Taking children seriously

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Children are thoughtful and sensitive and deserve to be taken seriously, says Simon Lereng Wilmont, who considers it a privilege to make artistic documentaries for a youthful audience. His new…

Winter Journey: Shining a new light on the German Jews of WW2

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Winter Journey', director Anders Østergaard utilizes strong narrative devices from fiction to depict an untold chapter in the history of the German Jews during WW2. World premiere in IDFA Masters.

Love Child: Fleeing for love

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Eva Mulvad’s documentary 'Love Child', about a family fleeing Iran, is as much a love story as a refugee film. The veteran filmmaker wants to add a narrative to the refugee debate that audiences can…

Learning to walk, all over again

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. The earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 left a tremor in Jørgen Leth, the Danish filmmaker/writer. His balance was affected, making it hard for him to walk. His poetic, observational diary film 'I Walk…

Translating science into emotion

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. In 'Hunting for Hedonia', Pernille Rose Grønkjær looks at the groundbreaking technology of Deep Brain Stimulation. Bringing complex science issues down to earth through the language of film, the…

The Cave: Dr. Amani challenging the stereotypes

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. An evocative, birds-eye view of women's lives in a hellish warzone, 'The Cave' is a deeply personal film for Feras Fayyad, a film stretching back to his childhood and into the humanitarian…

Discover the golden age of Danish silent films

04. nov 2019 | NEW STREAMING SITE. From dogsleds in Copenhagen to spaceships bound for Mars – the Danish Film Institute is launching a new streaming site where you can watch both sensational and artistically experimental films from…

Queen of Hearts wins the Nordic Council Film Prize 2019

29. oct 2019 | AWARD. Director and screenwriter May el-Toukhy, screenwriter Maren Louise Käehne and producers Caroline Blanco and René Ezra receive the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize 2019 for 'Queen of Hearts'.

Bille August behind psychological drama about Karen Blixen

24. oct 2019 | PRODUCTION. This spring, Bille August will begin production on 'The Pact' about the turbulent relationship between renowned author Karen Blixen and the promising young poet Thorkild Bjørnvig. The film is…

Christoffer Boe's romantic drama set on the Danish gourmet scene

23. oct 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Katrine Greis-Rosenthal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star in Christoffer Boe's upcoming feature 'A Taste of Hunger', which began shooting this week. The film is set for Danish release in January 2021.