April 6, 2018

CFC Short & Doc receives funding from Danida and the Ministry of Education to produce three educational projects aimed at the Danish Folkeskole and the Danish Gymnasium.

October 10, 2016/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

CFC Short & Doc receives funding from DFI, DR and Danida to produce a documentary film on 100 years of Christian missionary work in Africa. The documentary, MISSION: AFRICA is the story of the Danish missionary work in Africa seen through the eyes of Niels Brønnum. A Danish doctor and pioneering missionary, he went to the land […]

March 20, 2017/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

March 22, on International World Water Day, our documentary There Will be Water will air on National Geographic US. For three years, we have followed the engineer, Bill Watts, and his involvement with the Sahara Forest Project, a green project with the potential successfully to address one of the biggest environmental issues of our time, namely […]

February 7, 2017/in NEWS, SHORTS

Each year in February, more than 120 countries around the world celebrate the Safer Internet Day. To mark the day, CFC Short & Doc has produced three campaign films for the Danish Media Council for Children and Young People. This year, the council is focusing on parents as digital role models: How do they communicate online? Do […]

October 27, 2015/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

Børge Mogensen – Designs for Life is the story of one of Denmark’s biggest furniture designers, Børge Mogensen, who died in 1972 at the age of 58. It is the portrait of the designer, the craftsman, and the private person, Børge, but it is also the story of a country, which in the years following […]

June 3, 2015/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

In 2015, Denmark is celebrating the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage. Since an amendment of the Danish Constitution a 100 years ago gave women the right to vote, female living conditions in terms of economy, family, and social life have changed drastically. In three documentaries showing on DR1, we meet three generations of women from […]

January 16, 2015/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

During the fall and winter of 2014, we produced a series of films about Human Rights & Democracy. Our client was Norad, the Norwegian Agency for Development Corporation, and the aim of the series was to demonstrate the effect of Norwegian aid around the world. The films are told from a personal perspective of the people […]

September 16, 2014/in CORPORATE, NEWS

We are currently producing a series of eight films for Norad – Norwegian Agency of Development Corporation – about Norwegian aid and development around the world. This has just taken us to Uganda. What a country! What people! Fascinating to have the chance to make two films about anti-corruption and slum women rights. Strong, very creative people […]

February 18, 2014/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

This unusual coming of age story takes us on a journey of discovery full of mermaid encounters, magic monkeys, drunken grannies and Bhutanese pop music. 19-year-old Dechen is living with her mother and little brother in Thimphu, the capital of Bhutan. Dechen dreams of becoming a famous singer, and has succeeded in becoming a contestant in […]

January 2, 2014/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

Madame Soeborg’s Sense of Life  – the story of a very outspoken old lady. Anne-Marie Soeborg is 95 years old, cultural-radical, and lives in Copenhagen. Lying in bed, receiving visitors and drinking Manhattans, Anne-Marie has strong opinions on everything and a grotesque sense of humor. Her grand-daughter, Anna-Katarina, travels the world, filming for the New York […]

May 5, 2013/in NEWS, DOCUMENTARY, WORK IN PROGRESS

It took director Per Liebeck just 30 days to succeed in raising $35,000 through the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. The money is earmarked for the documentary film Green Deserts – There Will Be Water, and will help fund another year of filming and post production. ”I am deeply grateful to the 217 Kickstarter backers who have made […]

January 25, 2013/in NEWS, DOCUMENTARY, AWARDS

SHE SINGS is the story of 19 year old Dechen, who dreams of becoming a famous singer. Dechen has recently been selected to participate in the Bhutanese version of X-Factor, and as the competition progresses we follow Dechen in her search for female role-models and an identity of her own. A quest that confronts her with […]

October 3, 2012/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

Hedda was a railway saboteur and carried explosives meant for the destruction of factories. Gertrud and Annie carried letters and weapons for the Jutlandic Resistance and helped hide and transport parachute agents, and Lis worked printing illegal books in Copenhagen. Others were illegal hostesses for Jews and other members of the Resistance, tracked down […]

September 1, 2012/in NEWS, SHORTS

The children’s film Thea and the Wild River is the poetic story of three-year-old Thea, who is camping in the French mountains with her parents and her older sister. Thea can make wishes come true, and turns the river magic. Jacob Wellendorf and Catherine Kunze are renowned for making aesthetic and slow-paced films, shot at the eye […]

July 1, 2012/in DOCUMENTARY, NEWS

ABOUT THE FILM

19-year-old Dechen lives with her mother and kid brother in Thimpu, the capital of Bhutan. Dechen dreams of becoming a famous singer, and has been hand-picked for the Druk Super Star, the Bhutanese answer to X-Factor. As the contest progresses, Dechen starts to explore the story of her late grandmother, who was a […]

December 21, 2011/in NEWS, DOCUMENTARY, SHORTS, WORK IN PROGRESS

Thea and the Wild River is a drama-documentary for children aged three to six. Thea and her sister are best friends, but one day Thea is left alone because her big sister finds a new playmate. The film is directed by Jacob Wellendorf and Catherine Kunze, a directing couple with a unique narrative style who have […]