Final Cut for Real ApS is a Copenhagen, Denmark based production company specializing in documentaries for the international market.
Thomas Stenderup founded Final Cut Productions in 1993. Its first films, two documentaries, were released in 1995. Mikael Opstrup was a co-producer in the company from 2002 until 2008. Signe Byrge Sørense, its current CRA, joined the firm in 2004.
In late 2008, both Stenderup and Opstrup decided to leave the company. To complete ongoing projects, Signe Byrge Sørensen then started Final Cut for Real in collaboration with Anne Köhncke, who had previously worked with Final Cut for a year. The company is based at Indiakaj in the former Freeport area of Copenhagen.
Signe Byrge Sørensen, CEO & ProducerAnne Köhncke, ProducerMonica Hellström, ProducerMaria Kristensen, Production Manager/Assistant ProducerAndreas M. Dalsgaard, DirectorJoshua Oppenheimer, DirectorSimon Lereng Wilmont, DirectorFootball is God (2010)Klovn for livet (2011)Hjemvendt (2011)Verdens bedste kok (2011)Säilöttyjä unelmia (2012)Gulabi Gang (2012)The Act of Killing (2012)The Human Scale (2012)Traveling with Mr. T. (2012)TPB AFK: The Pirate Bay Away from Keyboard (2013)The Kid and the ClownAljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Medium CategoriesHotDocs 2012 – In competition: Medium Length DocumentaryTRT Documentary Awards 2012 – Winner of the first Special Prize in the International CategoryKraków Int. Documentary Film Festival 2012 – Winner of the Silver Horn Award for Best Middle-length DocumentaryPärnu Film Festival 2012 – Winner of Best Film for KidsThe Act of KillingCPH:DOX 2012 – DOX:AWARDBerlin Film Festival 2013 – Panorama Audience AwardBerlin Film Festival 2013 – Prize of the Ecumenical Jury !F Istanbul 2013 – Prize of the SIYAD jury (Turkish Film Critics' Association)Danish Film Academy 2013 – Best Feature DocumentaryFICUNAM, Mexico 2013 – Audience AwardZagrebDox, 2013 – Movies that Matter AwardOne World, Prague 2013 – Best FilmGeneva International Human Rights Film Festival 2013 – Gilda Vieira de Mello PrizeDanish Film Critics Association – Special Prize 2013 (Sær-Bodil)Festival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Grand PrizeFestival de Cinéma Valenciennes 2013 – Special Mention, Critic's JuryIndieLisboa 2013 – Amnesty International AwardBelDocs 2013 – Grand Prix for Best FilmDocumentaMadrid 2013 – First Prize of the JuryDocumentaMadrid 2013 – Audience AwardPlanete + Doc Warsaw 2013 – Audience AwardPlanete + Doc 2013 – Grand Prix of Lower SilesiaDocsBarcelona 2013 – Best Film Award (Grand Prize)Sheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Grand PrizeBiografilm Festival Italy 2013 – Grand PrizeGrimstad Short and Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Grand PrizeRoyal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2013 – Basil Wright PrizeHuman Rights, Human Dignity Int. Film Festival Myanmar – Aung San Suu Kyi Award for Best DocumentarySheffield Doc/Fest 2013 – Audience AwardThe Human ScaleAljazeera Int. Documentary Film Festival 2013 – Winner of the Child and Family Award for Long FilmPlanete Doc, Warsaw 2013 – Green Cross Award
