All About My Father (2002)

Original title

Alt om min far

Directed by

Even Benestad

Genre

documentary film, biographical film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Denmark, Norway

Runtime

1h 15m

Rating

5.1 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A filmmaker documents his parent, a Norwegian sexologist and trans person. The film shows their daily life and professional work in a small coastal town.

personalintimateexploratoryaffectionateopenrespectfulrevealinggentle

What happens

All About My Father (Norwegian: Alt om min far) is a 2002 Norwegian biographical documentary film written and directed by Even Benestad. All About My Father is a personal documentary about the director's parent, the famous sexologist and trans person Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, who lives in the southern Norwegian city of Grimstad. The film won the Teddy Award for best documentary at the 2002 Berlin International Film Festival, the Critics' Award at the 2002 Gothenburg Film Festival, the award for Best International Feature Documentary at the 2002 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, and the Documentary Award at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Grimstad. It also won the 2002 Amanda Award for Best Film (Norwegian). The film was well received by critics, getting five out of six points from reviewers in Aftenposten, Dagbladet, Verdens Gang and the NRK radio show Filmpolitiet. Internationally, the film was shown in several film festivals. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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