Medvirkende

”Jeg kan se mig selv påmønstre det gode skib der netop er anløbet kajen. Jeg ser mig selv på bølgen blå i matrostøj. Vinke farvel til hjertesorger og bekymringer og følge kompasnålen rundt over de syv verdenshave, anlægge en skipperkrans, stoppe mig en pibe af den fineste virginiatobak, slå min frakkekrave op mod passatvindene, lægge til ved fjerne kyster, hale trawlet ud og ind, se verden gennem min kahyts koøje, sove til middag i en hængekøje af hampelærred, lade kokken skænke for af den dampende skipperlabskovs til aftenmåltiderne nede i kabyssen. Hvad siger du, skipper, kalder jeg nede fra landjorden. Er I sikre på at I ikke kan bruge en som mig?”

Jeg vil lave den vildeste billedfortælling, fremkalde oplevelsen af at være der, og gengive den store forandring den sidste istid afstedkommer; ikke med klimapanik, men som absolut inspiration for de kommende generationer. Kraften fra is - genoplevet 23 år efter jeg gik over indlandsisen i 1988.

Uddannelse
Cand. Comm. RUC Studier på Københavns Arkitektskole Studier på Mod. Kultur & Kulturfomidling

Anerkendelser
Armadillo (2010) Grand Prix, Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2010 – Best Documentary, London Film Fes- tival 2010 – Best Documentary, Zürich Film festival 2010 – Best Documentary, Calgary Film Festval 2010 – Best Documentary, Tornai Film Festival 2011 – Robert, Bedste lange dokuemtar 2010 – Bodil, Bedste dokumentar 2010 – Bodil, bedste fotografi 2010 – Svend- prisen Årets film 2010 – Best Photography & Best Sound design, Moscow 2in1 2010 – Nominated for Best Documentary, European Film Awards 2010 – Nominated for ”justice award”, Cinema for Peace, Berlin 2011 – Præmieret af Statens Kunstfond 2010. Best feature length documentary, Riverrun Film Festival, US. Fra Thailand til Thy (2008) & Fra Thy til Thailand (2008) Bedste dokumentar, Nordiske filmdage Lübeck 2009 – TV-prisen 2008 – HBO emerging filmmaker, Full Frame Docfest 2009 – Bedste lange dokumentar, Gulddok 2008 – Bedste fotografi , Gulddok 2008 – Publikumsprisen Odense Filmfestival 2008 – Special mention. CPH:DOX 2008 – Special mention Quanzhou Film Festival 2009 – Bedste fotografi, TV-prisen 2009 – Præmieret Statens Kunstfond 2009.

Udvalgte produktioner og publikationer

Armadillo (2010), Fra Thailand til Thy (2008) & Fra Thy til Thailand (2008), Borderlands (2007), Eventyrerne (2006), Township Boys (2006)

Gennem hele min barndom har jeg hørt historier fra Grønland. Min onkel og hans familie boede i næsten 40 år på Grønlands østkyst. Gennem dem hørte jeg hvert år vidunderlige historier om den enorme natur, det fantastiske lys og den larmende stilhed. Billederne tonede sig frem på nethinden, og jeg har lige siden haft en stor drøm om at komme dertil. Det er derfor fantastisk at jeg nu kan få muligheden for at komme derop! Jeg håber på mødet med det storslåede og storladne, det episke. Jeg håber på mødet med det ukendte, det uberørte, det fremmede, på at det vil sætte hele sanseapparat i gang og inspirere til fantastiske billeder. Jeg håber på mødet mellem videnskaben og kunsten vil give masser af stof til en fantastisk film!

Arbejdsområde

Siden 2003 gæstelærer på filmfotograflinjen og dokumentarfilm-afdelingen, Den Danske Filmskole
Uddannelse
1997-2001 Uddannet filmfotograf, Den Danske Filmskole

Udvalgte produktioner og publikationer
Arbejdserfaring som filmfotograf
2010 ”Elsker/Elsker ikke”, TV dokumentarserie. Inst. Mikala Krogh. Prod. Radiator & DR ”Susannes Gods”, TV dokumentarserie. Inst. Katrine Philp. Prod. Barok Film & DR2

2009 “Armadillo”, Dokumentarfilm. 2. Fotograf. Inst. Janus Metz. Prod. Fridjof Film “Thea & Leoparden”. TV-serie. Inst. Lisa Archan. Prod. DR fiktion “Det Erotiske Menneske”. Spillefilm. Inst. Jørgen Leth. Prod. Zentropa Productions “Love Addiction”. Dokumentarfilm. Inst. Pernille Rose Grønkjær. Prod.: Danish Documen- taries

2007 “Maj & Charlie” pilot & episode 1, 5, 7, 8, 9. TV-serie. Inst. Mikkel Serup. Prod. SocialClub “Comeback”, Spillefilm. Inst. Ulrik Wivel. Produktion: Nordisk Film Production A/S “Alt er Relativt”, Dokumentarfilm. Inst. Mikala Krogh. Produktion: Tju-Bang Film

