Danish line-up in Toronto

08. sep 2011 | TORONTO 2011. Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's highly anticipated "Drive" plus four Danish productions are in the line-up of the world's leading public film festival taking place over the next ten days.

Danish films in Moscow

07. sep 2011 | INTERNATIONAL. The legendary theatre 35mm in Moscow is hosting the third Danish Wave festival offering a programme with highlights from comtemporary Danish cinema. For the last decade Russia has seen an increasing…

First step in Oscar race

02. sep 2011 | SHORTLIST. "Superclásico", "A Funny Man" and "A Family" are shortlisted for the title as Denmark's Oscar candidate in the Best Foreign Language category.

Best opening of the year

30. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. With 67,000 tickets sold in its opening weekend, Martin P. Zandvliet's "A Funny Man" is off to a flying start – the best since the hit movie "Clown" opened in December.

Melancholia opens in major territories

25. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. "Melancholia" is likely to become Lars von Trier's best-selling film abroad in recent years, says producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen after the film's first three months in release.

Brügger takes his Ambassador to IDFA

23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. Mads Brügger and Zentropa's "The Ambassador" is selected for competition at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam kicking off on 16 November.

Volcano to Toronto

23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. "Volcano" enjoyed its world premiere in Cannes and was awarded for best direction in Transylvania. Next Rúnar Rúnarsson's debut feature is off to the Toronto International Film Festival starting 8…

August snapshot

22. aug 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. Bille August is shooting his new film "Passion of Marie", about the wife of one of Denmark's greatest painters, in Skagen at the northernmost tip of Denmark. The film is scheduled for release in…

Good start for Scherfig's One Day

19. aug 2011 | LONE SCHERFIG. "Successful" and "moving", two of the leading trade magazines call Lone Scherfig's adaptation of David Nicholls' novel "One Day". The film is out in the US on 19 August.

New films to Toronto

16. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. Ole Christian Madsen's "Superclásico" and Martin Zandvliet's "A Funny Man" are selected for the Toronto International Film Festival in September. Von Trier's "Melancholia" is already in place.