THE AGREEMENT / FORHANDLEREN
Documentary one-off, 58 min., 2013
An EU negotiator must battle two fierce opponents, juvenile antics and one bloody history in this undiplomatically comic exposé.
World history is in the making when EU chief negotiator Robert Cooper has to settle an agreement on stabile co-existence between Kosovo and Serbia. Stakes are high but in spite of the seriousness of the negotiations, they turn out to be surprisingly funny and carried out with style and charm by these three fantastic characters. It’s the last territorial conflict of Europe and it’s crucial for the EU to prove its ability to make peace in its own backyard. This is diplomacy behind the scenes.
Director Karen Stokkendal Poulsen
Producer Vibeke Vogel
Editor Anders Villadsen
Cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, Lars Skree, Balthazar Hertel
Produced in collaboration with Klaffi Productions
With the support of The Danish Film Institute, DR TV, Finnish Film Foundation, ZDF/ARTE, YLE Co-productions, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, MEDIA, Europanævnet, VPRO – Television, SVT, Knowledge Network, Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Awards Dragon award nominee for best Nordic Documentary 2014 – Göteborg international film festival
Hotdocs 2014 nominee
Silver Horn nominee for Best Medium-Length Documentary at the Cracow Film Festival 2014
F:ACT Award nominee at CPH:DOX 2013
Special commendation – Prix Europa
For DVD contact clara@bullittfilm.dk
TRAILER
Karen Stokkendal Poulsen
Karen is a director and scriptwriter. She graduated with a Master of Arts in “Screen Documentary” from Goldsmiths College, London, in 2008. In addition to her work as a director, Karen has an educational background in Political Science, in which she holds a bachelor’s and Masters degree from the University of Copenhagen. Her documentary The Agreement was selected for competition at CPH:DOX 2013 and for the Dragon award at Göteborg International Film Festival, the human rights festival and many more.