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'''Dreaming of Denmark''' is an award-winning and topical documentary film by director Michael Graversen that investigates what happens to the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe. The film was released at the peak of the [[refugee crisis]] in Europe in 2015/16.
'''''Dreaming of Denmark''''' is a documentary film by director [[Michael Graversen]] that investigates what happens to one of the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe. The film was released at the peak of the [[refugee crisis]] in Europe in 2015/16.


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
Director [[Michael Graversen]]’s eye-opening film investigates what happens to the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe after their asylum claim is rejected.<ref>[http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/94902.aspx?id=94902 Dreaming of Denmark info at The Danish Film Institute]</ref> Over the course of 4 years the director follows the faith of the young afghan Wasiullah as he embarks on a journey through the shady side of Europe in search of a home after his claim for asylum in Denmark was rejected. The film provides brutally honest depictions of the transience, isolation and frightening uncertainty he faces.
Director [[Michael Graversen]]’s film investigates what happens to one of the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe after their asylum claim is rejected. Over the course of four years the director follows the faith of the young afghan Wasiullah from the careless days at the children's asylum centre in Denmark to the illegal life through Europe where Wasi ends up in a homeless existence in Italy. The dream of one day returning to Denmark is what keeps Wasi going until he breaks down in the end and loses his memory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/94902.aspx?id=94902|title=Drømmen om Danmark|publisher=}}</ref>


==Reception and impact ==
==Reception and impact ==
Dreaming of Denmark premiered at [[CPH:DOX]]<ref>[http://cphdox.dk/en/programme/film/?id=3216 Dreaming of Denmark at CPH:DOX]</ref> and was nominated for a F:ACT Award. It was broadcast on Danish national TV DR1 and had a primetime slot on Sunday evening. The premiere was at a time when the refugee situation in Europe was at its peak hence the film had a big impact not only on the public debate in Denmark but also internationally.
''Dreaming of Denmark'' premiered at [[CPH:DOX]] and was nominated for a F:ACT Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cphdox.dk/en/programme/film/?id=3216|title="Dreaming of Denmark", CPH:DOX, 5 November 2015|publisher=}}</ref> It was broadcast in a primetime slot on Danish national TV DR1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/droemmen-om-danmark/-/droemmen-om-danmark|title=Drømmen om Danmark - TV - DR|publisher=}}</ref>

After the release in Denmark the film hit the headlines in danish media and sparked debate about the conditions of the unaccompanied minor refugees in Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/112/uledsagede-flygtningeboern-udvises-til-hjemloeshed/5810925|title=Uledsagede flygtningebørn udvises til hjemløshed|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/p1/p1-debat/p1-debat-2015-11-05/|title=P1 Debat: Skal flygtningebørn sendes hjem, når de bliver 18 år - P1 - DR|website=Radio - DR}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/film/filminstruktoer-om-afslag-til-uledsagede-flygtningeboern-vi-har-et-ansvar|title=Filminstruktør om afslag til uledsagede flygtningebørn: Vi har et ansvar|publisher=}}</ref> The director Michael Graversen has since regularly appeared in the public debate in Denmark advocating for the rights of young and child refugees <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.b.dk/kommentarer/nedlaeg-boerne-asylcentrene|title=Nedlæg børne-asylcentrene|date=4 August 2016|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.information.dk/debat/2016/04/lever-skyggerne-aldrig-del-samfundet|title=De lever i skyggerne og bliver aldrig en del af samfundet|date=7 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref> as well as traveling internationally with the film speaking about its subject to the press and participating in debate panels.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tdf.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=en-US&page=1323&newsid=2237|title=18th TDF: Press conference - Nanfu Wang (Hooligan Sparrow), Sophia Luvara (Inside the Chinese Closet) and Michael Graversen (Dreaming of Denmark)|publisher=}}</ref>

Danish film magazine EKKO wrote in a review of the film: "''What is at stake in the portrait, is the human consequences of a youth growing up as a shadow existence with nothing to cling on to than the hope to be let. Wasis Sisyphean existence is a profound input in the refugee debate and Dreaming of Denmark is something as rare as an important film''.".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekkofilm.dk/anmeldelser/drommen-om-danmark/|title=Drømmen om Danmark|publisher=}}</ref>


