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Documentary
Sfinx Film's documentaries open minds and hearts, and provide access to crucial information on global, social and political issues. An inspiration to make the world around a better place for everyone.
Dreams on Ice – a tale from the 11th floor
The documentary takes place in and around the iconic pink high-rise blocks in Brøndby Strand, on the West side of Copenhagen's outskirts. Here, the film's main character, Vivian has lived on the 11th floor for forty-two years - with a magnificent view that reminds her of her previous jet-set life
in New York in the sixties.
in New York in the sixties.
Mission Rape - A tool of war
Every day, a group of women meets in an association located in a suburb of Sarajevo. They all have a common story. The association is the focal point of the film and here we find the origin of the film.
During the war in the Balkans in the years 1992-1995, between 40 - 50,000 women were subjected to rape.
During the war in the Balkans in the years 1992-1995, between 40 - 50,000 women were subjected to rape.
The Prisoners' Choir
Brian Bo, Bergur, Karsten and Jesper are confined in a Danish maximum-security state prison.
They all have their individual criminal story, but they share the singing in the prison choir. When meeting their charismatic choirmaster Louise Adrian the bad boys with the soft voices are inspired to write their own songs.
They all have their individual criminal story, but they share the singing in the prison choir. When meeting their charismatic choirmaster Louise Adrian the bad boys with the soft voices are inspired to write their own songs.
One more Chance
Most people know that when you get a sentence at court, you have to go in and serve it. But when you are released after serving a prison sentence, are you then a free man? Can you start fresh?
Basically, the answer is yes.
Basically, the answer is yes.
The Songbook and the Red Shoes
– About the bombing of the French School in Copenhagen during WWII.
Just six weeks before the end of WW2, the RAF carried out a mission to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, which was situated in the Shell-building. By a tragic mistake they bombed a girls’ school run by Catholic nuns, the French School on
Frederiksberg Allé.
Just six weeks before the end of WW2, the RAF carried out a mission to bomb the Gestapo Headquarters in Copenhagen, which was situated in the Shell-building. By a tragic mistake they bombed a girls’ school run by Catholic nuns, the French School on
Frederiksberg Allé.
Sound on Life
Sound on Life is about the life of the composer Else Marie Pade (1924-2016) and her music.
Eighty-year-old Else Marie Pade is one of the great phenomena of Danish music history, who has had a renaissance among the techno-audience. She’s become a cult figure. EMP got her inspiration from her isolation and the world surrounding her.
Eighty-year-old Else Marie Pade is one of the great phenomena of Danish music history, who has had a renaissance among the techno-audience. She’s become a cult figure. EMP got her inspiration from her isolation and the world surrounding her.
My Iranian Paradise
A documentary film-essay. One of the directors of this film (Annette) was raised in Persia. Her father was a Danish engineer and her mother a survivor from one of Stalin’s Gulag labour camps.
In this film, the life of a family is reflected in the history of Iran from the 30s and onward to the Islamic Revolution, until oil began tearing the world apart.
In this film, the life of a family is reflected in the history of Iran from the 30s and onward to the Islamic Revolution, until oil began tearing the world apart.
Empty Space
”She shaves her goddamn legs!” – and I get so surprised that only later do I register, quite injured:
“Using MY razor! They’re having a bath together, the two girls. Babbling, splashing and goodnaturedly
arguing how many and which plastic horses the bath will hold. The food boils over. In the few seconds it takes me to turn down the burner on the stove, “my daughter transforms into a
woman”.
“Using MY razor! They’re having a bath together, the two girls. Babbling, splashing and goodnaturedly
arguing how many and which plastic horses the bath will hold. The food boils over. In the few seconds it takes me to turn down the burner on the stove, “my daughter transforms into a
woman”.
5 Heartbeats
Five films written and directed by people from different ethnic and
cultural backgrounds. What the five young directors have in common is that 5 Heartbeats represents their professional debut, with Sami Saif as the project’s dramaturgic consultant and Ulla Hjort Nielsen as the production manager.
cultural backgrounds. What the five young directors have in common is that 5 Heartbeats represents their professional debut, with Sami Saif as the project’s dramaturgic consultant and Ulla Hjort Nielsen as the production manager.
The time before the moment
A documentary describing the period before the birth of a baby in an intimate way. We meet four women each trying to prepare themselves for the moment, and we meet the fathers-to-be. At a time when our expectations and demands on life are so high, the fear of not measuring up lurks behind every item of furniture in the room.
They Don’t Burn Priests, Do They?
Pastor Inge-Lise Wagner is a priest and serves circus folk, tramps and other wanderers. Because of her untraditional approach and views, the Danish Lutheran Church has tried to deprive her of the right to practice as a minister on several occasions.
Man with Camera
A deeply personal documentary by Katia Forbert Petersen about her father, the Polish Jewish war photographer and producer Wladyslaw Forbert. It reveals how the language of the cinema has matured and developed through several generations in the same family as Wladyslaw's footage carries us back to momentous events in European history.
God gave her a Mercedes-Benz
In Lomé, the capital of Togo, trade in the marketplace is controlled by a group of 10-20 women, who have become millionaires by selling textiles. Sleek, elderly ladies who have created a life of wealth and respect despite their illiteracy; they are strong,
independent, and don't take orders from anybody. Their annual turnover makes up one-fourth of the entire country’s gross national product.
independent, and don't take orders from anybody. Their annual turnover makes up one-fourth of the entire country’s gross national product.
Two women on a River
A poetic documentary about the unusual lives of two women, who both live on the river Seine in Paris. Kirsten was the Danish ambassador's wife. When her husband divorced her, she decided to change her way of living completely. She moved on a houseboat and worked with drug addicts.
Neither God nor Satan
The action of the documentary takes place in the early nineties, just after the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. Each month, a couple who lives on the Danish island of Mandø take in Polish children from Silesia, giving them a short break from life-threatening pollution in their city.
A pig after my own heart
The film is a tribute to organic food. In this poetic documentary a mother pig tells the story of a perfectly ordinary day in her life as an organic, free-range sow.
Danish Dynamite
Just who are the Danes? To their amazement they voted no to Maastricht and against all the odds
went on to win the European Football Championships in 1992.
went on to win the European Football Championships in 1992.
A wanted child
A documentary about infertility and in vitro fertilization. It has always been a tragedy for a woman to be gold ... "A wanted child" portrays a couple, who cannot have children, and the help that science can give them - their last chance: a test-tube baby!
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