Warriors of Love chosen for Locarno Competition

16. jul 2009. Simon Staho's Danish-Swedish feature film "Warriors of Love" is selected for one of Europe's most influential festivals, the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The film will run in the Filmmakers…

Valhalla Rising world premiere Toronto

14. jul 2009. Nicolas Winding Refn's new feature film "Valhalla Rising" will receive its world premiere in the prestigious Special Presentation programme at Toronto International Film Festival in September…

Paprika Steen wins Best Actress Award at Karlovy Vary

10. jul 2009. Paprika Steen won Best Actress Award at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Saturday 11 July for her extraordinary performance in "Applause", which also won the Europa Cinema Label.

Cities on Speed installation launch at Roskilde Festival

03. jul 2009. "Cities on Speed", four films about the dreams and nightmares of megacities, is being launched at the famed Roskilde Festival this week in the form of a spectacular installation by graphics company…

Applause in Karlovy Vary competition

23. jun 2009. Martin Pieter Zandvliet's feature film debut — having swept up awards at Karlovy Vary — is selected for the Discovery programme at Toronto International Film Festival, marking its North American…

Jazz gems warm up to Copenhagen Jazz festival

22. jun 2009. Warming up to Copenhagen Jazz Festival (3-12 July 2009), Europe's biggest jazz event, the Cinematheque includes screenings of concert and biographical films in its June programme, with a final three…

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