In Love With the Material

07. may 2013. Infatuated with Alex van Warmerdam's dark and original universe, Danish producer Tine Mosegaard of Angel Films was compelled to co-produce the director's eighth feature film "Borgman". In return, van…

Between Heaven and Hell

07. may 2013. Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling are back on the red carpet in Cannes, this time with Refn's Danish-produced "Only God Forgives". Taking cues from cinematic Bangkok and Eastern mysticism, his…

Would You Hold My Baby, Please?

07. may 2013. For producer Mikael Chr. Rieks, trust and honesty are key in working with directors and investors. He only gets involved professionally with people he would leave his kids with.

A Tale of Two Brothers

07. may 2013. The rugged Icelandic landscape frames Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson's tale of two brothers who bond after a watershed event. With support from the DFI Film Workshop, "Whale Valley" could be completed…

Søren Malling - A Late Bloomer

07. may 2013. Søren Malling last year celebrated 20 years in the acting business. But he has only really been getting serious attention in the last few years for his roles in the TV series "The Killing" and …

A Strong Thread of Humanism

07. may 2013. Søren Kragh-Jacobsen was one of the four Dogme Brothers. While Thomas Vinterberg and Lars von Trier took Cannes by storm in 1998, Kragh-Jacobsen's "Mifune" won the Silver Bear in Berlin and was a big…

"We Pushed Ourselves To The Max"

07. may 2013. So says Lene Børglum, producer of Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish Cannes competitor "Only God Forgives", a low-budget film with a stylised cinematic vocabulary and a star-studded cast.

Mikael Rieks Producer on the Move

02. may 2013 | CANNES 2013. He started out as a TV producer, founded his own production company Koncern Film, and has now joined Nordisk Film for the second time around where he is currently developing two historical epics with…

Mikkelsen & Green in South Africa

22. apr 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Director Kristian Levring has just embarked on an eight-week shoot in Johannesburg for the Danish-produced western "The Salvation" with Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green in leading roles. The film has…

Short film in competition

18. apr 2013 | CANNES 2013. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson's Danish-Icelandic "Whale Valley" is one of nine short films selected for Cannes Competition.