EXIT

by Karen Winther
  • © 2018 Sant & Usant AS | Deckert Distribution
  • 2018 Sant & Usant AS | Deckert Distribution
  • 2018 Sant & Usant AS | Deckert Distribution
  • 2018 Sant & Usant AS | Deckert Distribution

    Synopsis

    In EXIT, we meet Angela from the US and Ingo and Manuel from Germany, all former right-wing extremists who made the leap to leave their movement. They are now forced to live isolated lives in hiding due to their dangerous pasts. In Denmark, we explore the other side of the spectrum when Søren shares the story of his life a former left-wing extremist. Director Karen Winther also meets Frenchman David, who was active in the Armed Islamic Group and who has served 6 years in prison for terrorist activities.
    Reflecting on her very own extremist past and the stories of the people she meets along her travels, Winther walks us through how she arrived at her own „wake-up call“ and the extraordinary journey that followed. We are invited to join her on a radical discovery and gain an insight into what is really takes for an person to break out of their life as they know it and leave their extreme movement behind.

    Festivals

    2018
    cph:dox Copenhagen Denmark
    Nordic Docs Fredrikstad,Norway
    Oslo Pix 2018, Norway
    Dokufest IDF Prizren, Kosovo
    Visioni Dal Mondo IDF Milano, Italy
    Nordisk Panorama Malmö, Sweden
    Love & Anarchy IFF Helsinki, Finland
    United Nations IFF San Francisco, USA
    DOK Leipzig: Goethe-Institut Documentary Film Prize & Young Eyes Film Award & Gedanken-Aufschluss Award

    2019
    One World IHR Documentary FF, Czech Republic

    Cast and Crew

    Director

    Karen Winther

    Producer

    Eirin Gjørv (Sant & Usant AS)

    Score

    Michel Wenzer

    Sound

    Gisle Tveito, Yvonne Stenberg

    Editor

    Robert Stengård

    DoP

    Peter Ask