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POONAM'S FORTUNE

Jens Pedersen
DK 2017    22'
⚬ Kids & Youth 

Synopsis

A 14-year-old girl, Poonam from Nepal, who is both excited about her early marriage but also scared about the wedding night and whether or not that she can stay in school with her girlfriends after the wedding. 

Credits

Director

Jens Pedersen

Producer

Maria Stevnbak Westergren

Executive Producer

Jakob Gottschau

Production Company

Pedersen & Co

Co-Production Company

Toolbox Film

Cinematographer

Jens Pedersen

Editor

Jesper Osmund

Music

Halfdan E.

Sound

Hans Møller

Festivals

IDFA 2017

CPH:DOX 2017

Docs Against Gravity 2017

Film Details

Runtime 22'
Spoken Languages Nepali
Production Countries Denmark

Biography

Jens Pedersen is educated from Roskilde University and San Francisco State University. Pedersen has directed a number of documentary films, among others the series FAITH HOPE AFGHANISTAN (2013) and KIDS ON THE SILK ROAD (2017). An episode from FAITH HOPE AFGHANISTAN won the Audience Award and the Award for Best Documentary at BUSTER Film Festival in 2014, and both series have had several episodes selected for a number of festivals such as IDFA.

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