Hollywood doesn't make you happy

23. jul 2010 | DANISH DIRECTOR QUOTES. Nobody is ever going to require me to re-cut a scene, or to change it, says Hella Joof, comparing filmmaking in Hollywood to Denmark. We continue our summer quotes from Danish directors …

Danish films to Melbourne

21. jul 2010 | FESTIVAL. A string of documentaries, two short fiction films and the awardwinning feature film debut Brotherhood make up the Danish hand at this year's Melbourne Film Festival.

Making a dogma film made perfect sense

16. jul 2010 | DANISH DIRECTOR QUOTES. The idea of making a Dogma film made perfect sense to Annette K. Olesen, one of the 17 directors interviewed in Danish Directors 2, a new volume giving an inside perspective of how infrastructure,…

Coppola exhibits Danish Laterna Magica collection

15. jul 2010 | INDUSTRY. Danish director Henning Carlsen's unique collection of laterna magica is now part of Francis Ford Coppola's exhibition at his Rubicon Estate in California.

Oldboys wins audience award at Karlovy Vary

12. jul 2010 | FESTIVAL. Danish actor-director Nikolaj Steen receives the Audience Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.

Danish classics in Swahili

08. jul 2010. CHILDREN & YOUTH. African children will be able to enjoy film classics in their own language, Swahili, when Danish children and youth films showcase this summer at Zanzibar Film Festival. This…

Dreyer Remix

08. jul 2010 | DREYER. See Christina Rosendahl's music video for the Danish band Phonovectra, based on Dreyer's classic short film "They Caught the Ferry". The Danish Film Institute's new Dreyer website went live in May…

DOX:FORUM open for submissions

06. jul 2010 | SEMINAR. DOX:FORUM, the three-day event for film projects seeking financing and international market partners, will kick off 10 November. Submissions are open until 1 September.

Danish films to Giffoni

05. jul 2010 | FESTIVAL. Seven Danish films are selected for competition programmes at Giffoni film festival, Europe's biggest film cultural event for children and young people.

... But am I loved?

Carl Dreyer’s film 'Gertrud' created an uproar, stirred emotions and loosened pens when it opened in 1964. The reviews were scathing, slamming both the film’s style and its content, a woman pursuing…