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Nathan Grossman
SE FR DK 2026 93' 52'
⚬ History ⚬ Crime & Investigative ⚬ Human Rights
Footage of a 1996 expedition into the Amazon to document the isolated Korubo people resurfaces decades later, forcing the re-examination of the contact and the implications that followed.
"a fascinating work – a gripping account of an adventure that then deftly flips the narrative, asking uncomfortable questions [...] about the medium of documentary itself." - Screen Daily
"Grossman succeeds in interrogating the very gaze his film is built upon." - Variety
"as exciting as it is consequential" - The People's Movies
"Don’t miss." - Modern Times
Director | Nathan Grossman |
Producers | Cecilia Nessen |
Executive Producers | Comunidade Korubo, Takvan Vakwë, Pelle Nilsson ("Midsommar"), Fredrik Heinig, Alexandre Cornu |
Production Company | B-Reel Films |
Co-Production Company | Les films du Tambour de Soie, Siersted Films |
Cinematography | Nathan Grossman, Erling Söderström, Diego Lajst |
Editor | Jordana Berg, Nathan Grossman |
FIPRESCI Award | CPH:DOX 2026 |
CPH:DOX 2026 |
| Runtime | 93' 52' |
| Spoken Languages | Portuguese, Korubo, Swedish, English, French |
| Production Countries | Sweden, France, Denmark |
Nathan Grossman is an award-winning Swedish documentary director known for his focus on social and environmental issues. He began his career as a photographer for Rolling Stone and transitioned to filmmaking with the viral short film The Toaster Challenge , about human energy consumption, viewed over 24 million times on YouTube. Grossman’s first TV-series, Meat Your Desire , exposed cruel stunning methods at slaughterhouses and earned him a Swedish Emmy nomination at the age of 26. In feature debut, I Am Greta , he followed Greta Thunberg from the first day of her school strike to worldwide fame. The film premiered at Venice and TIFF and won numerous awards, including a Critic's Choice Award and an honorary Emmy. Since then, Grossman has directed films for The New York Times , investigated unscientific monetary policy in Debt Fever , toured festivals with award-winning Climate in Therapy – and is now at CPH:DOX premiering Amazomania in the main competition. Grossman holds a B.A from the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts, and an M.A in Science Journalism from Columbia University.