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The film has been selected to several international film festivals and won the Amnesty Award at [[Giffoni International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dokincubator.net/dreaming-of-denmark-gets-double-success-the-amnesty-international-award-and-the-second-prize-at-giffoni-international-film-festival/|title=Double success of Dreaming of Denmark: Amnesty International Award and the second prize at Giffoni International Film Festival - DOK.Incubator|website=dokincubator.net}}</ref> [[Huffington Post]] wrote after the Greek premiere at [[Thessaloniki Documentary Festival]] where the film was a part of a highlighted segment focusing on films about the refugees crisis: "''My favorite was Michael Graversen’s Dreaming of Denmark, which directly puts you in the shoes of an Afghan teenager who, unable to get residency in Denmark and afraid to be deported, leaves Denmark with nothing on his back to find a new life in Italy''".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-badt/the-thessaloniki-document_b_9584150.html|title=The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: From Janis Joplin and Bjork to Refugees from Syria|first=Karin|last=Badt|date=1 April 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
After the release in Denmark the film sparked national debate in TV, radio and newspapers about the conditions of the unaccompanied minor refugees in Denmark. The director Michael Graversen has since regularly appeared in the public debate in Denmark advocating of the rights of young and child refugees<ref>"[https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/kultur/film/filminstruktoer-om-afslag-til-uledsagede-flygtningeboern-vi-har-et-ansvar We have a responsibility towards unaccompanied minor refugees]"We have a responsibility towards unaccompanied minor refugees", 5th November 2015, dr.dk</ref> as well as traveling with the film giving interviews and participating in debate panels.


In 2016 the director was awarded the Salaam Film Prize 2016<ref>[http://www.salaam.dk/salaams-filmpris-2016/ Salaam Film Prize 2016]</ref> for his pioneering work filming the unaccompanied minors in Denmark not only in "Dreaming of Denmark" but also in the predecessor "No Man's Land" (2013) set before the refugee crisis. Internationally the film has sparked debates and created attention in countries affected by the refugee situation such as Australia, Austria, Italy, Belgrade, Greece etc. Examples: When the film was screened on the main Austrian channel ORF it was followed by an hour long debate about human rights and [[ABC News]] in Australia gave the film and its subject attention at the Australian release.<ref>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/documentary-highlights-plight-of-children-seeking/7392850 "Documentary highlights plight of children seeking asylums", 6th May 2016, ABC News]</ref>
When the film was screened on the national Austrian broadcasting channel ORF it was followed by an hour long debate about human rights<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ots.at/presseaussendung/OTS_20151214_OTS0120/kreuz-und-quer-am-15-dezember-daenischer-alptraum-fluechtlinge-in-der-warteschleife|title="kreuz und quer" am 15. Dezember: "Dänischer Alptraum – Flüchtlinge in der Warteschleife"|publisher=}}</ref> and [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] interviewed the director focusing on the plight of children seeking asylum.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-07/documentary-highlights-plight-of-children-seeking/7392850|title=Documentary highlights plight of children seeking asylum|date=7 May 2016|publisher=}}</ref>


