Peter Albrechtsen

Duas irmãs distantes cujo reencontro é interrompido por demônios devoradores de carne que aparecem de repente, levando-as a uma batalha primal pela sobrevivência, enfrentando a versão mais assustadora que se possa imaginar de uma família.

Duas irmãs distantes cujo reencontro é interrompido por demônios devoradores de carne que aparecem de repente, levando-as a uma batalha primal pela sobrevivência, enfrentando a versão mais assustadora que se possa imaginar de uma família.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

Music for Black Pigeons is the first collaboration between Jørgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed. The film poses existential questions to influential jazz players such as Bill Frisell, Lee Konitz, Midori Takada and many others: How does it feel to play, and what does it mean to listen? What is it like to be a human being and spending your whole life trying to express something through sounds? The characters wake up, rehearse, record, perform and talk about music. In some moments they are on the edge, the edge of existence, constantly challenging themselves. They listen. They devote themselves to finding a space to create a connection to something bigger than themselves. Something that will outlast all of us.

An open-pit mine is unearthed in an idyllic town in Northern Finland. A strange chain of dreadful events affect the life of Pepe, a kind and optimistic woodcutter. But no matter what happens, Pepe seems to be fine with it, as if he holds a secret of existence that is hard to grasp.

Jaakko é cego e está preso a uma cadeira de rodas. Ele ama Sirpa, embora estejam distantes um do outro. Os dois nunca se encontraram pessoalmente, mas se falam todos os dias por telefone. Quando Sirpa é afetada por acontecimentos inesperados, Jaakko decide visitá-la imediatamente, apesar de sua condição. Para isso, ele precisa confiar na ajuda de cinco pessoas, no trajeto de cinco lugares diferentes: de casa até o táxi, do táxi até a estação, da estação até o trem, do trem até o táxi e, finalmente, do táxi até Sirpa.

Elisabet wakes up one night and isn't sure if it was her own scream that woke her. At the same time Lucia crosses Plaza Tetuan and is hit by a wind that awakens a childhood memory. Both women carry a loss. We don't know how it is to be the person that sits next to us on the metro. Sometimes we still find ourselves reaching out for him or her. Sometimes we get a hold while other times they slip through our fingers. One Thursday, Elisabet and Lucia ride the same metro in the direction of Pobleneu.

Forced to go legal, an outlaw pot farmer fights to preserve her way of life.

Forced to go legal, an outlaw pot farmer fights to preserve her way of life.

Final do século 19. Lise tem 14 anos, é a mais velha entre os irmãos e também a primeira da família a frequentar a escola, o que a enche de esperanças para o futuro. Porém, quando sua mãe entra em trabalho de parto, a garota não demora a perceber que algo está errado. Conforme a noite avança e o parto prossegue, Lise começa a compreender que esse dia pode terminar com ela na posição de mulher da casa.

David tenta desesperadamente manter sua família de seis pessoas unida durante a separação de sua esposa. Ambos concordam em ver outras pessoas, mas David luta para lidar com o novo relacionamento de sua esposa.

David tenta desesperadamente manter sua família de seis pessoas unida durante a separação de sua esposa. Ambos concordam em ver outras pessoas, mas David luta para lidar com o novo relacionamento de sua esposa.

À medida que o fim se aproxima inexoravelmente, os últimos seres humanos, vivendo milhões de anos no futuro, enviam uma mensagem à humanidade do presente que é tanto um pedido de ajuda e um aviso, mas também um conto épico de evolução, declínio e esperança.

"The Cave" traz a poderosa história de um hospital subterrâneo que serve como refúgio para civis sitiados na guerra da Síria. No local, conhecido como "a caverna", a pediatra Amani Ballour e suas colegas Samaher e Alaa reivindicam o direito de trabalhar como iguais ao lado de seus colegas homens, o que seria impensável na cultura opressivamente patriarcal que existe acima do hospital. Dirigido por Feras Fayyad, o documentário segue o dia a dia dessas mulheres em meio a bombardeios, escassez de suprimentos e ameaça de ataques químicos, revelando um retrato emocionante de coragem, resiliência e solidariedade feminina.

As crianças Vikings Røskva e Tjalfe embarcam em uma viagem de aventura de Midgard a Valhalla com os deuses Thor e Loki. A vida em Valhalla, no entanto, acaba por ser ameaçada pelo temido lobo Fenrir e pelos arqui-inimigos bárbaros do deus, o Jotnar. Lado a lado com os deuses, os dois filhos devem lutar para salvar Valhalla do fim do mundo – Ragnarok.

