Anders W. Berthelsen and Charlotte Rampling in new crime series 'DNA'

28. feb 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Henrik Ruben Genz has started shooting for his and scriptwriter Torleif Hoppe's crime series 'DNA'. Anders W. Berthelsen stars as a police investigator falling apart after his daughter's tragic…

Lone Scherfig: Reconnecting with her Roots

05. feb 2019 | INTERVIEW. 'The Kindness of Strangers' is Lone Scherfig's first film set in the US, but in a number of ways it represents a homecoming for the acclaimed writer-director. The ensemble drama, which follows a…

Oscar-shortlisted The Guilty wins big at Danish Robert Awards

04. feb 2019 | AWARD. Oscar-shortlisted 'The Guilty' was the big winner with seven awards at the annual Robert Award Show, the Danish equivalent of the Oscars, where the Danish film industry awarded the best Danish films…

Cold Case Hammarskjöld and Queen of Hearts win at Sundance and Göteborg

03. feb 2019 | AWARDS. Mads Brügger's documentary 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld' and May el-Toukhy's drama 'Queen of Hearts' each took home an award at Sundance Film Festival, and el-Toukhy's praised drama scored a triple…

Western Arabs: Inheriting the Cultural Divide

30. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. After more than 12 years of filming, Omar Shargawi wasn’t sure he’d ever finish his intimate family documentary, 'Western Arabs'. But he did, because he wanted to give a voice to people who are too…

Queen of Hearts and Cold Case Hammarskjöld praised at Sundance

28. jan 2019 | FESTIVAL. 'Queen of Hearts' by May el-Toukhy and 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld' had their world premieres at Sundance Film Festival this weekend. Both films are praised by the international reviewers.

Piecing together a 50-year-old murder mystery

27. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. Mads Brügger spent seven years working on 'Cold Case Hammarskjöld', where the director and Swedish investigator Göran Björkdahl track the bizarre death in 1961 of UN Secretary-General Dag…

Ulaa Salim: 'I want us to stop and listen to each other'

25. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. Ulaa Salim’s debut feature, 'Sons of Denmark', grapples with hot-button issues in Denmark and Europe today. The aim was not to make a film about immigrants, but about people of all stripes, the…

Elliott Crosset Hove: 'Professionally, it wouldn't matter if I died tomorrow'

25. jan 2019 | PROFILE. Nothing if not grateful for his skyrocketing acting career, Elliott Crosset Hove is this year's Danish Shooting Star in Berlin.

Navigating a morally complex story

15. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. May el-Toukhy's second feature film, 'Queen of Hearts', takes a closer look at a powerful woman's fall from grace. Famed actress Trine Dyrholm and rising star Gustav Lindh lead the drama, fuelled by…