Director: Birgitte Stærmose

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Birthday: 1963-10-18
Born in: Odense, Denmark
Biography: Birgitte Stærmose is a danish film director educated in the US, where she resided for 14 years. Stærmose made her feature film debut with "Værelse 304" (2011) for which she received the award for Best Director at the Aubagne Film Festival in 2013. The documentary "Wishes" (2009), with staged monologues written by Peter Asmussen and performed by street children from Prishtina, Kosovo, won several international awards - including a Special Mention at the Berlinale and a Robert for Best Short Documentary in 2010. Stærmose has also directed several episodes of the TV series "Norskov" (2015) as well as the feature film "Darling" (2017). She has also directed international series for HBO and Netflix such as "Industry" (2022) and "The English Game" (2020) for HBO, Starz and Netflix. Her most recent feature film, Camino, received its premiere as the closing film of the Göteborg International Film Festival in 2023.

Known for

The Idealist

A whistle blower attempts to reveal the secret behind a nuclear disaster that occurred during the height of the Cold War.
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The Idealist

2015

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Afterwar

The children transform into adults before our eyes. Yet they remain in limbo, haunted by memories of the war in Kosovo. Combining raw realism and staged performance, Afterwar is a meditation on the long-term repercussions of war.
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Camino

A man takes his daughter on the Camino de Santiago to honor his late wife's last wish.
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Darling

The moving love story of a dancer on the rollercoaster ride of her life, a drama about the rise and fall of a modern woman as she summons the courage to face her greatest trial.
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