Camille Bildsøe: If Luck Will Come

Jeg skynder mig at anbefale denne smukke film fra Afghanistan, hvor nedenstående copy-pastede tekst giver god besked, så jeg nøjes med at gengive denne sætning fra CPH-DOX: …a lovingly observant and visually powerful debut, filmed over three years and with a close look at two children in the midst of a society that closes in on them… ja, det er utroligt så tæt filmholdet er kommet på børnene, de unge voksne, men også på et par voksne, der ikke holder sig tilbage følelsesmæssigt, når deres barske livsforhold skal beskrives. Fremragende filmisk arbejde, simpelthen!

“Through beautiful images and with a camera at eye level with its young protagonists, we gain a rare insight into what it means to grow up in Afghanistan after the Taliban took power.

In Afghanistan, there is a world of difference between being 12 and 14 years old – especially if you are a girl. It is this brutal transition that Danish filmmaker Camille Bildsøe captures in her lovingly observant and visually powerful debut, filmed over three years and with a close look at two children in the midst of a society that closes in on them.
 
Zahra and Zalgai have shared their childhood and circus training in Kabul. But their paths diverge as rights and opportunities disappear. When Zahra turns 14, she is deprived of her right to education – solely because she is a girl. Shortly afterwards, she is expected to step into an adult role she has not chosen for herself. At the same time, Zalgai is forced into the labour market when his father falls ill and the bills pile up. 
 
In a harsh reality where children are made responsible for a society in disarray, the circus is one of the last places of freedom. ‘If Luck Will Come’ is a powerful political testimony to the brief moment before freedom becomes forbidden and to a young generation that thirsts for a life of freedom…”

Camille Bildsøe / Denmark, Iceland & Norway / 2026 / World Premiere / 90 min.

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Tue Steen Müller
Tue Steen Müller

Müller, Tue Steen
Documentary Consultant and Critic, DENMARK

Worked with documentary films for more than 20 years at the Danish Film Board, as press officer, festival representative and film consultant/commissioner. Co-founder of Balticum Film and TV Festival, Filmkontakt Nord, Documentary of the EU and EDN (European Documentary Network).
Awards: 2004 the Danish Roos Prize for his contribution to the Danish and European documentary culture. 2006 an award for promoting Portuguese documentaries. 2014 he received the EDN Award “for an outstanding contribution to the development of the European documentary culture”. 2016 The Cross of the Knight of the Order for Merits to Lithuania. 2019 a Big Stamp at the 15th edition of ZagrebDox. 2021 receipt of the highest state decoration, Order of the Three Stars, Fourth Class, for the significant contribution to the development and promotion of Latvian documentary cinema outside Latvia. In 2022 he received an honorary award at DocsBarcelona’s 25th edition having served as organizer and programmer since the start of the festival.
From 1996 until 2005 he was the first director of EDN (European Documentary Network). From 2006 a freelance consultant and teacher in workshops like Ex Oriente, DocsBarcelona, Archidoc, Documentary Campus, Storydoc, Baltic Sea Forum, Black Sea DocStories, Caucadoc, CinéDOC Tbilisi, Docudays Kiev, Dealing With the Past Sarajevo FF as well as programme consultant for the festivals Magnificent7 in Belgrade, DOCSBarcelona, Verzio Budapest, Message2Man in St. Petersburg and DOKLeipzig. Teaches at the Zelig Documentary School in Bolzano Italy.

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