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.

The Model and 37 in strong Göteborg line-up

28. jan 2016 | FESTIVAL. Mads Matthiesen's "The Model" and Puk Grasten's "37" are making their world premieres at Göteborg Film Festival, which has more than a dozen Danish titles on the bill for this year's fest starting on…

Minding Your Own Business Won't Do

28. jan 2016 | INTERVIEW. Third-generation filmmaker Puk Grasten is making her debut as a feature director with "37," based on the notorious Kitty Genovese case from 1964, when 37 Americans stood idly by while a young woman…

The Curse of Being Good-Looking

28. jan 2016 | INTERVIEW. Is being born with good looks an undivided blessing? Mads Matthiesen asks that question in his new film, "The Model," about a young model struggling to break into the Paris fashion world and losing…

Film about Facebook in Rotterdam

27. jan 2016 | FESTIVAL. Rotterdam Film Festival takes off on 27 January and is host to two international festival premieres from Denmark – Jakob Gottschau's documentary "Facebookistan" and the television show "Norskov"…

New TV drama premiering in Berlin

25. jan 2016 | BERLIN. "Splitting Up Together," a brand new drama series created by Mette Heeno, is headed to the Berlinale to take part in the festival's strengthened focus on the serial format.