11 new films are nominated for this year’s F:act Award, the prize for journalistic films in the large format.
F:act Award is kindly sponsored by IMS and Dansk Journalistforbund.
F:ACT AWARD
20 Days in Mariupol
An unflinching and vital inside account of Russia's war in Ukraine, shot in the besieged city of Mariupol by the only journalists left. Courageous, meticulous and with glimpses of hope and humanity amid the devastation.
Mstyslav Chernov / Ukraine / 2023 / 94 min / European Premiere
Baghdad on Fire
A burning insider account of the hopes and dreams of Iraqi youth, led by a 19-year-old woman who faces the enormous consequences of fighting for democracy, freedom and a future.
Karrar Al-Azzawi / Iraq, Norway / 2023 / 65 min / World Premiere
Beyond Utopia
Hidden camera footage augments this perilous high-stakes journey as we embed with families attempting to escape oppression, ultimately revealing a world most of us have never seen.
Madeleine Gavin / United States / 2023 / 115 min / International Premiere
Blix Not Bombs
A deep and thorough interview-portrait of Swedish top diplomat Hans Blix, who held world history in his hands in Iraq 20 years ago. International politics dissected with rare insight and elegance.
Greta Stocklassa / Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden / 2023 / 83 min / World Premiere
Breaking Social
Eye-opening global investigation into the social contract and cohesion, by Swedish docu-veteran Fredrik Gertten ('Push') with bestselling author Rutger Bregman as his deeply sympathetic expert witness.
Fredrik Gertten / Sweden / 2023 / 93 min / World Premiere
Deep Rising
The depths of the world's oceans are the new Wild West as gold fever rages among mining companies fighting for the right to extract rare metals from the planet's last untouched environment.
Matthieu Rytz / United States / 2023 / 93 min / European Premiere
The Hostage Takers
Danish photographer Daniel Rye is one of the main characters in a nerve-wracking hostage drama based on a shocking interview with two life-sentenced British ISIS members in a confrontation with journalist Sean Langan.
Puk Damsgaard, Søren Klovborg / Denmark / 2023 / 86 min / World Premiere
Phantom Parrot
The revelation of a top-secret British surveillance programme brings down the dominoes in a dark and analytical film about technology, rights and structural racism – and about a man with the courage to speak out.
Kate Stonehill / United Kingdom / 2023 / 82 min / World Premiere
Praying for Armageddon
Hard-hitting docu-thriller about an influential movement of Christian fundamentalists in the US, who with millions of dollars in backing and threads into the government are fighting for the end of the world. Power, money and religion in a terrifying insider's report from a closed world.
Tonje Hessen Schei, Michael Rowley (co-director) / Norway / 2023 / 97 min / World Premiere
Seven Winters in Tehran
19-year-old Reyhaneh Jabbari is sentenced to death by the Iranian clerical regime for murdering the man who tried to rape her, in an urgent and heartbreaking film narrated by Cannes-winning actress Zar Amir Ebrahimi.
Steffi Niederzoll / Germany, France / 2023 / 96 min / International Premiere
Victim/Suspect
In-depth examination of the dark side of an American justice system where women who report sexual assault are instead charged with perjury and jailed for it.
Nancy Schwartzman / United States / 2023 / 90 min / International Premiere