Growing up on a refugee ship

21. feb 2015. Fleeing Sarajevo with his family in 1992, Vladimir Tomic spent two years on a refugee ship in Denmark. In Flotel Europa, the director juxtaposes VHS footage shot by the Bosnians living on the ship…

Acting Is the Ultimate Freedom

21. feb 2015. Straight out of acting school he landed a starring role in the major Danish feature Itsi Bitsi and a place of honour as Shooting Star in Berlin. Things are moving quickly for Joachim Fjelstrup…

No Age Limit on Desire

21. feb 2015. Michael Noer would like to see more true depictions of old age. Both when it is raw and dark and when it's bubbling over with desire and exuberance, like any other time of life. Noer captures that…

When reality cracks

20. feb 2015. Vibeke Bryld's Pebbles at Your Door tells of a woman's rude awakening from the North Korean puppetry. Old propaganda publications, a blow dryer and incense sticks went into the making of this oddly…

Adventures of Beetles and Bugs

20. feb 2015. Mini and the Mozzies is a tie-dye bright story of bullying and friendship, brought to life in a simple cutout technique and peppered with jazzy tunes and anarchic humour. Co-directors Jannik Hastrup…

Coming out in the Bible belt

20. feb 2015. Jannik Splidsboel's documentary Misfits follows three LGBT teenagers struggling to be accepted in an extremely conservative community. 

Love is colder than death

19. feb 2015. Fassbinder – To Love without Demands is a portrait of one of the world's most prominent filmmakers, and probably the most productive. Based on interviews Danish director Christian Braad Thomsen…

The Human Journey into Outer and Inner Space

19. feb 2015. There are no little green men but lots of masterminds and mind-boggling questions in Michael Madsen's The Visit, which documents an alien invasion that hasn't taken place – yet.

Anders Thomas Jensen releases first film in a decade

18. feb 2015 | PREMIERE. After nearly ten years out of the director's chair, Anders Thomas Jensen's fourth feature film "Men & Chicken" premiered in Denmark earlier this month, enjoying a successful opening weekend with…

Capturing the Intangible

18. feb 2015 | PROFILE. The Danish animation studio Nørlum is on the rise and has been nominated for an Academy Award for the co-production "Song of the Sea." Founder and CEO, Frederik Ditlev Villumsen, shares his views on…