# Final Cut for Real
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{{Infobox company |
| name = Final Cut for Real ApS
| logo = Final Cut for Real logo.jpg
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| type = [Private limited company](/source/Anpartsselskab)
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| foundation = 2010
| location = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark)
| key_people = [Signe Byrge Sørensen](/source/Signe_Byrge_S%C3%B8rensen), Anne Köhncke
| num_employees =
| parent =
| industry = [Documentary film](/source/Documentary_film)
| products = [Film](/source/Film)
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| homepage = {{URL|www.finalcutforreal.dk}}
}}
'''Final Cut for Real ApS''' is a film production company based in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), [Denmark](/source/Denmark) specializing in [documentaries](/source/documentaries) for the international market. The two [Oscar](/source/Academy_Awards)-nominated groundbreaking documentaries ''[The Act of Killing](/source/The_Act_of_Killing)'' (2012) and ''[The Look of Silence](/source/The_Look_of_Silence)'' (2014) helped establish the company as a recognized provider of independent creative documentaries on the international stage. The recent years, Final Cut for Real has also expanded to [fiction films](/source/fiction_films) and [virtual reality](/source/virtual_reality). In 2019 Final Cut for Real Norway was established.
==History & Overview==
Final Cut for Real was founded in 2010 by the producers [Signe Byrge Sørensen](/source/Signe_Byrge_S%C3%B8rensen) and [Anne Köhncke](/source/Anne_K%C3%B6hncke), editor Janus Billeskov Jansen and film director [Joshua Oppenheimer](/source/Joshua_Oppenheimer).
The company today consists of two additional producers, [Monica Hellström](/source/Monica_Hellstr%C3%B6m) (since 2010) and Heidi Elise Christensen, VR Producer/Post-Producer & Production Manager Maria Kristensen and Post-Producer & Editor Francesc Sitges-Sarda.
The company is based at [Indiakaj](/source/Indiakaj) in the former Freeport area of Copenhagen. Final Cut for Real has produced more than 30 documentaries, minor co-produced more than 20 documentaries and even co-produced a few feature films, among them [Sundance](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival) winner [The Nile Hilton Incident](/source/The_Nile_Hilton_Incident).
The productions of the company has been selected to a number of international film festivals, the documentaries has been part of e.g [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival), [Berlin Film Festival](/source/Berlin_Film_Festival), [Toronto International Film Festival](/source/Toronto_International_Film_Festival) (Tiff), [Sundance Film Festival](/source/Sundance_Film_Festival), [Telluride Film Festival](/source/Telluride_Film_Festival), [Moscow International Film Festival](/source/Moscow_International_Film_Festival), [Karlovy Vary International Film Festival](/source/Karlovy_Vary_International_Film_Festival), [International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam](/source/International_Documentary_Film_Festival_Amsterdam) (IDFA), [CPH:DOX](/source/CPH%3ADOX) (Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival), [Sheffield International Documentary Festival](/source/Sheffield_International_Documentary_Festival) (SIDF), [Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival](/source/Hot_Docs_Canadian_International_Documentary_Festival) and others.
