I don't know how much overlap there is with NYC film showings, but our own public Danish Film Institute is quite good with what they show. We recently had an Indian documentary film festival hosted by CPH-DOX (Copenhagen Documentary), which was pretty good.
http://www.cphdox.dk/d/index.lasso?e=1 Cheers, Anthony ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Danish Film Institute <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 2:42 PM Subject: DFI Newsletter // IDFA Special // Two Danish IDFA Nominations // Why Poverty To: [email protected] ** [image: logo-uk] [image: addthis]<http://addthis.com/bookmark.php?pub=dfiweb&url=http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/Service/Press-releases/IDFA-nominations.aspx> News from DFI 22.11.2012 Mercy, Mercy and Ghost of Piramida nominated at IDFA<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/November-2012/Mercy-Mercy-and-Ghost-of-Piramida-nominated-at-IDFA.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> Katrine W. Kjær's "Mercy, Mercy" is nominated in the First Appearance Competition, and Andreas Koefoed's "Ghost of Piramida" in the Music Competition at the IDFA 2012. [image: For+ªldre_mur] "Mercy, Mercy" is nominated in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. Framegrab [image: For+ªldre_mur]Condoning crime in the name of mercy<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/FILM-Magazine/Artikler-fra-tidsskriftet-FILM/76/Condoning-crime-in-the-name-of-mercy.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 13.11.2012 IDFA. Director Katrine W. Kjær had always been convinced that adoption was a compassionate act guided by noble institutions. Now that she has finished "Mercy, Mercy" about Masho and Roba, whose parents give them up for adoption so they can have a better life in Denmark, she is left with profound wonder at the lack of ethics in the international adoption system. The film is nominated in the IDFA Competition for First Appearance. [image: piramida]Decay and creation, hand in hand<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/FILM-Magazine/Artikler-fra-tidsskriftet-FILM/76/Decay-and-creation-hand-in-hand.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 13.11.2012 IDFA. Today all is quiet, but there was a time when Piramida, in the Svalbard archipelago, was an industrious mining town, where life blossomed for Alexander and his small family. Andreas Koefoed's music documentary "The Ghost of Piramida" tracks the Danish band Efterklang as they explore the aural ambience of the site and reanimates the past through the old Russian's grainy 8mm footage, set to the trio's melancholy tunes. The film is nominated in the IDFA Melkweg Competition for Music Documentary. [image: Danny Glover Why Poverty]An excercise in affecting the hearts and minds of millions<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/November-2012/Why-Poverty.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 22.11.2012 WHY POVERTY / IDFA FOCUS. After half a century of aid, why are so many people still living in poverty? This is the central question driving the ground-breaking documentary series "Why Poverty?" which investigates the complexities and challenges of inequality through eight stories from around the globe. Demetrios Matheou talks to the three producers about how a documentary series can hope to change anything. [image: Klara-Grunning-Harris-450]When do we stop caring?<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/November-2012/Klara-Grunning-Harris.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 22.11.2012 WHY POVERTY / IDFA FOCUS. "Some of them make you embarrassed, upset, outraged even, but I think the deepest feeling the 'Why Poverty?' films impart is they make you feel part of a global community," says Klara Grunning-Harris, film commissioner at the Danish Film Institute which has helped fund the production of all eight documentaries in the series. [image: kvindermedpower03]Women on Power<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/FILM-Magazine/Artikler-fra-tidsskriftet-FILM/76/Women-on-Power.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 22.11.2012 IDFA. Can you teach illiterate women from developing countries to build solar panels? That's exactly what a project in India aims to do. "Solar Mamas" tracks a Jordanian woman's struggle to educate herself and improve conditions in her native Bedouin village. The film is part of the international Why Poverty? project, a documentary and cross-media event which has a special focus and screenings of all eight films in the series today at IDFA. [image: tyveriet af afrika]Scrutinising a Swiss Mining Venture<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/FILM-Magazine/Artikler-fra-tidsskriftet-FILM/76/Scrutinising-a-Swiss-Mining-Venture.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 22.11.2012 IDFA. In his new documentary "Stealing Africa", Christoffer Guldbrandsen investigates how multinational companies are draining money out of Africa and into tax havens in the rich countries. The filmmaker wants to shake up our image of a well-meaning West unilaterally contributing development aid and donor funds to the poverty-stricken continent. The film is part of the international Why Poverty? project, a documentary and cross-media event which has a special focus and screenings of all eight films in the series today at IDFA. [image: WHY_POVERTY_Logo_MAIN_RGB]Poverty in short<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/News/November-2012/Why-Poverty-shorts.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 22.11.2012 WHY POVERTY / IDFA FOCUS. Around 30 short films by new and emerging talents are part of the global campaign on poverty and inequality launched in November 2012. Watch some of the films here on our website. [image: henrikbohn]Curiosity and wonder<http://www.dfi.dk/Service/English/News-and-publications/FILM-Magazine/Artikler-fra-tidsskriftet-FILM/76/Curiosity-and-wonder.aspx?utm_source=nyhedsbrev&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=press-releases> 13.11.2012 PROFILE. He always brings the same poetry collection, a Navajo silver clip in his right side pocket and a lens cleaning cloth in his left. He says he's autistic about packing his suitcase and car. And he has a sixth sense enabling him to spot troublemakers by the cut of their suit. Henrik Bohn Ipsen is a director of photography on two films screening at IDFA, "Mercy, Mercy" and "My Afghanistan". 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