French praise to Valhalla Rising

18. mar 2010. NEW RELEASE "A psychedelic viking trip". Leading French critics name Nicolas Winding Refn's "Valhalla Rising" his best film in years. Danish release 31 March.

The Red Chapel on tour

16. mar 2010. DOCUMENTARY Humour and North Korea – an odd match by any standard. Mads Brügger's Sundance winner "The Red Chapel" has caught the attention of many an international festival with its subversive…

Plaudits Continue for Applause

12. mar 2010. AWARDS Martin Pieter Zandvliet's feature film debut "Applause" sweeps up yet another top award, this time the Maverick Spirit Award at Cinequest festival in San Jose, California this week.

The New Tenants wins Oscar

08. mar 2010. AWARDS "The New Tenants", a Danish-American production directed by Joachim Back, is writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen's second Oscar winner.

Burma VJ on DVD

05. mar 2010. Anders Østergaard's "Burma VJ" is the first Danish documentary since 1961 to reach the Oscar nominations. Overtaken in the final run by Louie Psihoyos' "The Cove" as best documentary feature,…

Cartoon Movie pitches three films

03. mar 2010. "Carlo's Casino", a newly DFI supported 3D animation, is one of three Danish projects pitching at Cartoon Movie in Lyon.

DFI Filmhouse in March

01. mar 2010. If you're planning a trip to Copenhagen in March, you might consider a visit to the DFI Filmhouse to cruise through the shelves at the film and bookshop, take a break at the café SULT – before you…

The Dogma era can still inspire

26. feb 2010. Two months into 2010 and Danish films have already made their mark at major festivals: Sundance, Rotterdam, Göteborg – and Berlin. Interviewed for the festival publication Nisimazine.eu, DFI Festival…

Heidi Maria Faisst helms teenage film

25. feb 2010. The relationship between mothers and daughters is a recurring theme in Heidi Maria Faisst's films. Shooting for her second feature film, a story about a young girl's thirst for maternal love, starts…

Special Mention to "Out of Love"

19. feb 2010. Birgitte Stærmose's documentary honoured at Berlin International Film Festival.