Daring to Stick Out

01. nov 2008. Nanna Frank Møller’s "Let’s Be Together" is an identity story about a boy grappling for a foothold between genders and nationalities.

Barefoot Reporter In Burma

01. nov 2008. Following a string of successful documentaries, Anders Høgsbro Østergaard plunged into deep water with a film about video activism in Burma. Initially conceived as a small story about personal…

Jagtvej 69

01. nov 2008. In spring 2007, Jagtvej 69 street signs like the above were pasted all over Copenhagen, not just at the actual address in Nørrebro, as sly winks to the abounding confusion. Meanwhile, you could be…

Moped Hearts

01. nov 2008. After his high-octane "Vesterbro" (2007), Michael Noer figured he’d done enough films about teenagers drinking and acting out, at least for a while. Then his production manager told him about a gang…

The Crime of Crimes

01. nov 2008. In "Saving Saddam", Bill Wiley, a Canadian lawyer, wants to abolish the death penalty. The film is produced by Mette Heide and Michael Christoffersen for Team Productions, the company that produced…

The Idiots Meets Easy Rider

01. nov 2008. For Adam Nielsen, the main thing in editing "The Wild Hearts" was staying true to the spirit of the material – even if it meant killing a few of his and director Michael Noer’s darlings in the…

Bridgebuilding

01. nov 2008. "My Iranian Paradise" is a personal film about Iranian history and Persian culture by a Danish filmmaker who spent most of her childhood and youth in Tehran. Annette Mari Olsen relates the grand…

Six Danish films to Amsterdam

28. oct 2008. Six Danish documentary films are selected to participate in IDFA, the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (20 Nov–30 November).

Hidden treasure discovered at Danish Film Archive

16. oct 2008. Presumed lost, "His Musical Sneeze", the US silent film comedy from 1919, starring Virginia Rappe and Lloyd Hamilton, has been identified among the catalogue of Danish titles at the DFI Film Archive.

BUSTER Awards 2008

29. sep 2008. At the closing gala of BUSTER, the Copenhagen International Festival for Children and Youth, the following awards were presented: