Veteran actor Anders W. Berthelsen set for solo directorial debut

11. aug 2021 | IN PRODUCTION. Acclaimed actor Anders W. Berthelsen, known from a string of awardwinning roles from the past 25 years, has begun production on a romantic comedy, his first film as solo director.

Award-winning playwright Christian Lollike debuts as film director

11. aug 2021 | IN PRODUCTION. Christian Lollike, Danish playwright and theatre director, makes his feature film debut with the satirical comedy 'Kagefabrikken', ready for release in September 2022.

As in Heaven selected for Toronto

28. jul 2021 | FESTIVAL. Tea Lindeburg's feature film debut 'As in Heaven' will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, where it is selected for the 'Discovery' programme. The film is also picked for the main…

Cannes with strong Nordic collaborations

03. jul 2021 | CANNES 2021. Danish production company Snowglobe is prominently represented in Cannes as co-producers of Joachim Trier's 'The Worst Person in the World' and Eskil Vogt's 'The Innocents', both in the Official…

Danish short films in Cannes

03. jul 2021 | CANNES 2021. Discover the three short films selected for this year's line-up: 'In the Soil' by Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen, 'Free Men' by Óskar Kristinn Vignisson and 'Inherent' by Nicolai G.H. Johansen.

Asta Nielsen: A Cosmopolitan Diva

23. jun 2021. PEER REVIEWED. This article examines how Asta Nielsen’s star persona developed in the Danish context in 1913, applying a transmedia perspective. The analysis covers the German film 'Die Suffragette' …

Lone Scherfig returns home with hospital series 'The Shift'

23. jun 2021 | PUBLIC SERVICE. Lone Scherfig has begun principal photography on her first Danish-language project in 14 years. The eight-part TV series 'The Shift' follows the everyday life at a super hospital in Copenhagen,…

The People of the Borderland – A Forbidden Film, a Powerful Neighbour, and Film Censorship as Foreign Policy

23. jun 2021. This article analyses the complex case of the censorship of the film 'Grænsefolket' ('The People of the Borderland', 1925), and examines how power relations between Denmark and Germany impacted on…

Facts & Figures 2021 with data on Danish film

02. jun 2021 | PUBLICATION. 25 feature films received production support in 2020, 20 feature films were released in the cinemas and half of these landed on the local top 20, with a market share finishing at 50.2%. Find these…

Cecilie McNair to debut with psychological drama

02. jun 2021 | IN PRODUCTION. Cecilie McNair has begun principal photography on her feature film debut 'Baby Pyramid', a psychological drama about a fertility doctor unable to have a child. The film is expected to premiere in…