LANDSFORENINGEN SPOR INVITES TO SCREENINGS OF WONDERFULLY RECEIVED ‘A SILENT STORY’

We are extremely thankful and proud of how Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen's A Silent Story has been received, both since its’ CPH:DOX premiere in March, and after it was broadcasted on Danish TV channel TV2 last month. A nationwide impact campaign has been launched, aimed at both individuals and people working with children and youth, and the mental health sector. The film will continue to inspire people in the years to come.

The film is an encouragement to break the silence, and puts constructive, de-tabooing light on the fact that a large part of sexual abuse of children is committed by other children. “I have missed a story like mine, which I could recognise myself in, which could help me to understand that this kind of abuse between children is actually something that happens,” director Anders Skovbjerg Jepsen says about ‘A Silent Story’.   

If you are in Denmark, you can catch the feature length version of the film when Landsforeningen Spor invites to free screenings and debates five Mondays in a row. The screenings will take place in: Kolding, Aarhus, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Odense between October 30 and November 27, and you can find more info about the events here. You can also see the shorter version of the film on TV2 Play.

’PRESIDENT’ RELEASED IN JAPAN

More news from Japan! Last week we could announce that Olha Zhurba’s ‘Outside’ has won a Japan Prize of Honor. This time we are thrilled to share that Camilla Nielsson’s 2021 film President has now been released in Japan. Several cinemas are taking up the film, and still counting.

In ‘President’ Zimbabwe is facing the 2018 election which will be an ultimate test for the two opposing sides, and which will determine the future of the country in a post Mugabe era. Nelson Chamisa, new leader of the opposition party, MDC, is challenging the old guard, ZANU-PF, represented by acting president Emmerson Mnangagwa.

’President’ premiered on Sundance Festival in January 2021. We are happy that more countries are releasing the film – most recently Japan.

'OUTSIDE' WINS THE JAPAN PRIZE AWARD OF HONOR

Exciting news! Olha Zhurba’s Outside (2022) wins the Award of Honor in the Lifelong Learning Division of the 2023 Japan Prize. The goal of the prize is to contribute to the quality of educational content worldwide, and it honors works that inspire people to learn.

‘Outside’ is a documentary film about 13-year-old Roma, a street kid turned poster boy for the Ukranian Revolution in 2014. At age 18 he struggles with the challenges of facing a future that might already have been decided for him. The film is produced by Moon Man and co-produced by Tangerine Tree and Final Cut for Real.

All award winners are invited to Tokyo to present their works on The Japan Prize Festival that will run this November 20th-23rd.

If you haven’t watched the film yet, you’ll get the chance on Wednesday when Danish TV channel DR2 is broadcasting it.