David Borenstein
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David Borenstein is an American documentary filmmaker. Borenstein lives and works in Copenhagen. Borenstein began his career in radio broadcasting and directed his first feature film, Dream Empire, in 2016. He spent ten years in China working on the film, shooting documentaries about the fringes of Chinese society. For this work, he received several nominations and won the Golden Alexander for Best Documentary at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. In 2025, he released the documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, which screened in the main competition at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025)
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Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star (2021)
Director
Dream Empire (2016)
Director
Can't Feel Nothing (2024)
Director
Superbats (2022)
Director
Chinese Dreamland (2015)
Director
Big Dirk (2015)
Director
Inside China's Tech Boom (2023)
Director
How We Change (2021)
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The Urban Wave (2015)
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Rent-a-Foreigner (2015)
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Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China (2021)
Director