film profile], making one ache to be young and Goth again. Watching three good friends, Josephine, Nightmare and Jay, play around with makeup, wigs and DIY tattoos is a delight in itself, and Fri’s background in music videos is put to very good use here. She seems to embrace the theatrics and the mad visuals, with their final creations proudly showcased on social media as well. Yet ultimately, it’s a story as old as they come, with a new love interest immediately endangering a bond that has so far seemed so solid. Repeat after Nicolas Cage, kids, back when he lost his hand in a bread-slicing accident: “Love don’t make things nice. It ruins everything.”
film profile], making one ache to be young and Goth again. Watching three good friends, Josephine, Nightmare and Jay, play around with makeup, wigs and DIY tattoos is a delight in itself, and Fri’s background in music videos is put to very good use here. She seems to embrace the theatrics and the mad visuals, with their final creations proudly showcased on social media as well. Yet ultimately, it’s a story as old as they come, with a new love interest immediately endangering a bond that has so far seemed so solid. Repeat after Nicolas Cage, kids, back when he lost his hand in a bread-slicing accident: “Love don’t make things nice. It ruins everything.”
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Hot Docs Review: Dark Blossom Is Part Documentary, Part Goth Lookbook Directed by Frigge Fri
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One part documentary and one part lookbook,
Dark Blossom tells the story of the next generation s enduring attachment to the goth subculture. Examining the lives of three Danish goth kids Josephine, Mareridt and Jay director Frigge Fri maps their friendship as they transition from adolescent outsiders to early-20s adults: adjusting to jobs and relationships, carving out a place for themselves in the world independent from their oppressive rural hometowns.
Josephine, who began her self-discovery journey as a teenager through social media goth communities, dons wigs, black-out scleral contacts and a chunky metal septum ring. Her best friend, Mareridt a gay, half-Pakistani musician whose name translates as Nightmare rebels against traditional values through his outlandish attire, incorporating religious iconography is his music and textile art. The pa
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International documentary sales company Reservoir Docs has acquired Danish doc “Dark Blossom” ahead of its upcoming world premiere and international screenings at CPH:DOX and Hot Docs respectively. Reservoir Docs has secured exclusive worldwide sales rights, with the exception of Denmark.
The feature debut of documentary filmmaker-music video director Frigge Fri, “Dark Blossom” is a visually and musically immersive story of three young Danish Goths who express their strong friendship through a shared love of darkness, macabre make-up and fashion, and social media expression. They channel a shared fascination with death to combat loneliness, inner demons, and the prejudices of small town life. But when one of them falls in love and plans an escape from th