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• "Q's Barbershop" (DK 2019) © Anders Nydam

  The films in the Documentary section of the 61st Nordische Filmtage Lübeck cover many different facets of the political. From global political relationships, life stories shaped by political action, and new takes on masculinity

  Lübeck, Oct. 15, 2019. “The problems of a globalised world are manifold and often hard to interpret. The documentaries screening at the 61st Nordische Filmtage Lübeck prove that filmmakers must follow varying leads, and choose specific points of view and unusual storytelling means to sensitise audiences to political interrelationships. This year that is particularly striking in the life stories that have been shaped by political events”, sums up NFL Artistic Director Linde Fröhlich. Of the 30 documentaries in the section, 17 will be in the running for the Documentary Film Prize awarded by the DGB Bezirk Nord trade union association (endowed as of this year with € 5,000). The stated aim of the award is to “encourage directors to grapple innovatively with changes in our society, and to engage on a social and political level”. More

• "Gooseboy" (DK/HU 2019) © Jan Pallesen

  Variety is the hallmark of the Children and Youth programme – Encounters between the digital world and nature, political subject matter, and prominent premieres

  Lübeck, Oct. 11, 2019. “The Children’s and Youth films at the 61st Nordische Filmtage Lübeck display are marked by the topicality of their subject matter. Serious topics have been made into innovative and entertaining movies, both in the live-action and in the animated films for young people”, says Franziska Kremser-Klinkertz, the section curator. This year’s programme comprises a total of 37 films, 18 features and 19 short films. As in every year, the section includes numerous premieres, underscoring the NFL’s great significance as a forum for Nordic and Baltic films for the international children’s and youth film industry. More

• "All the Sins" (FI, 2019) © Hannele Majaniemie

  The series section of the 61st Nordische Filmtage Lübeck offers up a wide spectrum of new Nordic TV shows including many premieres

  Lübeck, Oct. 9, 2019. “The international productions play with formats – what seems like a crime series at first ends up being a comedy, mystery, or drama. The Nordic countries are and remain pioneers in developing new, and perfecting the old formats”, says Christian Modersbach, curator of the Series section at the NFL. More

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