Classics

In honour of the 20th anniversary of Movies that Matter, five classics from our archive are returning to the silver screen. Films that still resonate today.

China Blue (2006)

“Made in China” is often written on the clothes we wear, but under which circumstances are those cheap jeans and T-shirts actually made?

Director Micha X. Peled pretends to the factory manager that he wants to make a film about China’s transition to capitalism. Secretly, however, Peled creates a portrait of Jasmine and the conditions under which she works.

The Red Chapel (2010)

On the pretext of being a small Danish theatre troupe on a cultural exchange, the Red Chapel was granted permission by the North Korean government to stage a performance for a select audience in the capital. In reality, the small troupe comprises an unscrupulous journalist, Mads Brügger, and two Danish/Korean comedians, Jacob and Simon. Their goal is to use humour to expose the intricate effects of an oppressive regime.

5 Broken Cameras (2012)

Personal testimony from a Palestinian father who spent five years filming the peaceful protests of his fellow villagers against the construction of an Israeli barrier wall. Cameras break on a regular basis.

CITIZENFOUR (2015)

Academy Award winning documentary thriller about the meetings of filmmaker Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald with whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, where he gave them incriminating evidence of large-scale privacy violations by the NSA.

Quo Vadis, Aida? (2021)

Impressive and heartbreaking drama about the hours leading up to the Srebrenica genocide of 1995. Aïda works as a translator for the Dutch-run UN base. She is torn apart between her duties for the powerless Dutchbat soldiers, and the desperation of her fellow-villagers – especially her husband and two sons.