
David Borenstein
Directing
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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Can't Feel Nothing 2024
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Inside China's Tech Boom 2023
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Superbats 2022
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Love Factory: The Price of Being a Social Media Star 2021
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Inside the Daily Life of a Live Streaming Star in China 2021
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How We Change 2021
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Dream Empire 2016
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Rent-a-Foreigner 2015
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Chinese Dreamland 2015
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Big Dirk 2015
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The Urban Wave 2015
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