In 2016 the director was awarded the Salaam Film Prize 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.dk/salaams-filmpris-2016/|title=Salaams Filmpris 2016 - Salaam Film & Dialog|date=13 September 2016|publisher=|access-date=17 January 2017|archive-date=2 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402024434/http://www.salaam.dk/salaams-filmpris-2016/|url-status=dead}}</ref> for his work filming the unaccompanied minors in Denmark not only in ''Dreaming of Denmark'' but also in the predecessor ''No Man's Land'' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dfi.dk/faktaomfilm/film/en/87941.aspx?id=87941|title=Ingenmandsland|publisher=}}</ref> set before the refugee crisis.
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The film won the Amnesty Award at [[Giffoni International Film Festival]].<ref>[http://dokincubator.net/dreaming-of-denmark-gets-double-success-the-amnesty-international-award-and-the-second-prize-at-giffoni-international-film-festival/ "Double success of Dreaming of Denmark: Amnesty International Award and the second prize at Giffoni International Film Festival", 2nd August 2016, Doc Incubator]</ref> [[Huffington Post]] wrote after the Greek premiere at [[Thessaloniki Documentary Festival]] where the film was a part of a highlighted segment focusing of films about the refugees crisis: "My favorite was Michael Graversen’s Dreaming of Denmark, which directly puts you in the shoes of an Afghan teenager who, unable to get residency in Denmark and afraid to be deported, leaves Denmark with nothing on his back to find a new life in Italy".<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karin-badt/the-thessaloniki-document_b_9584150.html "The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: From Janis Joplin and Bjork to Refugees from Syria", 6st July 2016, Huffington Post]</ref> Danish film magazine EKKO wrote: ""What is at stake in the portrait, is the human consequences of a youth growing up as a shadow existence with nothing to cling on to than the hope to be let. Wasis Sisyphean existence is a profound input in the refugee debate and Dreaming of Denmark is something as rare as an important film.".<ref>[http://www.ekkofilm.dk/anmeldelser/drommen-om-danmark/ "Review: Dreaming of Denmark", 5th November 2016, Ekko]</ref>


Not all the reactions towards the film has been positive. After the TV broadcast in Denmark the director participated in a chat at the newspaper Ekstra Bladet's website. Some users took offence of the directors portrayal of a refugee. The broadcast was two days after one of the terrorist attacks in Paris and some users meant that the director had the blood of the victims on his hands making an emphatic film about a refugee as refugees could also be terrorists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ekstrabladet.dk/flash/filmogtv/tv/lige-nu-live-chat-med-instruktoeren-bag-droemmen-om-danmark/5828755|title=Lige nu: Live-chat med instruktøren bag 'Drømmen om Danmark'|publisher=}}</ref>
After the screening in Denmark a crowdfunding campaign was initiated for the protagonist of the film, Wasiullah, and almost 10.000 euros was raised giving him the chance to start his own pizzaria in Italy together with a friend.<ref>[https://www.caremaker.dk/nc/fr/i/hjaelp_wasi_med_at_komme_i_gang_med_en_fr/?L=iqkxbmpo Crowdfunding campaign for protaganist]</ref>


== Festivals and awards ==
== Festivals and awards ==


* Amnesty Award, Giffoni International Film Festival
* Amnesty Award, Giffoni International Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dr.dk/om-dr/nyheder/omdiskuteret-film-vinder-amnesty-pris|title=Omdiskuteret film vinder Amnesty-pris|publisher=}}</ref>
* 2. prize Best Documentary, Giffoni International Film Festival
* 2. prize Best Documentary, Giffoni International Film Festival <ref>{{cite web|url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=313320|title=Giffoni Film Festival: The winners of the 46th edition|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema}}</ref>
* Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.luebeck.de/filmtage/en/programm/movie/view/2016/7796.html|title=Dreaming of Denmark – Movie details – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck|website=www.luebeck.de}}</ref>
* Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage
* Japan Prize, International Educational Program Contest
* Japan Prize, International Educational Program Contest<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nhk.or.jp/jp-prize/english/2016/entrylist_contents.html|title=JAPAN PRIZE International Contest For Educational Media|website=www.nhk.or.jp}}</ref>
* Helsinki International Film Festival <ref>{{cite web|url=http://hiff.fi/en/elokuvat/dreaming-of-denmark/|title=Dreaming of Denmark - 30th Rakkautta & Anarkiaa|access-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205181851/http://hiff.fi/en/elokuvat/dreaming-of-denmark/|archive-date=5 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Helsinki International Film Festival
* Thessaloniki Documentary Festival <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ekathimerini.com/205810/article/ekathimerini/life/thessaloniki-doc-fest-tunes-in-to-refugee-crisis|title=Thessaloniki doc fest tunes in to refugee crisis, Harry van Versendaal - Kathimerini|publisher=}}</ref>
* Human District, Belgrade
* Bucharest One World, Romania <ref>{{cite web|url=http://oneworld.ro/2016/l/en/dreaming-of-denmark-246/|title=Dreaming of Denmark|publisher=}}</ref>
* Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
* Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.documentfilmfestival.org/films/dreaming-of-denmark/|title=Dreaming of Denmark - Document Film Festival|publisher=}}</ref>
* Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Amsterdam
* Human Rights & Arts Film Festival, Melbourne <ref>{{cite web|url=http://2016.hraff.org.au/event/dreaming-of-denmark/|title=Dreaming of Denmark - Human Rights Arts & Film Festival|publisher=}}</ref>
* Bucharest One World, Romania
* BUFF International Children's Film festival, Malmø <ref>{{cite web|url=http://buff.se/filmer/dreaming-of-denmark/|title=DREAMING OF DENMARK - BUFF Malmö|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow
* [[Human Rights Watch]] Film Festival, Amsterdam <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ff.hrw.org/film/dreaming-denmark|title=Dreaming of Denmark - Human Rights Watch Film Festival|website=ff.hrw.org}}</ref>
* Human Rights & Arts Film Festival, Melbourne
* Salaam Film Prize 2016 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.dk/salaams-filmpris-2016|title=Salaams Filmpris 2016 - Salaam Film & Dialog|date=13 September 2016|publisher=}}</ref>
* BUFF International Children's Film festival, Malmø
* CPH:DOX, F:ACT Award nominee <ref>{{cite web|url=https://cphdox.dk/en/programme/archive/programme-2015/?ser=2015007|title=Programme 2015|publisher=}}</ref>
* Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Amsterdam
* Salaam Film Festival, DK
* CPH:DOX, F:ACT Award nominee


