films
Soviet Bus Stops (2023)
Directed by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Bus stops will never stop.
Canadian photographer Christopher Herwig travels former Soviet Republics from Ukraine to Uzbekistan, Armenia to Far Eastern Siberia, and all points in between, in a decades-long bus stop treasure hunt across more than 50,000 kilometres. Uncovering the stories of the designers who built fascinating architectural marvels during the Soviet regime, Soviet Bus Stops is an ode to the power of individual creativity that would not be suppressed.
Director of photography: Nicholas Zajicek
Editors: Jason Britski, Nicholas Zajicek, Christopher Herwig
Sound design: Cary Ciesielski
Graphic design: Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell
Score: Janis Lusens Jr., Janis Lusens-Zodiac
Stills photographer: Christopher Herwig
Producers: Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Nicholas Zajicek, Ian Toews, Christopher Herwig
Associate Producers: Peter Alsted, Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell
Additional Editors: Ghita Beckendorff, Paul Colcer, Henrik Haupt, Anders Obbekjær, Peter Alsted
Production by Empty Chairs, FUEL and 291 Film Company
Sales: DR Sales
Distribution: 291 Film Company
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AWARDS
Main prize - Lund Architecture Film Festival 2023
NOMINATIONS
Robert - Danish Academy Award 2024
Nordic DOX Award - CPH:DOX 2023
International Competition best documentary - DOCVILLE 2023
Leo Award - Motion Picture & Sciences Foundation British Columbia 2023
A Journey and the Doors (2023)
Directed by Peter Alsted
A mosaic story of trust and hospitality comprised of encounters with strangers as a filmmaker bikes through Europe, knocking on random doors in search of food, shelter, and water. When asked to help an uninvited stranger, how will everyday Europeans react? A Journey and the Doors is an experimental voyage over the threshold of countryside farms, suburban houses, big city apartment complexes, and refugee camps. From doorstep to doorstep, we slowly enter the homes and lives of the people standing behind the closed doors of Europe.
Cinematographer: Peter Alsted
Sound design: Árni Bergmann Jóhansson
Art director: Super Schwarz
Music: Frederik Valentin
Editor: Peter Alsted
Supervising Editor: Anders Obbekjær
Associate Producer: Marie Schmidt Olesen
Post Production: Kong Gulerod Film
Executive Producers: Kristoffer Hegnsvad, Peter Alsted
Supported by KulturKANten
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Ride for your L1fe (2022)
Directed by Peter Alsted
The world’s first and only all-diabetes professional cycling team was formed to show what’s possible with type 1 diabetes. On top of racing against the best cyclists in the world, the riders need to manage daily injections of insulin to control blood glucose levels. Losing control can lead to severe complications and death. Ride for your L1fe follows the team behind the scenes throughout the entire 2021 season, as these diabetes pioneers fight for results, race for a spot on the podium and even for normality. Living with type1 diabetes means the team competes on the road and with their disease. Are ambitions and pioneer work enough to survive in professional cycling? Or will the race within the race come out on top? With full access to riders, mechanics, management, nutritionists and doctors, a film crew followed the team through battles, bruises and broken dreams in a film about dealing with the prejudices and the uncertainty of living with a chronic condition.
Director of photography: Martin La Cour
Editor: Anders Obbekjær
Sound design: Árni Bergmann Jóhansson, Brian Dyrby
Art director: Super Schwarz
Music: Árni Bergmann Jóhansson
Stills photographer: Fredrik Clement
Producers: Mette Bitsch, Mille Lykke Sørensen
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Skagerrak (2019)
Directed by Peter Alsted
SKAGERRAK follows the preparation and mental development of the professional stand up paddle athlete Casper Steinfath, in his attempt to be the first person in the world to paddle from Denmark to Norway. In the winter of 2017, Casper made his first attempt to cross Skagerrak - the ocean between the two countries. But with only 12 km to shore his his legs collapsed and the dream fell apart. A year later, Casper tried to cross Skagerrak once again. The film is a portrait of Casper in the year between the two attempts revealing that there’s more to it than getting from A to B. It’s a journey where brotherhood and friendship come to play an essential role making a dream and project like the crossing come true. SKAGERRAK is an inspirational story that touches upon the dreams, aspirations, and desires that live inside all of us. A film about the courage to reach for the horizon.
