Mads Mikkelsen in Thomas Vinterberg's next feature

12. jun 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Mads Mikkelsen returns to Danish film playing the lead in Thomas Vinterberg's upcoming drama about a group of friends embarking on an experiment to prove that modest intoxication opens our minds to…

Danish animation strikes again in Annecy

06. jun 2019 | ANIMATION. The Danish presence at the Annecy Festival and its influential MIFA market has been growing in recent years, the 2019 edition being no exception. In competition is 'Checkered Ninja', a runaway…

Afghan-Danish duo returns to Directors' Fortnight

14. may 2019 | INTERVIEW. Director Shahrbanoo Sadat and producer Katja Adomeit will premiere their third collaboration, 'The Orphanage', in Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Set in Kabul during the pro-Soviet government, the…

Faroese Andrias Høgenni: "Every culture has the right to its own stories"

13. may 2019 | INTERVIEW. Andrias Høgenni has learnt to trust his basic instincts while working on his graduation film 'Ikki illa meint' about two Faroese girlfriends’ awkward reunion. The director, who grew up in the Faroe…

Ole Bornedal preparing World War II drama

10. may 2019 | UPCOMING FILM. Funding is almost secured for Ole Bornedal’s high-budget historical drama, ‘Shadows In My Eyes’, about the bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen in 1945. Shooting is scheduled to start in…

Peter Hjorth: Effects are for communicating a vision

10. may 2019 | Cannes 2019. VFX supervisor Peter Hjorth can create any kind of effect on the computer. But he would much rather be on set, mixing the perfect slime to make asphalt look authentic. The Danish special effects…

Greenland films to be digitised

07. may 2019 | DIGITISATION. A new grant will enable even more historical films about Greenland and Arctic region to be digitised – films with the potential to broaden our perspective on climate changes and geopolitics.

Facts & Figures 2019 available

06. may 2019 | PUBLICATION. 2018 presented a high market share for Danish films, ranking Denmark fourth among European nations. Find these numbers and more on film production and distribution in Denmark in our latest edition of…

Competing with the whole world

30. apr 2019 | INTERVIEW. Producer Nina Bisgaard, who was behind last year’s Un Certain Regard winner 'Border', is back in Cannes as Danish Producer on the Move. At SAM Productions, Bisgaard is in charge of financing for TV…

The Orphanage selected for Directors' Fortnight

24. apr 2019 | Cannes 2019. Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat is returning to Directors' Fortnight with her second feature, 'The Orphanage', after her win in 2016 for 'Wolf and Sheep'. Also off to this year's Cannes Festival is…