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|5254908}}
* [http://michaelgraversen.com/ directors website]
* [http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/idfa-docs-highlight-refugee-crisis/5097251.article Screen Daily: Documentaries highlight refugee crisis]
* [http://www.screendaily.com/home/blogs/idfa-docs-highlight-refugee-crisis/5097251.article Screen Daily: Documentaries highlight refugee crisis]


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Dreaming of Denmark
Directed byMichael Graversen
Produced byLise Saxtrup
Distributed byAutlook Filmsales
Release date
  • 5 November 2015 (2015-11-05) (CPH:DOX)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryDenmark

Dreaming of Denmark is a documentary film by director Michael Graversen that investigates what happens to one of the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe. The film was released at the peak of the refugee crisis in Europe in 2015/16.

Synopsis

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Director Michael Graversen’s film investigates what happens to one of the many unaccompanied minor refugees who disappear in Europe after their asylum claim is rejected. Over the course of four years the director follows the faith of the young afghan Wasiullah from the careless days at the children's asylum centre in Denmark to the illegal life through Europe where Wasi ends up in a homeless existence in Italy. The dream of one day returning to Denmark is what keeps Wasi going until he breaks down in the end and loses his memory.[1]

Reception and impact

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Dreaming of Denmark premiered at CPH:DOX and was nominated for a F:ACT Award.[2] It was broadcast in a primetime slot on Danish national TV DR1.[3]

After the release in Denmark the film hit the headlines in danish media and sparked debate about the conditions of the unaccompanied minor refugees in Denmark.[4][5][6] The director Michael Graversen has since regularly appeared in the public debate in Denmark advocating for the rights of young and child refugees [7][8] as well as traveling internationally with the film speaking about its subject to the press and participating in debate panels.[9]

Danish film magazine EKKO wrote in a review of the film: "What is at stake in the portrait, is the human consequences of a youth growing up as a shadow existence with nothing to cling on to than the hope to be let. Wasis Sisyphean existence is a profound input in the refugee debate and Dreaming of Denmark is something as rare as an important film.".[10]

The film has been selected to several international film festivals and won the Amnesty Award at Giffoni International Film Festival.[11] Huffington Post wrote after the Greek premiere at Thessaloniki Documentary Festival where the film was a part of a highlighted segment focusing on films about the refugees crisis: "My favorite was Michael Graversen’s Dreaming of Denmark, which directly puts you in the shoes of an Afghan teenager who, unable to get residency in Denmark and afraid to be deported, leaves Denmark with nothing on his back to find a new life in Italy".[12]

When the film was screened on the national Austrian broadcasting channel ORF it was followed by an hour long debate about human rights[13] and ABC News interviewed the director focusing on the plight of children seeking asylum.[14]

In 2016 the director was awarded the Salaam Film Prize 2016[15] for his work filming the unaccompanied minors in Denmark not only in Dreaming of Denmark but also in the predecessor No Man's Land (2013)[16] set before the refugee crisis.

