A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
Next week’s Dokumania on Danish DR2 this coming tuesday at 9pm, prime time, is the film about American Photography icon Annie Leibovitz, reviewed on this site. If you can not watch Danish television and want to update your knowledge about…
Det handler om jordskælvet i Haiti for nøjagtigt et år siden, og det handler om to, som mirakuløst overlevede, den ene, Jens Tranum Kristensen ved sin egen ufattelige viljestyrke og held, den anden, Jørgen Leth ved sin tjeners resolutte indgriben og…
Der er allerede skrevet meget om dette tv-program. Er det rigtigt at sende det nu, hvor en valgkamp er i gang, for det vil kunne gavne statsministerens nyvundne popularitet. Osv. Osv. Her på filmkommentaren vinkles der anderledes. Vi ser ikke…
The trade magazine Realscreen – that calls itself ”the best in non-fiction” – announces the American HBO’s upcoming slate of documentaries. Two interesting documentaries are to be broadcasted, made by well-known documentarians – they deal with JFK and Ronald Reagan.…
At tænke sig: Dette kan ses! Som det hedder i den aldeles beherskede speak, kræver det imidlertid at nærme sig denne verden med den yderste tålmodighed. Filmen er ren tålmodig venten på, at det sker. Og det sker! I scene efter scene…
Lad os gøre lidt reklame for DR K, Danmarks Radio digitale kulturkanal. Som ser ud til at være ved at finde sin programprofil. I går aftes så jeg – se nedenfor – Stan Neumanns film fra 2009 om det surrealistiske…
The Czech born, based in Paris, director Stan Neumann is a real auteur, who has been working a lot for the French-German cultural channel arte as one of the directors trusted by Thierry Garrel, when he was leading the arte…
Klippet med Bertel Haarder er blevet diskuteret på kryds og tværs. Skulle det have været lagt ud, som det er, på DR’s hjemmeside? Og når det nu er tilfældet… er det blevet diskuteret, hvorvidt man ser en kolerisk, uligevægtig minister…
Den kommende tid sender DK4 en række programmer med dokumentarfilminstruktører. Og det er jo godt nok, bare de så også sender deres film. Man må gå ud fra, det er dem, det handler om. Det første program med Nicole N. Horanyi sendes i…
Many visitors to the festival in Amsterdam (November 17-28) are there to look for films to buy for their national television channels. The buyers sit in their booths and choose among more than 500 films, as do festival representatives from…
I post this article from the idfa site to higlight one of the most appreciated documentary projects that was pitched at the Forum 2010: Twin sisters Ilse and Femke van Velzen, filmmakers and human rights activists, returned last week from…
The Forum for International Co-Financing of Documentaries holds its 18th session. There is a friendly atmosphere at the round table where tv commissioning editors sit to comment on the projects that are pitched. Maybe too friendly for a veteran participant…
The Forum is half way through and my general impression is that 2010 selection has been good. There are many creative documentaries, and they are well received. It started strongly with Romanian Florin Iepan’s project ”Odessa” (PHOTO), his short catalogue…
Ally Derks, director of the idfa festival, held a strong speech at the opening of the festival Wednesday night. Here is the text of the strong cultural political appeal: Dear friends, tonight we are launching the 23rd edition of IDFA…
I did not get the name of the director of this Channel4 production but it does not matter as the film was without any authored point of view – a mere report about what happened, chronologically structured with interesting and…
Det har da vist ikke altid været sådan? At næsten hver ny film har mindst to historier, fortællinger, tekster, dagsordener? Der er filmen selv som værk, og så er der, ofte længe før filmen er fremme, historien om dens tilblivelse.…
At a meeting arranged in connection with the EU MEDIA supported training programme Eurodoc, under the leadership of the former head of documentaries at arte France, Thierry Garrel and current Head of Documentaries at YLE, Finland Erkki Astala, the following…
Ken Loach, no introduction needed, gave a strong speech the other day at the opening of the London Film Festival. According to the Guardian, that brought an excerpt of the speech (Saturday 16 October) the veteran director, who has made…
Oh, what a medium television can be as we have experienced during the last week! Direct tv. Cinema verite. I refer to the rescue operation of the 33 miners in Chile, even more emotional for me, who was in the…
Historien sluttede overraskende underfundigt. Jagten på de røde lejesvende lykkedes. Til sidst blev deres topbeskyttere Nissen og Knudsen smidt ud. Den nye direktion kunne fotograferes som ”gruppebillede uden dame” som en af de nye så morsomt kunne udtrykke det. De…
Den fælde vores gamle helte, de røde lejesvende falder i, er ikke opstillet af Rosenkrands, men er mere noget i deres person, der i situationen aktiveres, skriver her til morgen en jeg kender i en sms. Vi så jo del 2…
There were 24 film projects to be pitched to the panel of tv representatives, see below. And on top of that the organisers had reserved two mornings, where another 40 projects and their producers/directors could have one-to-one meetings with tv…
”The first step for your doc” was the slogan for the very succesful pitching forum and conference held in Buenos Aires during the last three days. And for many of the film projects that was presented it was a very…
Jeg går selvfølgelig til en film, som den kloge Nick Fraser har medproduceret til sit BBC Storyville, som det virkeligt vigtige DR2 Dokumania sender, som blev nomineret til Academy Award tidligere i år, som, så vidt jeg kan google mig…
Erhard Jakobsen fik udtrykket indflettet i det danske sprog. Vi ved godt, hvad der er tale om, ved hvem de er, disse DR medarbejdere dengang. Men, men hvad ligger der i udtrykket? Hvori består forbrydelsen? Egentlige lejesvende var de måske…
