Barefoot Reporter In Burma

01. nov 2008. Following a string of successful documentaries, Anders Høgsbro Østergaard plunged into deep water with a film about video activism in Burma. Initially conceived as a small story about personal…

Beautiful Moments

01. nov 2008. In his final year of television at the National Film School of Denmark, Andreas Koefoed has already two films selected for IDFA. "12 Notes Down", partly biographical, is about a gifted choir boy…

Bridgebuilding

01. nov 2008. "My Iranian Paradise" is a personal film about Iranian history and Persian culture by a Danish filmmaker who spent most of her childhood and youth in Tehran. Annette Mari Olsen relates the grand…

Daring to Stick Out

01. nov 2008. Nanna Frank Møller’s "Let’s Be Together" is an identity story about a boy grappling for a foothold between genders and nationalities.

Happy People?

01. nov 2008. Study after study reports Danes the world’s happiest people and Denmark the world’s best country to live in. It’s sometimes tempting to think of our cosy Scandinavian nook as ‘paradise on earth’…

Jagtvej 69

01. nov 2008. In spring 2007, Jagtvej 69 street signs like the above were pasted all over Copenhagen, not just at the actual address in Nørrebro, as sly winks to the abounding confusion. Meanwhile, you could be…

Moped Hearts

01. nov 2008. After his high-octane "Vesterbro" (2007), Michael Noer figured he’d done enough films about teenagers drinking and acting out, at least for a while. Then his production manager told him about a gang…

Portrait of A Class Society

01. nov 2008. Among today’s most sympathetic spokesperson for young Danes is Anders Gustafsson, Swedish filmmaker whose documentary, co-written and directed with Patrick Book, "Little Miss Grown-Up", underscores…

Roskilde Never Leaves You

01. nov 2008. Ulrik Wivel spent eight years gathering footage for his film about the Roskilde music festival, a fourday frenzy where, the director says, “It’s hard not to experience ecstasy.”

The Crime of Crimes

01. nov 2008. In "Saving Saddam", Bill Wiley, a Canadian lawyer, wants to abolish the death penalty. The film is produced by Mette Heide and Michael Christoffersen for Team Productions, the company that produced…