Shut Up Mountain Goat!

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. Phie Ambo's "The Home Front" is a breezy documentary comedy made for Danish prime-time TV, but the title's reference to war is no fluke. The film is about conflict, how they arise and grow, in this…

The Beast in Civilisation

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. How little do you have to scratch a civilisation's veneer before the dark, primeval forces appear? That's a fundamental question for the Danish director Janus Metz, whose documentary "Armadillo"…

The Chamber You Must Always Remember To Forget

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. Michael Madsen's "Into Eternity" is a mesmerizing reflection on the construction of the world's first permanent storage facility for nuclear waste. A reflection that Madsen, who comes from the art…

The Last Farmer

03. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. A farming country for the last 6,000 years, Denmark is undergoing radical changes, as industrialisation and streamlining has structured everything down to the smallest detail. In his portrait of a…

You've Got Blood In Your Mobile

02. nov 2010 | INTERVIEW. When Frank Piasecki Poulsen went to Congo in 2008 to research a film about child workers, he was plunged into a real-life hell of human exploitation at militia-run mines extracting precious minerals…

R wins Mumbai Jury Grand Prize

29. oct 2010 | AWARDS. For its unflinching portrayal of power within the prison system, Mumbai's Festival Jury, chaired by Jane Campion, presented 'R' with the Silver Gateway Trophy—the Jury Grand Prize—at the closing…

Armadillo – a touchstone film

28. oct 2010 | AWARDS. "We believe that Armadillo is a touchstone film that will be watched for years to come", concluded Kevin MacDonald in his motivation for awarding Armadillo the British Grierson Award for Best…

Broad film agreement reached

28. oct 2010 | FILM INDUSTRY. A broad film agreement was reached 27 October between parties in the Danish parliament. The key points in the new Film Agreement 2011-2014 are: over 2 billion DKK to Danish cinema over the next four…

Filmhouse in November

28. oct 2010. Neon casts a dazzling light over documentaries this month with CPH:DOX running from 4-14 November, and there's more offering. A selection of great films with the ultimate star, Joan Crawford, auteur…

Minor coproductions — deadlines

26. oct 2010 | FUNDING. The DFI supports Danish participation in international coproductions. Applications for short and documentary coproductions close 1 November 2010. Next deadline is 28 February 2011.