Danish films in Cannes 2013

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Danish films in Cannes – at a glance:

Danish Films in Cannes

Official Selection

• Only God Forgives / dir. Nicolas Winding Refn / prod. Space Rocket Nation
• Borgman / Dutch-Belgian-Danish co-production / dir. Alex van Warmerdam / DK prod. Angel Films

Short Film Competition

• Whale Valley / dir. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson / prod. Fourhands Film

Director's Fortnight

• Solecito / Colombian-French-Danish co-production / dir. Oscar Ruiz Navia / DK prod. Fischer Film

Producer on the Move

• Mikael Chr. Rieks

Jury Members

• Thomas Vinterberg ("The Hunt") is jury president of Un Certain Regard

Previous years in Cannes

• See Danish films in Cannes over the years

Official Cannes website

• Festival de Cannes 15-26 May 

Only God Forgives

Nicolas Winding Refn, 2013

Julian runs a Thai boxing club in Bangkok as a front for the family's drugs smuggling operation. When Julian's brother Billy is killed, their mother Crystal shows up in the city to bring the body of her firstborn home to America and to get Julian to avenge his dead brother.

Whale Valley

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2013

Set on an isolated farm in Iceland, the film follows a seven-year-old boy who accidentally interrupts his older brother's suicide attempt. His brother makes him promise not to tell their parents, and the film examines the relationship between the two brothers in the aftermath using images of rugged scenery to express the young boys' inner turmoil and feelings of isolation.