Director of photography: Martin La Cour
Producer: Rebecca Sindal La Cour
Editor: Anders Obbekjær
Sound design: Árni Bergmann Jóhansson
Art director: Super Schwarz
Music: Morten Gorm
Still photographer: Fredrik Clement
Post production: Kong Gulerod Film
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AWARDS
Best Sound Design - Portuguese Surf Film Festival 2019
Best SUP Film - Paddling Film Festival 2021
Hunting for Soviet Bus Stops (2016)
Directed by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Photographer Christopher Herwig has covered more than 30,000 km by car, bike, bus and taxi in 14 former Soviet countries discovering and documenting these unexpected treasures of modern art. From the shores of the Black Sea to the endless Kazakh steppe, these extraordinary bus stops show the range of public art from the Soviet era and give a rare glimpse into the creative minds of the time.
Cinematographers: Christopher Herwig & Nick Zajicek
Editor: Henrik Haupt
Producers: Christina Christensen, Kristoffer Hegnsvad
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AWARDS
Storytelling - European Newspaper Award
Honourable Mention - Society for News Design Scandinavia
Looking for Exits (2015)
Directed by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Wingsuit basejumping is an extreme sport in which the pilot jumps from high peaks often above cloud level, navigating their way back to earth through forests and past cliff faces at speeds up to 240 kph. 'Looking for Exits - Conversations with a Wingsuit Artist' is a contemplative film; combining stunning photography with a podcast-inspired conversation with Ellen Brennan who is known within the wingsuit-community as a true artist. She's the fastest flying woman in the world, residing amongst the mountains in Chamonix Mont-Blanc she spends her days and sometimes nights looking for suitable cliffs from which she can soar. Ellen refer to these suitable cliffs as 'exits'.
Director of photography: Peter Alsted
Producer: Cecilie C. Caspersen
Editor: Paul Colcer
Sound design: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen & Peter Albrechtsen
Art director: Super Schwarz
Music: Rune Glerup
Post production: DFI Filmværkstedet & Kong Gulerod Film
Festivals:
CPH:DOX (DK)
BAFICI (AR)
Trento Film Festival (IT)
DOXA (CA)
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (US)
Doc Lounge Helsinki (FI)
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Standing on Water (2015)
Directed by Peter Alsted
Standing on Water is a story of overcoming your fears and following your passion. It's the journey of how Casper Steinfath despite his fear of water became one of the best stand up paddle surfers in the world, as the only person from Denmark. It's a story of how far passion can take you in life, even if you grow up in a small and isolated fishing village in northern Denmark - in the middle of nowhere. Strong family bonds, brotherhood, and the birth of a Danish surf community in what today is known as Cold Hawaii set the stage in this meditative portrait of a life lived by and for the ever-changing ocean.
Cinematography: Peter Alsted
Producers: Rasmus Johnsen & Peter Alsted
Editor: Anders Obbekjær
Sound design: Max Frost
Art director: Super Schwarz
Composer: Adam Mckenzie
Music: Meridian, Spleen United & Quick Quick Obey
Post Production: Kong Gulerod Film
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AWARDS
Best Film - LLAMF Snowdonia's Mountain Festival 2016
Best Surf Film - Toronto Beaches Film Festival 2016
Honorable Mention - Portuguese Surf Film Festival 2016
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LAAMB (2013)
Directed by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Senegalese wrestling derives from ritual manhood trials and has developed into a national sport with packed stadiums and huge prizes. Today, the fight is supplemented with bare knuckle boxing but without any protection. The promise of a golden future attracts thousands of young men, who literally have to fight their way to the top. This is the story of a 22 year old cattle herder and his attempts to become a pro wrestler in Senegal. It's a modern tale about fighting ones way out of poverty, and it's the story of a sport filled with myths and extreme voodoo rituals.
Cinematography: Peter Alsted
Producers: Kristoffer Hegnsvad & Peter Alsted
Editor: Anders Obbekjær
Sound design: Anne Gry Friis Kristensen
Art director: Super Schwarz
Music: Adam Mckenzie & Rune Glerup
Post Production: DFI Filmværkstedet & Kong Gulerod Film
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