Four feature film debuts are among the nine titles to receive a subsidy commitment from the Danish Film Institute since December – alongside films signed by established directors like Ole Bornedal, Annette K. Olesen and Tomas Villum Jensen. The complete list is as follows:
"Lille soldat"/English working title "Little Soldier"Drama. Director Annette K. Olesen's fourth feature film, written by Kim Fupz Aakeson and produced by Ib Tardini for Zentropa. Expected release 2008.DFI Factsheet: Lille soldat
"Fri os fra det onde"/English working title "Deliver Us from Evil"Thriller. Director Ole Bornedal's sixth feature film, written by Bornedal and produced by Michael Obel for Thura Film. Expected release 2009.DFI Factsheet: Fri os fra det onde
"Flygtningen"/English working title "The Refugee"Drama. Director Kathrine Windfeld's feature film debut, written by Rasmus Heisterberg and Mette Heeno, based on a novel by Olav Hergel. Produced by Morten Kaufmann for Nimbus Film. Expected release 2009.DFI Factsheet: Flygtningen
"Velsignelsen"/"The Blessing" (New Danish Screen)Drama. Director Heidi Maria Faisst's feature film debut, supported by the talent subsidy scheme New Danish Screen. Written by Faisst and produced by Meta Louise Foldager for Zentropa. Expected release 2008.DFI Factsheet: Velsignelsen
"Anja & Viktor – i medgang og modgang"/English working title "Anja & Viktor – In Sickness and in Health"Romantic comedy. Director Søren Frellesen's feature film debut, written by Frellesen and produced by Regner Grasten for Regner Grasten Filmproduktion. Expected release 2008.DFI Factsheet: Anja & Viktor – i medgang og modgang
"Olsen Banden – på de bonede gulve"/English working title "The Olsen Gang – Moving in Higher Circles"Animation. Director Jørgen Lerdam's fourth feature film, written by Nikolaj Peyk and produced by Tomas Radoor and Thomas Heinesen for Nordisk Film and A. Film. Expected release 2009.DFI Factsheet: Olsen Banden – på de bonede gulve
"Ved verdens ende"/English working title "At World's End"Comedy. Director Tomas Villum Jensen's sixth feature film, written by Anders Thomas Jensen and produced by Tivi Magnusson and Christian Steengaard Potalivo for M&M Productions. Expected release 2009.No DFI Factsheet available.
"Daniel"/English working title "Daniel"Youth drama. Director Morten Giese's feature film debut, written by Giese, Kim Leona and Lars K. Andersen, and produced by Mikael Olsen for Zentropa. Expected release 2009.DFI Factsheet: Daniel
"Min1Film"/English working title "My1Film"Children's film, animation. Anders Morgenthaler is concept director of a 45 minute compilation of short animation and puppet films, produced by Sarita Christensen for Copenhagen Bombay. Expected release 2008.DFI Factsheet: Min1Film
For further information:
Danish Film InstituteClaus Ladegaard, Head of Production & Development, +45 3374 3433, clausl@dfi.dkMarianne Moritzen, Head of Unit, Feature Film, +45 3374 3451, mariannem@dfi.dkJakob Kirstein Høgel, Artistic Director, New Danish Screen, +45 3374 3675, jakobh@dfi.dk