Bakerman (film)

Bakerman is a feature film written and directed by David Noel Bourke.[2] It stars Mikkel Vadsholt, Siir Tilif, Brian Hjulmann and Mia Lerdam. The movie evolved from a previous project, White Pig, whose scope was too large to shoot independently, so the filmmaker took one character and developed a movie about him.[3] Mikkel Vadsholt's portrayal of the Bakerman character won the 2017 Best Male Actor Award at the Nordic International Film Festival in New York.[4]

Bakerman
Directed byDavid Noel Bourke
Written byDavid Noel Bourke
Produced byLEP Studios
TBT Productions
Æstetiske Billeder
StarringMikkel Vadsholt
Siir Tilif
Brian Hjulmann
Mia Lerdam
Pejman Khorsand-Jamal
CinematographyRasmus Leo Hansen, Nikolaj Lindblad
Music byTsv Nst
Running time
83 mins
LanguagesDanish, English, Turkish[1]

Plot

"A Nordic FALLING DOWN, Jens (Mikkel Vadsholdt) has accepted far too much for too long. Being the shy night-owl he is, he keeps to himself, but the world will not let him be. The new master baker's quality starts slackening, and when a bunch of yobs one day smash the window of Jens's car, he takes one of them out. Intoxicated by his own new unexpressed vigour, Jens comes out of his shell, but the destructive driving force leads him towards a free fall. A film that is as shocking with its vigilante story as it is captivating with its determination. Headed by Mikkel Vadsholdt, who here manages to arouse our empathy in a role of a reserved man who has difficulty coping with the light of day."[1]

The film's tagline is "Man shall not live by bread alone..."

Film festivals and awards

Bakerman had its world premier at Denmark's biggest film festival, CPH:PIX.[5] The official Irish premier was the Dingle International Film Festival (Dingle IFF) 2017, where the director also participated in a special Independent Journey panel to discuss the making of this feature film along with other filmmakers.[6]

Bakerman also was officially selected at Filmfest München 2017,[1] which is the second largest film festival in Germany (after Berlinale);[7] the film participated in the international independents section of the festival program.[1] In addition, the director was part of a special filmmakers panel, entitled Filmmakers Live: Cool Genre Cinema.[8]

Other notable film festivals that invited the film for screenings include Nordic International Film Festival in New York (where the lead actor won the Best Male Actor Award),[4] the Scandinavian International Film Festival in Finland, [9] the Richard Harris International Film Festival in Ireland, [10] and the Lund International Fantastic Film Festival in Sweden (where it was nominated for the Méliès d'argent award for Best Feature Film).[11][12]

Won the Best Foreign Film award at the Maryland International film festival[13] presented to director David Noel Bourke.[14][15]

References
  1. "BAKERMAN". FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Filmfest München. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017.
  2. "BAKERMAN - award winning!". LEP Studios. Last Exit Productions. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  3. Haberfelner, Mike (July 2015). "An Interview with David Noel Bourke, Director of Bakerman". (re)Search my Trash. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  4. "Winners 2017". Nordic International Film Festival. Nordic International Film Festival Inc. 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  5. "Bakerman". CPH 27.10 - 09.11. CPH PIX. Archived from the original on 19 February 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  6. "GO BEHIND THE SCENES – DINGLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES POW-WOW". Dingle 17 International Film Festival. Dingle International Film Festival. 25 March 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-02-19.
  7. "Film festivals in Germany". deutschland.de: How Germany ticks. FAZIT Communication GmbH. 9 February 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  8. "FILMMAKERS LIVE: COOL GENRE CINEMA". FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Filmfest München. Archived from the original on 30 June 2017.
  9. "Bakerman". FilmFreeway. FilmFreeway. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  10. "2017 FESTIVAL PROGRAMME". The Richard Harris International Film Festival. Richard Harris International Film Festival. 2017. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  11. "Bakerman". FANTASTISK FILMFESTIVAL. Fantastisk Filmfestival. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  12. "Méliès d'Argent 2017 – de nominerade filmerna" [Silver Méliès 2017 - the nominated films]. FANTASTISK FILMFESTIVAL (in Swedish). Fantastisk Filmfestival. 2017. Archived from the original on 24 October 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  13. "Maryland International Film Festival". Maryland International Film Festival. 2018. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  14. "2018 FESTIVAL WINNERS". herald mail media. herald mail media. 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  15. "2018 FESTIVAL WINNERS". Film Festivals. Film Festivals. 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.


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