‘Home’ will have its world premiere at one of Northern Europe’s largest film festivals, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR), in the festival’s prestigious competitive programme Big Screen Competition. The programme bridges popular cinema, classics, and arthouse films, and is dedicated to supporting the distribution of the nominated films in the Netherlands.
Home
In the hope of creating a better life, 6-year-old Maja and her parents leave Yugoslavia for Denmark, leaving behind Maja’s two older brothers with the promise they will join once the family is settled. But the new country proves difficult and unfamiliar, and the family struggles to adapt to a new language, culture, and way of life. As the years pass, Maja grows up and becomes a successful artist in Denmark, yet beneath her achievements, she carries a divide of joy, sorrow, and gratitude—torn between the life she has built and the painful sacrifices her parents made for their future.
In 1991, six-year-old Maja flees with her parents to Denmark, while her brothers are left behind in the Balkans. Maja’s mother and father struggle to adapt, but soon realize that Denmark is far from the promised land they had dreamed of. Maja quickly learns the foreign language and thus ends up taking on responsibility for her parents. Many years later, she has become a successful artist in Denmark, but behind her success she carries a sense of division between joy, sorrow, and gratitude for the life she has been given and for the choices and sacrifices her parents made and paid for.
‘Home’ is directed by Marijana Jankovic and produced by Mads-August Grarup Hertz for Nordisk Film Production. The cast includes Dejan Cukic, Nada Šargin, Tara Cubrilo, and Jesper Christensen, among others.
The film is supported by the Danish Film Institute. ‘Home’ is distributed by Nordisk Film Biografdistribution in the Nordic countries and will have its Danish theatrical premiere on April 16, 2026.
Special Unit – The First Murder
Christoffer Boe’s ‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ will be screened in the Limelight programme, which presents new films that are both audience favourites and of high artistic quality.
The film is produced by Thomas Heinesen for Nordisk Film Production and has sold more than 300,000 tickets in Danish cinemas.
‘Special Unit – The First Murder’ is supported by the Danish Film Institute’s marketing scheme.