Phie Ambo — Director (7)
...when you look away (2017) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Når du kigger væk
director: Phie Ambo
other title: Når du kigger væk / When You Look Away
Have you ever known who was calling before you answered the phone, or felt you were being watched while in an empty room? Is it possible to exist across multiple worlds simultaneously? When her young daughter insists she’s sometimes human and sometimes an animal, filmmaker Phie Ambo wonders what else might exist outside a singular human consciousness. Committing to the principal of randomness, she plumbs the minds of various leading thinkers, from the father of string theory to a Buddhist monk, from a clairvoyant to a janitor. Just as impressive as their fascinating ideas, however, is the visual correlative of this ever-deepening metaphysical query. Who would expect the mysteries of existence to lurk inside the grease trap at an amusement park or in a single cup of tap water? Prepare to have your reality permanently altered by this mind-boggling, impossible and thoroughly compelling film.
Mechanical Love (2007) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Mechanical Love
director: Phie Ambo actor: Hiroshi Ishiguro
other title: 人造之愛
"Mechanical Love" is a documentary on the interrelationship between robots and humans. The film portrays people who have a close relationship with a robot, and it takes us from the high temple of robot technology, Tokyo, Japan, to Braunschweig, Germany, to Italy and back to Copenhagen, Denmark. By this world tour director Phie Ambo seeks to highlight the human need for love and our craving to be loved by others - perhaps the two most important aspects of life. Through the main characters, she examines the cultural differences in how we accept emotional robots in the East and the West.
Good Things Await (2014) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Så meget godt i vente
director: Phie Ambo actor: Niels Stokholm
other title: 스톡홀름 씨의 좋은 날 / Boas Coisas Nos Aguardam
Niels Stokholm is one of the most idealistic farmers in Denmark. He runs the biodynamic farm with his wife, Rita, and from their farm, Thorshøjgaard, they distribute products to some of the best restaurants in the world.But not everyone is equally fond of Thorshøjgaard and their holistic methods. Authorities and bureaucracy threaten to close down the farm. Phie Ambo follows their struggle to make sure that they are not the last to do agriculture the way they do, but some of the first.
Free the Mind (2011) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
Free the Mind
other title: 解放心灵 / Free The Mind – Kann ein Atemzug dein Denken verändern?
Brain scientist Professor Richard Davidson sets up his mind to conduct an unusual experiment: He will teach American war veterans and children meditation and yoga. Can veterans through meditation and yoga ease their pain and nervous system, find happiness and be more peaceful and get back to a life more like the one they had before the war?
Gambler (2006) [Movie] Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Gambler
other title: ギャンブラー ニコラス・ウィンディング・レフンの苦悩 / 赌徒
A humorous documentary about Nicolas Winding Refn and his struggle to secure his family financially and help him get on with his life. Forced to file for personal bankruptcy after the failure of "Fear X" at the box office, Refn has only one chance to wipe the slate clean and continue his career as a filmmaker: produce sequels to his breakthrough movie "Pusher."
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero (2011) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero
director: Phie Ambo / 青山真治
other title: 零年中的孤单六十秒 / 60 Sekundit Üksindust Aastal Null
An anthology of one-minute films created by 51 international filmmakers on the theme of the death of cinema. Intended as an ode to 35mm, the film was screened one time only on a purpose-built 20x12 meter public cinema screen in the Port of Tallinn, Estonia, on 22 December 2011. A special projector was constructed for the event which allowed the actual filmstrip to be burnt at the same time as the film was shown.