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Danish participation in Cannes 2008

06. may 2008. Martin de Thurah's short fiction "Young Man Falling" is selected for the International Critics' Week and Louise Vesth is Producer on the Move at the 61st Cannes Film Festival (14-25 May).

Crossing Boundaries

01. may 2008. The ThinkTank on Film and Film Policy was formally set up in June 2007 with the support of the Danish Film Institute. One focus of the initial work that it has kicked off with a three-day workshop in…

Danish Astronauts Make First Beer Run to Saturn

01. may 2008. Cultivating a unique style and encouraging young animators to develop creative solutions on a low budget is one way for a small nation with a very down-to-earth sensibility to reach for the stars…

Exiled in Our Life

01. may 2008. "Young Man Falling" directed by Martin de Thurah has been selected for the medium length films section of the 47th International Critics' Week.

Expressionist Genre Film

01. may 2008. Danish cinema is no longer all dogmas. It's genres, too. Among the new style-conscious genre films is Kasper Barfoed's thriller, "The Candidate". Cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro was in charge of…

Fiction in the Service of Truth

01. may 2008. Ole Christian Madsen's "Flame & Citron" merges history-writing with psychological portraits, adding new facets to the story of the Danish resistance. With more than half a million tickets sold…