Press Contacts Eva Hein Head of Communication +45 3374 3610evah@dfi.dk Anders Budtz-Jørgensen Web Communication Manager +45 3374 3528 andersbj@dfi.dk News from the DFI Best opening of the year 30. aug 2011 | BOXOFFICE. With 67,000 tickets sold in its opening weekend, Martin P. Zandvliet's "A Funny Man" is off to a flying start – the best since the hit movie "Clown" opened in December. 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. Brügger takes his Ambassador to IDFA 23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. Mads Brügger and Zentropa's "The Ambassador" is selected for competition at the 24th International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam kicking off on 16 November. Volcano to Toronto 23. aug 2011 | FESTIVAL. "Volcano" enjoyed its world premiere in Cannes and was awarded for best direction in Transylvania. Next Rúnar Rúnarsson's debut feature is off to the Toronto International Film Festival starting 8… August snapshot 22. aug 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. Bille August is shooting his new film "Passion of Marie", about the wife of one of Denmark's greatest painters, in Skagen at the northernmost tip of Denmark. The film is scheduled for release in… Good start for Scherfig's One Day 19. aug 2011 | LONE SCHERFIG. "Successful" and "moving", two of the leading trade magazines call Lone Scherfig's adaptation of David Nicholls' novel "One Day". The film is out in the US on 19 August. ‹ Previous 206 207 208 209 210 211 Next › Danish Film Institute Photo: Jørgen True Download logo - English GIF GIF neg. EPS EPS neg. Read more The history of the logo