Was Dreyer a Sadist?

12. may 2010 | DREYER. On more than one occasion, Dreyer was labeled a sadistic director, because he caused his female leads to suffer in his tireless search of the sublime. One of the gems from the Dreyer archives is an…

Finding Love in Unlikely Places

12. may 2010. Mikkel Munch-Fals, known to Danes as a two-fisted film critic from TV, is making his debut as a feature film director with the ensemble drama Nothing's All Bad, a warts-and-all look at engulfing…

Facts & Figures 2010 out now

12. may 2010 | STATISTICS. Get the full picture of Danish film production, distribution and sales 2009 in the latest edition of Facts & Figures.

Danish films to Cannes

07. may 2010 | CANNES 2010. Competing in Semaine de la Critique this year is Janus Metz' documentary drama Armadillo and Daniel Joseph Borgman's short fiction Berik. Moreover the Swedish-Danish coproduction Sound of Noise, by…

Tenderness for the Characters

04. may 2010. Why doesn't Marjorie, Jenny's mother in "An Education", have a sewing machine? And why does Olympia from "Italian for Beginners" drop so many scones? There is always a story behind the story when…

'Quotas Are For Fish'

04. may 2010. Winning awards, making headlines, gaining international recognition – Danish women directors are doing exceptionally well right now. But is gender really still an issue?

Art Meeting The Market

04. may 2010 | PROFILE. Christian Rank, Danish Producer on the Move, loves quirky films. He believes that small films can learn from the market orientation of big productions. No matter how specialised a film is, it’s still…

Back to Basics

04. may 2010 | OPINION. I'm not completely sure of the origin of the statement “the best film act in the world", nor whether it's absolutely true, but the fact remains that people ask us all the time: What's the secret…

Filmhouse in May

01. may 2010. Immerse yourself into the screen dreams of Shanghai, or the less dreamy reality of life behind bars. Romp through Sherwood Forest, see the best from the Gyllenhaal siblings, and warm up to the World…

Six Danish films at Hot Docs

30. apr 2010 | FESTIVAL. Nyon winner "Into Eternity" is one of the six documentaries invited to one of the world's most important documentary festivals taking place 29 April - 9 May.