Danish releases March-May

24. feb 2011 | NEW RELEASES. The next quarter, March-April-May, sees the release of new and exciting features from not only well-known Danish directors Madsen and von Trier, but also from debuting directors Carlos Oliveira…

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

24. feb 2011 | OPINION. Perhaps teens would rather watch films where the hero looks dumb with a glob of come in his eye, while the heroine runs away screaming from a homicidal maniac. But at unguarded moments there in the…

Danish critics award to R

21. feb 2011 | AWARDS. "R" was honoured as Best Danish Film and Shooting Star Pilou Asbæk as Best Actor at the annual Bodil Awards Sunday in Copenhagen.

Peaceforce Wins at Clermont-Ferrand

16. feb 2011 | AWARD. Peter Gornstein's "Peaceforce" brought home the Prix Canal+ at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France.

Blood in the Mobile wins in Berlin

15. feb 2011 | BERLIN. Frank Piasecki Poulsen's documentary "Blood in the Mobile" was honoured Monday night at the annual Cinema for Peace awards ceremony in Berlin.

BAFTA lauds Oplev and Stæremose

14. feb 2011 | AWARD. "The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo" took home the British equivalent of the Oscar for Best Film Not in the English language at the BAFTA Awards Sunday evening.

New Head of DR

11. feb 2011 | INDUSTRY. Maria Rørbye Rønn will be the new managing director of national broadcaster DR.

Filmhouse in February

09. feb 2011 | CINEMATHEQUE. Enjoy a selection of contemporary Japanese movies, the works of cameraman Jack Cardiff, those of director Samuel Fuller and don't miss Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange and O Lucky Man! All at…

Identifying the High Performers

08. feb 2011 | INTERVIEW. For Kim Leona and Steen Bille, both veteran screenwriters, the dramaturgical craft by now is second nature. But the Danish Film Institute's two feature film commissioners agree that attention to…

Nordic Thoughts on the Digital Future

08. feb 2011 | THINK TANK. Even though Scandinavians speak the same kind of strange languages that no one else understand and share ideals about public support systems, we're terrible at buying tickets to each other's films…