Forthcoming Danish documentaries

04. dec 2014 | NEW DOCS. There are so many new Danish documentary films coming out that it can be hard to keep track of them all. To help out, here is a pick of some of the films that have just premiered or will do so in the…

Scherfig to give prestigious BAFTA lecture

03. dec 2014 | BAFTA. Lone Scherfig will be the first woman ever to give the BAFTA's David Lean lecture. Previous speakers include David Lynch, Oliver Stone, Pedro Almodóvar and Robert Altman.

Movie Stars in the Flesh: The Live Red Carpet Oscars Event

02. dec 2014. PEER REVIEWED. In this article the live red carpet event at the Academy Awards is regarded as a specific media genre which has become a matrix of recognition and success in contemporary film and…

Making Love Detumescently: Some Preliminary Notes on the Body Language of the Penis

02. dec 2014. PEER REVIEWED. Although body language in the moving image may to a large extent be transparent, some aspects of body language are regulated by generic conventions, rating systems, and, historically,…

Expressing Suppression: Body Language, Information Distribution and the Frustrated Quest for Fictional Truth in Haneke's Caché

02. dec 2014. PEER REVIEWED. In Michael Haneke’s Caché body language emerges as the only criterion of fictional truth. The main character, Georges, is again and again subjected to scrutinizing gazes as he tries to…

Figures in Landscapes: Cognitive Theater Theory and Expressive Bodies in 1920s Scandinavian Film

02. dec 2014. PEER REVIEWED. This article examines the relationship between the actor and the environment, particularly in 1920s Scandinavian films, with Mauritz Stiller's Johan as the main example. This…

The Moving Image: Body Language and Media Context

02. dec 2014. Every day we are presented with bodily expressions in audiovisual media – by anchors, journalists and characters in films for instance. This article explores how body language in the moving image has…

How quantum physics found an audience

01. dec 2014 | AWARD. Lars Becker-Larsen's "Taming the Quantum World" has been praised for making quantum physics accessible to a large audience. The film has just won the Jury Special Prize at the European Science TV …

Something Better to Come Wins at IDFA

28. nov 2014 | IDFA 2014. "Something Better to Come" by Hanna Polak took home the Special Jury Award at the world's biggest doc fest celebrating films and prize winners at Friday's closing party.

Danish Films Nominated at IDFA

26. nov 2014 | IDFA 2014. Camilla Nielsson's "Democrats" and Hanna Polak's "Something Better to Come" are among the nominees for IDFA's main award.