First step in Oscar race

02. sep 2011 | SHORTLIST. "Superclásico", "A Funny Man" and "A Family" are shortlisted for the title as Denmark's Oscar candidate in the Best Foreign Language category.

Best opening of the year

30. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. With 67,000 tickets sold in its opening weekend, Martin P. Zandvliet's "A Funny Man" is off to a flying start – the best since the hit movie "Clown" opened in December.

Melancholia opens in major territories

25. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. "Melancholia" is likely to become Lars von Trier's best-selling film abroad in recent years, says producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen after the film's first three months in release.

Brügger takes his Ambassador to IDFA

23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. Mads Brügger and Zentropa's "The Ambassador" is selected for competition at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam kicking off on 16 November.

Volcano to Toronto

23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. "Volcano" enjoyed its world premiere in Cannes and was awarded for best direction in Transylvania. Next Rúnar Rúnarsson's debut feature is off to the Toronto International Film Festival starting 8…

August snapshot

22. aug 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. Bille August is shooting his new film "Passion of Marie", about the wife of one of Denmark's greatest painters, in Skagen at the northernmost tip of Denmark. The film is scheduled for release in…

Good start for Scherfig's One Day

19. aug 2011 | LONE SCHERFIG. "Successful" and "moving", two of the leading trade magazines call Lone Scherfig's adaptation of David Nicholls' novel "One Day". The film is out in the US on 19 August.

New films to Toronto

16. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. Ole Christian Madsen's "Superclásico" and Martin Zandvliet's "A Funny Man" are selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Von Trier's "Melancholia" is already in place.

Clown best film at Fantasia

08. aug 2011 | AWARD. The subversive humour of Mikkel Nørgaard's "Clown" earned it the Cheval Noir at the key genre film festival Fantasia in Montreal.

Undercover in the heart of Africa

05. aug 2011 | NEW FILM. Armed with cufflinks, a cigarette holder and a diplomatic title, Mads Brügger is on a mission to the Central African Republic to uncover murky games in his upcoming film "The Ambassador".