Not all the reactions towards the film has been positive. After the TV broadcast in Denmark the director participated in a chat at the newspaper Ekstra Bladet's website. Some users took offence of the directors portrayal of a refugee. The broadcast was two days after one of the terrorist attacks in Paris and some users meant that the director had the blood of the victims on his hands making an emphatic film about a refugee as refugees could also be terrorists.[17]

Festivals and awards

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  • Amnesty Award, Giffoni International Film Festival[18]
  • 2. prize Best Documentary, Giffoni International Film Festival [19]
  • Lübeck, Nordische Filmtage [20]
  • Japan Prize, International Educational Program Contest[21]
  • Helsinki International Film Festival [22]
  • Thessaloniki Documentary Festival [23]
  • Bucharest One World, Romania [24]
  • Document Human Rights Film Festival, Glasgow [25]
  • Human Rights & Arts Film Festival, Melbourne [26]
  • BUFF International Children's Film festival, Malmø [27]
  • Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Amsterdam [28]
  • Salaam Film Prize 2016 [29]
  • CPH:DOX, F:ACT Award nominee [30]

References

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  1. ^ "Drømmen om Danmark".
  2. ^ ""Dreaming of Denmark", CPH:DOX, 5 November 2015".
  3. ^ "Drømmen om Danmark - TV - DR".
  4. ^ "Uledsagede flygtningebørn udvises til hjemløshed".
  5. ^ "P1 Debat: Skal flygtningebørn sendes hjem, når de bliver 18 år - P1 - DR". Radio - DR.
  6. ^ "Filminstruktør om afslag til uledsagede flygtningebørn: Vi har et ansvar".
  7. ^ "Nedlæg børne-asylcentrene". 4 August 2016.
  8. ^ "De lever i skyggerne og bliver aldrig en del af samfundet". 7 April 2016.
  9. ^ "18th TDF: Press conference - Nanfu Wang (Hooligan Sparrow), Sophia Luvara (Inside the Chinese Closet) and Michael Graversen (Dreaming of Denmark)".
  10. ^ "Drømmen om Danmark".
  11. ^ "Double success of Dreaming of Denmark: Amnesty International Award and the second prize at Giffoni International Film Festival - DOK.Incubator". dokincubator.net.
  12. ^ Badt, Karin (1 April 2016). "The Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival: From Janis Joplin and Bjork to Refugees from Syria".
  13. ^ ""kreuz und quer" am 15. Dezember: "Dänischer Alptraum – Flüchtlinge in der Warteschleife"".
  14. ^ "Documentary highlights plight of children seeking asylum". 7 May 2016.
  15. ^ "Salaams Filmpris 2016 - Salaam Film & Dialog". 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  16. ^ "Ingenmandsland".
  17. ^ "Lige nu: Live-chat med instruktøren bag 'Drømmen om Danmark'".
  18. ^ "Omdiskuteret film vinder Amnesty-pris".
  19. ^ "Giffoni Film Festival: The winners of the 46th edition". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema.
  20. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark – Movie details – Nordische Filmtage Lübeck". www.luebeck.de.
  21. ^ "JAPAN PRIZE International Contest For Educational Media". www.nhk.or.jp.
  22. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark - 30th Rakkautta & Anarkiaa". Archived from the original on 5 February 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  23. ^ "Thessaloniki doc fest tunes in to refugee crisis, Harry van Versendaal - Kathimerini".
  24. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark".
  25. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark - Document Film Festival".
  26. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark - Human Rights Arts & Film Festival".
  27. ^ "DREAMING OF DENMARK - BUFF Malmö".[permanent dead link‍]
  28. ^ "Dreaming of Denmark - Human Rights Watch Film Festival". ff.hrw.org.
  29. ^ "Salaams Filmpris 2016 - Salaam Film & Dialog". 13 September 2016.
  30. ^ "Programme 2015".
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