Chains of dreams: Carl Th. Dreyer

17. dec 2017. Tag Gallagher tager i denne artikel udgangspunkt i Dreyers ønske om med sine film at skabe en fælles oplevelse af katharsis på samme måde som i oldtidens græske teater. Gallagher sammenligner …

Danish film industry joining forces to improve work environment

14. dec 2017 | WORK ENVIRONMENT. Eleven organisations from the Danish film and theatre industries recently agreed to work together to ensure a good psychological working environment on theatre, film and TV productions. The effort…

The 2002 Restoration / Der var engang

This is an account of the 2002 restoration of Carl Th. Dreyer’s 1922 film 'Der var engang' (Once upon a Time). It is a description of the various choices made in the course of the process, and also…

Last Men in Aleppo on Oscar shortlist

11. dec 2017 | OSCARS 2018. 'Last Men in Aleppo' directed by Feras Fayyad is one of the 15 films that made this year's Oscar shortlist for best documentary feature. The five nominees to enter the final Oscar race will be…

Beyond Fame and Fortune - Analysing three complex documentary portraits

06. dec 2017. PEER REVIEWED. This article demonstrates how the analysis of portrait documentaries depicting famous public figures can benefit from using theories of celebrity culture, thereby extending the…

Claus Ladegaard Is the Danish Film Institute's New CEO

05. dec 2017. The DFI Board has decided to appoint Claus Ladegaard as its new CEO starting 1 January 2018.

Hitting the mark internationally

01. dec 2017 | COLLABORATION. Danish producers are increasingly aiming to find original projects when looking for international partners, says Noemi Ferrer Schwenk, international producer at the Danish Film Institute. As the…

First Film from 41Shadows

30. nov 2017 | IN PRODUCTION. Thomas Borch Nielsen and Kirsten Skytte in November started filming their adaptation of Bjarne Reuter’s 'Kaptajn Bimse & Goggeletten,' the first Danish feature film production from 41Shadows, a…

Two Danish debut features selected for Sundance

30. nov 2017 | FESTIVAL. Gustav Möller's 'The Guilty' and Isabella Eklöf's 'Holiday' are making their world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The two debut features will be competing in the World Cinema…

Danish WWI drama set to shoot

27. nov 2017 | NEW FEATURE. Kasper Torsting is helming Fridthjof Film’s new epic drama 'War & Love,' based on a true story from World War I.