Werewolf Was Well Received

02. jun 2014 | AFTER CANNES. Denmark does not have much of a tradition for werewolf movies, but first-time feature director Jonas Alexander Arnby more than held his own at this year's Cannes Festival with "When Animals Dream".

Traveling the World With Ai Weiwei

28. may 2014 | FESTIVALS. Andreas Johnsen has no trouble keeping busy as the whole world wants a piece of the Danish director and his documentary about Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei. Soon "Ai Weiwei The Fake Case" will…

Nordic Networking Days in Cannes

23. may 2014 | CANNES. "It is and will be even more important in the future for producers to co-operate." This is one of the chief thoughts behind Young Producers Club, an initiative during the Cannes Festival giving young…

Alpine Drama with a Touch of Danish

20. may 2014. CANNES CO-PRODUCTION. "I've been privileged to work with some of the best Nordic producers," says Katja Adomeit, the Danish co-producer of Ruben Östlund's "Force Majeure" playing in Cannes.

From Greenland to the Gold Coast

20. may 2014 | NEW PRODUCTION. The Gold Coast of Africa makes up the backdrop of Daniel Dencik and Michael Haslund-Christensen's upcoming film about the Danish 19th century visionary Wulff Joseph Wulff.

Denmark and New Zealand enter co-production agreement

19. may 2014. CO-PRODUCTIONS. An agreement to strengthen the partnership between Denmark and New Zealand on film and television productions was signed today in Cannes.

Making movies in Latvia

15. may 2014. CHILDREN & YOUTH. FILM-Y has been stopping in Riga since April. Watch two of the films made in the Danish Film Institute's mobile film studio – one involving a stranded car on a lonely forest…

Sepideh's dream convinces in Belfast

15. may 2014 | AWARD. Since premiering at IDFA last November, Berit Madsen's documentary about a teenage girl from Tehran who dreams of becoming an astronaut has been selected for festivals worldwide. Most recently, the…

New head of talent scheme

15. may 2014 | NEW DANISH SCREEN. Mette Damgaard-Sørensen is appointed new artistic director of the talent development scheme New Danish Screen.

Danish films at Cannes

14. may 2014 | CANNES. "The Salvation" premieres at midnight on 17 May, while "When Animals Dream" meets its international audience on 19 May. Here's the full summary of Danish films at the Cannes Festival 2014 plus links…