Helle Lyster skildrede i 2008 for DR Dokumentar tre hjemvendte militærfolk udsendt til krige i Bosnien, Kosovo og Afghanistan, De hjemvendte, del 1, del 2 og del 3. Jeg hæftede mig dengang ved min optagethed af de tre medvirkende soldater…
Titlens talemåde er for hyggelig. Men filmen har som undertitel Fjenden bag hækken. Den kan jeg bedre lide, den kan jeg tyde som minisynopsis. Den bringer for mig orden i sagerne. Og den fortæller også, at foretagendet er alvorligere, end…
Autumn is coming and the documentary festival season opens. The festivals start to announce their programmes. DOKLeipzig is one of the bigger – this blogger will be there to report and be in a jury – that at this time…
Our American readers can watch (on PBS, 10pmEST) Amy Hardie’s great film tonite. If you live outside the U.S. you can watch it online for free from tomorrow and for the next three months. On the site mentioned below. I…
Den danske dokumentarserie, bestående af fire film med hver deres egen stil og ”håndskrift”, bliver nu vist på DR2’s tirsdags-strand ”Dokumania” den 24. august og 31. August klokken 21.30. Jeg skrev en artikel til tidsskriftet DOX om serien, her er…
If you think you have read about films by Mirkovic from Serbia before, you are right! He has developed a special touch in documentary filmmaking and he chooses subjects that appeal not only to a local audience but also internationally…
The importance of the EU MEDIA Programme for the creative documentary can not be underestimated. Since 1990 the countries, who are members of the EU (plus now also countries like Norway, Switzerland and Croatia), have been able to achieve funding…
Et markant sted i sin gennemgående personligt erindrende speak siger Holmquist: ”.. jeg fandt mig selv fotograferende de unge døde kroppe.” Med de øvrige filmhold er han trængt ind i hospitalets modtagelse med sit kamera, mens de sårede, døende og døde…
This is a special announcement for our Danish and Swedish readers concerning the broadcast of the film by PeÅ Holmquist, ”My Gaza” August 8 at SVT2 22.05. In other words, this coming sunday, with Danish subtitles for Danish viewers. For…
Det er måske Morris’ berømte spejlarrangement ved interviews, som gør det. McNamarras blik, fortælling og tolkning plus hans intensitet former uafrysteligt min opfattelse af verdenshistorien den sidste halvdel af 1900-tallet. DR2 Dokumania sluttede sæsonen værdigt her i sommer med The…
The French CNC (Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image Animée) has published a study on the market for documentaries in France. According to the French Media Desk and their weekly newsletter no. 194 (newsletter@mediafrance.eu) the study concerns the creative…
Et ”tæt og ærligt dokumentarisk portræt” stod der i pressemeddelelsen fra DR Sporten om Jungs film. Og jeg glædede mig. Den sympatiske og kloge Brian Holm og den grundige og sagkyndige Niels Christian jung på opgave sammen, i patløb så…
Vi havde to ret forskellige opfattelser af Max Kestners film, da vi havde set den sammen, Tue Steeen Müller og jeg, ved en tidlig visning i Grand Teatret i København december sidste år. Vi skrev derfor (22. dec. 09) to anmeldelser…
The DocWeek 2010, see below, organised by the Scottish Documentary Institute, hosted a one day pitch event that included 11 documentary projects, presented by American, UK, Chinese, Irish and Spanish filmmakers. In the panel to react to the pitches were…
In the name of the Father, the Son and Diego Maradona. Amen… is the subtitle of this new Danish film that for a football addict, who will spend hours watching the coming World Cup, was a gift to watch at…
Good subject: Old (some of them veeery old) people who are still fit for life and take part in an athletic World Champions competition in Lahti, Finland. But what about the treatment of the subject, can this sustain a feature…
Jacob Jørgensen og Henrik Lundø laver beundrende, imponerede og loyale film om ophøjede personligheder som Erik Reitzel, Dronning Margrethe, H. C. Andersen, Henning Larsen og mange, mange flere. Og nu altså Olafur Eliasson. Og det skal de gøre, og det…
This is first of all information for those of our readers who are active filmmakers and producers. Given to you by someone who worked in EDN (European Documentary Network) from the beginning in 1996 until 2005, so I am totally…
Under the headline “Nordic ‘arte’ Channel Closer to a “Go””, the excellent newsletter FkN Newsletter, published by Filmkonakt Nord (in English, free subscription) gives hope for quality television: The talks of establishing of a joint Nordic TV channel based on…
Det er ikke nogen god titel. For dokumentaren handler mest om det ord, der mangler. Den handler mest om retning, pædagogisk retning, opdragelsens retning. Og det er godt, den gør det. At den usentimentalt fremlægger et usentimentalt program for børns…
It is all about making extraordinary films about ordinary people… I don’t remember who said so, but it could be a characterisation of the work of Nina Hedenius, the unique Swedish filmmaker who makes all her films for SVT, the…
Det hedder i afdelingens nyhedsbrev: “DR Dokumentar undersøger et bestialsk overfald på en kvinde på øen Mors. det er historien om et barskt og voldeligt liv blandt sociale nomader. Men det er også historien om et udkantsdanmark, der føler sig…
No film-visit to Riga without the thinking back to Juris Podnieks and his contribution to world cinema. With an introduction by Lev Gushin, who took part in the scriptwriting of the five hour breathtaking perestroika documentary made for British television,…
Think Big! Is what young Latvian producer and director Ilona Bicevska is doing. For a couple of years she has been pitching a project that I have praised on this site with a simple Bravo! Now the potential directors have…
Heilbuths arbejde genudsendes nu i dag 14:00 på DR1. Se bort fra de åbenlyse filmiske kiks, se det som et journalistisk arbejde, “sobert” som Information skrev i sin leder dagen efter den første udsendelse. Se den for at høre brudstykkerne…