Jan Grarup lives a life in a state of emergency: As a war photographer, he often risks his life, while he back home in Copenhagen is a father of four. He suddenly finds himself the sole parent when his ex-wife falls seriously ill with cancer.
His work in the urban warzone of Mosul, where Jan Grarup follows the advance of the Iraqi forces against Islamic State, must be balanced with his life as a father and sole provider. Jan has to rebuild the trust of his children after many years of living a fleeting lifestyle, but he still wishes to be the best war photographer in the world.
But how do IEDs and snipers fit into being responsible for four children? And being an ordinary family? Photographer of War is a psychological portrait of a man that has documented the horrors of war for 25 years, but who suddenly has to face a new, internal struggle.
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- Original Title: Krigsfotografen
- Genres: Documentary
- Production Year: 2019
- Country of Origin: Denmark
- Language Spoken: Danish, English
- Duration: 78 min
- Shot On: HD
- Screen Ratio: 1:1,85
- Format: DCP 5.1
- Director: Boris Bertram
- Cast: Jan Grarup, Viola Walsøe Grarup, Elias Sekjær Grarup, Marikka Sekjær Grarup, Olivia Sekjær Grarup, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Rebin Rozhbayane, Eddy van Wessel, Arne Hantho, Osie Greenway, Alice Legarth Smith, Marie Bitsch-Larsen
- Director of Photography: Henrik Bohn Ipsen, Adam Morris Philp, Tony Lauge Madsen, Boris B. Bertram, Thøger Kappel, Marcel Zyskind
- Film Editors: Charlotte Munch Bengtsen
- Sound Editors: Janne Laine
- Script Writers: Boris B. Bertram
- Production Company: Good Company Pictures
- Producers: Katrine Sahlstrøm
- Executive Producers: Katrine Philp, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Patricia Drati
- Financiers: DFI, DR, Dansk Skuespillerforbund, YLE, Finnish Film Foundation, Avek, Svt, RUV, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Nordvision
Festivals
Photographer of War at festivals
2019:Movies on War Film Festival, Norway
Nordic Film Days Lübeck, Germany
DOK Leipzig, Germany
Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
Nordisk Panorama, Sweden
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