Upcoming action drama set in criminal underworld

01. mar 2016 | IN PRODUCTION. Fenar Ahmad ("Flow") started shooting his second feature, action drama "Darkland," starring Dar Salim and Stine Fischer Christensen. Danish release expected in January 2017.

Awards Season for The Look of Silence

26. feb 2016 | AWARDS SEASON. "The Look of Silence" is nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. See the honours that Joshua Oppenheimer's gripping film has been awarded during Awards Season, culmitating with the…

Trine Dyrholm Wins Silver Bear

20. feb 2016 | BERLIN. Trine Dyrholm wins a Silver Bear for Best Actress at the Berlinale for her role in Thomas Vinterberg's "The Commune." Mahdi Fleifel wins a Silver Bear for Best Short for his British-Dutch-Danish co…

Berlin website welcme

11. feb 2016 | BERLIN. Explore the Danish Film Institute's festival website dfi.dk/berlin with news, interviews and all the basics on Danish films at the Berlinale, kicking off 11 February.

Life at 3

10. feb 2016 | BERLIN. Lili is too small for many things, but that won't stop her from trying. With her playful short films about Lili who likes to be the boss and really just wants to have fun, director Siri Melchior aims…

May We Live in Interesting Times

10. feb 2016 | INTERVIEW. What are the challenges in Danish film today? What are the concerns in areas such as diversity, distribution and film economy? Henrik Bo Nielsen, CEO of the Danish Film Institute, reflects on the…

Radical Filmmaking on Low-Budget

10. feb 2016 | TALENT. New Danish Screen, the DFI’s talent-development scheme, aims to inspire the development of cinematic storytelling to ensure that Danish cinema stays vital and in good shape. Hear the ideas behind a…

Reda is Getting Married

09. feb 2016 | INTERVIEW. With his latest film "A Man Returned," Danish-Palestinian director Mahdi Fleifel hopes to shed new light on refugees' lives on Europe's borders, but also to provide insight into the grave issue of…

Not enough hours in the day for us to talk

09. feb 2016 | INTERVIEW. It has been nearly 10 years since producer Signe Byrge Sørensen first hooked up with director Joshua Oppenheimer and one of the most fruitful cinematic partnerships of the new millennium took root…

Land of Mine best Nordic film in Göteborg

08. feb 2016 | AWARD. Martin Zandvliet's "Land of Mine" won the top prize at Göteborg Film Festival on Saturday evening. The film also took home Sunday's Best Film award at the annual Robert ceremony in Copenhagen.