DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– AMATEURS IN SPACE
DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– AMATEURS IN SPACE
DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– AMATEURS IN SPACE
FILMOGRAPHY
FOR A DECADE NOW, DANISH DOCUMENTARY PRODUCTION (founded in 2007) has been an
international key player in the world of high-end cinematic documentary films.
2017: DEN ANDEN SIDE, directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2016: SAFARI, directed by Ulrich Seidl, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2016: AMATEURS IN SPACE, directed by Max Kestner, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2016: BUGS, directed by Andreas Johnsen, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2015: MAN FALLING, directed by Anne Regitze Wivel, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2014: SOMETHING BETTER TO COME, directed by Hanna Polak, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2014: THE NEWSROOM – OFF THE RECORD, directed by Mikala Krogh, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2014: SÅ MEGET GODT I VENTE, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Malene Flindt Pedersen.
The company is run by three talented directors and their producer. The directors count Pernille Rose
Grønkjær behind such films as The Monastery – Mr. Vig and the Nun (IDFA winner), Love Addict and
Genetic Me; Eva Mulvad who directed A Modern Man, The Good Life and Enemies of Happiness
(Sundance and IDFA winner); and last, but not least Mikala Krogh, director of A Normal Life (CPH:DOX
audience award), Cairo Garbage, Everything is Relative and The Newsroom – Off the Record. Their
producer with whom they are in charge of the company is Sigrid Dyekjær who has produced all of
their recent films, and several others as well.
2014: THE CASLTE, directed by Eva Mulvad, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2013: AI WEI WEI – THE FAKE CASE, directed by Andreas Rosforth, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2012: A NORMAL LIFE, directed by Mikala Krogh, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2012: FREE THE MIND, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
Apart from being the home and base of their own films, the company also co-produce a number of
international films such as Safari by Ulrich Seidl, Cars We Drove into Capitalism by Boris Missirkov &
Georgi Bogdano, and Victor Kossakovsky´s upcoming film Aquarela.
2012: THE BAILIFF, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2011: BALLROOM DANCER, directed by Andreas Koefoed & Christian Bonke, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
Contact
2011: LOVE ADDICT, directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
Founder & Producer Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær PGA
2011: SVEND, directed by Anne Wivel, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
+45 2616 2535 // [email protected]
2010: THE GOOD LIFE, directed by Eva Mulvad, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2010: THE HOME FRONT, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
Producer Kirstine Barfod
2009: CITIES ON SPEED – CAIRO / GARBAGE, directed by Mikala Krogh, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
+45 6073 4555 // [email protected]
2008: EVERYTHING IS RELATIVE, directed by Mikala Krogh, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2007: MECHANICAL LOVE, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
Producer Sidsel Lønvig Siersted
2006: THE MONASTERY, directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
+1 (650) 665-019 // [email protected]
2006: ENEMIES OF HAPPINESS, directed by Eva Mulvad, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
2005: THE GAMBLER: THE MILLION DOLLAR HEADACHE, directed by Phie Ambo, produced by Sigrid Dyekjær.
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NEW RELEASES –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– BUGS
BUGS
AMATEURS
IN SPACE
DIRECTED BY ANDREAS JOHNSEN
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
DIRECTED BY MAX KESTNER
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
STATUS: ONGOING FESTIVAL LAUNCH
STATUS: ONGOING FESTIVAL LAUNCH AND TV
RELEASE: MARCH 2016
RELEASE: NOVEMBER 2016
TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/162505800
TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/183659871
Insects as food is a hot topic. Particularly since the UN recommended edible insects as a resource to combat
world hunger, some say insects will fix our problems with global food security. A team from Copenhagen-based Nordic Food Lab has been travelling the world to learn what some of the two billion people eating
insects have to say. In BUGS,
we follow them as they forage,
farm, cook and taste insects all
over the world, when hard questions start to emerge. Are insects
a mirror that reflects our broken
food systems, or the silver bullet
that will fix them?
BUGS is a gastronomic adventure with Nordic Food Lab by
Andreas Johnsen
NEW RELEASES –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– AMATEURS IN SPACE
AMATEURS IN SPACE is a story of two friends, Peter and Kristian, and their shared boyhood dream of trav-
eling into space in their own home-built space rocket. If they succeed, the two Danes will write themselves
into the annals of history as the world’s first amateurs to go into space. But the two enthusiasts soon realize
that rocket science is the least of
their problems.
