Max Rée - A Danish Pioneer in Hollywood

11. nov 2016. Most Danes are familiar with Oscar winning directors such as Susanne Bier, Bille August and Gabriel Axel. Few these days however realize that many years ago another Dane, and the first Scandinavian…

Danish films at IDFA 2016

11. nov 2016 | OVERVIEW. Eight Danish films and two with Danes on board are on the bill in Amsterdam. Get the full picture in this summary of films and people at this year's IDFA, running 16-27 November.

What's pitching at IDFA 2016

10. nov 2016 | IDFA FORUM. The pitching venue of the big doc fest in Amsterdam is the place to be for filmmakers and funders with a keen eye on creative documentary. Introducing the five Danish titles selected for this year's…

Women's Voices on Sexuality

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. What started as screen tests for a narrative film about female desire ended up as the essence of Lea Glob and Mette Carla Albrechtsen's "Venus," a documentary on young female sexuality today, braided…

Intimate Encounter

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. What creates our identity? Sine Skibsholt looks at that question in her documentary "Who We Were", closely following a married couple, Mette Line and Kristian, as they go through a major crisis after…

Slow is Beautiful

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. The essence is right there on the surface of Sebastian Cordes's "A Place Called Lloyd," an unconventionally told, meditative documentary celebrating community and professional pride.

Do We Really Need More Fences like Melilla?

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. In "Those Who Jump," directors Moritz Siebert and Estephan Wagner address the complex theme of migration through one simple narrative concept: young men wanting to jump a fence.

Road Trip to Hell

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. Euphoria quickly turned to tragedy for Syrian radio host Obaidah Zytoon, who started filming the Syrian uprising in 2011 and continued during the personal journey she and her friends made through the…

The Weird World of the Chinese Building Boom

09. nov 2016 | INTERVIEW. David Borenstein’s Danish-produced documentary "Dream Empire" maps China's red-hot real estate market through a youthful entrepreneur, Yana, who helps developers market their vast ghost towns as…

Lübeck jury moved by Heartstone

08. nov 2016 | AWARDS. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson received the NDR Film Prize at the 58th Nordic Film Days Lübeck for his film debut "Heartstone," and Jesper W. Nielsen was honoured with the Audience Prize for "The Day…