New Danish releases January-March

10. jan 2012 | NEW RELEASES. The next quarter sees the release of Henrik Ruben Genz' comedy drama "Excuse Me", Mads Matthiesen's feature film debut "Teddy Bear", selected for Sundance, and Nikolaj Arcel's historical epic "A…

Six months of Danish cinema

05. jan 2012 | EU PRESIDENCY. Films by Susanne Bier, Lars von Trier, Nicolas Winding Refn and several more are making their way to film buffs across Europe. Over the next six months, the Danish Film Institute and local partners…

Special focus in Göteborg

05. jan 2012 | FESTIVAL. Göteborg International Film Festival highlights Danish cinema with a section consisting of 14 new Danish films, a retrospective series, a Danish day, and seminars. In addition, "Teddy Bear" in…

Simon Staho off to Berlin

14. dec 2011 | BERLIN 2012. He is known for his uncompromising style in films like "Daisy Diamond" which gave Noomi Rapace her breakthrough role. Danish director Simon Staho is tuning up for Berlinale's Generation 14plus with…

Out of Bounds wins the top prize at Marrakech

12. dec 2011. Frederikke Aspöck won the Golden Star at Marrakech International Film Festival, one of the largest festivals in North Africa, for her debut feature "Out of Bounds".

Arab Spring to Dubai

07. dec 2011 | FESTIVAL. Omar Shargawi's "1/2 Revolution" is enjoying its international premiere at the leading festival venue in the Middle East, the Dubai international Film Festival. The film will be off to Sundance in…

Melancholia best European film 2011

03. dec 2011 | EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS. Lars von Trier's end-of-the-world fable took the top prize and Susanne Bier was presented with the Best Director award at the EFA ceremony on Saturday in Berlin.

Christian J. Lemche new EFP President

01. dec 2011. Christian J. Lemche of the Danish Film Institute has been elected as European Film Promotion's new President.

Four films to Sundance

01. dec 2011 | SUNDANCE. No less that four films are off to Sundance in January, including the feature film "Teddy Bear" which will be celebrating its world premiere at the festival.

New film by Tobias Lindholm

01. dec 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. Tobias Lindholm, co-director of "R" and scriptwriter of "Submarino", has completed filming his second feature film, a hostage drama with the working title "The Hijacking". The film is expected to…