Katrine W. Kjær / Denmark / 2012 / 90min

Synopsis:

What happens when adoption turns into an industry with the aim to alleviate the western world's childlessness and children and families in the developing world are forgotten? The film is a global story about the catastrophic consequences of a choice made with the best intentions. We follow an adoption from both sides of the globe, from the biological parents' last days with their children, through the adoption process, and the first four years of the adoptive parents' new life with the children in the West.

Director Bio:

Born in Denmark in 1974, Katrine W. Kjær holds a degree in multimedia design. She has worked as director and producer of documentary and news productions since 1999, primarily for primetime TV. She has directed several productions in Afghanistan and Africa for the national broadcasters DR and TV 2. Her first long documentary Mercy, Mercy had its world premiere at IDFA's First Appearance Competition.