Pulling the Trigger for Democracy

31. jan 2013. "The Shooter" is Annette K. Olesen's first shot at a political thriller. The director is mostly known for her emotional dramas – some have even won awards in Berlin. But the TV series "Borgen" taught…

The Unbearable Heaviness of Childhood

31. jan 2013. Scruffy children with dirty faces. Boys chucking rugby balls at a mentally challenged girl. Playgrounds overgrown with weeds. Infused with a singular poetic beauty, Daniel Joseph Borgman's The Weight…

Scenes of the Crimes

31. jan 2013. Joshua Oppenheimer's widely acclaimed, Danish-produced The Act of Killing draws its power from the director's daring choice of perspective. Rather than make a film about the victims of Indonesia's…

Pow! Right in the Face

31. jan 2013. 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…

The Joy of Trying Something New

31. jan 2013. Nicolás Pereda of Mexico and Jacob Schulsinger of Denmark met in the DOX:LAB talent programme and made "Killing Strangers" together, a story of three young men who try, and fail, to join the Mexican…

Nikolaj Arcel receives Dreyer Award

31. jan 2013 | DREYER AWARD. Nikolaj Arcel, director of Denmark's Oscar contender "A Royal Affair", receives Danish cinema's distinguished annual award for artistic merit.

Prominent directors in new alliance

29. jan 2013 | BERLIN. A new development outfit will see six Nordic filmmakers develop and direct films set in the US.

Two Danish films to Berlin's Forum

16. jan 2013 | BERLIN 2013. The Berlinale has invited two Danish films to the Forum section: Daniel Joseph Borgman's Danish-New Zealand feature "The Weight of Elephants" and Jacob Schulsinger and Nicolas Pereda's DOX:LAB…

Impressive year at the cinema

16. jan 2013 | BOXOFFICE 2012. Cinema admissions were at their highest level in 30 years, and 2012 proved to be the second best year for Danish films at the national box office since 1981. Historical dramas were popular picks…

Oscar nomination to A Royal Affair

10. jan 2013 | NOMINATION. Nikolaj Arcel's historical drama "A Royal Affair" about passion and politics is selected as one of the five final candidates for this year's Foreign Language Oscar.