European effort in film literacy for children and youth

05. apr 2020 | CHILDREN & YOUTH. A comprehensive English-language online course aims to promote film education around the world. The initiative will be followed up in autumn by a series of seminars across Europe.

Songs of Repression wins DOX:AWARD

27. mar 2020 | CPH:DOX. The award winners at this year's edition of the big doc fest in Copenhagen were announced Friday during a ceremony in the festival's online cinema. The main prize went to the Danish film 'Songs of…

The Danish Film Institute during corona

24. mar 2020. Following the directions from the national authorities regarding the coronavirus, the Danish Film Institute has cancelled its public activities. All staff is working from home until 10 May.

"If you’re Greenlandic and you don’t see yourself in this film, I’ve failed"

05. mar 2020 | INTERVIEW. With 'the Fight for Greenland', director Kenneth Sorento is stepping into the country’s divisive independence debate. It was important to show the nuances of the debate, Sorento says, and tell the…

Queen of Hearts named best film at Bodil Awards 2020

02. mar 2020 | AWARDS. May el-Toukhys acclaimed drama 'Queen of Hearts' was the big winner at the Danish Film Critics' Bodil Awards on Saturday. This year's talent prize went to Ulaa Salim for his debut feature 'Sons of…

Self-report on gender balance now mandatory

28. feb 2020 | Diversity. What is the gender balance of Danish film crews and casts? From 1 March, production companies are required to file a 'Self-report on gender balance' to qualify for production funding for fiction…

"A lot of people find it hard to talk about sex"

21. feb 2020 | INTERVIEW. 'Sex' is a web series about a young woman torn between desire and security. In six short webisodes, writer and creator Clara Mendes and director Amalie Næsby Fick take an earnest look at the…

"We call it a mafia drama"

21. feb 2020 | INTERVIEW. In 'Wildland', we follow a small family clan where love and violence become dangerously merged. Director Jeanette Nordahl and screenwriter Ingeborg Topsøe talk about how they play with mafia elements…

Edgy comedy duo celebrates hope

20. feb 2020 | INTERVIEW. Mikael Wulff and Anders Morgenthaler’s animated feature 'Monty and the Street Party' presents a brighter, more uplifting universe than we are used to seeing from the hard-hitting Danish duo, also…

Tone Mygind Rostbøll is new film commissioner

17. feb 2020 | FILM PEOPLE. Tone Mygind Rostbøll "has a big commitment to and insight into the target group," says CEO Claus Ladegaard about the Danish Film Institute's newly appointed film commissioner, focusing on children…