Into the Deep world premieres at Sundance

05. dec 2019 | SUNDANCE. 'Into the Deep', portraying the young helpers at amateur scientist Peter Madsen's workshop and their reckoning with the truth about their mentor after the murder of Kim Wall, will be world-premiering…

HBO Europe's first Danish original series greenlit for production

04. dec 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Director Annette K. Olesen begins principal photography for the first ever Danish HBO original series, 'Kamikaze', this January. The series is written by Johanne Algren, fresh off her debut with…

Jonas Kærup Hjort to debut with absurd, baroque black comedy

29. nov 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Film school graduate Jonas Kærup Hjort makes his feature debut with a baroque black comedy exploring the human condition. Supported by the New Danish Screen talent scheme, the film is developed…

Ole Bornedal's WW2 drama Shadows in My Eyes begins production

20. nov 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Principal photography has begun on Ole Bornedal's historical feature 'Shadows in My Eyes'. The film depicts the bombing of the French School in Copenhagen during WW2 and is expected to premiere by…

'I wanted to celebrate a life not having to look like an ordinary life'

16. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. 'I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die' is Eva Marie Rødbro's first feature documentary, a harsh and dreamy story about Betty and her family living on the fringes of American society…

Jørgen Leth leads Danish line-up at IDFA

15. nov 2019 | IDFA 2019. Jørgen Leth's intimate self-portrait 'I Walk' is world-premiering in the Competition for Feature-Length Documentary, while the Danish filmmaker will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award…

'We want to change how big bodies are viewed'

15. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Hating your body is a waste of life and resources, say the two directors of 'Fat Front', a documentary about four plus-sized, activist Nordic women who insist on loving themselves just the way they…

'Jørgen Leth is good at being Jørgen Leth'

15. nov 2019 | PROFILE. Jørgen Leth receives IDFA's Lifetime Achievement Award for his strong auteur voice and unique perspective on reality. Read about the impact the filmmaker/poet has made on three Danish directors…

Fat Front producer wanted to make more films about women

15. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. We grew up with stories about and by men, says producer Malene Flindt Pedersen, who was shocked to realise that most of her own documentaries had male protagonists. In turn, she decided to make five…

How can a machine help us make art?

13. nov 2019 | BACKGROUND. The Danish XR production company Makropol has developed an AI engine, Kaspar, that can edit documentaries in real time. The installation 'Reflector' illustrates how the tool is applied. World…