Sidsel has a masters in Film and Media studies from the Uni. of Copenhagen (2008). Starting her career in Danish public broadcasting youth programming she has worked professionally with TV, digital media, documentary films and documentary series for more than ten years. Sidsel has worked on widely distributed and awarded titles such as Democrats (2014), Something Better to Come (2014), Good Things Await (2014), Bugs (2015), Amateurs in Space (2016), and Safari (2016). Among other titles she is the producer of Sønderby Jepsen's "Natural Disorder", selected for IDFA's feature length competition in 2015 and nominated for a Danish Film Academy Award and the Danish Critics Award in 2016. Amongst other awards the film received best documentary award at DOK.Fest München 2016, the Zwierciadło magazine award at MILLENNIUM DOCS AGAINST GRAVITY 2016, and Grand Prix at Seoul, EBS International Documentary Festival 2016. Together with renowned producer Sigrid Dyekjær she is the producer of Mulvad’s A Modern Man (2017) and Mikala Krogh’s A Year of Hope (2017).
During 2014-2016 Sidsel was both Producer and Head of Office at the Danish Documentary Office with the responsibility of five-six employees. Today Sidsel is based in the SF Bay Area working on selected titles for Danish Documentary.
SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY
Producer
Apolonia, Apolonia (Lea Glob, release 2018)
UN - The End of the Beginning (Andreas Koefoed, Lea Glob, release 2018)
A Year of Hope (Mikala Krogh, release 2017)
A Modern Man (Eva Mulvad, 2017)
Natural Disorder (Christian Sønderby Jepsen, 2015)
A Different Kind of Boy (Ulrik Wivel, 2013)
Co-producer
Impeachment (Petra Costa, release 2018)
Aquarela (Victor Kossakovsky, release 2018)
Line Producer
Den Anden Side (Pernille Rose Grønkjær, 2017)
Safari (Ulrich Seidl, 2017)
Amateurs in Space (Max Kestner, 2016)
BUGS (Andreas Johnsen, 2016)
Man Falling (Anne Wivel, 2015)
Ass. Producer
Something Better to Come (Hanna Polak, 2014)
The Newsroom - Off the record (Mikala Krogh, 2014)
Good Things Await (Phie Ambo, 2014)
A Year of Hope
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Den anden side
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Producer A documentary about the popular danish commidian Anders Matthesen, shot between 2012 and 2016.
A Modern Man
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Producer The Norwegian-English elite violinist Charlie Siem is also a model working for the biggest fashion houses. After all measurements Siem has more success than most can dream about. He's also a perfectionist down to every little detail.
Amateurs in Space
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Producer Over a period of 6 years award winning director Max Kester follows two best friends and top engineers as they follow their dream to build a "DIY" rocket to travel into space. If they succeed, Denmark will be only the fourth nation in history to launch people beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Against their families odd's and technical challenges they build the cheapest rocket.
Safari
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Producer Ulrich Seidls follow wealthy tourists going on safari to kill often endangered species. Some determinedly searching for trophies, others to enjoy. Even if every prey comes at a price., they always find a way to legitimize their own actions. Written by OJT
Bugs
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Producer In an effort to determine their sustainability as a food source, two chefs travel throughout the world tasting insects.
Independent Lens
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Television
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Production manager Different celebrity host present a new independent documentary.
Mand falder
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Producer Per Kirkeby's struggle to return to art after an accident. An honest and personal portrait of a headstrong artist.
Naturens Uorden
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Producer Naturens Uorden (Natural Disorder) is a documentary about the journalist, comedian and cerebral palsy hit Jacob Nossell. The film documents Jacob's process of setting up a self reflecting, autobiographic play on the Danish Royal Theatre, and expands into the scientific world of modern ethical questions regarding eugenics and Jacob's right to life.
Something Better to Come
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Producer Yula is a beautiful 10-year-old girl who lives in the shadow of the abundance of Moscow-in Europe's largest junkyard called the Svalka. Situated 13 miles from the Kremlin, just on the outskirts of Putin's big showcase of a city, the Svalka is a huge mountain of trash, 17 stories high and stretching for over 2 miles. It is a fenced, walled-in area, heavily guarded by security to keep intruders out. No trespassing and no filming is allowed here, where inside the dump's walls, criminal activity is unchecked. When one enters the Svalka, he becomes a slave employed by the mafia who run the dump's illegal recycling centers. Vodka is a currency here. For most of the people who enter the Svalka, this is their last stop before death, especially when the cold Russian winter storms sweep across this mountain of waste. Although life is grim and dismal for the Svalka's inhabitants, it also brings out the best in people. They generously share their vodka and last breadcrumbs with each other and ...
Ekstra Bladet: Uden for citat
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Producer In this new documentary you get to follow the life of Ekstra Bladet's editorial staff through one of the papers most turbulent years with catastrophic readership numbers and a long row of controversial agenda-setting cases. From the common journalistic staff being pushed to deliver the daily front-page stories, to Poul Madsen in management who has to make the drastic decisions regarding the papers continued existence. We get to see up close how the paper's staff handles the many ethical dilemmas they face everyday. We see what it takes for news to make the front page and in the paper's machine room we get to see the drastic death battle for the 110 years old paper play out - The question is: Will there be a place for Ekstra Bladet in the media image of tomorrow? Written by DOXBIO
Så meget godt i vente
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(Documentary, Biography and Drama)
Producer Niels Stokholm is one of the most idealistic farmers in Denmark. He runs the biodynamic farm with his wife, Rita, and from their farm, Thorshøjgaard, they distribute products to some of the best restaurants in the world.But not everyone is equally fond of Thorshøjgaard and their holistic methods. Authorities and bureaucracy threaten to close down the farm. Phie Ambo follows their struggle to make sure that they are not the last to do agriculture the way they do, but some of the first. Written by Anonymous
En anderledes dreng
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Producer A portrait of an autistic young man who has faced a challenge transitioning from childhood to adulthood. He embarks on a new chapter of his life while reestablishing ties with his elder brother, with whom he has a distanced relationship.
Miniyamba
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Svend
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Film
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Producer For two years, director Anne Wivel and her camera followed her husband, the prominent Danish politician Svend Auken. The initial aim was to portray a modern, idealistic politician with great visions for the future. But during shooting, Auken contracted cancer, and the film became a portrayal of the politician, husband and father who feels his life is fading away, even if his work here is not yet finished. Written by KApollo
Tankograd
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Clement direkte med Clement Kjersgaard
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Television
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Writer Late night talk-show hosted by Clement Behrendt Kjersgaard.