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What is the world's largest documentary festival? Amsterdam International Documentary Festival. At this point.
Copenhagen startup CPH:DOX aims to overtake IDFA as the top showcase for non-fiction films from around the world. About new episodes of Deadline doctor talk In the podcast, we speak with CPH:DOX Artistic Director Niklas Engström about the festival's growth in the Danish capital and how they aim to make it number one.
Engström argues that CPH:DOX has been central to Denmark's rise as one of the most important documentary centers on the planet. The country of fewer than 6 million people has produced an impressive list of Oscar nominees in recent years, including Signe Bilge Sørensen, Monika Helström, Simon Lölleng Wilmont, Jonas Rasmussen, Sigrid Dieger and Kerstin Balfod. It has produced numerous documentary directors and producers.
In my report from the CPH:DOX scene, I also spoke with film director Benjamin Lee: Ibelinhis documentary about a Norwegian teenager named Mads Steen who forged deep connections and identities through online role-playing games. world of warcraft. Because Evelin was actually a young man with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, his fellow players didn't know that the Avatar they knew was a degenerative disease that would take Steen's life at the age of 25.
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Director Connie Field also participated. doctor talk to talk about the world premiere of her documentary democracy noir, investigates resistance to Viktor Orbán's authoritarian rule in Hungary. Mr. Orbán has become a darling of the American right-wing with his campaign against “elites,” but Mr. Field said the Hungarian leader's systematic efforts to control the country's media and judiciary set a dangerous example. To tell. She also discusses political developments in Hungary and the European Union, which could be welcome news for Donald Trump as he seeks to regain the presidency.
it's a new episode doctor talk, Co-host 12 years of slavery Oscar winner John Ridley and Deadline documentary editor Matt Carey. doctor talk Produced by Deadline and Ridley's No Studios.
