English , Danish with English subtitles Country of Origin: Denmark Director: Jonas Hall
“Who shot Psilander?” tells the story of Valdemar Psilander who became the first actor in history to experience global fame as the world’s first major movie star. Through his life story that was tragically cut short we are taken back to the times of the breakthrough of modern technologies like film, cameras and cars in the beginning of the 20th century. It’s a time of great prosperity, globalization and development that bares remarkable resemblance to the world of today. But it is also a time of war
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Director Biography – Jonas Hall
Jonas Hall is the former head of media at Lindhardt & Ringhof Publishing at Egmont Group and film and media consultant at the University College Copenhagen. He studied film and media at Aarhus University and the University of Texas at Austin.
It’s important to me to tell stories that are larger than the narrative itself. To tell stories that speak about human existence, human nature and human evolution through gripping destinies.