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Democrats
Camilla Nielsson, Denmark, 2014
99 min.DK/Documentary
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Camilla Nielsson is co-director on “Cities on Speed — Mumbai Disconnected” (2010). She holds an MA in visual anthropology from New York University and worked as a media consultant for UNICEF and UNESCO.
Competition for Feature-length Documentary / IDFA 2014
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