documentary for young people, is a side-by-side look at two young men. They are the same age, from the same culture and religious background and they had the same…

FILM#67 Amsterdam online

06. nov 2009. A crowd at a Mumbai station spreads the cover of the latest issue of FILM, marking the release of Cities on Speed, a series of films portraying the megacities of Bogotá, Cairo, Mumbai and Shanghai.

Grierson award to Burma VJ

06. nov 2009. "Burma VJ" swept away the Grierson Best Cinema Documentary Award, beating Oscar winner "Man on Wire".

If I Can't Dance It's Not My Revolution

06. nov 2009. An apt choice, emblazoning the cover of this year's CPH:DOX festival programme with a statement by the anarchist Emma Goldman. In seven short years CPH:DOX has grown into Scandinavia's biggest…