AMATEURS IN SPACE is the sto-
ry of one of mankind’s greatest
dreams and how to make it come
true in your own unique way. It’s
a film for everyone who wants
to be entertained and marvel at
human derring-do and relentless
striving – onward and upward.
NEW RELEASES –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– A MODERN MAN
A MODERN
MAN
COMEDIAN
MIND
DIRECTED BY EVA MULVAD
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
DIRECTED BY PERNILLE ROSE GRØNKJÆR
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
STATUS: FESTIVAL LAUNCH
STATUS: CINEMATIC LAUNCH
RELEASE: MARCH 2017
RELEASE: APRIL 2017
TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/207844616
TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/215989329/
Solo violinist Charlie Siem is the film’s character. He performs in front of a critical, classical audience in a
world where very few make it to the top. He has yet to be acknowledged by the finest orchestras, but endorsements are coming in from other places, as he models for fashion houses, like Armani and Boss.
“A MODERN MAN” doesn’t have
a classic social problem or a
story of development. It takes the
viewer on a fascinating journey
into the world of wealth and
beauty, where Charlie’s hunt for
perfection makes him a symbol
of our times.
DANISH DOCUMENTARY
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AMATEURS
IN SPACE
NEW RELEASES –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY
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ANDEN
SIDE
“COMEDIAN MIND” is a documentary film about the number one comedian in Denmark, Anders Matthesen.
It is a mental and cinematic trip into an extraordinary mind. With a raw and honest attitude, you encounter
a great artist who is constantly working to stay original. Stress, laughs, identity crises and insecurity are all
mixed in the life of this intelligent funny man, who for every
new show reinvents himself by
raising the bar higher and higher.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– APOLONIA, APOLONIA
APOLONIA,
APOLONIA
SCHOOL
OF LIFE
DIRECTED BY BY LEA GLOB
PRODUCED BY SIDSEL LØNVIG SIERSTED
DIRECTED BY MIKALA KROGH
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR.
STATUS: : IN PRODUCTION
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
RELEASE: FALL 2017 (EXPECTED)
RELEASE: FALL 2017 (EXPECTED)
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/146225469
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/139189320
PASSWORD: APOLONIA2016
PASSWORD: solpilot
APOLONIA, APOLONIA is a coming-of-age story; an existential voyage into the mind of a young woman’s
thoughts on sexuality, art, idealism and love as she lives and rethinks them through her twenties. The film
follows Apolonia as she leaves Denmark - to move back to her birthplace, to become a painter in Paris, where
she is accepted to the prestigious
Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts.
Her talent is quickly recognised,
but she struggles to combine her
life at the academy with that of
a bohemian in Paris. The struggle
becomes harder still when she
meets the market reality of the
art world as well.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– SCHOOL OF LIFE
On a small island in the Philippines lies the rehabilitation centre “Stairway” that helps young boys from the
streets of Manila over the course of one year, where they participate in a program where they regain faith
in themselves and then reunite with their biological families. They grow from children of the street to young
men who confront their pasts
and begin to believe in a future.
The film follows a group of boys
through the complete course
of the programme at Stairway
all the way from recruitment to
return to reality.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– CHERRY TALE
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– I WALK
I WALK
CHERRY
TALE
DIRECTED BY JØRGEN LETH
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
DIRECTED BY EVA MULVAD
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
RELEASE: ???
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/166992759
RELEASE: FALL 2018 (EXPECTED)
PASSWORD: IWALK
A brand new wine has been invented in Denmark. It is made of sour cherries – a Danish specialty, but produced with the traditional wine knowledge from France and Germany. It is a dark, intense fermented cherry
wine. Now the men behind the
invention are travelling the World
to open new markets for what
they call the best cherry wine
in the world. This film follows a
very local product in its attempt
to go global without losing integrity and quality on the way.
“Life is a mystery, some sort of a labyrinth or a crime needing to be solved. This film is my testament, a
journey to understand my life and the decisions I have made, a search for love and forgiveness, even though
I might never be able to find it.
I’m making a film about old age.
I want this to be a joyful ride,
a film to remember, I’m feeling
good - or am I?
