Scandi-thrill draws crowds

08. oct 2013. BOX OFFICE SEP-OCT. "The Keeper of Lost Causes" hit the big screen on 3 October and took 120,522 admissions during its opening weekend, which is the second-best opening in more than ten years…

New releases

08. oct 2013 | PREMIERES IN OCTOBER. Screened at the Toronto festival in September, "Antboy" now meets its home audience, as does the highly anticipated thriller "The Keeper of Lost Causes". Here are October's new Danish films on the…

A Song for Iben

27. sep 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Shooting for Ole Christian Madsen's "Itsi Bitsi" begins on 2 October, a film based on the true story about Danish beat poet Eik Skaløe and the great love of his life.

The Hunt is Danish Oscar entry

26. sep 2013 | OSCAR 2014. Thomas Vinterberg's Cannes winner "The Hunt" starring Mads Mikkelsen is Denmark's candidate to run in the nomination race for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.

Online mystery to New York

24. sep 2013 | FESTIVAL. Film, computer games and social media merge in "Cloud Chamber", a new trans-media project which will be showcased during the New York Film Festival from 28 September.

Three co-productions receive DFI support

19. sep 2013. CO-PRODUCTION SUPPORTS. Henrik Ruben Genz is directing James Franco in "Good People", one of three projects in the latest round of co-production supports from the Danish Film Institute.

Like a gap. Media in "Paris, Texas"

13. sep 2013. The status of Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas as a film classic is built on its sensitive rendition of American landscapes – including the interior landscapes of people who are unable to live with each…

Buster and the rest

10. sep 2013 | DANISH FESTIVALS. Last Thursday, BUSTER invited Copenhagen's young audiences to enjoy nearly two weeks of film events. From 12 September the Bornshorts film festival celebrates the short format over three days on the…

Production supports since May

10. sep 2013 | PRODUCTION SUPPORTS. Niels Arden Oplev directs his first Danish film in several years, Mikkel Nørgaard is making his second thriller, and there are also a few first-time feature directors on the list. These new feature…

Who gets to define the past?

06. sep 2013 | EXHIBITION. War crimes are defined by the winners, says one of the characters in "The Act of Killing". Joshua Oppenheimer's groundbreaking film about Indonesia's 1965-66 genocide is juxtaposed with Danish WWII…