The Nannies

The Nannies 2020

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When filmmaker Signe Barvil Stæhr was just five years old, her mother died unexpectedly in the middle of the night. Signe remembers only very little from that time in the late 1980s, and her father doesn't like to talk about it. In order to fill in the many gaps, she contacts the several nannies who helped out in their household the following years. It turns out that they all remember things in their own way. 'The Nannies' is a performative documentary with plenty of creative energy driving a deeply personal project. The stories of the past are conjured up through tasteful reconstructions of life in the suburbs.

2020

Clay Theory

Clay Theory 2019

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In a museum in Cyprus, ancient terracotta figures shaped like human beings bear witness to the ideas about the origin of life on earth that prevailed at the time. In severel ancient myths, clay contained the seed of life itself. In the future, the sculptures may be seen to herald a post-human condition where man-made life is a reality. Equipped with a home-made 3D camera, artist Amalie Smith has created a speculative multidisciplinary study of origin myths and the precursors of artificial life.

2019

The Garden of Calabria

The Garden of Calabria 2020

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At the very tip of the boot that is Italy lies an olive grove. Here, a rich old lady who is almost 100 years old shares her luxurious villa from the 1970s with her large family. It is a voluminous world full of animals, people and antiques: the raw material of reality in all its chaotic might, which in 'The Garden of Calabria' speaks the language of the senses.

2020