Fund for projects from Greenland and the Faeroe Islands open for second round

04. may 2022 | FUNDING. The NORDDOK fund is being extended for the next three years to promote the film scenes in Greenland and the Faroe Islands, and foster more documentary projects from the two nations.

Holy Spider and Godland in Cannes Competition

04. may 2022 | CANNES. Ali Abbasi's 'Holy Spider' is part of the main Competition, while Hlynur Pálmason's 'Godland' is selected for Un Certain Regard. Get the full list of Danish films and co-productions taking part in…

Why audience research early on matters

04. may 2022 | AUDIENCES. Sanne Juncker Pedersen, who leads the Danish Film Institute's strategy to enhance audience focus, talks about the funding scheme AudienceFocus and why it is important to conduct audience research as…

The audience can think for itself

02. may 2022 | INTERVIEW. Support from the Danish Film Institute's AudienceFocus scheme allowed Mira Jargil to focus on prioritising multiple storylines for her series about a Danish monk in Sri Lanka. The director shares her…

Filmmaker, listen to your young audiences!

02. may 2022 | INTERVIEW. Drop your biased attitudes about young people and start your research early on, say directors Tilde Harkamp ('Pretty Young Thing') and Thora Lorentzen ('Absolute Beginners') about creating content…

What can the audience teach us?

02. may 2022 | INTERVIEW. Director Katrine Brocks and producer Pernille Tornøe were inspired by the Danish Film Institute’s AudienceFocus scheme to fine-tune their creative choices of their debut feature, 'The Great Silence'…

Two Danish films selected for Tribeca

20. apr 2022 | FESTIVAL. The Tribeca Film Festival in June will be celebrating the world premieres of Gabriel Bier Gislason's debut feature 'Attachment' and Annette K. Olesen's ensemble drama 'A Matter of Trust'.

Oscar interview: Jonas Poher Rasmussen and Thomas Vinterberg

15. mar 2022 | OSCARS. Jonas Poher Rasmussen talks to 2021 Academy Award winning director Thomas Vinterberg about his three time nominated film 'Flee'. Watch the video produced as part of the film's Oscar campaign leading…

The Danish Film Institute supports boycott of collaborations with Russia

01. mar 2022 | UKRAINE. The Danish Film Institute supports the call by the Minister for Culture to suspend all cooperation with Russia.

Conversations in Berlin

18. feb 2022 | BERLIN 2022. Watch our Berlin conversations with Sofie Gråbøl, who plays the lead in Lone Scherfig's 'The Shift', Shooting Star talent Marie Reuther, and director Hlynur Pálmason, world premiering his short film …