==Filmography==
* ''[A House Made of Splinters](/source/A_House_Made_of_Splinters)'' (2022)[{{Cite web|url=https://www.cineuropa.org/film/420719/ |title= ''A House Made of Splinters''|access-date=January 26, 2023 |website= Cineuropa |language=en}}]
* ''[Flee](/source/Flee_(film))'' (2021)
* ''President'' (2021)
* ''HUSH'' (2020)
* ''[Songs of Repression](/source/Songs_of_Repression)'' (2020)
* ''Attacked - The Copenhagen Shootings'' (2020)
* ''Meanwhile on Earth'' (2020)
* ''Patrimonium'' (2019)
* ''Forget Me Not'' (2019)
* ''[What Walaa Wants](/source/What_Walaa_Wants)'' (2018)
* ''Death of a Child'' (2017)
* ''[The Distant Barking of Dogs](/source/The_Distant_Barking_of_Dogs)'' (2017)
* ''Dreaming Murakami'' (2017)
* ''A Drowning Man'' (2017)
* ''Land of the Free'' (2017)
* ''Les Sauteurs'' (2016)
* ''The Dvor Massacre'' (2015)
* ''Pebbles at Your Door'' (2015)
* ''[Pervert Park](/source/Pervert_Park)'' (2014)
* ''[The Look of Silence](/source/The_Look_of_Silence)'' (2014)
* ''Far from Home'' (2014)
* ''Life is Sacred'' (2014)
* ''[TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard](/source/TPB_AFK%3A_The_Pirate_Bay_Away_from_Keyboard)'' (2013)
* ''Chikara –The Sumo Wrestler’s Son'' (2013)
* ''Säilöttyjä unelmia'' (2012)
* ''Gulabi Gang'' (2012)
* ''[The Act of Killing](/source/The_Act_of_Killing)'' (2012)
* ''The Human Scale'' (2012)
* ''Traveling with Mr. T.'' (2012)
* ''Hjemvendt'' (2011)
* ''Verdens bedste kok'' (2011)
* ''The Kid & The Clown'' (2011)
==Awards==
;''Flee''
* Nordic Council Film Prize 2021 [{{Cite web|url=https://www.nordiskfilmogtvfond.com/events/nordic-council-prize/2021|title = Nordisk Film & TV Fond}}]
* Sundance Film Festival 2021 - Grand Jury Prize
* Götenborg Film Festival 2021 - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary
;''President''
* Sundance Film Festival 2021 - World Documentary Special Jury Award for Verité Filmmaking
;''HUSH''
* AniDox:VR Awards 2020 - Most Innovative Work
;''Songs of Repression''
* Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago (FIDOCS) 2020 - Best Chilean Documentary
* Reykjavik International Film Festival 2020 - "A Different Tomorrow" award
* CPH:DOX 2020 – DOX:AWARD (main competition award)
* CPH:DOX 2020 – Politiken:Danish:Dox (critic’s award)
* Festival Internacional de Cine Valdivia (FICValdivia) 2020 - Best Chilean Film
* Cork International Film Festival 2020 - Best Cinematic Documentary
;''PATRIMONIUM''
* Moscow International Film Festival 2019 - Artistic Excellence Award
;''What Walaa Wants''
* HotDocs 2018 - Special Jury Prize
* Margaret Mead Film Festival 2018 - Margaret Mead Filmmaker Award
* Vancouver International Film Festival 2018 - Women in Film + TV Artistic Merit Award
* Forest City Film Festival 2018 - Best Documentary Feature
* Ajyal Film Festival 2018 - Hilal Award for Best Film
;''The Distant Barking of Dogs''
* Peabody Award 2020
* Danish Producers’ Association, TV-prisen 2020 - Best documentary of the year
* Association of Danish Film Critics, Bodil Awards 2019 - Best Documentary
* Danish Film Academy Award, the Robert, 2019 - Best Documentary
* EBS International Documentary Festival 2018 - Grand Prix
* Göteborg Film Festival 2018 - Dragon Award for Best Nordic Dox
;''Dreaming Murakami''
* Hot Docs 2018 - Audience Award for Best Mid Length Documentary
;''A Drowning Man''
* Dokufest, Kosovo - Best Short (co-winner)
* Valladolid International Film Festival - Silver Spike
* Cork Film Festival - Grand Prix
* Festival International du Film de Bruxelles - Best Short Film
* Dubai International Film Festival - Best Short Film
;''Land of the Free''
* CPH:DOX 2017 - Nordic DOX Award
;''Les Sauteurs''
* Faito Doc Festival 2017 - Prix CPS
* Migranti Film Festival 2017 - Gianmaria Testa Award
* Ethnocineca 2017 - Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award
* Black Movies 2017 - Prix des Jeunes
* Filmweekend Würzberg - 2nd Documentary Price
* Cinema Eye Honors 2017 - Spotlight Award
* Porto/Post/Doc- Honorable Mention
* Docs Against Gravity 2016 - Amnesty International Award
* DMZ Docs, Korea - White Goose Award for best film, Int. Competition
