Jury 2016
Jonathan Borge Lie - Producer of DRONE (NoPFA Winner 2015)
Holger Pötzsch - Associate Professor, Media- and Documentation Studies, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
Barbara Stein - Student, Master’s Programme in Peace and Conflict Transformation, UiT – The Arctic University of Norway
democrats
Denmark | 2015 | 100 min
Director: Camilla Nielsson
Screenplay: Camilla Nielsson
Photography: Henrik Bohn Ipsen
Producer: Henrik Veileborg
Over the course of more than three years, director Camilla Nielsson has been up-close in the inner circles of politics in Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe. Following the process of creating Zimbabwe's new constitution, DEMOCRATS tells the story of the political elite in Zimbabwe fighting the battle over the founding principles defining the country's possible future.
The film’s protagonists are the politicians Paul Mangwana and Douglas Mwonzora, who are negotiators on behalf of the government party ZANU-PF and the opposition. They must balance between catering to the interests of their respective factions, and trying to achieve actual cooperation. This is not easy in a culture marred by democratic deficiency and lack of respect for basic human rights. DEMOCRATS gives unique insight into an African country on the threshold of an uncertain future.
Director info
Camilla Nielsson (b. 1977) is a Danish documentary filmmaker. She studied visual anthropology at the New York University and film at the Tisch School of the Arts. She has also worked for UNICEF and UNESCO. DEMOCRATS was awarded Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2015.