A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
A film blog by Allan Berg Nielsen & Tue Steen Müller
… is a project initiated by the film festival DoxBox in Damascus where the festival for obvious reasons do not take place. Instead Syrain films have been shown all over the world – and there has been a “soirée thématique”…
We have previously praised the work of the vod DocAlliance, its special collaboration with the IDF (Institute of Documentary Film) in Prague and what this institution is doing to promote films from Central and Eastern Europe. Today a mail came…
”Det er dagen før retssagen begynder. Fredrik pakker en computer i en rusten gammel Volvo. Sammen med hans Pirate Bay (TPB)-medstiftere står han ansigt til ansigt med et erstatningskrav fra Hollywood på 72 millioner kroner i en sag om krænkelse…
Myterne, legenderne, ritualerne, det er omkring det, jeg ser Stonys hele oeuvre dreje sig: det irrationelle, det uforklarlige, det spirituelle, det som ikke kan og ikke skal forklares. I utallige sammenhænge har jeg som ordstyrer ved filmforevisninger forsøgt at få…
For 2.5€ in total you will be able to watch three great films by Lithuanian documentary poet, Audrius Stonys, who is “the event of the week” of the brilliant vod. The films are Uku Ukai (2006) (photo), Countdown (2004) and…
… is the title of another fine Op-Doc that you can watch on New York Times website. A bit more than 9 minutes long it is a presentation, full of humour, in 12 steps/chapters of the new country, South Sudan,…
What a feast! And don’t say you can not afford it – it is for free! And it lasts until February 17! I am referring to another generous offer from ”your online documentary cinema” provider DocAlliance. 17 films of Agnès…
The New York Times runs a series of short documentaries that are quite interesting. OP stands for Opinion and here is how the newspaper (you can get a monthly online subscription for 1$) presents its strand: ”Op-Docs is The New…
In a quest for taking a viewer beyond the headlines, Seamus Murphy embarks on a journey through Afghanistan, the land he has grown to love and its culture and people that never ceased to amaze. A long-term project by acclaimed…
“I wasn’t sure if I felt special or left out”, Frank Senior reflects on a moment of realization of being blind. Thought-provoking and insightful, this 8-minute documentary, conceived as part of the International Documentary Challenge, captures a glimpse of a…
Again the excellent vod DOCAlliance – calls itself very rightly ”your online documentary cinema” with over 700 quality films – invites (documentary) film lovers to watch films for free, this time its 11 most watched documentaries of 2012. From December…
Pleased to recommend a new offer from the vod DocAlliance, this time related to Austrian documentarian Geyerhalter. Here is a slightly edited version of the promotion text from the vod site: We offer a selection of the best films by…
The Museum of Modern Art north of Copenhagen is of course a must for all art lovers, who visit Denmark. A new web-initiative by the museum deserves to be promoted. Here is the text from the museum: “Louisiana Channel delivers…
To be repeated: You can watch 7 of Jørgen Leth’s films for free on the vod Docalliance (link below), a – too use one of the director’s favourite words – generous offer to film lovers all over to see ”A…
Mid wednes(day) off from Copenhagen with troubled SAS to Amsterdam to attend the 25th idfa (International Documentary Film Festival). On board is also Jørgen Leth on his way to idfa as several times before. This year to be in the…
The Doc Alliance vod that characterises itself ”your online documentary cinema”, and has over 700 quality films in the catalogue, that can be streamed or downloaded for a prize between 0,50 to 5€ – also takes part in the DOK…
Avisen i Skagen har fotograferet denne mand, som er den ene hovedperson i Christian Sønderby Jepsens nye tv-dokumentar. (Det låner jeg. Jeg har desværre ikke noget still fra dokumentaren.) Han hedder Rolf og han er i dag enten nr. 1…
Scene efter scene stilles i kø i disciplineret række og forbindes kontrapunktisk med interview- og dialogmateriale, dokumentariske beretninger i løsreven fastholdelse. Det er meningsfuldt i en ganske anden form for filmfortælling end den normale danske tradition; og det er befriende,…
Jeg tror, jeg kunne lytte til ham i timevis, i dagevis. Han er indsat i Folsom fængslet i Californien. Har været der længe. Skal formodentlig være der al tid. I begyndelsen var hans velkomstgave til en ny indsat et våben…
Drengene øver sig i at kontakte pigerne. Det gælder om at turde, at få sagt noget, at holde en samtale med den valgte pige så mange sekunder som muligt. Det er en øvelse. De er på kursus på Speed Up…
Det er en rent ud bevægende film om et smultronställe, et sted at høre til. Det er en film om en personlig erindring om et sted i fortiden, som ikke er mere, men som så er her igen. Her i…
”… mørkladne firser-vibes og grynet sort-hvide film, der hiver publikum tilbage til et af de få rigtigt stolte øjeblikke i 1980’ernes danske musiklandskab,” skrev Grand Teater i København ved filmens premiere tilbage i marts i år. Den er derefter kommet…
Korlederen Louise Adrian har oprettet et kor af indsatte på Statsfængslet i Vridsløselille og filmen følger hende i arbejdet, som ikke kun består i at øve sig og synge. Nej, hun og koristerne skriver musik og tekst selv, og det…
Even today, with the existing online possibilities, many come up with the usual comment and ask the eternal question: Yes, I love documentaries but where can I see them. And those who go to festivals with hundreds of films to…
Det begynder med et citat af Victor Klemperer: ”Ord kan virke som bitte små doser arsenik. De sluges ubemærket, de synes ikke at have nogen virkning, men efter nogen tid viser giftens virkning sig alligevel.” Måske skulle der være gjort…