* Salina DOC Fest 2016 - Best Editing Award by The Italian Association of Film and TV Editors, AMC
* Salina DOC Fest 2016 - Premio Tasca d'Almerita
* Porto/Post/Doc - Biberstein Gusmão Award (for emerging directors) to Abou Bakar Sidibé
* Frankfurt Lichter IFF 2016 - Main Award: Int. Feature length Award
* dokKa Karlsruhe, 2016 - Main Prize
* DocumentaMadrid 2016 - The Jury's Second Prize, Feature length Competition
* Hamptons Int. Film Festival - Honorable Mention
* Camden Int. Film Festival- Special Jury Mention
* DOK.fest München 2016- Special Mention
* Berlinale 2016 - Ecumenical Jury Award
;''Pebbles at Your Door''
* Palm Springs International Shortfest - Runner Up Best Documentary
;''Pervert Park''
* Sundance Film Festival 2015 - World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Impact
;''Far from Home''
* Mumbai International Film Festival 2016 - Best Debut Documentary
;''Life is Sacred''
Vilnius IFF Kino Pavasaris 2015 - Audience Award
;''The Look of Silence''
* Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Documentary of 2015
* Acey Artist Choice Award - Best Editing in a Documentary 2015
* Festival d'Angers - Audience Award for Best Film of 2015
* Festival d'Angers- Grand Jury Prize - Special Mention 2015
* Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) - Best Documentary of 2015
* Beboti Film Awards - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
* Beboti Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
* Berlin Film Festival - Peace Film Prize of 2015
* Bodil Award - Danish Film Critics Association Prize - Best Documentary of 2015
* Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) - Best Foreign Language Film of 2015
* Busan International Film Festival - Best World Documentary (Cinephile Prize) 2014
* Burma Human Rights Human Dignity Film Festival - Aung San Suu Kyi Award 2015
* Calgary Underground Film Festival - Jury Awards Best Documentary Feature 2015
* Camerimage Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
* CINE Golden Eagle Award - Best Feature Length Documentary of 2015
* Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 2016
* Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Direction 2016
* Cinema Eye Honors - Outstanding Achievement in Production 2016
* Central Ohio Film Critics Association - Best Documentary of 2015
* Cologne International Film and Television Festival - Phoenix Prize 2015
* CPH:DOX 2014 - Grand Prize (DOX Award)
* Danish Arts Council - Prize of the Danish Arts Council 2014
* Danish Academy Award (Robert Prize) - Best Documentary of 2015
* DCist - Best Film of 2015
* Denver Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2016
* Denver Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2014
* Docs Against Gravity – Warsaw - Amnesty International Award 2015
* Docs Barcelona - Audience Award 2015
* Docs Barcelona - Amnesty International Award 2015
* Docs Barcelona - Best Documentary - Honorable Mention 2015
* Documenta Madrid - Audience Award of 2015
* Durban International Film Festival - Amnesty International Honorary Award 2015
* Festival Cinematográfico del Uruguay - Human Right Best Feature 2015
* Festival de Cine de Derechos Humanos Buenos Aires - Best Film of 2015
* Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Grand Prix 2015
* Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix de la Critique 2015
* Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes - Prix Étudiants 2015
* Gotham Award - Best Documentary of 2015
* Gothenburg International Film Festival - Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary of 2015
* IDA Documentary Awards - Best Feature Documentary Award 2015
* Independent Spirit Award - Best Documentary of 2015
* Indiewire Critics Poll- Best Documentary of 2015
* Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists - Tasrif Award of 2015
* KBPS - Best Film of 2015
* London Critic's Circle Award - Foreign Language Film of the Year 2016
* MakeDox International Filmfestival - Best Film of 2015
* Milwaukee Film Festival - Jury Award Best Documentary of 2015
* Movies That Matter Festival - Vara Audience Award 2015
* Nonfics - Best Documentary of 2015
* Nonfics Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
