Filmfest celebrates Mads Mikkelsen

24. jun 2010 | FESTIVAL. A strong hand of four Danish films are selected for the Filmfest München, also celebrating Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen.

Eurimages support to Arcel and Trier

24. jun 2010 | NEW FILMS. Nikolaj Arcel's "A Royal Affair" and Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" have received coproduction support from Eurimages.

Trailer to Bier's In a Better World

23. jun 2010 | TRAILER. Get a first glimpse of Susanne Bier's upcoming "In a Better World" featuring Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm and Mikael Persbrandt. Danish release 26 August.

David Bordwell on Dreyer

15. jun 2010 | DREYER. The Danish Film Institute's new Dreyer website went live in May and is continually being updated with new material. Film historian David Bordwell draws attention to Dreyer's debut, "The President",…

The Dreyer Generation

Film historian David Bordwell draws our attention to Dreyer’s debut, 'The President', which is usually regarded as a second-tier work. 'The President' is an exploratory work that offers glimpses of a…

Valhalla Rising to New York

10. jun 2010 | FESTIVAL. Valhalla Rising, by Nicolas Winding Refn, is selected to screen at New York's BAMcimenaFEST this weekend.

Zlin Film Festival rewards two Danish films

08. jun 2010 | FESTIVAL. Zlín Film Festival (30 May – 6 June), Europe's oldest and largest film festival for children and youth films, awarded two Danish films this weekend.

Nordic Showcase in Shanghai

07. jun 2010 | FESTIVAL. Nordic family films will hit the screens in Shanghai 14-20 June when 12 Nordic feature films and one short film will screen in the Best Nordic Family Film Showcase. The showcase is part of the…

Spanish admiration for Danish model

03. jun 2010. CHILDREN & YOUTH. This week the Danish model of film education and the production and distribution of films for children and youth was on the agenda of the conference section of Feria del Libro…

"He just did it"

03. jun 2010 | DREYER. In his novel "Invisible" Paul Auster sends one of his characters to the cinema to watch Dreyer's "The Word". Carlos Reygadas embodied the film's miracle of resurrection in his Cannes Jury Prize…