For how long can I go on?” So
says Jørgen Leth about his new
film. A film that is a walk. A walk
from a to b, for Jørgen Leth who
is now almost 80 years old.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– UNITED NATIONS
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– THE MERCEDES PRINCIPLE
UNITED
NATIONS
THE MERCEDES
PRINCIPLE
DIRECTED BY ANDREAS KOEFOED AND LEA GLOB
PRODUCED BY SIDSEL LØNVIG SIERSTED
AND KIRSTINE BARFOD
DIRECTED BY ALINA RUDNITSKAYA
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
AND SIDSEL LØNVIG SIERSTED.
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
RELEASE: FALL 2018 (EXPECTED)
RELEASE: ???
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/208143038
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/danishdocumentary/mercedes
PASSWORD: The_End
PASSWORD: MERCPILOT
Between East River and 1st Ave. Manhattan is the tightly sealed microcosm of The UNITED NATIONS.
The stage for international diplomacy, where members decide what plays out in the real world. As global
challenges escalate and political establishment disintegrates, the UN is at a defining moment. For some,
the organization is broken and
disheartened. For others, it is
the best chance we have to keep
peace on earth.
A dramatic story of an institution
in crisis. Can the UN renew itself
and ensure its future relevance?
Can it meaningfully respond to
the great challenges of our time?
Will the UN survive Trump and
can the World as we know it
survive without the UN?
WITH ST. PETERSBURG and the era
of the post-USSR-Putin-regime as a backdrop, this documentary comedy
invites us into the lives and minds of two Russian women on an “all- or-nothing” quest for a well-off man.
In three Russian cities a psychologist runs the costly, but popular
School of Seduction. The film
follows Lida and Diana before,
during, and after attending the
school’s course “How to Seduce
Rich Men”; the events leading
up to them attending the course,
learning the techniques of
seduction, and putting their new
knowledge into action.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– HUNTING FOR HEDONIA
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– SCANDINAVIAN STAR
HUNTING FOR
HEDONIA
SCANDINAVIAN
STAR
DIRECTED BY PERNILLE ROSE GRØNKJÆR
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR,
WITH IDEA AND MANUSCRIPT BY LONE FRANK
DIRECTED BY MIKALA KROGH
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
(PROJECT PROPOSAL)
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
RELEASE: SPRING 2019 (EXPECTED)
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/138965721
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
PASSWORD: hedonia
RELEASE: SPRING 2019 (EXPECTED)
What if there was a place deep in the brain that can take you from pain to pleasure? What if tiny pulsing
electrodes in your head could change your mind? How would we harness such a revolutionary tool in our
eternal hunt for happiness? This film explores how the burgeoning technology of deep brain stimulation will
impact human identity and our
sense of self.
HUNTING FOR HEDONIA
treats universally human existential themes and illuminates them
from a scientific angle.
SCANDINAVIAN STAR is d documentary series about the most prominent murder case in Scandinavia.
During the night of April 6th, 1990, the passenger ship Scandinavian Star caught fire on its way from Oslo to
Frederikshavn. Over the course of the night two fires erupted in the ferry’s cabin area – both were cases of
arson – and because of the inferior and highly lacking security
the situation turns into a disaster. A total of 159 people died
as a result of the catastrophic
fires, which made the event the
deadliest in Scandinavia since
World War II. The arson remains
the most prominent unsolved
criminal mystery in Scandinavia.
Who started the fires? What was
the motive? And why has the
case never been solved?
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– A FAMILY ON THE RUN
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– THE MISSING FILMS
A FAMILY ON
THE RUN
THE MISSING
FILMS
IS DIRECTED BY EVA MULVAD
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
DIRECTED BY TOMAS GISLASON
AND JACOB THUESEN
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR.
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
RELEASE: FALL 2019 (EXPECTED)
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/144601051
RELEASE: SPRING 2019 (EXPECTED)
PASSWORD: FOTR
A man decides to flee his country. He has several good reasons for doing this: He is under pressure to take
part in dangerous assignments as a spy for a government, he does not believe in. He cannot live with the
woman he loves, because they are both in other marriages. And he cannot be a father for his son, since the
child officially has another father.
“A FAMILY ON THE RUN” is
a political love story about Abdullah, his great love Leila and their
escape from Iran.
