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…

Tea Lindeburg debuting with period drama

01. oct 2020 | NEW FILM. Production is well under way for Tea Lindeburg's feature film debut, an adaptation of the Danish literary classic 'A Night of Death' from 1912 about three women's struggle on a farm in the late 19th…

Film magic and state-of-the-art technology

01. oct 2020 | DIGITISATION. In 1925, parts of Rome were recreated in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby to shoot the silent movie 'Mists of the Past'. Now, 95 years later, A.W. Sandberg's melodrama will be enjoying its digital…

Updated study of gender distribution in Danish film

30. sep 2020 | Diversity. There is still gender imbalance in Danish film, especially in feature-film production, a Danish Film Institute study shows. The Danish Film Institute and the industry organisations agree that…

Venice winners explore the boundaries of animation

30. sep 2020 | PROFILE. Michelle and Uri Kranot won the top prize at Venice Film Festival for their virtual reality project 'The Hangman at Home'. Throughout the past decade, the artist couple have been exploring the…

Another Round off to a great start in Danish cinemas

28. sep 2020 | BOX OFFICE. Thomas Vinterberg's 'Another Round' has performed well at the Danish box office during its opening weekend, selling upwards of 102,000 tickets, including sneak previews. Winning at the San Sebastian…

Thomas Vinterberg's Another Round honoured in San Sebastian

26. sep 2020 | AWARD. Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Magnus Millang and Lars Ranthe received the San Sebastian Film Festival's Silver Shell for Best Actor as four high school teachers testing a controversial theory in…

The Cave producers win Emmy Award

21. sep 2020 | AWARD. "Dr. Amani and her staff of strong women and men show us there is hope for the future," say 'The Cave' producers Sigrid Dyekjær and Kirstine Barfod, who dedicate their Emmy to all those who are still…

Under the influence

11. sep 2020 | INTERVIEW. Fuelled by a fascination with alcohol, director Thomas Vinterberg strives in 'Another Round' to paint a nuanced picture of the life-giving effects of spirits as well as the potentially destructive…