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…

The Werewolf Within

09. may 2014. As Jonas Alexander Arnby throws himself into the horror genre in his debut feature "When Animals Dream", the director stresses the importance of realism and believability in the story of a teenage…

Fast-Shooting Team-Ups

09. may 2014. "When a project is as intense as this one, you have to go with the flow," says Milad Alami, one of the two Danish directors participating in Nordic Factory, an international workshop initiated by…

Into The Wild

09. may 2014. Kristian Levring has always loved Westerns. Making "The Salvation", with Mads Mikkelsen as a Danish settler in 1870s America, was a childhood dream come true, says the director, whose Dogme days…

Risk Is Fundamental

08. may 2014. Producer Eva Jakobsen has a weakness for films that are set in unique worlds. A résumé including Ask Hasselbalch's "Antboy" and Mads Brügger's "The Ambassador" testifies to the range of the never…

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Actor

08. may 2014. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has everything it takes for a great career in acting – the hair, the smile, the jawline, the eyes, the sensitivity. He has had an unusual career, playing mostly in international…