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May 8, 2012
Brugger Undercover: The Ambassador
Director of the Ambassador, Mads Brügger is speaking at the Nordic Media Festival in Bergen, Norway this week. “At the Media Festival Brügger will talk about his distinctive, and to many, controversial journalistic methods. Furthermore he will share incredible stories …
March 26, 2012
Festival update for Back to the Square
Back to the Square is ready to tour the international film festival circuit and has been selected to six new film festivals: 2012 Planete Doc Review, Warsaw, Poland 2012 Dokfest Munich, Germany 2012 Docaviv, Tel Aviv, Israel 2012 Hotdocs, Toronto, …
February 29, 2012
Theatrical premiere of The Ambassador
The Ambassador will be release in theatres in Norway on Friday, March 2nd. Theatres across the nation have welcomed our controversial and highly entertaining diplomat with open arms. www.ambassadøren.no We start out in the following cities before moving on to …
February 28, 2012
Norwegian premiere of the Ambassador
The Fritt Ord Foundation and Kudos Family have the pleasure of inviting you to the Norwegian premier of Zentropa Real’s THE AMBASSADOR. Introduction by Director Mads Brügger. Venue: Folketeateret, Storgata 21-23, Oslo, at 8.30 p.m. on Thursday, 1 March, during …
February 1, 2012
#1 for Audience Award at Rotterdam Intl Film Festival
Our latest documentary Back to the Square is currently in the lead for the Audience Award at Rotterdam Intl Film Festival. Martin Scorsese’s new film “Hugo” is closing in, but fingers crossed the doc on the Egyptian revolution will pull …
January 31, 2012
Brugger awarded Carl Th. Dreyer prize
Director of The Ambassador, Mads Brügger has been awarded the Carl Th. Dreyer Award 2012 for his outstanding artistic contributions. Carl Th. Dreyer is recognised as one of the greatest Danish filmmakers of all time. The memorial fund in his …
January 26, 2012
Back to the Square Opening Film in Prague
Back to the Square has been selected Opening Film at the 2012 One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which runs in Prague in the Czech Republic from March 6th to 15th. One World is currently the largest human …
January 20, 2012
Back to the Square selected for Rotterdam
Our new documentary from Egypt, Back to the Square, will have its world premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam (January 25 – February 5, 2012), where it will be screening in the Signals: Power Cut Middle East section. IFFR SCREENINGS: …
January 17, 2012
The Ambassador to Sundance
The Ambassador is in competition at the Sundance Film Festival: “Mads Brügger returns to the Sundance Film Festival (The Red Chapel [Det røde kapel] won the World Cinema documentary Jury Prize in 2010) with yet another brilliant example of gonzo …









