In My Father's Hands
Filmmaker Sven Vinge set forth on a cinematic journey back trough time to confront his father, the ceramic artist Niels Vinge, who was found frozen to death a few miles from his home a winter night in the year 2000. Through his uncovering of unknown sides of his father, Sven suddenly realises that he himself is walking in his father’s footsteps and may as a filmmaker unknowingly have continued his father’s inner struggle and artistic project.
'In My Father's Hands' is Sven Vinge's debut feature film.
The film was between POV’s top 10 of 2018s best new releases - fiction and non-fiction.
PROJECT
Title: In My Father's Hands
Director: Sven Vinge
Producer: Jesper Jack, Nadja Nørgaard Kristensen
Cinematography: Brian Curt Petersen, Sven Vinge
Editors: Anders Skov, Rebekka Jørgensen, Bodil Kjærhauge
Duration: 58/85
Formats: Cinema and broadcast
Partners: DR, DOX:BIO, New Danish Screen, Berlinale Talents
Distribution: 41 Shadows
STATUS: Premiered 2017 in cinemas nationwide.