2006 “Ungarn ́56”, Dokumentarfilm. Inst. Christoffer Emil Bruun. Prod. DR Dokumentar “Out”, Kortfilm. Inst. Daniel Dencik. Produktion: Blenkov & Schønnemann “Diplomacy”, Dokumentarfilm. Inst. Boris Bertram & Rasmus Dinesen Prod. EasyFilm

2005 “Kold Krig”, TV dokumentarserie. Inst. Christoffer Emil Bruun. Prod. DR Dokumentar “Den Rette Ånd”, Spillefilm. Inst. Martin Strange-Hansen. Prod. M&M Productions

2003 “Danish DJ`s”, TV dokumentarserie. Inst. Boris Bertram. Prod. Raket Film

2002 “Menneskenes Land – Min film om Grønland”, Dokumentarfilm. Inst.Anne Regitze
Wivel Produktion: Barok Film

Work

Special Expertise
Extended feature films and expedition experience working under complicated conditions like arctic climates, tropical climates, desert, jungle, mountains and location shooting in big cities.

Large scale lighting, and camera set-ups. Extensive expertise in coop rating with large international crews with different cultural backgrounds. Maritime / underwater and WESCAM aerial cinematography, wild animals and experienced ocean voyage yachtsman.

Worked in the following NordenU.S., Caribbean Islands, Honduras, Great Britain, France, Greenland, Faroe Islands, Iceland Finland, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, Turkey, Romania, Estonia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Italy, Greece, Malta, Egypt, Israel, Eritrea, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Senegal, Ivory Coast, South Africa, Arabian Sultanate of Oman, Bahrain, India, Andaman Islands, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Education

The National Film School of Denmark 1989-1993 (CinematographyThe International Film Workshops in Maine (Rockport, USA) 1988

Working as a fashion and interior design still photographer from1985-95

AcknowledgementsTorben Forsberg recieved personally "The Royal Medal of Recompense with Crown" from her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark for his work on Expedition Sirius 2000.
The Short List Kodak Award, San Diego, USA 2005 for "Heartbeat"

Selected productions and publications
Documentary

EXPEDITION SIRIUS 2000
TV series 5 x 42 min. episodes
Torben Forsberg was Director / Cinematographer and full-time member on the 125-day expedition, with participation of His Royal Highness Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. A 3000 km journey on skis and dog-sledges around the northern coast of Greenland following in the footsteps of past explorers during the musts testing of conditions on the planet elsewhere Temperatures fall below -47 degrees Celsius. Produced by Nordisk Film Production
DAKAR RALLY 2006
"Against the Race", 52 min.
15 days and 9.500 km from Portugal to Dakar through Spain, Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea and Senegal. Torben Forsberg was full time driver (Volkswagen Touareg) and DOP in the rally. Directed by Wadt Thomsen. Production company: Thura Film Production
"S / Y NORDKAPEREN ACROSS THE INDIAN OCEAN"
Documentary-Feature 106 min. for cinema release
Subsequently released for television (4 x 52 min. Episodes)
5 months sailing on board the 100-year-old yawl "s / y Nordkaperen" from Thailand to India, Oman, Eritrea, and Egypt.
A sailing travel adventure visiting 4 continents. Directed by Ulrik Bolt-Jørgensen. Produced by Arena Films
"THE ROYAL DANISH NAVY IN 500 YEARS"
52 min on history of the navy's work around Greenland and Iceland. Sailing 5 weeks on the Danish Navy expedition ship "Vædderen" to the most north-eastern tip of Greenland, being the first ship ever to sail this north.
52 min from a navy expedition in the Baltic Sea describing the early maritime wars between Denmark and Sweden. Director: Troels Rivendell. Produced by Film Company The Blue Dolphin
"THE PRICE OF THE POLE"
Torben Forsberg Traveled in Northern Greenland for four weeks together with six Inuit hunters hunting of polar bears.
Amnesty International Award 2006. Directed by Staffan Julen. Produced by Haslund Film.
"Dogon - DAYS AROUND A Damma"
About the Dogon Tripe in Mali, West Africa. Directed by Søren Kragh Sørensen. Produced by M & M Productions
"THE DOLPHIN - A GIFT FROM ALLAH"
Documentary on the ways of communication mellem Bedouin and dolphins in Egypt, Red Sea. Directed by Robert Fox. Produced for TV2 Television
"COWBOY & ANGEL"
Documentary about the Royal Danish Ballet's director Flemming Flindt
Shot in Florida, Texas and Denmark. Directed by Valerie Saunders. Produced by Easy Film

