"We Pushed Ourselves To The Max"

07. may 2013. So says Lene Børglum, producer of Nicolas Winding Refn's Danish Cannes competitor "Only God Forgives", a low-budget film with a stylised cinematic vocabulary and a star-studded cast.

Mikael Rieks Producer on the Move

02. may 2013 | CANNES 2013. He started out as a TV producer, founded his own production company Koncern Film, and has now joined Nordisk Film for the second time around where he is currently developing two historical epics with…

Mikkelsen & Green in South Africa

22. apr 2013 | IN PRODUCTION. Director Kristian Levring has just embarked on an eight-week shoot in Johannesburg for the Danish-produced western "The Salvation" with Mads Mikkelsen and Eva Green in leading roles. The film has…

Short film in competition

18. apr 2013 | CANNES 2013. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson's Danish-Icelandic "Whale Valley" is one of nine short films selected for Cannes Competition.

Refn and Gosling to Cannes

18. apr 2013 | CANNES 2013. Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn is back in competition in Cannes with his Danish-produced "Only God Forgives", starring Ryan Gosling in the lead as a gangster in Bangkok's criminal underworld.

CPH PIX opens with Michael Noer

09. apr 2013 | FESTIVAL. Michael Noer won the international film critics' award at Göteborg film festival for "Northwest". Now Noer's tough, though sensitive portrait of a young man caught in a cycle of crime opens Denmark's…

Michael Noer, director

05. apr 2013 | PROFILE. Michael Noer likes stories about young people who step up and grow up. His second film, "Northwest",  was selected for the festivals in Rotterdam and Göteborg, and is out in Danish cinemas on 18…

Key figures on cinemas and films

25. mar 2013 | BOX OFFICE. Statistics Denmark has released the official key figures on the Danish cinema market in 2012.

Only God Forgives – first stills

20. mar 2013 | NEW FILM. Nicolas Winding Refn unveils the first three official stills from "Only God Forgives", his new collaboration with Ryan Gosling after Cannes winner "Drive".

A Hijacking is critics' favourite

18. mar 2013 | AWARDS. "A Hijacking" and "Putin's Kiss" were named Best Danish Feature and Best Danish Documentary Film, respectively, at the national critics' award ceremony, the Bodil Awards, held 16 March in Copenhagen.