Venice beckons Joshua Oppenheimer and Lars von Trier

24. jul 2014 | FESTIVAL. The eagerly anticipated Danish-produced documentary "The Look of Silence" is selected for competition at the 71st Venice Film Festival. Out of competition, Lars von Trier reveals in full his epic…

A Second Chance off to World Premiere in Toronto

22. jul 2014 | FESTIVAL. Susanne Bier's drama "A Second Chance" will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival 2014 kicking off on September 4. The film will be presented as part of the Special Presentations…

Åke Sandgren New Commissioner

05. jul 2014 | DFI NEWS. Director, screenwriter and producer Åke Sandgren is appointed new film commissioner for children and youth films.

Gentlemen of the Press

27. jun 2014. Since the beginnings of cinema journalists have been amongst the professionals most frequently portrayed on the big screen. This article analyzes the image of journalists and media workers in Billy…

Portrait of an artist at Karlovy Vary

27. jun 2014 | FESTIVAL. The documentary "Tal R: The Virgin", about one of Denmark's most prominent visual artists, has been selected for the Karlovy Vary Film Festival. This marks director Daniel Dencik's third time at the…

CPH:Forum 2014 open for entries

26. jun 2014 | NOTICE BOARD. The 2014 edition of CPH:DOX's international financing and co-production event, running 12-14 November, is now open for submissions. 

The audience voted for Someone You Love

24. jun 2014 | AWARDS. Mikael Persbrandt and Borgen's Birgitte Hjort Sørensen play father and daughter in "Someone You Love", winner of an Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

Rúnarsson Shooting Sparrows

24. jun 2014 | IN PRODUCTION. Rúnar Rúnarsson, who brought his feature debut "Volcano" to Cannes Directors' Fortnight in 2011, is preparing his second feature "Sparrows" set in Iceland's spectacular Westfjords.

Zandvliet makes new film

06. jun 2014 | IN PRODUCTION. Martin Zandvliet will soon start principal photography on his most ambitious film to date, "Land of Mine", a story from the aftermath of WW2 when German prisoners were forced to clear land mines on…

Danish Cinema's Great Adventurer

04. jun 2014 | IN MEMORIAM. A unique film career is over. Director and producer Henning Carlsen made 16 features in 7 different countries – all according to his own head. Morten Piil, film critic at the Information daily,…