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DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT
I am interested in people. I am interested in the way we organize ourselves in society. How we work, sleep, make love, fight or talk. I am interested in the constructions behind the way we live our lives. What makes us happy? What makes us sad and depressed? What makes us choose to buy two cars, rather than a raft? What is our human nature, and can we understand ourselves better?With THE HUMAN SCALE I wanted to portray the way we live in cities today, and how our social nature and habits are connected to the physical habitat we live in. the human being within the built environment, so to speak. The Danish architect Jan Gehl and the people inspired by him work with people rather than buildings. The space between the buildings, as they call it. This is also what triggers me as an artist. People! Architectural films usually focus on the bricks and mortar. They are beautiful and aesthetic depictions of the work of great architects. But they are also dead. I wanted this film to make the human being visible, as a creature within its habitat. Within bricks and mortar. I wanted to create a kaleidoscopic image and sound scape, where the audience can participate in a sort of meditation on modern life. The urban planners, thinkers and architects in the film make observations, ask questions about our lifestyle, and provide some possible solutions. But most of the answers are left to the audience. Who are we, how do we live, and where are we going as a species? And can we even do a damn thing about it?
ABOUT ANDREAS
ABOUT ANDREAS
Andreas M. Dalsgaard from the National Film School of Denmark as a fiction film director in 2009. He has a degree in visual anthropology from Université Denis Diderot Paris VII in 2004 and a BA in Anthropology from University of Århus 2003.
“Afghan Muscles” (2007) was Dalsgaard’s debut as a documentary director, and it became a festival hit, winning Best Documentary at AFI Los Angeles and Open Eyes Award at Rome MedFilm Festival. His recent film, “Cities on Speed - Bogotá Change” (2009) was selected for Reflecting Images at IDFA and won the audience award at IndieLisboa in Portugal. The short film “Copenhagen” (2009, fiction - winner of the CILECT Prize 2010, awarded by the world association of film schools) was Dalsgaard’s graduation film as a fiction director.
FILMOGRAPHY
FILMOGRAPHY
2014
“Life is Sacred” - 104 min. documentary, - director. Produced by Final Cut for Real ApS. Winner of Audience Award, Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2015. Selected for more than 25 film festivals world wide.2012
“Traveling with Mr. T” - 93 min. documentary, - director. Produced by Final Cut for Real ApS, co-directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont. Official Selection CPH:DOX 2012, nominated for NORDIC:DOX Award.“The Human Scale” - 83 min. documentary, - director. Produced by Final Cut for Real ApS. Official Selection CPH:DOX 2012, nominated for NORDIC:DOX Award. Winner of Child and Family Award for Long Film - Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2013, Green Cross Award - Planete Doc, Warsaw 2013, Best Feature Documentary - Kinookus, Croatia 2013, Youth Award - Bergen International Film Festival 20132009
”Bogota Change” - 58 min. documentary, – director. Produced by Upfront Films. Won the Audience Prize at IndieLisboa - Lisboa Intl. Independent Film Festival 2010, the Youth Documentary Award at Bergen Intl. Film Festival 2010, and the Anthropology Award at CineEco 2011. Environmental Anthropology Award. Part of the “Cities on Speed” series. Selected for IDFA 2009, Copenhagen Dox 2009, Goteborg 2010, One World 2010.”Copenhagen” - 30 min. fiction short – writer/director. Graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark. Won CILECT Prize 2010 for Best Graduation film from Centre International de Liaison des Ecoles de Cinema et Television. Selected for Clermont Ferrand 2010.2007
”AfghanMuscles” - 58 min. feature documentary – director. Won the Jury Grand Prix forBest Documentary at the AFIFEST in Los Angeles, 20/20 AFI world tour 2008, Jury Prize DokumentArt European Film Festival 2007, Special Mention Pärnu International Film Festival a.o. Sold to TV in 14 countries. Selected for Copenhagen Dox 2006, Vision du Reel 2007, Hamburg Filmfest 2007 a.o. Produced by Haslund Film and Nimbus Film.2006
”The Italian Doctor” - 23 min. documentary – producer. Sold to TV in 9 countries and selected for 15 international film festivals.2004
”L’Homme de Paris” - 14 min. Documentary– director. Won Best West Danish Film 2004. Selected for Århus Filmfestival, St. Petersborg Filmfest , NUFF (Tromsø) and Sehsüchte (Berlin). Danish Television premiere 2005”Road Home” - 25 min. Short film– director. Selected for Odense Filmfestival 2005.2002
”Girl Talk” - 58 min documentary– director and producer. Danish Television premiere 2003.Google Sites
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