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A DIALOGUE ON CRAFT WITH JIALING ZHANG, PUK DAMSGÅRD AND SØREN KLOVBORG

11:30-13:00 Wednesday 22.03, Social Cinema, Kunsthal Charlottenborg

Join us for A DIALOGUE ON CRAFT with Emmy-nominated, Sundance winning independent Chinese filmmaker Jialing Zhang, discussing her newest film Total Trust (2023), with the directors of The Hostage Takers (2022), award-winning investigative journalists and filmmakers Puk Damsgård and Søren Klovborg. The films are competing against each for the CPH:DOX’s F:ACT Award. The filmmakers will discuss ways they obtained access to secret and politically sensitive information while maintaining security for the protagonists and the shoot itself. But also how they figured out how to use controversial materials and come up with nuanced stories that make the audience consider more than one perspective.

Jialing Zhang

Filmmaker, China/US

Jialing Zhang is an Emmy nominated independent Chinese filmmaker based in Massachusetts, USA. She co-directed Academy Award shortlisted One Child Nation (Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, 2019) & Complicit (Human Rights Watch Film Festival, 2017).

Puk Damsgård

Filmmaker, Denmark

Puk Damsgård is an accomplished journalist. She is a bestselling author and a recipient of multiple awards, including a Publicist prize (2021), the Rungstedlund Prize (2020), the Statens Kunstfonds’ lifetime honour award (2018), and a Cavling Prize (2015).

Søren Klovborg

Filmmaker, Denmark

Søren Klovborg is a producer, scriptwriter and commissioning editor of documentaries. In depth investigation include award winning Organs for Sale (2004), Victim No. 72 and The Surrogate Scam. He has worked on many films as a consultant.

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15:00-15:15

Wednesday, March 22

RESPONDING TO PERMACRISIS

2020’s Word of the Year ‘Permacrisis’ reflects the sense of lurching from one trouble to another. The DocuMentality initative is running a thorough research on the disproportionate high levels of stress, depression and sense of powerlessness in the nonfiction industry.

FUTURE AT OUR FINGERTIPS takes place from Tuesday-Thursday, March 21-23.

15:15-16:15

Wednesday, March 22

SEEKING STABILITY

Given the role producers play in finding, shaping, and championing the voices of independent filmmakers, what structures do we need to ensure their own endurance?

FUTURE AT OUR FINGERTIPS takes place from Tuesday-Thursday, March 21-23.

16:30-17:30

Wednesday, March 22

NAVIGATING BUMPY ROADS

With the documentary film market increasingly shaped by commercial entertainment entities, how can independent filmmakers sustain themselves? What role can individuals, entities and documentaries have in navigating the challenging landscape of rapidly changing oportunities?

FUTURE AT OUR FINGERTIPS takes place from Tuesday-Thursday, March 21-23.