What makes a mother give away her baby? This is the big question in Sun Hee Engelstoft’s poignant heartbreaker of a film about three Korean women who have become pregnant outside of marriage and are now hiding from the outside world until they give birth. They live in a shelter for unwed mothers on a South Korean island, where beautiful landscapes are in sharp contrast to the fierce dilemma that women go through: should they keep their children or give them up for adoption? Engelstoft has been given unique access to this particular shelter run by the strong-willed Mrs. Im, who fights for the girls’ independence but is up against a social structure and family tradition that leaves women in an impossible situation. Engelstoft’s sensitive portrait brings us close to a forbidden world and through her own experience as a Korean adoptee, she gives a deeply personal and extraordinary insight into a culture in which women can’t choose their own fate.

BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.

BLIND SPOT is a story about the grey zones in mental illness; the blind spots hard to discover, as experienced by a mother realizing her daughter struggling with far worse issues than she realized.

After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.

After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.

Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.

Hnutove, Donbass, eastern Ukraine, 2015. Young Oleg lives in a war zone where anti-aircraft gunshots and missile attacks often resonate dangerously near. Although many inhabitants have already left this dangerous area, he remains with his grandmother, who has cared for him since his mother's death, because they have nowhere to go. They are just waiting for the war to end.

Year 2095. The world is ravaged by ecological disaster. Oceans have risen and all natural freshwater is gone. Fang Rung has undergone molecular fission in order to send his other half, code name Gordon Thomas, back in time to the year 2017. Gordon goes in search of scientist Mona Lindkvist whose ground-breaking research was lost before it could save the world. When Fang Rung loses contact with Gordon he sees no alternative but to travel back to 2017 himself trying to locate his other half before the world's balances are irreparably damaged. It's a race against time for Fang Rung to save himself and the world.

Year 2095. The world is ravaged by ecological disaster. Oceans have risen and all natural freshwater is gone. Fang Rung has undergone molecular fission in order to send his other half, code name Gordon Thomas, back in time to the year 2017. Gordon goes in search of scientist Mona Lindkvist whose ground-breaking research was lost before it could save the world. When Fang Rung loses contact with Gordon he sees no alternative but to travel back to 2017 himself trying to locate his other half before the world's balances are irreparably damaged. It's a race against time for Fang Rung to save himself and the world.

Thelma é uma jovem e tímida garota que acaba de deixar a casa dos pais para estudar em Oslo, onde começa a viver seu primeiro amor. Seu relacionamento logo é afetado pela intromissão opressiva de sua família, que com suas crenças religiosas fundamentalistas conseguem abalar a vida da jovem. Quando Thelma fica chateada, coisas estranhas começam a acontecer e esses fenômenos sobrenaturais só aumentam. Enquanto busca respostas sobre esses poderes que ela não consegue controlar, seus pais severos e religiosos se preparam para o pior.

Em maio de 1940, soldados e civis lutam com todas as forças para evacuar o exército britânico e seus aliados de Dunkirk. É a última esperança da Europa.

There's a new detective agency in Dallas, Texas, started by three exonerated men, with decades in prison served between them. True Conviction is a character-driven documentary that follows these change-makers as they rebuild their lives and families, learn to investigate cases, and work to support one another.

A nurse traffics the ID cards of demented patients on the black market of identity theft. Driven by easy cash, and an addiction to morphine, she struggles to keep tabs on her emotional void, and a growing fear of punishment.

Emma (Maria Palm) é uma modelo emergente no meio, lutando para conseguir um espaço no cenário da moda parisiense. Em meio a sua batalha por espaço, ela desenvolve uma obssessão pelo fotógrafo de moda masculina Shane White (Ed Skrein).

O verão idílico da família Johansson chega à uma parada abrupta quando as mortes começam a acontecer por conta de variante do vírus da gripe. As autoridades começam isolando a vizinhança, mas logo entram em pânico e forçam os habitantes a permanecer em quarentena dentro de suas casas hermeticamente fechadas. Isolados do resto do mundo, o adolescente Gustav espia e percebe que a situação está ficando fora de controle.

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.

Quando Charlotte, 27, vê o meio-irmão Henrik, 35, pela primeira vez na vida adulta, este se torna um encontro sem limites entre duas pessoas que não sabem o que é uma família normal. Como um amor fraternal se manifesta se você nunca o experimentou antes?

Filmado em super 8 preto e branco, End of Summer é uma viagem hipnótica e lenta pelas paisagens austeras da ilha Geórgia do Sul e da Península Antártica.

Filmado em super 8 preto e branco, End of Summer é uma viagem hipnótica e lenta pelas paisagens austeras da ilha Geórgia do Sul e da Península Antártica.

Filmado em super 8 preto e branco, End of Summer é uma viagem hipnótica e lenta pelas paisagens austeras da ilha Geórgia do Sul e da Península Antártica.

Due to climate change a new race of flesh eating predators arise, who invade and eat everything living on earth. In a residential neighbourhood in a Danish suburb nightmare like scenes are being experienced first hand through the eyes of two teenage brothers, who can't stand each other, but are now suddenly forced to barricade themselves in the basement together, to avoid getting eaten. From one day to another, without parents and without electricity, food, water and contact to other people, the brothers have to learn to live together in their vital protection bunker, while monsters move past the basement windows and heavy, sharp claws can be heard moving around upstairs on the wooden floors.

Haunted by a tragic past, a dutiful son struggles to eke out a living while caring for his elderly alcoholic mother in Georgetown, Guyana.

Shida is the new kid in class in a private boarding school in Tanzania. He is shy, he has no self-esteem, he does not speak one word of English - the primary language in the school, and he suffers from albinism. Like most children with albinism in the country Shida was taken away from his parents to be protected from the witchcraft related killings. The film follows Shida during his first year at the new school where the rules are strict and tolerance low. He is trying his best to meet the demands. The school is a chance of an education and to escape a life on the bottom of society. With the help from his new friend Allan he is struggling to become better in school and to be accepted by the teachers and pupils.

With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.

With the epic dimensions of a Shakespearean tragedy, The Queen of Versailles follows billionaires Jackie and David’s rags-to-riches story to uncover the innate virtues and flaws of their American dream. We open on the triumphant construction of the biggest house in America, a sprawling, 90,000-square-foot mansion inspired by Versailles. Since a booming time-share business built on the real-estate bubble is financing it, the economic crisis brings progress to a halt and seals the fate of its owners. We witness the impact of this turn of fortune over the next two years in a riveting film fraught with delusion, denial, and self-effacing humor.

A simple can of ravioli propels this spectacular 30,000-kilometre, eight-country journey through all phases of food production and the far flung sources of international ingredients. A dream-like voyage with glimpses of disconcerting realities, the story begins with a single mother toiling in one of the biggest open pit mines in Brazil and ends on the shelf of a grocery store in Finland. Along the way, the workers whose calloused hands mine, raise and harvest each ingredient reveal their dreams and hopes, like the Danish pig farmer who loves his sows but longs for a girlfriend, and the Portuguese tomato picker who wants to stay healthy long enough to pay her daughters way through university. Sumptuous photography and impressive sound design make an eloquent statement about our modern, globalized world, making us aware of the hundreds of invisible people who prepare the food we eat every day. -Gisèle Gordon (HotDocs.ca)

Through beautiful childlike dioramas and vivid bedtime stories, director Vibeke Bryld complicates George W. Bush’s simple-minded characterization of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. By illuminating the universal ritual of instilling a sense of morality, justice and beauty through story, these moments, illustrative of the love between parent and child, undercut the facile rhetoric of political agitation.

Oslo, Norway. After living a traumatic experience, Anna and her son Anders move into a huge apartment building. Feeling constantly terrified and insecure, Anna buys a babycall to monitor Anders while he sleeps.

Thomas, a Danish gay man, is unable to adopt in his home country. He visits a friend in Brazil to explore the possibility of bringing home a child. Eventually he meets Maria, a poor woman who is willing to give away the child she is carrying in exchange for money. As he waits for the child, Thomas takes care of Maria, and their relationship develops in a way he did not expect

Um casal (Willem Dafoe e Charlotte Gainsbourg) devastado com morte do único filho, muda-se para uma casa no meio da floresta para superar o episódio, mas os questionamentos do marido, psicanalista, sobre a dor do luto e o desespero de sua esposa desencadeiam uma espiral de acontecimentos misteriosos e assustadores. As consequências dessa investigação psicológica são as piores possíveis.

Há 40 anos, uma adolescente de 16 anos desapareceu sem deixar pistas e seu corpo jamais foi encontrado. O tio da jovem acredita que ela tenha sido assassinada por alguém da família. Para encontrar provas, ele contrata um jornalista e uma hacker.

Rebekka, Claudia and Sofie are freshmen in high school and will no longer accept being treated as juniors. Taking matters into their own hands, they devise a rite of passage, the 'fortune teller', symbolizing their entry into adulthood. As they take turns challenging each other's sexual boundaries, they eventually have to ask themselves whether performing weird rituals is the easiest way to get to know themselves and feel grown up.

À primera vista, Henrik, Nina e a filha de 14 anos, Stine, formam uma família perfeita. Mas um dia, Stine acusa o pai de ter cometido um crime atroz. Ele é preso enquanto a investigação avança.

DAY AND NIGHT is about people that love and want to be loved. It's the story of a father, his young son, his unfaithful wife, her secret lover, his young mistress, his lonely sister, his forgetful mother, a fanatic football coach, a pregnant whore and an angel disguised as an old man. They are all looking for the answer to the same question: "If love is the answer - what is the question?"

A philosophical and poetic documentary about a female wingsuit base jumper. Wingsuit base jumping is an airborne extreme sport. The pilot takes off from high peaks above cloud level navigating back to earth close to treetops and past cliffs at speeds up to 240 kph. American Ellen Brennan is the fastest flying woman in the world and considered a true artist in the community. Residing amongst the mountains in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, she spends her days and sometimes nights above the clouds looking for suitable cliffs from which she can soar. The wingsuit flyers refer to these cliffs as "exits".