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.

Clown best film at Fantasia

08. aug 2011 | AWARD. The subversive humour of Mikkel Nørgaard's "Clown" earned it the Cheval Noir at the key genre film festival Fantasia in Montreal.

Undercover in the heart of Africa

05. aug 2011 | NEW FILM. Armed with cufflinks, a cigarette holder and a diplomatic title, Mads Brügger is on a mission to the Central African Republic to uncover murky games in his upcoming film "The Ambassador".

Promising mid-year market share

02. aug 2011 | ADMISSIONS. The domestic market share for the first six months of 2011 lands at 29%  – the best result since 2008.

International producer to strengthen co-productions

02. aug 2011 | DFI. The Danish Film Institute has appointed Noemi Ferrer Schwenk to the newly-created position of international producer.

Next newsletter in August

02. jul 2011 | SUMMER. The summer holidays are upon us. We will resume our regular English news service with a weekly newsletter in August. In the meantime we wish you an enjoyable summer full of films and offer lots of…

Melancholia opens in Russia

01. jul 2011 | MELANCHOLIA. Expectations are high as "Melancholia" is about to release in Russia. Russian audiences have traditionally been very fond of von Trier's films.