{"id":16827,"date":"2020-02-11T10:34:02","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T09:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?p=16827"},"modified":"2020-05-10T14:27:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T12:27:05","slug":"d-like-documentary-d-like-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/d-like-documentary-d-like-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"D like Documentary, D like Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Focus on Denmark at the anniversary 60th<\/sup> Krakow Film Festival <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Every year, within the frames of the Krakow Film Festival, the latest documentary, short and animated films from a selected country are presented. This time, the special section of the Festival is dedicated to Denmark. Fascinating film screenings and numerous accompanying and industry events wait for the audience in Krakow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Denmark is another country of the Baltic Sea\nregion which we will take a closer look at<\/em>, says Barbara Orlicz-Szczypu\u0142a<\/strong>, the\ndirector of the Programme Office of the Festival. This year’s selection proves, however,\nthat the Danish filmmakers, just like the Polish ones, are more eager to go\nabroad with their cameras. The variety of topics they deal with is surprising\nand engaging. In the programme, we will watch both several psychological\nportraits of the contemporary human, as well as fascinating stories about\ndistant cultures.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the section Focus on Denmark, we will watch 7 feature-length documentary films. The series will open with “Q’s Barbershop<\/strong>” (dir. Emil Langballe). The titular Qasim is a passionate and talented member of the immigrant community Vollsmose which unites the young people from the neighboorhood, giving them a sense of identity, inspiration, hope and… great haircuts. This exceptionally colourful and optimistic story also shows the dark sides of life in exile, filled with yearning and the sense of being excluded. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Love Child,<\/strong>” directed by Eva Mulvad, is also a story about emigrants. The protagonists of this documentary film are a couple of Iranian refugees, Leila and Sahand, who together with their four-year-old son leave their country in a hurry, in this way avoiding the death penalty which threatens them. The dramatic and suspenseful escape, the struggle with the soulless offices and the attempts to start their lives anew are marked with the stigma of forbidden love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another documentary film by the same director will also appear in the programme. “A Modern Man<\/strong>” deals with the issues typical of our times: with the chase after the illusory idea of success and with the loneliness which is often its result. The film’s protagonist is a young, ambitious violin player and the model of major fashion houses, Charlie Siem, who seems to have everything and at first glance leads an ideal life.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n