Mads Mikkelsen in EFA limelight

26. oct 2011 | HONOUR. The European Film Awards honour Mads Mikkelsen for his "unique contribution to the world of film". The EFA awards ceremony will be held on 3 December in Berlin.

Four films to IDFA FORUM

19. oct 2011 | IDFA FORUM 2011. Among the Danish directors presenting works in progress at IDFA's international financing market are Michael Madsen, who has brought his film "Into Eternity" on nuclear waste to festivals worldwide,…

Volcano on the map

17. oct 2011 | IN DEMAND. Rúnar Rúnarsson's feature debut is by far the most sougth-after Danish production on the international festival circuit this year. On Sunday the film was awarded silver in the New Directors…

Resources on documentaries

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Eight Danish films to IDFA

14. oct 2011 | IDFA 2011. Putin's Russia and African diplomacy are two of the hot topics explored in the eight Danish documentaries bound for the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam 16-27 November.

Burma VJ makes an impact

12. oct 2011 | SPECIAL HONOUR. Anders Østergaard's "Burma VJ" receives a Special Commendation from the jury behind a new annual award celebrating films that make a difference.

Oscar candidate in Busan

10. oct 2011 | FESTIVAL. Tickets were sold out to Sunday's screening of "Superclásico" at Asia's top film festival in Busan. Have a look at some of the international festivals with Danish films in October.

IDFA launch with The Ambassador

07. oct 2011 | IDFA 2011. Journalist-cum-diplomat Mads Brügger's venture into the Central African Republic opens the world's most important documentary film festival on 16 November in Amsterdam.

Out-loud laughs in Austin

28. sep 2011 | AWARD. Zentropa's "Clown" garnered a pair of top awards at America's largest genre film festival, the Austin Film Fest in Texas.

Revolutionary by accident

23. sep 2011 | INTERVIEW. Omar Shargawi was trapped in an Egyptian revolution as he was preparing a film about street kids in Cairo. Out of it came instead the documentary "Half a Revolution", premiering at the hotspot for…