Original and Aching Hearts win at Shanghai

22. jun 2009. Danish cinema received three top awards at Shanghai International Film Festival (13-21 June 2009). Antonio Tublén og Alexander Brøndsted's "Original" won the Jin Jue award for Best Feature Film,…

Bronson wins the Sydney Film Prize

15. jun 2009. Nicolas Winding Refn's "Bronson" received the Sydney Film Festival's main prize at the closing ceremony on Sunday, 14 June.

Singular worlds

15. jun 2009.  

Zoomers – first film from low-budget fund

09. jun 2009. In 2008, the Danish Film Institute earmarked 15 million kroner (2 million euros) to a new low-budget production fund, Rå|Film, that would challenge the industry to think along new lines: quality

Von Trier retrospective at Centre Pompidou

08. jun 2009. French fans of Lars von Trier are in for a treat when Centre Pompidou celebrates the Danish filmmaker with an impressive tour through his films 8-22 June.

A leg up for the animation industry

05. jun 2009. "There's a big talent pool in Danish animation," says Thomas Krag, Film Commissioner at the Danish Film Institute and one of the originators of a promotional campaign to be launched during Annec

Promoting Danish animation in Annecy

04. jun 2009. Annecy will soon be opening its doors to 192 competition films from 40 countries. Among these are five graduation films from Denmark, showing proof of a growing talent-mass in Danish animation.

Danish line-up in Seattle

25. may 2009. Seven Danish titles are among the 392 films presented during the Seattle International Film Festival (21 May-14 June), the largest film festival in the US.

Charlotte Gainsbourg wins Best Actress

25. may 2009. Cannes' perhaps most controversially discussed film, Lars von Trier's "Antichrist", was honoured with an award for Best Actress – in the shape of Charlotte Gainsbourg who plays the demanding lead a

Facts & Figures 2009

15. may 2009. The Danish Film Institute's latest edition of Facts & Figures confirms that 2008 was a record year at the Danish boxoffice.