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Decay and creation, hand in hand

13. nov 2012 | IDFA. Today all is quiet, but there was a time when Piramida, in the Svalbard archipelago, was an industrious mining town, where life blossomed for Alexander and his small family. Andreas Koefoed's music…

A Kiss with a Price Tag

10. nov 2011 | INTERVIEW. Lise Birk Pedersen's fascination with Russia grew as she discovered another side to the poverty-stricken reality that she already knew so well. "Putin's Kiss", selected for IDFA competition, portrays…

Something Better to Come Wins at IDFA

28. nov 2014 | IDFA 2014. "Something Better to Come" by Hanna Polak took home the Special Jury Award at the world's biggest doc fest celebrating films and prize winners at Friday's closing party.

Danish docs headed for IDFA

12. oct 2012 | IDFA 2012. The international doc fest in Amsterdam celebrates its 25th anniversary with a walk down memory lane plus the very first edition of a youth programme. Nine Danish documentaries are on show at…

Cathedrals of Culture to Berlin

17. jan 2014 | BERLIN 2014. Six prominent directors led by Wim Wenders present their vision of "a building's soul" in "Cathedrals of Culture", six films in 3D selected for Berlinale Special. Danish director Michael Madsen…

Danish films sell in Berlin

19. feb 2013 | BERLIN 2013. "Nymphomaniac" has been sold to the US and Canada, "The Keeper of Lost Causes" to the UK and Australia. TrustNordisk, one of the largest Scandinavian sales agents, report a round of really good sales…

Two Sundance awards to Danish films

30. jan 2012 | SUNDANCE. Mads Matthiesen and "Teddy Bear" won for best direction and Lise Birk Pedersen's "Putin's Kiss" received an award for best cinematography (Lars Skree).

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 black comedy from Ole Bornedal

29. nov 2016 | UPCOMING FILM. Ole Bornedal's absurd comedy "Small Town Killers" starring Ulrich Thomsen and Nicolas Bro opens on 12 January.

Poverty in short

22. nov 2012 | WHY POVERTY. Around 30 short films by new and emerging talents are part of the global campaign on poverty and inequality launched in November 2012. Watch some of the films here on our website.

Scandi-thrill in Locarno

17. jul 2013 | FESTIVAL. Mikkel Nørgaard's "The Keeper of Lost Causes" will enjoy its world premiere in one of Europe's most beautiful open-air cinemas during the Locarno film festival running from 7 August. This first of…

Reality rules!

10. may 2012 | PROFILE. It has only been five years since Tobias Lindholm graduated as a screenwriter, but he has already established himself as one of the most respected storytellers in Danish cinema. His credits include…