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Rent a Family, Inc.

Ryuichi owns a company that rents out fake family members and friends, but his own family doesn’t know.

Series

Global Voices

Premiere Date

September 22, 2013

Length

60 minutes

Funding Type

Co-Production

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Director

Director Kaspar Astrup Schröder's film The Invention of Dr. Nakamats competed at major festivals in 2009 and 2010, including (CPH:DOX, IDFA, Thessaloniki, Full Frame Film Festival, SFIFF, Hot Docs, True/False, and Melbourne Film Festival. The film has been sold to over 15 territories. Kaspar's latest documentary My Playground was selected for IDFA 2010. Kaspar also works as a composer, artist and editor. He recently edited Last White Man Standing produced for ITVS, BBC, DR-TV, and SVT.
Mette Heide

Producer

Mette Heide is an award-winning producer and owner of +plus pictures ApS. She has worked as an executive producer for the past 16 years. Among the films she’s produced are Last White Man Standing (2010), The Invention of Dr. Nakamats (2009), Honestly, Mum and Dad (2009), and Liberace of Baghdad, winner of the Special Prize at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.