“Film wears me out, but I cannot live without film.”
So says Lars von Trier as he stands at a crossroad
in his life trying to decide if his physical and mental
durability can overcome creating another film, and
whatever comes after…
There are films that Trier claims are missing from
the film history. As a young director he decided to
make these films. This has been his drive ever since.
We will be taken on the ultimate journey into film
history by Trier in conversation with his two friends
and collaborators through 38 years, Tómas Gislason
and Jacob Thuesen. As Trier and the directors share
a devouring love of life in film, film becomes the medium for delving into matters of the soul and vision of
Trier’s method and creative energies.
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– ARTIFICIAL LIFE
DANISH DOCUMENTARY
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AMATEURS IN
FILMS IN THE MAKING –––––––––– DANISH
DOCUMENTARY
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ARTIFICIAL
LIFE
PLAY
DIRECTED BY PERNILLE ROSE GRØNKJÆR
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
DIRECTED BY ANDREAS JOHNSEN
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
RELEASE: FALL 2019 (EXPECTED)
STATUS: IN DEVELOPMENT
PILOT: https://vimeo.com/216068548
RELEASE: FALL 2019 (EXPECTED)
PASSWORD: play
30 years ago four scientists made one of the greatest scientific discoveries in human history: The origins of
the creation of Artificial Life. This technology has developed rapidly since, and today it is leading us to the
brink of a new industrial revolution. Alongside other technologies of its kind, it is creating a tidal wave that
faster than ever before will
change the world for ever. It will
have a deep impact on society
as a whole, and will determine
power, wealth and survival.
Will we all benefit from this?
Through the stories of leading
scientists, ARTIFICIAL LIFE will
take a complex scientific subject
and mediate it into thrilling
storytelling, enlightenment and
entertainment.
The world famous tennis player, musician, artist and writer, Torben Ulrich, works with his curiosity in the
realms of philosophy and in the dynamic space between art and philosophy. With Torben Ulrich, we will meet
the world in that very special space where we play. The space between winning or losing. It’s all about sport,
life and confronting the vulnerability that lies within it.
The moment where the racket
meets the ball and we are immediately prepared and present in
the experience.
CO-PRODUCTIONS –––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––– CARS THAT DROVE INTO CAPITALISM
CO-PRODUCTIONS –––––––––– DANISH DOCUMENTARY –––––––––– SAFARI
CARS THAT
DROVE INTO
CAPITALISM
DIRECTED BY BORIS MISSIRKOV AND
GEORGI BOGDANOV
PRODUCED BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
IN A COPRODUCTION BETWEEN
DANISH DOCUMENTARY AND AGITPROP.
SAFARI
DIRECTED BY URICH SEIDL FOR ULRICH SEIDL FILM
PRODUKTION IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH DANISH
DOCUMENTARY BY SIGRID DYEKJÆR
STATUS: IN PRODUCTION
RELEASE: FALL 2017 (EXPECTED)
STATUS: FESTIVAL AND CINEMATIC RELEASE
PILOT: www.vimeo.com/146006952
RELEASE: DECEMBER 2016
PASSWORD: soc-cars-trailer
TRAILER: www.vimeo.com/215989766
This film will cover stories connected with the most popular Socialist cars from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s – the
cars that made it to the fall of the Berlin Wall and basically collapsed with it. It will be about the cars that
are still alive in the memory
of the Europeans - as a sweet
childhood remembrance or as
laughing stock. There will be
stories of industrial espionage,
design, politics, speed and love.
The film will be character-driven,
focusing on personal stories of
people who still own, love and
serve every whim of their Lada,
Wartburg or Skoda.
Manfred and Inge Ellinger go to South Africa on vacation every other year. They have done so for 12 years.
Their house back home in Bayern is filled with photographs and hunting trophies that tell the tale of great
conquests from the couple’s many trips to the African savannah. In Ulrich Seidl’s film “SAFARI” he follows
German and Austrian safari-tourists’ hunting adventure through
the South African savannah: from
a coloured brochure they choose
between impalas, zebras, lions,
wildebeest and hundreds of
animals.
“SAFARI” is a film about human
nature. A film about killing.
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1251 Copenhagen K. Denmark
www.danishdocumentary.com