'VINTERSAGA' PÅ DR2

I morgen aften, den 23. april, vises Carl Olssons dokumentar ‘Vintersaga’ på DR2 kl. 23.10.

‘Vintersaga’ er en hyldest til den svenske melankoli, og som Bo Green Jensen skrev i Weekendavisen: “Her er intet problem at belyse. Bare følelsen af liv, der bliver ved.”

Car Olssons dokumentar vil ligeledes blive tilgængelig på DRTV, hvor den kan streames, lige når det passer dig.

'VINTERSAGA' NOMINATED FOR GULDBAGGE AWARD

We’re thrilled that Vintersaga, directed by Carl Olsson, has received a Guldbagge Award nomination (The Golden Scarab) for Best Documentary Film.

The Guldbagge Awards, Sweden's equivalent of the Academy Awards, have recognized achievements in the country's film industry since 1964. The awards gala ceremony is set to take place in Stockholm on January 15, 2024.

Vintersaga is a song-structured ode to the melancholy of Sweden. It was produced in 2023 by Cinestra Film in co-production with Final Cut for Real.

'A SILENT STORY' AND 'VINTERSAGA' NOMINATED AT NORDISK PANORAMA

We are excited to announce that Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen’s A Silent Story is in competition for ‘The New Nordic Voice Award’ at the film festival Nordisk Panorama in Malmö. 

In A Silent Story film director Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen contacts his seven years older childhood friend, who sexually abused him when they were both children. Together they seek to recollect and understand how and why it happened. We are happy and proud of the attention that this important film is receiving, and we will follow it closely at the festival alongside all the other fantastic films that are nominated.

We are also happy to announce that Carl Olsson's Vintersaga, produced by Ginestra Film in co-production with Final Cut for Real, is competing in the ‘Best Nordic Documentary’ category. In Olsson's distinctive visual language, Vintersaga is essentially an ode to the melancholy of Sweden.

At Final Cut for Real we look forward to the 21st of September, when the 34th edition of Nordisk Panorama will start. You can find out more about the festival here.

‘PATRIMONIUM’ AND ‘DREAMING MURAKAMI’ SELECTED FOR THE 14TH MAKEDOX FESTIVAL

Two Final Cut for Real productions have been selected for this year’s MakeDox film festival: Patrimonium and Dreaming Murakami.

This year Denmark has been chosen as the “country in focus” for the festival. As MakeDox explain on their Instagram, the Danish focus is meant as a way to “cool down in the hot Skopje evenings”. At Final Cut for Real we are thrilled that two of our movies are being represented there.

Starting today the 14th MakeDox festival is taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia. MakeDox is a platform of creativity and documentary films, and their weeklong festival is showing a broad selection of exactly that.

On Saturday evening Carl Olsson’s 2019 Patrimonium will be shown at the festival. The movie examines time by questioning the borders between history and modern world.

The second of our movies selected, Nitesh Anjaan’s 2017 Dreaming Murakami, will be shown on Monday evening. It explores the world of Japanese author Haruki Murakami through the life and works of translator Mette Holm. Anjaan is going to Skopje to experience the festival himself.

You can read more about The MakeDox Festival on their website. We look forward to following the festival from Denmark.

'MEANWHILE ON EARTH' CINEMATOGRAPHERS NOMINATED FOR GULDBAGGE

We’re so happy and proud that the brilliant cinematographers Mathias Døcker and Jonathan Elsborg, have been nominated for a Swedish Guldbagge Award for Best Cinematography for their work on of Carl Olsson’s beautiful documentary film ‘Meanwhile on Earth’.

The Guldbagge Awards are Sweden’s leading film awards and have been presented since 1964 for outstanding contributions to Swedish film over the past year. You can see the full list of nominees here.

FINAL CUT FOR REAL JOINS DIGITAL VERSION OF CPH:DOX 2020

Final Cut for Real is delighted to join the digital version of CPH:DOX this year with a collection of compelling titles!

The following three works will be presented both in and out of competition.

 
SONGS OF REPRESSION by Estephan Wagner & Marianne Hougen-Moraga

The film follows a small German colony in Chile that was once founded as a sectarian settlement and now operates as a beautiful tourist resort. It explores how the inhabitants have developed different narratives in order to cope with the grim and traumatic past.

See online here.

The film is selected for CPH:DOX main competition and Politikens competition for Best Danish Documentary. 

MEANWHILE ON EARTH  by Carl Olsson

When we die, there are still practicalities that need to be taken care of before our time among the living is finally over. The film is a patient and heartfelt portrayal of the Swedish funerary industry, filled with peculiar yet wholehearted rituals.

See online here.

 
LITTLE GIRL by Sébastien Lifshitz

A common myth is that trans identity manifests itself quite late, when in fact it starts to appear at a very early stage of life. Little Girl tells a story of a little boy, who refuses to be a little boy – to conform to what the sex he was born as expects from him. 

See online here.

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