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CPH:DOX, European Film Promotion Invite U.S. Buyers to Europe! On-Demand, Doc Filmmakers Share Their Visions
U.S. distributors and other buyers are being offered access to seven European documentaries screening at CPH:DOX.
Three other docs vying for the €10,000 ($10,900) DOX:AWARD are feature debuts: MetFilm Sales’ “Sanatorium” is helmed by Gar O’Rourke, Fandango’s “ The Castle ” by Danny Biancardi, Virginia Nardelli and Stefano Guiseppe La Rosa, and “Flophouse America” by Monica Strømdahl. “Our intention is to make audiences see children like Mikal, not as statistics, but as a full complex human being,” says Strømdahl, who wants to raise awareness about child poverty and social inequality around the world, and trigger concrete actions from policy-makers and the general public. “See You Tomorrow on the Moon” (France, TBC Productions)Director, producer and cinematographer Thomas Balmès travelled the world for his hit documentary “Babies” (2011), handled by Focus Features, and filmed a remote village in Bhutan in “Happiness,” for which he won best cinematography at Sundance in 2013.
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