Danish day at Göteborg

26. jan 2012 | FESTIVAL. Göteborg International Film Festival highlights Danish cinema on 1 February with film premieres, seminars and a party.

Mads Mikkelsen on the red carpet in Berlin

20. jan 2012 | BERLIN 2012. Nikolaj Arcel and Zentropa's "A Royal Affair" is selected for Competition in Berlin. Mads Mikkelsen is back in his first Danish role in years as Struensee in a highly dramatic story of Denmark of the…

Burma VJs released

20. jan 2012 | WORLD CHANGING. The video journalists from "Burma VJ - reporting from a closed country" were among the 651 released political prisoners in Myanmar.

Superclásico on Oscar shortlist

18. jan 2012 | OSCAR SHORTLIST. Danish divorce comedy "Superclásico" made it to the last round in the nominations run for Best Foreign Language award. Final list will be announced on 24 January.

Danish films in Sundance

18. jan 2012 | SUNDANCE. No less than four Danish films and one co-production are off to Sundance, starting on Thursday the 19 January. These are "Teddy Bear", "The Ambassador", "Putin's Kiss", "1/2 Revolution" and "The…

Superclásico hyped on Oscar tour

16. jan 2012 | OSCAR BUZZ. The Danish Oscar candidate was well-received in Palm Springs and L.A.

New Danish releases January-March

10. jan 2012 | NEW RELEASES. The next quarter sees the release of Henrik Ruben Genz' comedy drama "Excuse Me", Mads Matthiesen's feature film debut "Teddy Bear", selected for Sundance, and Nikolaj Arcel's historical epic "A…

Six months of Danish cinema

05. jan 2012 | EU PRESIDENCY. Films by Susanne Bier, Lars von Trier, Nicolas Winding Refn and several more are making their way to film buffs across Europe. Over the next six months, the Danish Film Institute and local partners…

Special focus in Göteborg

05. jan 2012 | FESTIVAL. Göteborg International Film Festival highlights Danish cinema with a section consisting of 14 new Danish films, a retrospective series, a Danish day, and seminars. In addition, "Teddy Bear" in…

Simon Staho off to Berlin

14. dec 2011 | BERLIN 2012. He is known for his uncompromising style in films like "Daisy Diamond" which gave Noomi Rapace her breakthrough role. Danish director Simon Staho is tuning up for Berlinale's Generation 14plus with…