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…

Border's Nina Bisgaard is Producer on the Move

16. apr 2019 | Cannes 2019. Nina Bisgaard, who produced last year's Un Certain Regard-winner 'Border', is returning to the Cannes Festival in May as one of 20 promising European names selected for the networking event Producers…

DFI seeks to nurture more original scripts

14. apr 2019 | FUNDING. With the ManusFokus initiative, the Danish Film Institute hopes to stimulate the development of more original scripts for Danish films. Writers from film, television and theatre have been invited to…

Strong Danish opening for Queen of Hearts

12. apr 2019 | BOX OFFICE. After winning awards at the festivals in Sundance and Gothenburg, May el-Toukhy's 'Queen of Hearts' is now opening in Denmark to stellar reviews and has reached 168,000 admissions after two weeks in…

Four Danish films bound for Hot Docs

08. apr 2019 | FESTIVAL. 'On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship' by Karen Stokkendal Poulsen is celebrating its international premiere in competition at Hot Docs. Also in the lineup are 'The Reformist – a Female Imam' by…

Listening to the villains

03. apr 2019 | INTERVIEW. To understand the failed democratic process in Myanmar, we have to listen to the people responsible. That’s the basic premise of Karen Stokkendal Poulsen’s 'On the Inside of a Military Dictatorship',…

Danish #MeToo film mosaic travels to China

08. mar 2019 | MeToo. Production company Meta Film last spring released a #MeToo film mosaic of 100 Danish actors narrating stories of sexual harassment. The mosaic, which had its international opening at Cannes 2018,…

Checkered Ninja hits the 900,000 mark

04. mar 2019 | BOX OFFICE. Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen's animation feature 'Checkered Ninja' has sold 901,000 tickets, the best result for a Danish film in 34 years.

Holiday named Best Film at Bodil Awards

04. mar 2019 | AWARDS. Isabella Eklöf's feature debut 'Holiday' was the big winner at the Danish film critics' Bodil Awards on Saturday. The inaugural Blockbuster Talent Prize went to Gustav Möller for his work on 'The…

CPH:DOX pushes the debate further

01. mar 2019 | INTERVIEW. This year’s festival presents current-affairs films seeking to influence political agendas, as well as several stories about strong women. Out of the total competitive field of 66 films, 30 are…