Nordic Council Film Prize to The Hunt

31. oct 2013 | AWARD. "Vinterberg's film explores how the individual can be persecuted even in a well-meaning and well-functioning society". Danish Oscar candidate "The Hunt" wins the prestigious accolade of best Nordic…

Bier filming in Denmark

30. oct 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Foreign-language Oscar winner Susanne Bier returns to Denmark to direct "A Second Chance". Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who has made a name for himself internationally with his role in "Game of Thrones",…

Art, docs and politics at CPH:DOX

21. oct 2013. CPH:DOX 2013. Ai Weiwei and The Yes Men as curators, documentarians from China and a new award dedicated to investigative journalism. This and much more at CPH:DOX, Scandinavia's largest documentary…

World premiere in Rome

14. oct 2013 | FESTIVAL. A strong autobiographical element is at the heart of Danish auteur filmmaker Nils Malmros' films. Most painfully so in "Sorrow and Joy", selected for competition at the Rome Film Festival in November.

Danish Docs to IDFA

11. oct 2013 | IDFA 2013. A unique close-up of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and the unlikely story of a young Iranian girl who wants to become an astronaut – two of the eight Danish stories to meet an international…

Nymphomaniac – Chapter 4

09. oct 2013 | NYMPHOMANIAC. Confusion. Delusion. Hallucination ... A forth chapter unfolding the multifaceted universe of Lars von Trier's upcoming "Nymphomaniac" is online. More to come on 10 October.

New releases

08. oct 2013 | PREMIERES IN OCTOBER. Screened at the Toronto festival in September, "Antboy" now meets its home audience, as does the highly anticipated thriller "The Keeper of Lost Causes". Here are October's new Danish films on the…

Scandi-thrill draws crowds

08. oct 2013. BOX OFFICE SEP-OCT. "The Keeper of Lost Causes" hit the big screen on 3 October and took 120,522 admissions during its opening weekend, which is the second-best opening in more than ten years…

A Song for Iben

27. sep 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Shooting for Ole Christian Madsen's "Itsi Bitsi" begins on 2 October, a film based on the true story about Danish beat poet Eik Skaløe and the great love of his life.

The Hunt is Danish Oscar entry

26. sep 2013 | OSCAR 2014. Thomas Vinterberg's Cannes winner "The Hunt" starring Mads Mikkelsen is Denmark's candidate to run in the nomination race for the Best Foreign Language Oscar.