SATURDAY 10/20, 9:20 PM (SESSION 6)
Director: Karen Winther
Producer: Eirin Gjørv
Description:
How
can you belong to a group that believes firmly in an idea, and what
makes you then suddenly change your mind? We meet Angela from the US
and Ingo and Manuel from Germany, all former right-wing extremists
who made the leap to leave their movement. They are now forced to
live isolated lives in hiding due to their dangerous pasts. In
Denmark, we explore the other side of the spectrum when Søren shares
the story of his life a former left-wing extremist. Filmmaker also
meets Frenchman David, who was active in the Armed Islamic Group and
who has served 6 years in prison for terrorist activities. Reflecting
on her very own extremist past and the stories of the people she
meets along her travels, filmmaker walks us through how she arrived
at her own „wake-up call“ and the extraordinary journey that
followed. We are invited to join her on a radical discovery and gain
an insight into what is really takes for an person to break out of
their life as they know it and leave their extreme movement behind.
Biography:
Karen Winther's exam film from National Film and Television
School, The Betrayal, received a lot of attention. A film
about the director's own youth history, about the transition from
being Blitzer to becoming part of a Nynazist environment. The film
won Best Student Film at IDFA Student Doc Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest
and the New Nordic Talent Award on Nordic Panorama. Winther has also
been involved as director on several TV shows.
Eirin Gjørv is
a directing graduate of the Norwegian National Film School, and also
a graduate from The University of Oslo specializing in Social
Anthropology and Geography.
Contact
Information:
e:
ts@nfi.no
w:
https://deckert-distribution.com/film-catalogue/exit/
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