Mikkel Boe Følsgaard is Shooting Star

12. dec 2012 | BERLIN 2013. He plays the deranged King Christian in "A Royal Affair", a performance that won him a Silver Bear at this year's Berlinale. Soon Mikkel Boe Følsgaard is off to catch the spotlight once again as one…

Filmmakers must have courage and integrity

03. dec 2012. Q&A. Marie Schmidt Olesen has worked with film production and talent development for 14 years in Scotland. Now, she looks forward to getting to know the Danish talents and supporting them in…

The Hunt wins EFA for European Screenwriter

02. dec 2012 | EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS. Tobias Lindholm and Thomas Vinterberg won the award for European Screenwriter for "The Hunt" at the 2012 European Film Awards on Saturday in Malta.

Women on Power

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. Can you teach illiterate women from developing countries to build solar panels? That's exactly what a project in India aims to do. "Solar Mamas" tracks a Jordanian woman's struggle to educate herself…

Scrutinising a Swiss Mining Venture

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. In "Stealing Africa", Christoffer Guldbrandsen investigates how multinational companies are draining money out of Africa and into tax havens in the rich countries. The filmmaker wants to shake up our…

Mercy, Mercy and Ghost of Piramida nominated at IDFA

22. nov 2012. Katrine W. Kjær's "Mercy, Mercy" is nominated in the First Appearance Competition, and Andreas Koefoed's "Ghost of Piramida" in the Music Competition at the IDFA 2012.

Poverty in short

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. Around 30 short films by new and emerging talents are part of the global campaign on poverty and inequality launched in November 2012. Watch some of the films here on our website.

An excercise in affecting the hearts and minds of millions

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. After half a century of aid, why are so many people still living in poverty? This is the central question driving the ground-breaking documentary series "Why Poverty?" which investigates the…

When do we stop caring?

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. "Some of them make you embarrassed, upset, outraged even, but I think the deepest feeling the 'Why Poverty?' films impart is they make you feel part of a global community," says Klara Grunning-Harris…

A Hijacking sold to North America

16. nov 2012 | SALES. Magnolia has picked up the North American rights for Tobias Lindholm's appraised feature "A Hijacking".