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Final Cut for Real ApS is a film production company based in
Copenhagen ,
Denmark specializing in
documentaries for the international market. The two
Oscar -nominated groundbreaking documentaries
The Act of Killing (2012) and
The Look of Silence (2014) helped establish the company as a recognized provider of independent creative documentaries on the international stage. The recent years, Final Cut for Real has also expanded to
fiction films and
virtual reality . In 2019 Final Cut for Real Norway was established.
Final Cut for Real was founded in 2010 by the producers
Signe Byrge Sørensen and
Anne Köhncke , editor Janus Billeskov Jansen and film director
Joshua Oppenheimer .
The company today consists of two additional producers,
Monica Hellström (since 2010) and Heidi Elise Christensen, VR Producer/Post-Producer & Production Manager Maria Kristensen and Post-Producer & Editor Francesc Sitges-Sarda.
The company is based at
Indiakaj in the former Freeport area of Copenhagen. Final Cut for Real has produced more than 30 documentaries, minor co-produced more than 20 documentaries and even co-produced a few feature films, among them
Sundance winner
The Nile Hilton Incident .
The productions of the company has been selected to a number of international film festivals, the documentaries has been part of e.g
Cannes Film Festival ,
Berlin Film Festival ,
Toronto International Film Festival (Tiff),
Sundance Film Festival ,
Telluride Film Festival ,
Moscow International Film Festival ,
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival ,
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA),
CPH:DOX (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival),
Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF),
Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and others.
Flee
Nordic Council Film Prize 2021
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Sundance Film Festival 2021 - Grand Jury Prize
Götenborg Film Festival 2021 - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary
President
Sundance Film Festival 2021 - World Documentary Special Jury Award for Verité Filmmaking
HUSH
AniDox:VR Awards 2020 - Most Innovative Work
Songs of Repression
Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago (FIDOCS) 2020 - Best Chilean Documentary
Reykjavik International Film Festival 2020 - "A Different Tomorrow" award
CPH:DOX 2020 – DOX:AWARD (main competition award)
CPH:DOX 2020 – Politiken:Danish:Dox (critic’s award)
Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia (FICValdivia) 2020 - Best Chilean Film
Cork International Film Festival 2020 - Best Cinematic Documentary
PATRIMONIUM
Moscow International Film Festival 2019 - Artistic Excellence Award
What Walaa Wants
HotDocs 2018 - Special Jury Prize
Margaret Mead Film Festival 2018 - Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award
Vancouver International Film Festival 2018 - Women in Film + TV Artistic Merit Award
Forest City Film Festival 2018 - Best Documentary Feature
Ajyal Film Festival 2018 - Hilal Award for Best Film
The Distant Barking of Dogs
Peabody Award 2020
Danish Producers’ Association, TV-prisen 2020 - Best documentary of the year
Association of Danish Film Critics, Bodil Awards 2019 - Best Documentary
Danish Film Academy Award, the Robert, 2019 - Best Documentary
EBS International Documentary Festival 2018 - Grand Prix
Göteborg Film Festival 2018 - Dragon Award for Best Nordic Dox
Dreaming Murakami
Hot Docs 2018 - Audience Award for Best Mid Length Documentary
A Drowning Man
Dokufest, Kosovo - Best Short (co-winner)
Valladolid International Film Festival - Silver Spike
Cork Film Festival - Grand Prix
Festival International du Film de Bruxelles - Best Short Film
Dubai International Film Festival - Best Short Film
Land of the Free
CPH:DOX 2017 - Nordic DOX Award
Les Sauteurs
Faito Doc Festival 2017 - Prix CPS
Migranti Film Festival 2017 - Gianmaria Testa Award
Ethnocineca 2017 - Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award
Black Movies 2017 - Prix des Jeunes
Filmweekend Würzberg - 2nd Documentary Price
Cinema Eye Honors 2017 - Spotlight Award
Porto/Post/Doc- Honorable Mention
Docs Against Gravity 2016 - Amnesty International Award
DMZ Docs, Korea - White Goose Award for best film, Int. Competition
Salina DOC Fest 2016 - Best Editing Award by The Italian Association of Film and TV Editors, AMC
Salina DOC Fest 2016 - Premio Tasca d'Almerita
Porto/Post/Doc - Biberstein Gusmão Award (for emerging directors) to Abou Bakar Sidibé
Frankfurt Lichter IFF 2016 - Main Award: Int. Feature length Award
dokKa Karlsruhe, 2016 - Main Prize
DocumentaMadrid 2016 - The Jury's Second Prize, Feature length Competition
Hamptons Int. Film Festival - Honorable Mention
Camden Int. Film Festival- Special Jury Mention
DOK.fest München 2016- Special Mention
Berlinale 2016 - Ecumenical Jury Award
Pebbles at Your Door
Palm Springs International Shortfest - Runner Up Best Documentary
Pervert Park
Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact
Far from Home
Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 - Best Debut Documentary
Life is Sacred
Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2015 - Audience Award
The Look of Silence
Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Editing in a Documentary 2015
Festival d'Angers - Audience Award for Best Film of 2015
Festival d'Angers- Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention 2015
Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) - Best Documentary of 2015
Beboti Film Awards - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
Beboti Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Berlin Film Festival - Peace Film Prize of 2015
Bodil Award - Danish Film Critics Association Prize - Best Documentary of 2015
Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
Busan International Film Festival - Best World Documentary (Cinephile Prize) 2014
Burma Human Rights Human Dignity Film Festival - Aung San Suu Kyi Award 2015
Calgary Underground Film Festival - Jury Awards Best Documentary Feature 2015
Camerimage Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
