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Marwencol

Mark Hogancamp dolls

After a vicious attack leaves him brain damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in Marwencol, a 1/6th-scale World War II-era town that he creates in his backyard.

Premiere Date

April 26, 2011

Length

90 minutes

Awards & Recognition

Winner

2010 South by Southwest Film Festival (SXSW) - Documentary Feature Jury Award

Winner

2010 International Documentary Association (IDA) - Jacqueline Donnet Emerging Filmmaker Award for Director Jeff Malmberg

Jeff Malmberg

Producer/Director

Marwencol is Jeff Malmberg's directorial debut. The film premiered at the SXSW Film Festival where it won the Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary. It has gone on to win Grand Jury awards at the Cleveland and Seattle International Film Festivals, Audience Top 10 awards at Hot Docs and Seattle, and a Special Jury prize at IFF Boston. As director, Jeff was honored with the HBO Documentary Films Emerging Artist Award at Hot Docs, as well as the Cinematic Vision Award from Silverdocs. In 2006, Jeff produced and edited Red White Black & Blue, which premiered at the Locarno Film Festival and aired the following year on Independent Lens. The documentary uncovers the Battle of Attu, the only land-based invasion of the United States since the War of 1812. Malmberg also produced and edited the Fox Searchlab short film Broadcast 23, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005. As a film and television editor, Malmberg's credits include the critically acclaimed BET documentary series American Gangster, TV One's Unsung, A&E's Biography, ESPN's SportsCentury, and numerous shows for the History Channel. In the world of commercial editing, he has cut more than 100 spots for directors such as George Lucas, Errol Morris, TRAKTOR, and Harald Zwart, and brands such as Miller High Life, Nokia, Toyota, Polaroid, and Star Wars. Jeff Malmberg is a graduate of USC's School of Cinematic Arts.