Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stars in Suicide Tourist

31. oct 2018 | IN PRODUCTION. Jonas Alexander Arnby is shooting his second feature, 'Suicide Tourist', starring 'Game of Thrones' regular Nikolaj Coster-Waldau alongside Tuva Novotny and an international cast. Rasmus Birch wrote…

Dreyer and musical affect

26. oct 2018. It’s not known what music Dreyer might have chosen to accompany his silent films though that hasn’t stopped musicians from various traditions producing scores for 'La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc' in…

Danish Children’s films in competition at IDFA

19. oct 2018 | IDFA 2018. Cathrine Marchen Asmussen looks at children and religion in 'My Faith: Jehovah’s Witness', while Kaspar Astrup Schröder documents the day-to-day life of two twin girls with autism in 'Fantasy,…

On writing for film and TV: How to play it safe!

18. oct 2018 | Diversity. Danish dramatists have created a satirical guide as a means to create awareness of gender stereotypes in film and television.

Heartbound is one of IDFAs fest hits

09. oct 2018 | IDFA 2018. After a prominent world premiere in Toronto and a top prize in Zurich, Janus Metz and Sine Plambech's 'Heartbound' is now taking a first step towards the IDFA docfest in Amsterdam. The film about…

Bacon, beer and silverware – explore historical films about Denmark

09. oct 2018 | STREAMING SITE. Danish design and exports, the German occupation and Copenhagen city life – these are some of the topics covered in the English-language short films now available on the historical streaming site…

Danish doc award to Mira Jargil and Christian Sønderby Jepsen

09. oct 2018 | DOC AWARD. The directing duo of Mira Jargil and Christian Sønderby Jepsen were honoured Monday with the Roos Award, the highest honour in Danish documentary filmmaking, for their ability to portray life’s…

Silje Riise Næss joins the DFI as new film commissioner

08. oct 2018 | FILM PEOPLE. Silje Riise Næss "has significant insight into creative processes as well as a great passion for communication," says CEO Claus Ladegaard about the Danish Film Institute's new film commissioner, who…

'It’s more fun when people are watching'

05. oct 2018 | INTERVIEW. Christoffer Boe was once an introspective deconstructor of film conventions. Now the Danish filmmaker is turning outward to the world with his two new genre premieres, the Department Q feature 'The…

What's the number of women and men working on your film?

04. oct 2018 | Diversity. In partnership with the Producers Association, the Danish Film Institute aims to get a handle on the gender balance of Danish film productions. This will happen via a so-called self-report form, in…