Danish films at European Film Market

Drama, dark comedy, a children's film and a trio of very diverse documentary films – explore the full list of Danish titles to be presented at the European Film Market (EFM), the key industry venue during the Berlinale.

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FEATURE FILMS

Darkland

Second feature film by Fenar Ahmad, which opened 19 January in Denmark to a warm reception from critics and audiences alike. Ahmad's debut feature "Flow" (2014) screened at the festivals in London and Göteborg.
Director Fenar Ahmad
Production Jacob Jarek for Profile Pictures
World sales TrustNordisk

Heartstone

Feature debut by Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson. World premiere in Venice Days, where it won the Queer Lion, and North American premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
Director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson
Production Jesper Morthorst, Lise Orheim Stender for SF Film Production, Anton Mani Svansson for Join Motion Pictures
World sales Films Boutique
Read interview with Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson

Iqbal and the Superchip

Feature debut by Oliver Zahle. The film is the second about Iqbal, both of which are based on a book series and adapted for the big screen by Renée Toft Simonsen.
Director Oliver Zahle
Production Peter Bose, Jonas Allen for Miso Film
World sales Sola Media

The Man

Second feature film by Charlotte Sieling, world premiering in Rotterdam's IFFR Live streaming event and making its Nordic premiere at Göteborg Film Festival. Sieling is an experienced director of TV drama ("The Bridge," "The Americans," "Homeland").
Director Charlotte Sieling
Production Lars Bredo Rahbek for Nimbus Film
World sales SF Studios
Read interview with Charlotte Sieling

Small Town Killers

Ole Bornedal recently signed off "1864" (2016), about a fateful year in Danish history which was also made into a TV series. Bornedal's breakthrough came with his feature debut "Nightwatch" (1994). Other titles include "The Substitute" (2007), "Just Another Love Story" (2007) and "Deliver Us from Evil" (2009).
Director Ole Bornedal
Production Peter Bose, Jonas Allen for Miso Film
World sales TrustNordisk

Swinger

Second feature film by Mikkel Munch-Fals, whose debut was 2010's "Nothing's All Bad," winner of an award at Palm Springs Film Festival.
Director Mikkel Munch-Fals
Production Stine Meldgaard Madsen, Emilie Lebech Kaae, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen for Meta Film
World sales AB Svensk Filmindustri

DOCUMENTARY FILMS

Amateurs in Space

World premiere in competition at IDFA 2016. Max Kestner has directed a number of acclaimed documentaries such as "Max by Chance" (2004), "Blue Collar White Christmas" (2004) and "Dreams in Copenhagen" (2009).
Director Max Kestner
Production Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær for Danish Documentary
World sales Autlook Filmsales
Read interview with Max Kestner

Last Men in Aleppo

Winner of the international documentary competition at Sundance 2017. The film is made with the independent Aleppo Media Center reporting from the war-torn province.
Directed by Feras Fayyad Co-director Steen Johannessen
Production Søren Steen Jespersen, Kareem Abeed for Larm Film and AMC
World sales DR International sales
Read interview with the directors

Venus

The film debuted in IDFA’s First Appearance competition. The directors won the Nordic Talent Pitch Prize in 2011 for their film project "Human Female Sexuality." Glob co-directed "Olmo and the Seagull," recipient of the best Nordic doc award at CPH:DOX 2014.
Directors Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen
Production Kirstine Barfod, Anna J. Ljungmark, Julie Leerskov for House of Real
World sales DR International Sales
Read interview with the directors

CO-PRODUCTION MARKET – CoPro SERIES

Christoffer Boe's "Warrior" is selected for the Berlinale Co-production Market's CoPro Series. The thriller series, which Boe wrote with Simon Pasternak, follows a soldier returning home from war in Afghanistan. Miso Film is producing for TV 2, and the Danish Film Institute's Public Service Fund has backed the development.

European Film Market 9-17 February 2017

Darkland

Fenar Ahmad, 2017

Zaid is a successful surgeon and lives in a fancy apartment with his pregnant girlfriend. One night Zaid's younger brother, Yasin, knocks on his door and asks his brother for money. Zaid refuses.

Heartstone

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson, 2017

A remote fishing village in Iceland. Teenage boys Thor and Kristján experience a turbulent summer as one tries to win the heart of a girl while the other discovers new feelings toward his best friend. When summer ends and the harsh nature of Iceland takes back its rights, it's time to leave the playground and face adulthood.

Iqbal & The Superchip

Oliver Zahle, 2016

Iqbal and Sille are best friends and have always lived next door to each other. Their street must undergo urban regeneration and, unfortunately, Easelman and The Swine will be in charge of the project, which is in fact a cover for them to get their hands on the oil they have discovered under the street. Iqbal and Sille must now fight against the villains and get the money to buy back their building so they don’t have to move away from each other.

The Man

Charlotte Sieling, 2017

Simon is the king of the Danish art scene. He is successful and rich, has a beautiful wife and a young mistress. Out of the blue his son Casper, whom he never knew, shows up on his doorstep.

Small Town Killers

Ole Bornedal, 2017

The two tradesmen Ib and Edward are tired of their lifeless marriages and dream of living the good life from the stash of money they’ve earned moonlighting for years. After a huge fight with their wives the two men get drunk and hire a Russian contract killer to do a hit on their spouses. But they have badly underestimated their wives, and this becomes the start of an absurd journey where Ib and Edward to their own horror end at the top of a kill list.

Swinger

Mikkel Munch-Fals, 2016

On the surface, Adam seems to have a good life. He has a lovely wife, a soon-to-be-adult son and a steady job. But still something’s missing.

Amateurs in Space

Max Kestner, 2016

The two friends, Peter and Kristian, share a boyhood dream of traveling into space in their own home-built space rocket. If they succeed, the two Danes will write themselves into the annals of history as the world's first amateurs to go into space. Peter and Kristian, who are the only people on the project full-time, have gathered a small group of spaceflight enthusiasts who contribute to the project alongside their regular jobs.

Last Men in Aleppo

Feras Fayyad, 2017

After five years of war in Syria, the remaining citizens of Aleppo are getting ready for a siege. Through the volunteers from the White Helmets we experience the daily life, death and struggle in the streets, where they are fighting for sanity in a city where war has become the norm. Khalid, Subhi and Mahmoud are among the first to enter the destroyed buildings, scouring through the rubble in search of bodies and signs of life.

Venus – Naked Female Confessions

Lea Glob, Mette Carla Albrechtsen, 2017

Two female directors are looking for women to take part in an erotic film – based on their own sexual experiences. 100 curious women reacts to the casting call and shows to an audition, but the casting takes an unexpected turn. Slowly the women begin to take over the interviews, with their own deeply personal stories.