Danish documentaries at Hot Docs

16. apr 2008. When the international documentary festival Hot Docs is launched April 17 in Toronto, six Danish films will be participating.

Jørgen Leth's travel films — third DVD

14. apr 2008. A compiled DVD of Jørgen Leth's travel films is now available – the third box set in a series of six containing Leth's entire cinematic oeuvre published by the Danish Film Institute.

Danish documentaries honoured at Cinema Eye Awards

19. mar 2008. Pernille Rose Grønkjær's "The Monastery" and Asger Leth's "Ghosts of Cité Soleil" were among yesterday's prizewinners at the Cinema Eye Awards ceremony held at the IFC Center in New York.

Awards 2007

13. mar 2008. In 2007, Danish films brought home 92 international awards, distributed among 18 feature films and 16 short & documentary films.

Danish Bodil Awards 2008

25. feb 2008. "The Art of Crying" by Peter Schønau Fog was honoured with Best Danish Film at the Film Critics' Bodil Awards.

New Danish films in the pipeline

22. feb 2008.

"45 cm" receives Prix du Public at Clermont-Ferrand

12. feb 2008. Annette K.

"Go With Peace Jamil" wins in Rotterdam and Göteborg

04. feb 2008. Omar Shargawi's feature film debut scored hat trick at the two major festivals closing this weekend: a VPRO Tiger Award at Rotterdam, and the Church Prize and FIPRESCI Award at Göteborg.

Danish Film Academy Robert Awards 2008

04. feb 2008. Peter Schønau Fog's "The Art of Crying" swept the table with eight awards, followed closely by Nikolaj Arcel's "Island of Lost Souls" which brought home five awards.In all, 25 honours were present

New Pilot Fund for Low-Budget Features

04. feb 2008. Low-budget feature films with artistic ambition and a potential audience of 75,000 people – that’s the challenge issued by Rå|Film, a new pilot fund, to the Danish film industry in 2008.