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Creating a safe space in a warzone

19. nov 2018 | INTERVIEW. Since it premiered at IDFA last year, 'The Distant Barking of Dogs' has reaped numerous festival awards and is now nominated for a European Film Award and three IDA Awards. But for producer Monica…

The Cave: Dr. Amani challenging the stereotypes

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. An evocative, birds-eye view of women's lives in a hellish warzone, 'The Cave' is a deeply personal film for Feras Fayyad, a film stretching back to his childhood and into the humanitarian…

How film can break down boundaries

06. dec 2019 | RESEARCH. European films can strengthen children and young people's cultural understanding, identity and tolerance, a new international study shows. Read on to learn how the medium of film can contribute to a…

Danish films at Venice Film Festival

28. aug 2024 | VENICE. Thomas Vinterberg's series 'Families Like Ours' will have its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, from August 28 to September 7. The festival will also showcase a newly restored…

A Decade of Films That Take Time

23. may 2017 | INTERVIEW. Danish Documentary Production, co-producer of Ulrich Seidl's "Safari," has left a distinct imprint on Danish and international documentaries over the past 10 years. Partner and producer Sigrid…

Danish Animation Garners Attention

25. feb 2011 | INDUSTRY. Following a successful Berlin Film Festival the Danish animated film "The Great Bear" will be showcased at Cartoon Movie, and production company Copenhagen Bombay is up for an award.

Danish films at IDFA

18. nov 2015 | IDFA 2015. Read on to find all the hard facts and soft features about the Danish documentary films showing now at IDFA, the big doc fest in Amsterdam running 18-29 November.

Danish Films Nominated at IDFA

26. nov 2014 | IDFA 2014. Camilla Nielsson's "Democrats" and Hanna Polak's "Something Better to Come" are among the nominees for IDFA's main award.

The Man Who Tore a Hole in the Iron Curtain

06. nov 2014 | INTERVIEW. The director of "Burma VJ" and his Hungarian co-director, Erzsébet Rácz, have made a film about the fall of the Berlin Wall starring a forgotten hero. Marking the 25th anniversary of the fall of the…

Melancholia opens in major territories

25. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. "Melancholia" is likely to become Lars von Trier's best-selling film abroad in recent years, says producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen after the film's first three months in release.

Congratulations to Ida

25. feb 2015 | OSCARS. "A remarkable film that insists on silence in a noisy culture," CEO of the Danish Film Institute comments on Pawel Pawlikowski's Polish-Danish co-production "Ida" triumphing as Best Foreign Language…

The Great International Bear

04. nov 2011 | ON THE MAP. "The Great Bear" basks in international success. Esben Toft Jacobsen's animated feature is in high demand at festivals and has recently opened in France to fine reviews.