We Have to Learn from the Warriors from the North

11. nov 2014. Søren Steen Jespersen and Nasib Farah's "Warriors from the North" provides a unique window into a world where young Somali Danes go off to fight a holy war and are willing to die for the terrorist…

The Future of (Tabloid) Newspapers

11. nov 2014. At a time when the newspaper industry is struggling with changing habits of news consumption, Mikala Krogh got access to the Danish tabloid Ekstra Bladet. Documenting the daily work of reporters and…

Double Arms Dealing

11. nov 2014. In 1995 a secret weapons drop was set to take place in India. The principals were a Danish idealist and a British arms dealer. But nothing went according to plan. Andreas Koefoed's real-life thriller…

A Trans Boy Becomes a Man

11. nov 2014. A love story between a transsexual teen and his girlfriend, Elvira Lind's musical portrait documentary "Songs for Alexis" acts as a magnifying glass on youthful vulnerability and dawning maturity.

A Good Place to Be

11. nov 2014. In her new film, Phie Ambo goes to bat for sustainable agriculture. "Good Things Await" is about Niels Stokholm, a farmer fighting with the authorities to run his farm – supplier to Copenhagen's…

Holding a Mirror to Horror

11. nov 2014. "The Look of Silence" sees Joshua Oppenheimer back in uncharted territory. While "The Act of Killing" took a surreal look at Indonesia's genocide through the imagination of the killers, his follow-up…

The Human Aspect of Violence

11. nov 2014. "Warriors from the North" is the product of a close collaboration between Somali-Danish journalist Nasib Farah and journalist and documentary filmmaker Søren Steen Jespersen.

Young Lives in Motion

11. nov 2014. Fencing is not all they have in common. Two films, Simon Lereng Wilmont's "The Fencing Champion" and Lea Hjort Mathiesen's "Malek Means Angel", record with great sensitivity the intimate world of two…

Human Beauty in a Russian Garbage Dump

11. nov 2014. For 14 years Hanna Polak has been tracking homeless children in Moscow. Now the Polish director is presenting the fruit of her labour, "Something Better to Come", a Danish-produced documentary…

A Circus Love Story

11. nov 2014. "The Circus Dynasty" is a love drama set in a circus. Over a whole season, director Anders Riis-Hansen travelled in a caravan with Denmark's Cirkus Arena, plumbing his fascination with the circus…