Sepideh travels to Sundance

05. dec 2013 | FESTIVAL. A young Iranian girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut is at the heart of Berit Madsen's documentary film "Sepideh", selected for competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January.

The Act of Killing on Oscar shortlist

04. dec 2013 | OSCAR SHORTLIST. Accolades have rained down on Joshua Oppenheimer's Danish-produced "The Act of Killing". Now the film is one of 15 titles selected for the Oscar shortlist in the Documentary Feature category.

Indonesians are Coming to Grips with Their Past

02. dec 2013 | FOCUS. Since its premiere, "The Act of Killing" has shaken audiences worldwide. But it has had a different effect on Indonesians: It says out loud what everyone knows but has been afraid to talk about for…

Helium on Oscar shortlist

25. nov 2013 | OSCAR SHORTLIST. "Helium" by Anders Walter is among the ten live action short films picked to enter the race for an Academy Award nomination.

Watch trailer to Nymphomaniac

22. nov 2013 | TRAILER. Following a month-long marketing campaign, the trailer for Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac" is now online, anticipating the film's world premiere on 25 December.

The Act of Killing makes an impact

14. nov 2013 | AWARD. "Its brave brilliance has already led to tremendous impact, almost single-handedly opening the painful dialogue on Indonesia’s genocide". Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" wins the PUMA…

Reaching for the Stars

13. nov 2013. Can a young Iranian woman become an astronaut? Berit Madsen's "Sepideh" is about a remarkable teenage girl cleverly and stubbornly working towards making her dream come true.

An Inside View

13. nov 2013. Andreas Johnsen is the one-man army who got access to Ai Weiwei. Even as the world-famous Chinese artist and dissident had been banned from talking to the media, the Danish documentarian had an…

Letting Go of Someone You Love

13. nov 2013. In "Carl & Niels", director Alexander Lind creates symbolic spaces to visualise the painful recognition by two twins that their childhood symbiosis is irretrievably lost. Lind is a recent…

I'm Not Out to Judge

13. nov 2013. Jon Bang Carlsen originally planned his new film, "Just the Right Amount of Violence", as a relatively straight documentary, but the project ended up as one of the most genre-blending works of the 63…