Production supports since May

After directing the pilot of CBS' "Under the Dome", Niels Arden Oplev has returned to Denmark to helm the coming-of-age drama Racewalking (Kapgang),set in the mid-70s, about a teenager dealing with adolescence and his mother's sudden death. The cast includes "Borgen"'s Sidse Babett Knudsen. Thomas Heinesen is producing for Nordisk Film.

Ole Christian Madsen ("Superclásico", "Flame & Citron") is developing Itsi Bitsi, an impossible love story set in the unbridled 1960s. Madsen has written the screenplay with Bo hr. Hansen. Lars Bredo Rahbek is producing for Nimbus Film.

Having directed "Where the Devil Hides" (out this fall), and "The Roommate" in Hollywood, Christian E. Christiansen is back in Denmark to helm On the Edge (Lev stærkt). Louise Vesth, Senia Dremstrup and Jakob Balslev are producing for Zentropa.

Actors Thomas Bo Larsen, Søren Malling and Peter Plaugborg with director Christina Rosendahl. Photo: Christian Geisnæs

Christina Rosendahl is shooting her second feature film, The Idealist (Idealisten), a political thriller exposing one of the worst cover-ups in the history of the Cold War in Denmark. Jonas Frederiksen and Signe Leick Jensen are producing this first film by Toolbox Film, founded in 2011 by Morten Kaufmann and Signe Leick Jensen.

The Absent One (Fasandræberne) by Mikkel Nørgaard is the second installment based on Jussi Adler-Olsen's bestselling crime novels about detective Carl Mørck. The director premiered with his first film in the series, "The Keeper of Lost Causes", at the film festival in Locarno. Louise Vesth and Jonas Bagger are producing for Zentropa.

Lars Mikkelsen, actor in "The Killing" and "Borgen" and soon in BBC's "Sherlock", is to play in Jonas Arnby's feature debut When Animals Dream (Når dyret vågner), a gothic thriller about Marie who can't help feeling that her father is hiding something about her mother's mysterious illness. Ditte Milsted and Caroline Schlüter Bingestam are producing for Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen.

Malta – All Inclusive is the title of Hella Joof's new comedy about two sisters who travel to Malta with their mother to celebrate her 60th birthday after she has just been abandoned by her husband, their father. Mie Andreasen is producing for Happy Ending Film.

Fenar Ahmad is making his feature debut with Fuck Being Famous (Fuck at være kendt), a film about a young rap talent trying to follow his dreams, supported through DFI's talent programme New Danish Screen. Morten Kjems Juhl is producing for Beofilm, and co-producing is Nina Bisgaard for Metafilm, a new company run by Lars von Trier's former producer Meta Louise Foldager.

Due to climate changes a new race of flesh-eating predators have risen and are roaming through the streets in Martin Barnewitz's thriller Danny's Doomsday (Dannys dommedag). Christian Potalivo and Caroline Blanco are producing for Miso Film.

Mikkel Serup is directing his first feature, the comedy The Reunion 2 – The Funeral (Klassefesten 2 – Begravelsen), after having signed the TV series "The Protectors" and "The Killing 3" as concept director. Tomas Radoor and René Ezra are producing for Nordisk Film.

Frederikke Aspöck, whose feature debut "Out of Bounds" was selected for Cannes in 2011, is developing her second feature, the drama Lillebror (translates as "Little Brother"). Thomas Heinesen is producing for Nordisk Film.

The cast on the set of "Badehotellet". Photo: Carsten Andersen for TV 2

Hans Fabian Wullenweber, who was behind several episodes of the hit series "The Killing", is concept director of Badehotellet (translates as "The Seaside Hotel"), a six-part drama series set in the 1920s following life in an idyllic seaside hotel. The project has received funding from the Public Service Fund, DFI's support programme for quality TV fiction and documentaries. Michael Bille Frandsen is producing for TV 2 and SF Film Production.

See full lists of supports 2013 (Danish)

Speed Walking

Niels Arden Oplev, 2014

In a quirky, small town, situated in the outskirts of everything, 14-year-old Martin is getting ready for one of the most formal transitions from boy to man; the communion. Its 1976, music is in the air, and hormones are blossoming. However, in the midst of it all, Martin's mother suddenly passes away and her tragic death triggers a series of events that not only changes Martin's life forever, but also affects everyone else in the local community.

Itsi Bitsi

Ole Christian Madsen, 2014

1962. A young generation rebels against the Establishment. Peace activist Eik Skaløe meets Iben and falls head over heels in love, but Iben refuses to commit herself to one man only.

On the Edge

Christian E. Christiansen, 2014

Nikolaj and Martin get their adrenalin rush driving fast cars in illegal street races. One night turns out fatal as they at top speed hit and cause the death of a young girl. Struck by panic they decide to lie about their street racing in court and deny that the accident happened because of their reckless behavior.

The Absent One

Mikkel Nørgaard, 2014

In 1994, two young twins are found brutally murdered in a summer cottage. A number of clues points in the direction of a group of young upper class students from a nearby boarding school, but the case is closed as a local outsider pleads guilty and is convicted for the murders. When the case ends up on Carls Mørck's desk 20 years later, he soon realises that something is terribly wrong.

When Animals Dream

Jonas Alexander Arnby, 2014

Marie is a beautiful and lonely 16-year-old who lives in an isolated village on a small island of the west coast of Denmark. Marie's mother is seriously ill, suffering from an unknown disease - on medication, mentally absent and tied to a wheelchair. Marie's father, Thor, runs the small grocery store and tries to make life as normal as possible for the small family.

Flow

Fenar Ahmad, 2014

Michael lives in a housing project. He and his friends make music together. Michael is clearly the biggest talent in the group, and one day he is discovered by the established rapper Apollo who makes Michael his ghostwriter.

Danny's Doomsday

Martin Barnewitz, 2014

Due to climate change, a new race of flesh eating predators arise who invade and eat everything living on earth. In a residential neighborhood in a Danish suburb, nightmare-like scenes are being experienced first-hand through the eyes of two teenage brothers, who cannot stand each other, but are now suddenly forced to barricade themselves in the basement together to avoid being eaten. From one day to another, without parents and without electricity, food, water and contact to other people, the brothers have to learn to live together in their vital protection bunker, while monsters move past the basement windows and heavy sharp claws can be heard moving around upstairs on the wooden floors.

The Reunion 2 - The Funeral

Mikkel Serup, 2014

The three friends Thomas, Andreas and Niels are once again united in "The Reunion 2". Thomas is finally getting married, and Andreas has arranged the bachelor party of the century..