Four Danish Films Pitching at IDFA Forum

04. nov 2010 | IDFA FORUM. "The Invention of Dr. Nakamats" attracted attention at last year's Mid-length competition – now Kaspar Astrup Schröder explores yet another Japanese phenomenon in "I Want to Cheer Up Ltd.", pitching…

Objectively and in Detail

04. nov 2010 | VOICES. Can the erotic be measured? Can it be framed? Or defined? In his new film, "Erotic Man", more than 10 years in the making, Jørgen Leth touches on these simple yet wide-embracing questions.

Devices For Capturing Happy Accidents

04. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. A thorough discussion of development and methods in documentary films is called for to clear up the prevailing confusion of terminology, Jesper Jack says. The Danish Film Institute's short and…

Danes Back in Damascus

04. nov 2010 | FESTIVAL. Damascus, once again, invites new Danish cinema to their international festival, kicking off 7 November. While the Danish FILM-X studio was a learning ground for Damascan children producing their own…

FILM#70 with Danish docs

04. nov 2010 | MAGAZINE. The films selected for IDFA 2010 reflect the wide span of Danish documentaries. Read about all ten films in the Danish Film Institute's festival magazine FILM#70.

The Last Farmer

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. A farming country for the last 6,000 years, Denmark is undergoing radical changes, as industrialisation and streamlining has structured everything down to the smallest detail. In his portrait of a…

The Beast in Civilisation

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. How little do you have to scratch a civilisation's veneer before the dark, primeval forces appear? That's a fundamental question for the Danish director Janus Metz, whose documentary "Armadillo"…

Give Kids a Break!

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. It comes as a surprise to Dorte Høeg Brask that one out of three Danish children go through a divorce. That 3,000 children lose a parent every year. That children at Danish asylum centres don't have…

Compelling Downfall

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. Encountering the extraordinary often feeds thoughts about the ordinary. When she first heard about her two characters' financial downfall and individual confrontations, director Eva Mulvad knew she…

Documentary in Cyberspace

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. Bente Milton and Mikkel Stolt set out to do a personal investigation of the online phenomenon Second Life. "My Avatar and Me", selected for IDFA's Reflecting Images, goes with co-director Stolt on a…