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Golden Dawn Girls

Golden Dawn Girls (2017)

Directed by Havart Bustnes

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Duration: 95 mins

When the members of neo-Nazi party Golden Dawn are imprisoned and accused of heading a criminal organization, their daughters, wives and mothers step up to take over the leadership and maintain Golden Dawn’s position as the fifth largest party in Greece for the upcoming elections. As the elections and trial unfold, the Norwegian film crew is getting surprising access to the secret chamber and family lives of one of Europe’s most notorious nationalist parties – exposing the mindset, values and personalities of the people on the front lines of modern nationalism. 

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR

Håvard Bustnes (born 1973) is a multi-award winning director and producer. He holds a degree in Directing for Television from the College of Film and TV at Lillehammer and NTNU in Trondheim. His new film The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy premieres at CPH:DOX in March. His previous film Phantoms of the Sierra Madre premiered in the International Main Competition at CPH:DOX in 2024. In 2023, his short documentary Behind the Mask premiered at DOC NYC. Earlier films include Name of the Game (original title: Trond Giske - Makta rår), which premiered at IDFA in November 2021 and won the Golden Screen award (Norwegian Emmy), and Golden Dawn Girls which premiered in the IDFA Competition for Feature-Length Documentary in November 2017, was selected for more than 50 film festivals, and won the Human International Documentary Film Festival, One World Brussels, and Nordic/Docs. Other earlier films are Two Raging Grannies, Health Factory, and Big John. The latter won the Norwegian “Oscar”, the Amanda Award, for Best Theatrical Documentary. Bustnes’ films have been selected for more than 100 festivals worldwide and have had theatrical releases in several countries around the world.

Awards

  • Winner of the Grand Jury prize at One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in Brussels (2018).
  • Winner of the HUMAN award at Human International Documentary Film Festival in Oslo (2018).
  • Winner of best feature documentary at Nordic/Docs in Norway (2018). 
  • Winner of the EDAV award at Valencia International Festival of Human Rights - HUMANS Fest (2019).
  • The film has also been nominated to many prestigious international film festivals, including IDFA where it had its world premiere. 

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
3:40 p.m.