* NordicDocs - Special Jury Prize 2015
* Nordisk Panorama - Audience Award for Best Film 2015
* Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Award of Honor 2015
* Nuremberg Human Rights Film Festival - Audience Award 2015
* Online Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
* Prague One World Film Festival - Best Film of 2015
* Realscreen - Best Documentary of 2015
* Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize 2015
* River Run International Film Festival - Best Director (Documentary) 2015
* Satellite Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
* Seattle Film Awards - Best Documentary of 2015
* Sheffield International Documentary Festival - Audience Award 2015
* Sofia International Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
* Subversive Film Festival - Wild Dreamer Award 2015
* SXSW Film Festival - Audience Award, Festival Favourites for Best Film 2015
* Toronto Film Critics Society - Best Documentary of 2015
* Tromsø International Film Festival - FICC Award/Don Quixote Prize 2015
* True/False Film Festival - True Life Fund Recipient Award
* Victoria Film Festival - Best Documentary of 2015
* Village Voice Critics Poll - Best Documentary of 2015
* Vilnius International Film Festival - Best Director 2015
* Venice Film Festival - Grand Jury Prize 2014
* Venice Film Festival - Human Rights Award 2014
* Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Critics Price (FIPRESCI) 2014
* Best European and Mediterranean Film of Venice Film Festival 2014 - European Critics Prize (FEDORA) 2014
* Best Film of Venice Film Festival - Online Critics Prize (Mouse d'Oro) 2014
* Zurich Film Festival - Special Mention - International Documentary 2014
;''Chikara –The Sumo Wrestler’s Son''
* Al Jazeera Int. Film Festival 2015 - Winner of Jury Award for Medium Length Films
;''The Act of Killing''
* CPH:DOX 2012 – DOX:AWARD (main competition award)
* Berlin Film Festival 2013 – Panorama Audience Award
* Berlin Film Festival 2013 – Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
* !F Istanbul 2013 – Prize of the SIYAD jury (Turkish Film Critics' Association)
* Danish Film Academy 2013 – Best Feature Documentary
* FICUNAM, Mexico 2013 – Audience Award
* ZagrebDox, 2013 – Movies that Matter Award
* One World, Prague 2013 – Best Film
* Geneva International Human Rights Film Festival 2013 – Gilda Vieira de Mello Prize
* [Danish Film Critics Association](/source/Danish_Film_Critics_Association) – Special Prize 2013 (Sær-Bodil)
* Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Grand Prize
* Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Special Mention, Critic's Jury
* IndieLisboa 2013 – Amnesty International Award
* BelDocs 2013 – Grand Prix for Best Film
* DocumentaMadrid 2013 – First Prize of the Jury
* DocumentaMadrid 2013 – Audience Award
* Planete + Doc Warsaw 2013 – Audience Award
* Planete + Doc 2013 – Grand Prix of Lower Silesia
* DocsBarcelona 2013 – Best Film Award (Grand Prize)
* Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Grand Prize
* Biografilm Festival Italy 2013 – Grand Prize
* Grimstad Short and Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Grand Prize
* Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2013 – Basil Wright Prize
* Human Rights, Human Dignity Int. Film Festival Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi Award for Best Documentary
* Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Audience Award
;''The Human Scale''
* Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Long Film
* Planete Doc, Warsaw 2013 – Green Cross Award
;''The Kid and the Clown''
* Aljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Medium Categories
* HotDocs 2012 – In competition: Medium Length Documentary
* TRT Documentary Awards 2012 – Winner of the first Special Prize in the International Category
* Kraków Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Silver Horn Award for Best Middle-length Documentary
* Pärnu Film Festival 2012 – Winner of Best Film for Kids
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.finalcutforreal.dk/}}
* {{DNFc|202132}}
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