Marie Reuther is Denmark's Shooting Star in Berlin

13. jan 2022 | BERLIN. The young talent from the Danish HBO series 'Kamikaze', Marie Reuther, is selected as one of ten European actors to take part in the Shooting Stars promotional platform at the Berlin Film Festival,…

'Flee' and 'President' advance in Oscar race

21. dec 2021 | OSCAR 2022. Jonas Poher Rasmussen's 'Flee' lands two spots on the Oscar shortlists, in the International Feature Film and the Documentary Feature categories, respectively. Also among the shortlisted…

'Flee' wins at European Film Awards

11. dec 2021 | AWARDS. Jonas Poher Rasmussen's 'Flee' received top prizes at the European Film Awards, celebrating the best of European cinema. The ceremony broadcast live from Berlin also applauded director Susanne Bier…

Two Danish films selected for Sundance

09. dec 2021 | SUNDANCE. Simon Lereng Wilmont's documentary 'A House Made of Splinters' and Christian Tafdrup's thriller 'Speak No Evil' will be celebrating their world premieres at the Sundance Film Festival, starting 20…

Editor Niels Pagh Andersen creates order in chaos

17. nov 2021 | IDFA. Niels Pagh Andersen, the editor behind award-winning titles such as 'The Act of Killing' and 'The Look of Silence', presents his personal perspective on the art of editing and documentary…

Exploring spirituality and artificial intelligence

17. nov 2021 | IDFA. Jakob la Cour's 'Artificial Awakening' invites its audience into a universe exploring the possibilities of a spiritual dimension in artificial intelligence. Selected for IDFA DocLab Competition, the…

Festival hits, the art of editing and artificial intelligence at IDFA

17. nov 2021 | IDFA. Intimate, personal accounts of being on the run, the Syrian revolution and American school shootings are part of the broad Danish imprint on this year's IDFA. Get the full overview of films and…

Rough gems from our silent film collection

The Danish Film Institute holds a collection of silent films that don't easily fit in with our primary platforms 'Danish Silent Film' and 'Denmark on Film'. The films, however, are far too intriguing…

'Flee' nominated at the European Film Awards

10. nov 2021 | NOMINATIONS. 'Flee' is nominated in three categories for the European Film Awards, including for best documentary and best animation feature. This year's prize event takes place 11 December in Berlin.

'Flee' wins the Nordic Council Film Prize 2021

03. nov 2021 | AWARD. Director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, scriptwriter 'Amin' and the producers Monica Hellström, Charlotte de la Gournerie and Signe Byrge Sørensen receive the Nordic Council Film Prize for 'Flee'.