Superhero to Toronto

13. aug 2013 | FESTIVAL. Denmark's first big-screen superhero is on his way to the Toronto film festival in September. "Antboy" by Ask Hasselbalch is selected as one of only five films in TIFF Kids, joining Christoffer Boe's…

Two gifted eccentrics to Toronto

31. jul 2013 | FESTIVAL. Christoffer Boe's "Sex, Drugs and Taxation" is selected for the Vanguard programme at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

A Hijacking in Nairobi

17. jul 2013 | EVENT. Last year, it was Angelina Jolie's "In the Land of Blood and Honey". Now UN's Refugee Agency in Somalia has invited Tobias Lindholm's piracy film "A Hijacking" to be screened for a World Refugee Day…

Scandi-thrill in Locarno

17. jul 2013 | FESTIVAL. Mikkel Nørgaard's "The Keeper of Lost Causes" will enjoy its world premiere in one of Europe's most beautiful open-air cinemas during the Locarno film festival running from 7 August. This first of…

Indie picks for the summer

05. jul 2013 | US RELEASES. Judging by the latest UK ratings, Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" still leaves no critic unaffected. To be released in the US on 19 July, the film is one of four Danish-produced titles on…

Images of Love and War

02. jul 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Ole Bornedal is shooting the epic war series "1864", Denmark's most expensive production to date. See the first dramatic stills with Søren Malling, Sidse Babett Knudsen and Pilou Asbæk from the icy…

Now It's Payback Time ...

28. jun 2013 | FUNDING. Last year, four European films were so financially successful that they were able to reimburse their support from the Council of Europe's funding programme Eurimages. All of the four films were…

Pow! Right in the Face

28. jun 2013 | KARLOVY VARY. Having sent a poor young man into a tailspin among hardened criminals in his prison movie "R", Michael Noer is back with a new film about youthful restlessness and manhood. "Northwest" is a film with…

Four Danish films at Karlovy Vary

27. jun 2013 | FESTIVAL. "Northwest" by Michael Noer, "A Hijacking" by Tobias Lindholm, "The Expedition to the End of the World" and "Moon Rider" by Daniel Dencik are selected for Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (28…

The End of the World As We Know It

26. jun 2013 | KARLOVY VARY. In summer 2011, the polar schooner Activ sat sail for one of the most majestic and inhospitable places on the planet. Aboard was a group of adventurous scientists and artists, including director…