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Six challenges from Lars von Trier

14. aug 2012 | PARTICIPATE. While we wait for his next film "Nymphomaniac", Danish director Lars von Trier is setting the rules for a user-generated film project which invites people around the world to reinterpret six iconic…

Danish films at IDFA 2016

11. nov 2016 | OVERVIEW. Eight Danish films and two with Danes on board are on the bill in Amsterdam. Get the full picture in this summary of films and people at this year's IDFA, running 16-27 November.

Short Film Makes Oscar Shortlist

29. nov 2016 | OSCAR 2017. Aske Bang and M&M Productions' "Silent Nights" is one of ten short films on this year's shortlist for an Oscar nomination.

Three potential Danish Oscar entries selected

03. sep 2015 | OSCAR 2016. "A War" by Tobias Lindholm, "Men & Chicken" by Anders Thomas Jensen, and "The Look of Silence" by Joshua Oppenheimer are shortlisted for Denmark's Foreign Language entry, with the final candidate…

A War on Oscar shortlist

18. dec 2015 | OSCAR 2016. Tobias Lindholm's "A War" is one of the nine feature films selected for the Oscar shortlist in the Foreign Language Film category. The five final nominees will be selected on 14 January.

Sorrow and Joy Is Danish Oscar Entry

18. sep 2014 | OSCAR 2015. Recounting a horrifying chapter in the director's own life, Nils Malmros's "Sorrow and Joy" is selected as Denmark's candidate for the Foreign Language Film nominations.

Scandinavian thriller series headed for the big screen

21. may 2012 | IN THE PIPELINE. Nikolaj Lie Kaas stars as the detective Carl Mørck in the adaptation of Jussi Adler-Olsen’s million-selling thrillers, announced Zentropa at a press conference in Cannes on Monday. TrustNordisk has…

Gosling takes lead in Refn's Only God Forgives

24. jun 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. "Drive" duo Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling team up for Refn's Bangkok noir "Only God Forgives", produced with support from the Danish Film Institute.

Copenhagen flooded in new sci-fi

28. may 2015 | IN PRODUCTION. "Fang Rung," a sci-fi thriller set in a world of ecological disaster, has started shooting in Copenhagen with acclaimed documentary filmmaker Max Kestner making his feature film debut.

Bille and Anders August filming Lucky Per

30. apr 2017 | IN PRODUCTION. A miniseries based on the Danish classic "Lucky Per" will start shooting in August. Director is Bille August, who wrote the screenplay with his son Anders August.

Klown duo cooking up new comedy

20. jun 2016 | IN PRODUCTION. Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam, who brought male misbehaviour to the big screen in "Klown" and "Klown Forever," are preparing a comedy set in the eighties, to be directed by debuting feature…

God Speaks Out in New Film

26. aug 2016 | IN PRODUCTION. Henrik Ruben Genz starts shooting his adaptation of a bestselling novel by Danish author Jens Blendstrup, the story of a patriarch and his family's looming revolt.