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LIFE IS A BEACH

Jens Pedersen
DK 2017    22'
⚬ Kids & Youth 

Synopsis

11-year-old Javed from Bangladesh hasn't attended school in years and dreams of becoming a professional surfer.

Credits

Director

Jens Pedersen

Producer

Maria Stevnbak Westergren

Executive Producer

Jakob Gottschau

Production Company

Pedersen & Co

Co-Production Company

Toolbox Film

Cinematographer

Jens Pedersen

Editor

Jesper Osmund

Music

Halfdan E.

Sound

Hans Møller

Festivals

IDFA 2017

Ambulante 2017

CPH:DOX 2017

Thessaloniki DFF 2017

Docs Against Gravity 2017

DMZ IDFF 2017

Technical Details

Runtime 22'
Spoken Languages Bengali

Biography

Jens Pedersen is educated from Roskilde University and San Francisco State University. Pedersen has directed a number of documentary films, among others the series FAITH HOPE AFGHANISTAN (2013) and KIDS ON THE SILK ROAD (2017). An episode from FAITH HOPE AFGHANISTAN won the Audience Award and the Award for Best Documentary at BUSTER Film Festival in 2014, and both series have had several episodes selected for a number of festivals such as IDFA.

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