International Documentary Film Festival
April 19 to 26, 2026
Kaptol Boutique Cinema, Zagreb

The Nicest Men On Earth

Josefine Exner, Sebastian Gerdes

The Nicest Men On Earth

According to Women, Peace and Security Index Denmark is the best country in the world to be a woman – they excel in education and build careers. But where does that leave Danish men? The Nicest Men on Earth is a tender, humorous, and affectionate group portrait of some of the sensitive and sweet men who find themselves disoriented by a loss of status and wavering self-esteem. The question is whether the country’s ambitious women even want the men they’ve left behind? Through three generations of men, the film tells a story of not being the best, of losing both at home and in the wider world, and of feeling stuck while everyone else rushes ahead. A humorous reflection on the new gender reality and our ingrained ideas about what it means to be a “real man.”

The Nicest Men On Earth are shown in an Inclusive Screening.

Denmark 2025, '78

DIRECTOR: Josefine Exner, Sebastian Gerdes

SCENARIO: Josefine Exner, Sebastian Gerdes

CAMERA: Josefine Exner

MONTAGE: Ania de Sá, Cecilie Marie Damsgaard

MUSIC: Christian Pehrson Balvig

PRODUCERS: Mathilde Hvid Lippmann

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

CPH: DOX 
Hampton FF 
Sao Paulo IFF 

Josefine Exner

Josefine Exner

Documentary Director (b. 1992 Aarhus) graduate from The National Film School of Denmark and The Danish School of Media and Journalism, based in Copenhagen. Has, among other things, received a Special Mention for the NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX 2025 and the Robert Award for Best Short Documentary in 2023.

Sebastian Gerdes

Sebastian Gerdes

Screenwriter and Film Director (b. 1989, Aarhus) graduate from Multiplatform Storytelling and Productions, The Cross-Media School of Children’s Fiction and 18Frames. Studying screenwriting at Super 16. Based in Copenhagen. Has, among other things, received a Special Mention for the NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX 2025.

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