Danish films at IDFA 2020

13. nov 2020 | IDFA 2020. The major documentary film festival in Amsterdam will soon kick off and is this year largely accessible online. The CPH:DOX winner 'Songs of Repression' and the coming-of-age film 'Long, Live, Love',…

Support for Danish film to offset coronavirus impact

12. nov 2020 | FUNDING. Broad political agreement has been reached to ensure EUR 12m for Danish film and for national broadcaster DR. Of this, EUR 2.3m is going to the Danish Film Institute to cover extra costs brought on…

Asta Nielsen for our time

12. nov 2020 | SILENT FILM. Danish silent film actress Asta Nielsen was a megastar in her time. She also has the makings of an icon for today. Discover Denmark's arguably biggest movie star ever in a new section on the Danish…

Songs of Repression: Holding a mirror to the unspoken

11. nov 2020 | INTERVIEW. Marianne Hougen-Moraga and Estephan Wagner’s CPH:DOX winner 'Songs of Repression' takes a non-judgmental look at trauma. The film is now bound for IDFA, following an eye-opening premiere in Chile…

Absurdist feature debut premieres in Tallinn

11. nov 2020 | FESTIVAL. Jonas Kærup Hjort’s 'The Penultimate' is world premiering at Tallinn Black Nights in Estonia. The Kafkaesque drama, supported by the talent programme New Danish Screen, is selected for the First…

Another Round and The Cave advance in European Film Awards

10. nov 2020 | NOMINATIONS. 'Another Round' gains four nominations, including for best film, while 'The Cave' is nominated for best documentary at the European Film Awards 2020. This year's pan-European prize event will be held…

Niels Arden Oplev shooting with Sofie Gråbøl

03. nov 2020 | NEW FILM. Niels Arden Oplev is embarking on his next film, 'Rose', a star-studded drama about two sisters whose relationship is put to the test on a bus journey from the North of Denmark to the city of cities,…

Horror film with a feminist angle

23. oct 2020 | INTERVIEW. Director Jens Dahl and screenwriter Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen are ready with a rarity in Danish film. Their genre-conscious horror movie 'Breeder', which is premiering in Denmark on 31 October, has…

Danish films lead the box office

21. oct 2020 | BOX OFFICE. Nearly 500,000 cinemagoers went to see Danish features during last week's autumn break, making it the best result since 2012 despite corona restrictions. The Danish market share was no less than 78…

Three films selected for Oscar shortlist

19. oct 2020 | OSCAR 2021. 'A Perfectly Normal Family' by Malou Reymann, 'Another Round' by Thomas Vinterberg and 'Shorta' by Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid have the chance to become Denmark's International Feature…