EXPEDITION TO THE END OF THE WORLD

EKSPEDITIONEN TIL VERDENS ENDE

By Daniel DENCIK

GÖTEBORG FILM FESTIVAL - as DISTR VOD, SWEDEN

Documentary - Completed 2013

Mozart meets Metallica at the end of the world. First came Noah, then came Columbus, now a film crew set sail for the last white dots on earth.

    • Year of production
    • 2013
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Second film
    • Countries
    • DENMARK
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH, DANISH
    • Budget
    • 1 - 3 M$
    • Duration
    • 90 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Daniel DENCIK
    • Writer(s)
    • Daniel DENCIK, Janus METZ, Michael HASLUND-CHRISTENSEN
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/86D0-68D6-A9DC-8D81-5188-B
    • Producer(s)
    • Michael HASLUND-CHRISTENSEN (Denmark), Morten REVSGAARD FREDERIKSEN (Denmark), Rebecka LAFRANZ (Sweden)
    • Synopsis
    • A real adventure film - but in a very modern sense. On a three-mast schooner aboard with artists, scientists and ambitions worthy of Noah or Columbus, we set off towards the end of the world: in this case, the rapidly melting ice massifs in North-East Greenland. An epic journey where the brave sailors get acquainted with imaginary tent pitches, polar bear nightmares and entirely new species. But in their encounter with the new, unknown parts of our world, the crew - which ranges from the artists Tal R and Daniel Richter to the geologist Minik Rosing - addresses a number of questions of a fundamental, existential nature. Curiosity, great pathos and a liberating splash of humour come together in a film that is superbly orchestrated by the cinematic talent Daniel Dencik, who in one iconic image after another seduces us both far beyond and deep into the historical footnote that is humanity. A film that is both conceived and brought into life on a large scale, just like an old childhood dream realised in adult company.
    • Partners & financing
    • Produced by
 HASLUND FILM Aps
      In Co-Production with Beofilm Post Production · Morten Revsgaard Frederiksen & Peter Hyldahl, Garagefilm International AB · Rebecka Lafrenz & Mimmi Spång, Film i Väst · Jessica Ask
      Produced with support from
 Danish Film Institute, Filmconsultant Klara Grunning-Harris
; DR, commisioning editor Mette Hoffmann-Meyer
; Nordisk Film & TV fond, Documentary film consultant Karolina Lidin; MEDIA programme of the European Union
;
      Crownprince Frederik and Crownprincess Mary’s Fond
 and Knud Højgaards Fond.
      In Assosiation with
 WDR, commisioning editor Jutta Krug
; BBC, Executive Producers Nick Fraser & Kate Townsend
; SVT, commisioning editor Axel Arnö
; NRK, commisioning editor Tore Tomter
; YLE, commisioning editor Jenny Westergård
      Copyright HASLUND FILM
    • Production schedule
    • Completed
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Jul 01, 2011