Berlin picks two Danish films

17. dec 2010 | FESTIVAL. The Berlinale has selected two Danish films for the Generation 14plus programme: Heidi Maria Faisst's "Rebounce" and Rune Schjøtt's feature film debut "Skyscraper".

Dreyer, Trier, women and phobias

16. dec 2010 | DREYER. Women suffer, are tortured and burned at the stake! This parallel – and many more – links Danish cinema's two great directors, Carl Theodor Dreyer and Lars von Trier. Read the whole…

Pilou Asbæk Danish Shooting Star

15. dec 2010 | NOMINATION. Pilou Asbæk is selected as one of ten young acting talents to be showcased at the Berlin Film Festival 2011. His latest performance was the lead in the hard-hitting prison drama "R", one of…

Golden Globe nomination to Susanne Bier

14. dec 2010 | NOMINATION. "In a Better World" picked up a Golden Globe nomination at HFPA's live announcement Tuesday, 14 December.

US critics applaud Paprika Steen

10. dec 2010 | INTERNATIONAL RELEASE. "Applause" has hit the mark with US critics who, not surprisingly, single out Paprika Steen for her outstanding lead performance.

In the Limelight at Les Arcs

09. dec 2010 | FESTIVAL. Europe's Sundance in the French Alps invites audiences to zoom in on Danish cinema with a 15-film programme of new titles and a crop of vintage Trier, Scherfig, Refn and Thomas Vinterberg, who is…

Valhalla Rising on Top 20

09. dec 2010 | CRITICS' PICK. Mads Mikkelsens' mute warrior has catched the eye of Empire magazine, voting Nicolas Winding Refn's Viking film "Valhalla Rising" among the top 20 films of 2010.

Debut short to Sundance

07. dec 2010 | FESTIVAL. A tragic childhood event is the dramatic engine in Thor Ochsner's animated short "1989 (When I was five years old)" selected for the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

Bier to Sundance and award in Goa

03. dec 2010 | FESTIVAL. "In a Better World" is up for its US launch at Sundance in January. The invitation to participate in the Spotlight section fell on Thursday 2 December, as the International Film Festival of…

Marrakech welcomes emerging directors

02. dec 2010 | FESTIVAL. "Rosa Morena", first Danish-Brazilian coproduction and feature debut by Carlos Oliveira, is competing at Marrakech International Film Festival as one of 15 new talents.