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Janus Metz & Sine Plambech
DK NL SE 2018 4x58' 90'
⚬ Human Interest ⚬ Society
An epic drama on cross-cultural marriages between Thai women and Danish fishermen. Over a decade the directors follow four couples as they struggle to find a way out of poverty and loneliness and see their children grow up to heap the seeds or pay the price of their mothers choices. A different kind of love story.
Directors | Janus Metz & Sine Plambech |
Producer | Lise Lense-Møller |
Co-Producers | Henrik Veileborg, Katja Draaijer, Frank Hoeve, Fredrik Lange, Simon Perry |
Production Companies | Magic Hour Films, Metz Film |
Co-Production Companies | Upfront Films, BALDR Film, Vilda Bomben Film, Film i Väst |
Cinematography | Henrik Bohn Ipsen |
Editors | Marion Seraina Tuor, Søren Ebbe |
Music | Uno Helmersson |
Sound | Niklas Skarp |
Golden Eye / Best Documentary | Zurich Film Festival 2018 |
Award for Best Feature | American Anthropological Associations Film and Media Festival 2018 |
Jury Award for Best International Documentary | Docville 2019 |
Richard Werbner Award for Visual Ethnography | Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2019 |
The Irish Council of Civil Liberties Film Award | Virgin Media Dublin International Film Festival 2019 |
Fight For Your Identity Award | Budapest International Documentary Festival 2020 |
Toronto International Film Festival 2018 |
Zurich Film Festival 2018 |
DOC NYC 2018 |
IDFA 2018 |
Göteborg IFF 2019 |
Dublin IFF 2019 |
DocVille 2019 |
Dokfest München 2019 |
Transilvania IFF 2019 |
EBS EIDF 2019 |
Helsinki IFF 2019 |
| Runtimes | 4x58' 90' |
| Spoken Languages | Danish, English, Lao, Thai |
| Production Countries | Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden |
Janus Metz (b. 1974) is an internationally recognised and award-winning filmmaker. His latest film, BORG VS McENROE (2017), was the opening film at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and has been distributed to cinemas all over the world. His documentary ARMADILLO (2010), received the Grand Prix of the Semaine de la Critique at the Cannes Film Festival and a number of additional awards, including an Emmy for best editing and a Grierson Award and a nomination at the European Film Awards. Metz has a Master's Degree in visual anthropology and his work also includes art films, commercials and music videos. In 2015, he directed an episode of the HBO series TRUE DETECTIVE (2015), with Colin Farrell, Rachel McAdams and Vince Vaughn. At present, Metz is producing the series ZERO ZERO ZERO for Amazon Studios with cast members Dane Dehaan, Andrea Riseborough and Gabriel Byrne.
Sine Plambech is an anthropologist at the Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) and Adjunct Assistant Professor at Barnard College, Columbia University. For 15 years, Plambech has worked with migrant societies in Thailand, Nigeria, Italy and Denmark, related to her research on migration, human trafficking, the European migrant crisis, sex work migration and marriage migration. She has worked for the United Nations and as a consultant for the European Commission, as well as for governments and NGOs within the previously noted fields of study. In 2016, Plambech received the prestigious Sapere Aude young elite award from the Danish Research Council. Sine Plambech's intimate knowledge of the Thai women and their lives over more than 15 years has contributed to the filmmakers always being a step ahead in the process, enabling them to capture important material and at the same time avoiding the film depicting stereotypical portraits.