Den lille ufuldendte skitse af en udsat tilstand skildret i en bevidst valgt kunstnerisk form er mere et anslag end det er et forløb eller en udvikling. Manden Asger taler om sig selv og den verden af fotografisk iagttagelse og…
“En bedre dokumentarfilm om den myrdede russiske journalist Anna Politkovskaja end den prisbelønnede ‘A Bitter Taste of Freedom’ er næppe mulig”, så håndfast begynder Vibeke Sperling sin omtale af filmen i Politiken. Det handler ikke alene om Politkovskajas afdækning af…
This came to Filmkommentaren and adresses all over the world, to us from Danish production company Magic Hour. A global online event. Respect!: Saturday March 3rd at 7.32 am (CET) GREENPEACE marks the nuclear disaster by opening a free on-line…
”Your online documentary cinema”. This is how the excellent vod Doc Alliance Films characterises itself. Based in Czech Republic at the address of IDF (Institute of Documentary Film), they are doing great work. The selection of films available is indeed…
The first tv-documentary episode of the arte (German-French) crossmedia event, presented on this site a couple of weeks ago, is online for a free preview, also for viewers outside France and Germany. The 52 mins. documentary, to be broadcast on…
DOCAlliance, the vod of six quality documentary film festivals (FID Marseilles has just joined cph:dox, Visions du Réel Nyon, DOK Leipzig, Planete Doc Review Warsaw and Jihlava IDFF) is very appealing for documentary lovers. Their selection is excellent, their texts…
Twenty years ago. The fall of the empire, USSR and the communist regimes in the East bloc. Time to look back. And time to use different media to approach the huge overall theme from many angles and with many eye-witnesses…
Among the many websites of documentary organisations (EDN, Documentary Campus, Eurodoc etc.) the one provided by the Prague based Institute of Documentary Film (IDF) stands out, when it comes to deal withfilmmaking. Apart from the information that the active organisation…
What constitutes a documentary film? When is a documentary most trustworthy and/or true to actual facts? Can we depict reality without interfering? Do we WANT to depict reality without interfering? We will never stop argue about these things, but allow…
The 24th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) started two days ago and runs until November 27th. If you are not there, you have the chance to watch a fine selection of films, primarily from previous editions, offered for free…
Jeg har det med filmen, som jeg har det med ordet drejebog, som jo betyder to ting på dansk. Naturligvis er en drejebog en plan for en film, men det er i nutidssprog også en plan for en hvilken som…
A good offer to Danish citizens with a computer and a wish to watch films from cph:dox. I switch to Danish language: Dagbladet Politiken skriver, i forkortet citat: Den niende udgave af den danske dokumentarfilmfestival er i gang, og politiken.dk…
Så er det en fryd at se tv. Skonnerten som fartøj passer perfekt til Kirsten Klein og Hans Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, og de to passer perfekt til den i hastighed, blidhed, stilfærdighed og gedigen faglighed. Det er en uafbrudt tilfredsstillelse at…
De kommer langsomt, lidt efter lidt, den ene efter den anden, men de kommer, alle de vidunderlige film, Tue Steen Müller ser rundt om i verden og skriver om her på bloggen. Alle vi frustrerede, som ikke kommer på festivaler,…
”Da John Stewart var vært ved Oscar-uddelingen i 2008, lavede han sjov med, at man nu kunne se “Lawrence af Arabien” på sin iPhone. Men der er millioner af unge, som ikke synes, det er morsomt, og som ikke ville…
How long will it last? How long can the Western world watch this massacre on civilians that go on in Syria? Syrian filmmaker posted this text on facebook 20 minutes ago: Today, a UN envoy arrived to the Syrian city…
When in Corfu, we asked the Syrian documentary colleagues for a reliable information source to follow the revolution in the country. They referred to the site of LCCS, Local Coordination Committees of Syria. The site is updated daily and includes…
DFI´s Jan Fredslund skriver i dag: ”ONLINE. Søndag den 26. juni kl. 20.00 vises dokumentarfilmen Min avatar og mig i verdens første virtuelle biograf på nettet. Filmens hovedperson og medinstruktør Mikkel Stolt introducerer og besvarer efterfølgende spørgsmål fra “salen”. Constellation…
It is a pleasure – again – to be able to promote the quality vod Docalliance. Not only is the selection of films for the catalogue excellent, the prices are very low and the texts are free from normal site…
Mike Proud’s (My Avatar and Me) and Mikkel Stolt’s “random thoughts on documentary films and humour” on the blog Docomedy Now: “(Lack Of) Authenticity? … the reason for that was that we as filmmakers chose to blend different modes of filmmaking…
Pludselig blev den vist på DR1 forleden og forinden af DFI og Filmland på P1 og BT og meget mere lanceret som en nyhed. Det var sært, men det var da godt, og Adam Schmedes har under alle omstændigheder fortjent opmærksomheden.…
Det kan godt være, at rammen er faderens godnathistorie for børnene, at meningen er at fortælle en moderne Robin Hood historie, som det stod i DFI pressemeddelelsen i november, eller vel nærmere berette en nutidig sørøverhistorie. Så vidt så godt. Det…
On this site the vod (video on demand) initiative Doc Alliance, run by five European film festivals, has been praised several times for its quality in film selection and presentation, and for its cheap prices not to forget. Doc Alliance…
Quite a different text has to be written under this headline – compared to the one below from Egypt. From the atrocities in Syria, let us call it as it is, a massacre by the government on its own people,…
The excellent vod (video on demand) portal DocAlliance, a collaboration between the five documentary film festivals in Copenhagen, Leipzig, Jihlava, Warsaw and Nyon, introduces a Valentine’s Day gift from tomorrow. Here is the text from the site: “As part of…