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This 21st edition, which aims to make documentary film accessible not only to a select industry few but to the public at large, will take off with a new nationwide approach, with mini festivals running simultaneously in nearly half of Denmark’s municipalities. Faithful to its reputation as a fun, experimental festival, that likes to mix genres and bring in big names in the music industry to perform at special events, this edition will draw the likes of legendary British rocker Pete Doherty for a special screening of “Peter Doherty: Stranger in My Own Skin,” and Canadian electroclash superstar Peaches, who will be in Copenhagen to talk about her film portrait “Teaches of Peaches.” This 21st edition will also be resuming its super popular director talks and two-ways during the Conference mornings, with guests such as Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (“The Inventor,” “Taxi to the Dark Side,”) who will be in town with “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon,” James Marsh (“The Theory of Everything,” “The King”) with his Samuel Beckett biopic “Dance First,” Shiori Ito with her Sundance title “ Black Box Diaries,” Cannes winner Asmae El Moudir (“The Mother of All Lies”) and rising star Zia Anger, who is premiering the film version of her groundbreaking docu live performance “My First Film.”
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