Talent Guide

Kirstine Barfod

  • Discipline:Producer
  • Program Year:Documentary Lab 2023

Bio

Kirstine Barfod is an accomplished producer who has received numerous accolades for her work in the film industry. She was awarded an Emmy, a Cinema Eye award for Outstanding Achievement in Production, a Peabody award, and a 2020 Academy Award nomination for producing The Cave, a documentary directed by two times Oscar-nominated director Feras Fayyad (Last Men in Aleppo). Over the course of her career, Kirstine has produced and co-produced a dozen feature documentaries and documentary series, including Reunited (CPHDOX), The Magic Life of V (Sundance), and Ibrahim (TIFF). In recognition of her contributions to the film industry, she was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2019. In 2022, Kirstine established her new production company, Nordland Pictures, which promises to be another exciting chapter in her career.

Current Project

Black Snow

Logline

When residents of a remote Siberian coal mining settlement discover an old Soviet mine has caught fire beneath their neighborhood, they turn to homemaker-turned-journalist Natalia Zubkova for help. But after Natalia’s independent news coverage goes viral, she finds herself the target of a massive government disinformation campaign.