The 2022 film package

Wildland

Jeanette Nordahl, 2020

Following the tragic death of her mother, Ida falls into the care of her estranged aunt Bodil and Bodil’s three grown sons. Ida initially finds comfort in their home, which is filled with physical tenderness and a strong sense of unity. But the darker reality of her family's criminal way of life and toxic dynamics slowly pushes her to accept violence, addiction and intimidation as normal.

The Butterfly Swing

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, 2020

The stubborn pig farmer Ernst and his wife Louise host a party on their farm to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. However, the family is keeping a host of secrets, and Ernst is soon treading deep water. During the lively, colourful, intoxicating, and sorrowful evening, the truth slowly begins to emerge, putting the family to the ultimate test.

Erna at War

Henrik Ruben Genz, 2020

Denmark, summer of 1918. WW1 rages through Europe. Germany is running so low on recruits that young men on the Danish side of the border are now being conscripted.

Into the Darkness

Anders Refn, 2020

Through a family and the relation between father and son, the film describes the dilemmas of the Danish population during World War II. Like the government, the farmers and the industry, the father, a successful owner of a big electronics factory, tries to make the best of the situation to keep the wheels rolling. However, this leads him into a problematic collaboration with the Germans.

A Taste of Hunger

Christoffer Boe, 2021

Maggie and Carsten love each other, they have two wonderful children, and they run their gourmet restaurant, Malus. They want it all. And they have it all.

The Day We Died

Ole Christian Madsen, 2020

In an icy cold Europe, people are slowly moving on after the shocking terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. In Copenhagen, the newly released criminal Omar has his agenda. Meanwhile, filmmaker Finn, Jewish watchman Dan and the worn-out action force officer Rico live their various everyday lives unaware of their common destiny.

70/30

Phie Ambo, 2021

In the spring of 2019 thousands of young Danes took to the streets. They ditched school to demonstrate for the climate, they mobilized their parents and grandparents and demanded climate action NOW! When the national election came later that year, it was evident that the climate needed to be a central part of the political agenda to win. Now, it is time for the new government to put action behind their words.

It’s Not Over Yet

Louise Detlefsen, 2021

At the small retirement home Dagmarsminde, the founding nurse May Bjerre Eiby has no interest in specific dementia diagnoses or medicine, since neither is improving the quality of life for the 11 residents. Instead, May and her staff have developed a new kind of treatment inspired by the methods that Florence Nightingale introduced 150 years ago. May has named it 'care treatment': hugs, touch, talking, humour, eye contact and the joy of community is the prescription.

Skál

Cecilie Debell, Maria Tórgarð, 2021

Dania, 21, grew up in a Christian congregation on the Faroe Islands. She recently moved to Tórshavn, where she became romantically involved with hip-hop artist and poet Trygvi, aka Silver boy. He is from a secular family and writes dark hip-hop lyrics.

From the Wild Sea

Robin Petré, 2021

As the peak of winter draws near, a vast European network of marine animal rescue volunteers are bracing themselves for the rough season. Night and day, all year round, they work tirelessly to rescue coastal wildlife from life-threatening elements: Oil. Plastic.

The Soldier

Nikolaj Møller, 2021

Henrik, a Danish war veteran, returns to Denmark with post-traumatic stress syndrome after his second deployment in Afghanistan. After various failed treatment attempts he moves deep into the Amazon jungle trying to cure himself with plant medicine, including the world’s most halogenic drink, Ayahuasca. The film follows Henrik’s fight in the jungle over three years, offering a close-up of a broken human being, a man let down by the same society he tried to protect, on a journey that doesn’t cure him the way he had hoped.