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I am a documentary director and producer based in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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My feature documentaries have premiered and won awards at major festivals worldwide, including Sundance, CPH:DOX, and IDFA.

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I am the director, producer, and writer of the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA award-winning film Mr. Nobody Against Putin.

 

With a background in TV and journalism, I spent nearly a decade in China, producing films in challenging environments, such as the Chinese CDC during COVID vaccine development, Huawei boardrooms amid US sanctions, and Wuhan at the height of the pandemic. 

 

Previously, I made radio documentaries for the BBC, worked as a Chinese interpreter, and lived in rural Sichuan province while on a Fulbright scholarship. For years, I played saxophone in 热超波, China's first ska-punk band. 

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​© 2025 by David Borenstein, Lars Skree, Mathias Nyholm Schmidt, Pavel Talankin.

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