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…

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…

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…

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…

Cannes Print Mag Out

08. may 2014 | CANNES MAG. "I wanted so much to do a genre film, a classic Western," Kristian Levring says in our 60-page FILM Cannes Issue. Browse through the latest edition of our festival magazine or find your copy at the…

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…

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…

Cannes Issue for Your Laptop

07. may 2014 | CANNES ISSUE. Read about Kristian Levring's "The Salvation" and how the director still remembers his Dogme days. Find this and more stories about Danish films in Cannes in FILM Digital Issue for your smartphone,…

Graduation film nominated for Student Oscar

07. may 2014 | NOMINATION. Director Carl Marott has been nominated for a Student Academy Award for best foreign film for "The Oasis", his graduation film from the National Film School of Denmark.