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Overview of the 15 Danish films at IDFA

19. nov 2014 | IDFA. The world's biggest documentary film festival, IDFA in Amsterdam, has a record-breaking 15 Danish films lined up for this year's edition, including a world premiere of "Something Better to Come"…

Way over The Line

10. nov 2011 | ESSAY. Of course Mads Brügger goes over the line. He stretches his long legs and purposefully takes several steps beyond the rules, both written and unwritten. "The Ambassador" isn't honourable reporting…

June and July at the Cinematheque

29. may 2017 | CINEMATHEQUE. Keep up to date with the latest films from and about Latin America, rediscover Jim Jarmusch classics, and groove to the rhythm of Bob Marley. This and more in June and July at the Cinematheque which…

CPH:DOX pushes the debate further

01. mar 2019 | INTERVIEW. This year’s festival presents current-affairs films seeking to influence political agendas, as well as several stories about strong women. Out of the total competitive field of 66 films, 30 are…

The price of perfection

13. nov 2012 | IDFA. Katrine Philp's first feature-length documentary, "Dance for Me", follows a pair of young elite dancers who have a hard time finding their groove outside the dance floor. The film is celebrating its…

Making the Familiar Surprising

06. feb 2018 | INTERVIEW. How do you adapt a popular children’s book for the big screen? With 'The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear,' animation director Philip Einstein Lipski, who co-directed with Jørgen Lerdam and Amalie…

Danish feature film festival awards 2004

07. aug 2004. Press release07.08.2004Calm may have reigned in Berlin and Cannes this year, but the Danish film sector has continued to reap the

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…

In the Dark Green Pine Forest

03. feb 2011 | INTERVIEW. Unleashing primordial Nordic forces, Esben Toft Jacobsen's first feature "The Great Bear" is an animated fantasy inspired by Scandinavian nature and indigenous storytelling. Selected for Generation…

Settling In

23. nov 2015 | INTERVIEW. What does it mean for a child to be on the run? How do you make a home for yourself in a new country? Andreas Koefoed's At Home in the World provides a different perspective on refugees than the one…

Charlotte Sieling's The Man to Göteborg

11. jan 2017 | FESTIVAL. Feature films, documentaries, TV drama and short films – Danish film is widely represented at this year's big Nordic festival in Gothenburg, which kicks off on 27 January. Among the films competing…

Afghan-Danish duo returns to Directors' Fortnight

14. may 2019 | INTERVIEW. Director Shahrbanoo Sadat and producer Katja Adomeit will premiere their third collaboration, 'The Orphanage', in Directors' Fortnight in Cannes. Set in Kabul during the pro-Soviet government, the…