Feature Films

"A HANDFUL OF SEA" 117min. (Cinema release March 2011)
Drama love story directed by commercial director, Leyla Yilmas, shot on film around Istanbul, the Greek and Turkish islands in maritime environment with underwater scenes and sailing dialogue scenes.
"THE WILD SWANS" (cinema release December 09) Shot on Arriflex D21 and Cooke S4 lenses. A fairy tale in close collaboration with Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. The production transforms Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans into a spectacular universe and transports the viewer into an artistically dark, magic world populated with princes, princesses, evil step mothers, corpse eaters and toads. The Production design was created by Queen Margrethe II and gjort using subtle 3D computer effects and actors der emphasize the epic nature of the story. The film examines life's great themes: love, wickedness, perseverance and the indefatigable struggle for justice. Director: Peter Flinth. Produced by JJ Film Productions. Starring: Thure Lindhardt, Ghita Nørby, Stine Fischer Christensen, Jens Jørn Spottag, Benedicte Hansen.
"PARS" Action Thriller
"In a Dark world of drugs, elsewhere everyone is a traitor - revenge is the name of the game". 146min. cinema release 2008
90 days of shooting in Istanbul, Amsterdam and on the island of Malta. Budget 9 million Euros 75,000 meters 35mm film stock shot on ARRI cameras with CookeS4/Intelligent lenses. Starring: Udo Kier, Mehmet Kurtulus. Directed by Osman Sinav. Produced by Sine Chart and United International Pictures
"BOKSHU THE MYTH" Adventure Drama
The movie leads us into the darkness of Indian mythology ..... 18 weeks filming in 35mm Panavision on location in India, Los Angeles and the Himalayas. Directed by Shyama Prasad. Production Company: Arjun Creations. Starring: Irfan Khan (slumdog millionaire), Steven Berkoff, David Millbern, Heather Preete, Harish Patel
"ANJA & VICTOR 4" Drama. Cinema release the 2007th 90min filmed on HD. Directed by Niels Nørløv. Production company: Regner Grasten Film. The most selling movie overall in Denmark 2007 (biggest box office)
"FATHER OF FOUR" Family drama
Cinema release the 2006th 90 minutes filmed on 35mm. Directed by Claus Bjerre. Production Company: ASA FILM, EASY FILM, SCANBOX. The Most selling movie overall in Denmark 2006
"THE OLSEN GANG JR" Family drama
Set in the 1950's, a young orphan ice Abducted for an experiment in space. Directed by Peter Flinth. Produced by Nordisk Film Production. Starring: Ellen Hillingsø, Jesper Langberg, Ole Testrup, Axel Leth, etc.
"HEARTBEAT" Musical Drama
".... A dazzling musical about a young Arab woman facing deportation just as she is about to receive a heart transplant. The verve and intensity of the performers, the explosive score, excellent shooting in cinemascope, and socialt observant lyrics made this film a price winner to festivals worldwide". Kodak Award Jury Cannes int. Film festival 2005. Directed by Martin de Lima. Produced by Stop Film / Sweden. Starring: Alexander Skarsgard, Swen Wolter, Sara Sommerfeld, Lotta Tejle, etc.
"VACUUM"
As result of an accident, a young woman kan no longer move, but still sees and hear. Directed by Martin Lima De Faria
Produced by Stop Film / Sweden. Starring Shanty Roney, Melinda Kinnaman, Tova Magnusson-Norling, etc.
"JEWEL OF THE DESERT" Special effects movie / Family Drama
Directed by Thomas Borch-Nielsen. Production Company: Thura Film
"HENNING THE HERO" Special Effect Thriller
Directed by Lars Hesselholdt. Production company: Angel Films
"GIGOLO" Road movie in Copenhagen
Directed by Carsten Rudolf. Production Company: Nimbus Film

TV drama
"SUMMER" Drama
DOP on 2 x 52 min. Episodes 17 & 18. Directed by Niels Nørløv. Production company: Danish National Television DR Fiction
"DEFENCE" Legal Drama TV Series
Development of visual Conzept and DOP on 8 x 52 minutes episodes. Directed by Jannik Johansen, Morten Arnfred, Claus Bjerre, Niels Gråbøl. Produced by Nordisk Film Production. Starring: Paprika Steen, Lars Brygmann, Troels Lyby, Sonja Ricter, Jesper Lohmann
"CIRCLE OF DESIRE" Drama, 5 x 52 min. episodes
Torben Forsberg was principal DOP for the project. Directed by Claus Bjerre. Produced by Easy Film
Starring: Jens Jørn Spottag, Tina Dico, Peter Steen, Solbjørg Højfeldt, Søren Spanning etc. Nominated for Best Cinematography at the International Madrid IMAGEN cinematographers Festival 1998
"UNIT ONE" Police thriller TV series
DOP on 2 x 52min. Directed by Martin Schmidt. Production Company: Danish National Television DR Fiction. Emmy Award 2002 for Best Foreign Drama