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06/09/2012
Prix Europa Nomination to BACK TO THE SQUARE
We congratulate director Petr Lom and producer Torstein Grude with a Prix Europa nomination in the category Best TV Documentary 2012! Prix Europa – The European Broadcasting Festival awards the best European Television, Radio and Onlines productions each year. Prize …
10/08/2012
Liberia’s authorities to take legal actions against THE AMBASSADOR
Director Mads Brügger’s stunt in THE AMBASSADOR has enraged the Liberian authorities. The Liberian government has announced that they will take legal action against Brügger for purchasing a diplomatic passport and posing as an Liberian Honorary Consul and Ambassador-at-Large to the …
18/06/2012
GULABI GANG wins Golden Chair
GULABI GANG has won the top prize at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad, where it was screened publicly for the very first time. Director Nishtha Jain and Gulabi Gang leader Sampat Pal were in Norway for the Premiere …
05/06/2012
Two films competing for best film!
Two of our films are nominated for best documentary at the Norwegian Short Film Festival! Gulabi Gang and Back to the Square are competing alongside each other at the festival, which has become one of the pillars in Norwegian film …
20/05/2012
Winner of Amnesty International Award
Back to the Square has won the “Amnesty International Award” at Doc Planete Review! Jury of the competition for best film about human rights consisting of Draginja Nadaždin, Tadeusz Sobolewski and Mirosław Chojecki presented the AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AWARD and €3000 …
08/05/2012
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 …
26/03/2012
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, …
29/02/2012
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 …
28/02/2012
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 …