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EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD (EKSPEDITIONEN TIL VERDENS ENDE)
DISTR VOD, SWEDEN
 
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Completed - ENGLISH, DANISH - Documentary, Second film - 90 minutes

Log Line

Mozart meets Metallica at the end of the world. First came Noah, then came Columbus, now a film crew set sail for the last white dots on earth.

Year of production : 2013

Director(s) : Daniel DENCIK
Writer(s) : Daniel DENCIK, Janus METZ, Michael HASLUND-CHRISTENSEN
Cast : Bo ELBERLING, Daniel RICHTER, Jens FOG JENSEN, Jonas BERGSØE, Katrine WORSAAE, Minik ROSING, Morten RASCH, Per BAK JENSEN, Tal R

Producer(s) : Michael HASLUND-CHRISTENSEN (Denmark), Morten REVSGAARD FREDERIKSEN (Denmark), Rebecka LAFRANZ (Sweden)

Synopsis

A real adventure film - but in a very modern sense. On a three-mast schooner aboard with artists, scientists and ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus, we set off towards the end of the world: in this case, the rapidly melting ice massifs in North-East Greenland. An epic journey where the brave sailors get acquainted with imaginary tent pitches, polar bear nightmares and entirely new species. But in their encounter with the new, unknown parts of our world, the crew - which ranges from the artists Tal R and Daniel Richter to the geologist Minik Rosing - addresses a number of questions of a fundamental, existential nature. Curiosity, great pathos and a liberating splash of humour come together in a film that is superbly orchestrated by the cinematic talent Daniel Dencik, who in one iconic image after another seduces us both far beyond and deep into the historical footnote that is humanity. A film that is both conceived and brought into life on a large scale, just like an old childhood dream realised in adult company.

Production

Country(ies) : DENMARK

Financing plan : Produced by
 HASLUND FILM Aps
In Co-Production with Beofilm Post Production · Morten Revsgaard Frederiksen & Peter Hyldahl, Garagefilm International AB · Rebecka Lafrenz & Mimmi Spång, Film i Väst · Jessica Ask
Produced with support from
 Danish Film Institute, Filmconsultant Klara Grunning-Harris
; DR, commisioning editor Mette Hoffmann-Meyer
; Nordisk Film & TV fond, Documentary film consultant Karolina Lidin; MEDIA programme of the European Union
;
Crownprince Frederik and Crownprincess Mary’s Fond
 and Knud Højgaards Fond.
In Assosiation with
 WDR, commisioning editor Jutta Krug
; BBC, Executive Producers Nick Fraser & Kate Townsend
; SVT, commisioning editor Axel Arnö
; NRK, commisioning editor Tore Tomter
; YLE, commisioning editor Jenny Westergård
Copyright HASLUND FILM

Start of shooting : July 2011

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Festivals and Awards

DocCorner 2013


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