Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Stealing Africa

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Zambia's copper resources have not made the country rich. Virtually all Zambia's copper mines are owned by corporations. In the last ten years, they've extracted copper worth $29 billion but Zambia is still ranked one of the twenty poorest countries in the world. So why hasn't copper wealth reduced poverty in Zambia? Once again it comes down to the issue of tax, or in Zambia's case, tax avoidance and the use of tax havens. Tax avoidance by corporations costs poor countries and estimated $160 billion a year, almost double what they receive in international aid. That's enough to save the lives of 350,000 children aged five or under every year. For every $1 given in aid to a poor country, $10 drains out. Vital money that could help a poor country pay for healthcare, schools, pensions and infrastructure. Money that would make them less reliant on aid.

Præsidenten

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Follows the lead up to the selection of the European Council's first President.

Dagbog fra midten

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Naser Khader, Gitte Seeberg

Documentary director Christoffer Guldbrandsen portrays in "Diary from the middle 'Party New Alliance birth, rise and fall. The film is a rare direct entry to the political backstage, where Guldbrandsen followed Naser Khader, Gitte Seeberg, Anders Samuelsen and the party's spin doctors at close range from party formation in May 2007 through the election campaign and to the day Naser Khader arises out of his own party . Brutally honest film shows how emotions and personal relationships controls the crucial choice in politics. Its depiction of batch peak disagreement on New Alliance political project, internal disputes about strategy and tactics as well as uafstemte expectations for cooperation offers the audience a valuable key to understanding one of the most spectacular phenomena in modern Danish politics.

Den hemmelige krig

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Controversal documentary focusing on events in Afghanistan in 2002 in which Danish soldiers handed over prisoners to the US Army even though USA no longer treated prisoners of war according to the Geneva Convention. Further, the film questions the Danish Prime Minister's reasons for getting Denmark involved in the so-called War Against Terrorism in Afghanistan in the first place.

Lykketoft Finale

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

Mogens Lykketoft

Intimate portrait of Mogens Lykketoft running for Prime Minister during the weeks up to the Danish Referendum 2005. The documentary deals in particular with his confrontations with the media and his relationship to his spin doctors.

Fogh bag Facaden

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

This documentary follows Danish prime minister Anders Fogn Rasmussen in the fall of 2002, during Denmark's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. He negotiates the expansion of the EU in Eastern Europe.

Kampen om Staden

Christoffer Guldbrandsen

The autonomous neighborhood, Freetown Christiania, fights for its survival. Due to its open marijuana trade location, Pusher Street, the Danish government decided in the spring of 2003 to raid the small commune and convert it into a conventional neighborhood.