CINE Golden Eagle Award - Best Feature Length Documentary of 2015
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 2016
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Direction 2016
Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Production 2016
Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Documentary of 2015
Cologne International Film and Television Festival - Phoenix Prize 2015
CPH:DOX 2014 - Grand Prize (DOX Award)
Danish Arts Council - Prize of the Danish Arts Council 2014
Danish Academy Award (Robert Prize) - Best Documentary of 2015
DCist - Best Film of 2015
Denver Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2016
Denver Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2014
Docs Against Gravity – Warsaw - Amnesty International Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Audience Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Amnesty International Award 2015
Docs Barcelona - Best Documentary - Honorable Mention 2015
Documenta Madrid - Audience Award of 2015
Durban International Film Festival - Amnesty International Honorary Award 2015
Festival Cinematográfico del Uruguay - Human Right Best Feature 2015
Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos Buenos Aires - Best Film of 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Grand Prix 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix de la Critique 2015
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix Étudiants 2015
Gotham Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Gothenburg International Film Festival - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary of 2015
IDA Documentary Awards - Best Feature Documentary Award 2015
Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary of 2015
Indiewire Critics Poll- Best Documentary of 2015
Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists - Tasrif Award of 2015
KBPS - Best Film of 2015
London Critic's Circle Award - Foreign Language Film of the Year 2016
MakeDox International Filmfestival - Best Film of 2015
Milwaukee Film Festival - Jury Award Best Documentary of 2015
Movies That Matter Festival - Vara Audience Award 2015
Nonfics - Best Documentary of 2015
Nonfics Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
NordicDocs - Special Jury Prize 2015
Nordisk Panorama - Audience Award for Best Film 2015
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Award of Honor 2015
Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Audience Award 2015
Online Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
Prague One World Film Festival - Best Film of 2015
Realscreen - Best Documentary of 2015
Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize 2015
River Run International Film Festival - Best Director (Documentary) 2015
Satellite Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Seattle Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
Sheffield International Documentary Festival - Audience Award 2015
Sofia International Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
Subversive Film Festival - Wild Dreamer Award 2015
SXSW Film Festival - Audience Award, Festival Favourites for Best Film 2015
Toronto Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
Tromsø International Film Festival - FICC Award/Don Quixote Prize 2015
True/False Film Festival - True Life Fund Recipient Award
Victoria Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
Village Voice Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
Vilnius International Film Festival - Best Director 2015
Venice Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize 2014
Venice Film Festival - Human Rights Award 2014
Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Critics Price (FIPRESCI) 2014
Best European and Mediterranean Film of Venice Film Festival 2014 - European Critics Prize (FEDORA) 2014
Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Online Critics Prize (Mouse d'Oro) 2014
Zurich Film Festival - Special Mention - International Documentary 2014
Chikara –The Sumo Wrestler’s Son
Al Jazeera Int. Film Festival 2015 - Winner of Jury Award for Medium Length Films
The Act of Killing
CPH:DOX 2012 – DOX:AWARD (main competition award)
Berlin Film Festival 2013 – Panorama Audience Award
Berlin Film Festival 2013 – Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
!F Istanbul 2013 – Prize of the SIYAD jury (Turkish Film Critics' Association)
Danish Film Academy 2013 – Best Feature Documentary
FICUNAM, Mexico 2013 – Audience Award
ZagrebDox, 2013 – Movies that Matter Award
One World, Prague 2013 – Best Film
Geneva International Human Rights Film Festival 2013 – Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize
Danish Film Critics Association – Special Prize 2013 (Sær-Bodil)
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Grand Prize
Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Special Mention, Critic's Jury
IndieLisboa 2013 – Amnesty International Award
BelDocs 2013 – Grand Prix for Best Film
DocumentaMadrid 2013 – First Prize of the Jury
DocumentaMadrid 2013 – Audience Award
Planete + Doc Warsaw 2013 – Audience Award
Planete + Doc 2013 – Grand Prix of Lower Silesia
DocsBarcelona 2013 – Best Film Award (Grand Prize)
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Grand Prize
Biografilm Festival Italy 2013 – Grand Prize
Grimstad Short and Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Grand Prize
Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2013 – Basil Wright Prize
Human Rights, Human Dignity Int. Film Festival Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi Award for Best Documentary
Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Audience Award
The Human Scale
Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Long Film
Planete Doc, Warsaw 2013 – Green Cross Award
The Kid and the Clown
Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Medium Categories
HotDocs 2012 – In competition: Medium Length Documentary
TRT Documentary Awards 2012 – Winner of the first Special Prize in the International Category
Kraków Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Silver Horn Award for Best Middle-length Documentary
Pärnu Film Festival 2012 – Winner of Best Film for Kids