The happiest man in the world

13. nov 2012 | IDFA. Brian McGinn, a connoisseur of quirky characters, picked Mette Heide of Denmark to be his producer after seeing a Heide-produced film about the eccentric Japanese inventor Dr Nakamats. "The Record…

The other side

13. nov 2012 | IDFA. Janus Metz's groundbreaking "Armadillo" showed us the war in Afghanistan from the point of view of the young soldiers entering combat for the first time. Now journalist and filmmaker Nagieb Khaja…

The price of perfection

13. nov 2012 | IDFA. Katrine Philp's first feature-length documentary, "Dance for Me", follows a pair of young elite dancers who have a hard time finding their groove outside the dance floor. The film is celebrating its…

The world's best film school doc

13. nov 2012 | DOC AWARD. Mira Jargil's graduation film "The Time We Have" has been named best graduation film by the international film school association Cilect.

A Hijacking wins two prizes in Thessaloniki

12. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Tobias Lindholm's "A Hijacking" received the Best Feature Film Award and the FIPRESCI award at the 53d Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

Danish doc catalogue online

12. nov 2012 | NEW DOCUMENTARIES. Denmark has nine docs on show at IDFA, and a large repertoire of many more intriguing docs and shorts. Get an overview and find the facts on the current Danish documentaries and short fictions.

The Act of Killing wins DOX AWARD

12. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Copenhagen's International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX has announced the winners of the competition series. Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" wins the top prize. Other winners include …

A Royal Affair and A Hijacking win Audience Awards at AFI

09. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Both "A Royal Affair" and "A Hijacking" brought home audience awards at the AFI FEST 2012 in Los Angeles. Good news for the Danish Oscar candidate "A Royal Affair", which is opening today in US…

The war seen from an Afghan village

08. nov 2012 | ESSAY. Janus Metz sparked heated debate in 2010 with "Armadillo", a film that showed the cynical mechanisms of war among a squad of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. We asked the director to give his take on…

5 awards in Lübeck

05. nov 2012 | FESTIVAL. "The Hunt" took home three prizes, and "The Secret" two prizes at the 54th Nordic Film Days Lübeck.