Lykkelænder
The Raven and the Seagull
2018, HD, Color, Danish, Greenlandic, 70’
Impressions from Greenland in a beautiful and sensitive film about myths and reality - and about the historical relationship with Denmark.
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The relationship between Greenland and Denmark is full of fantasy and myths. And these are exactly what Danish artist Lasse Lau reflects upon – and in turn documents – in his first feature-length film. But how do you give a form to the Greenlandic experience when you are an outsider yourself? Lau has created a sensitive film about authenticity and recreation by letting both elements become a part of the work, together with his performers. But also by watching and listening intently. The colonial history is entrenched in both Greenland's infinitely beautiful landscapes and in the collective consciousness. But so is the willingness to break with it and look ahead with a new political self-awareness. 'Lykkelænder' is the result of a long-term research project, but talks about its extremely complex topics in a way that grounds the postcolonial perspective in a recognisable life experience. It does so with both a sense of humour and with emphasis.
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Credits and Screenings
Prizes and Nominations
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- Winner Best documentary in Art and Power, Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria
- Winner Special Jury Prize - Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, LA, USA 2020
-Winner Grand Prix Nanook - Jean Rouch, Jean Rouch International Film Festival, France 2019
- Winner Golden Raven Best Full-length Documentary at Golden Raven Arctic Film Festival, Anadyr, Russia 2019
- Winner Best World Cinema Feature Documentary at Kansas City Film Fest International, 2019
- Winner Nordic:Dox Award at CPH:DOX* Copenhagen International Documentary Festival, Denmark, 2018
- Nominee Spirit of Freedom Award, Bahamas International Film Festival, Bahamas, 2019
- Nominee best feature film, Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (FIDBA), Argentina
- Nominee for RAI/Basil Wright Award, RAI Film Festival 2019
- Nominee for Political Film Award, Hamburg Film Festival, 2018
- Nominee for Documentaire Extraordinaire, Bergen International Film Festival 2018
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Festivals 2021
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- Jean Rouch International Film Festival, Paris, France
- Rencontres du Cinéma Européen à Vannes, France
- Trento Film Festval, Italy
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Festivals 2020
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- Master of Art Film Festival, Bulgaria
- Dumbo Film Festival, NY, USA
- RAI@USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Docfeed, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- NewFilmmakers Fest, New York, NY, USA
- Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival, Lafayette LA, USA
- Arthouse Asia Film Festival, Kolkata, India
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Festivals 2019
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- Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), Bahamas
- Umeå European Film Festival, Sweden
- Jean Rouch International Film Festival, France
- Nordisk Filmfestival, Denmark
- Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest, Scotland
- Edmonton International Film Festival (EIFF), Canada
- Pondicherry International Film Festival, India
- Buenos Aires International Documentary Film Festival (FIDBA), Argentina
- International Documentary Festival Ierapetra, Greece
- Fogo Island Film, Canada
- Golden Raven Arctic Film Festival, Anadyr, Russia
- Kansas City Film Fest International, Kansas City, MO, United States
- American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs), CA, Palm Springs, United States
- RAI International Festival, Bristol, United Kingdom
- One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Prague, Czech Republic
- Nordatlantiske Filmdage, Denmark
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Medellín (FestMedallo) Medellin, Columbia
- DocPoint Documentary Film Festival, Helsinki, Finland
- Tromsø International Film Festival (TIFF), Norway
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Festivals 2018
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- Noordelijk Film Festival, Leuuwarden, The Netherlands
- Nordische Filmtage Lübeck, Germany
- Cambridge Film Festival, United Kingdom
- Filmfest Hamburg, Germany
- Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF), Norway
- Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), Iceland
- OFF Odense Film Festival, Denmark
- Copenhagen International Documentary Festival (CPH:DOX*), Denmark
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German Distribution/ Cinema Distribution (Germany, Austria and Switzerland)
- Nordlichter Film - https://nordlichter-film.de
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TV Screenings 2018
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- Kalaallit Nunaata Radioa (KNR) - The Greenlandic Broadcasting Corporation, Dec 26th, 8.15 PM
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Other Screenings 2020
- Maison du Danemark, France
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Other Screenings 2019
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- Auteur Film, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fogo Island Film, Canada
- Humanity in Action, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Fotografisk Center at Gloria Cinema, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Nordatlantiske Filmdage, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Ry College, Denmark
- Gimle:Dox, Kulturhuset Gimle, Føllenslev, Denmark
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Other Screenings 2018
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- University of Nigeria Nsukka, Arts Dept. and Mass Communication Dept. Nigeria
- Eye & Mind, Moesgaard Museum & Aarhus University, Denmark
- Gentoftegade Bibliotek, Copenhagen, Denmark
- AIM West, San Francisco, CA, USA
- The Danish Wave Festival, Illusion Cinema, Moscow, Russia
- Biffen, Ilulissat, Greenland
- Ilisimatusarfik, Nuuk, Greenland
- GUX Nuuk, Greenland
- GUX Assiaat, Greenland
- Taseralik, Sisimiut Cultural Centre, Sisimiut, Greenland
- Katuaq, Nuuk, Greenland
- Øst for Paradis, Aarhus, Denmark
- Documentary of the Month,Cinemateket, DFI, Denmark
a film by
LASSE LAU
actors
VIVI NIELSEN
NUKÂKA COSTER-WALDAU
AANNGUAQ J. HANSEN
ANGUNNGUAQ LARSEN
VARNA MARIANNE NIELSEN
MAKKA KLEIST
KRISTAN MØLGAARD
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producer
RIE HOUGAARD LANDGREEN
RIKKE TAMBO ANDERSEN
Executive Producer
EMILE HERTLING PÉRONARD
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Co-producer
PIPALUK K. JØRGENSEN
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produktion
VIVI NIELSEN
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production design
KURT BOUVY
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cinematographer
CHRIS DAPKINS
ULANNAQ INGEMANN
sound
GREGOR PFEFFER
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editor
CHARLOTTE MUNCH BENGTSEN
composer
MAX SCHNEIDER
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assistant editors
HOLGER SEIDELIN
GLEN BAY GRANT
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recording studio
FABRIZIO BARZANTI, Inuit Dubbing
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sound Mixer
& Sound Designer
FRANK MØLGAARD KNUDSEN
MAX SCHNEIDER
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sound editor
FRANK MØLGAARD KNUDSEN
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mixing stage engineer
SIMON ELLEGAARD, SDI Media - Stage One
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speech
NUKAAKA COSTER-WALDAU
MAKKA KLEIST
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music
POVL DISSING
JOSEF TARRAK-PETRUSSEN
AASIAAT NIPAAT
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post supervisor
ANDERS V. JENSEN, Kong Gulerod Film
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grading
MARIA KLARLUND, Kong Gulerod Film
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online
SEBASTIAN MUNK, Kong Gulerod Film
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graphics
MALTHE EMIL HOUGAARD SABRI
EMIL LANDGREEN
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translation
VIVI NIELSEN
MIRJAM BASTIAN
ONELINER
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pr
VIKTORIA SKOVHUS
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commissioning editor
MARIE SCHMIDT OLESEN
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commissioning producer
JOHNNY ANDERSEM
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funding
NEW DANISH SCREEN
NAALAKKERSUISUT