Brief Encounters 1999Brief & Animated Encounters 2003
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The Boy Who Walked Backwards
Thomas VinterbergDenmark199537 min
This exemplary short film foreshadows Dogme's ability to avoid melodrama in depicting the most extreme moments of human existence. Vinterberg's Festen announced the Dogme project to UK audiences, and his eagerly awaited follow-up, It's All About Love, arrives here in January 2004.
CastHolger Thaarup, Rune Veber, Michelle Bjørn-Andersen, Christian Hjejle, Martin Brygmann and Agnes Obel
Written byThomas Vinterberg and Bo Hr. Hansen
Produced byBirgitte Hald
CinematographyErik Zappon
EditingMorten Giese
MusicNikolaj Egelund
SoundKristian Eidnes Andersen and Hans Møller
Production designPeter Grant
ProductionNimbus Film
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