FILM#76 online now

13. nov 2012 | MAGAZINE. Nine Danish documentaries are on show at this year's IDFA. Read interviews with the directors, portraits of the producers, the latest news, and much more in the Danish Film Institute's festival…

A Hijacking wins two prizes in Thessaloniki

12. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Tobias Lindholm's "A Hijacking" received the Best Feature Film Award and the FIPRESCI award at the 53d Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

The Act of Killing wins DOX AWARD

12. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Copenhagen's International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX has announced the winners of the competition series. Joshua Oppenheimer's "The Act of Killing" wins the top prize. Other winners include …

Danish doc catalogue online

12. nov 2012 | NEW DOCUMENTARIES. Denmark has nine docs on show at IDFA, and a large repertoire of many more intriguing docs and shorts. Get an overview and find the facts on the current Danish documentaries and short fictions.

A Royal Affair and A Hijacking win Audience Awards at AFI

09. nov 2012 | AWARDS. Both "A Royal Affair" and "A Hijacking" brought home audience awards at the AFI FEST 2012 in Los Angeles. Good news for the Danish Oscar candidate "A Royal Affair", which is opening today in US…

The war seen from an Afghan village

08. nov 2012 | ESSAY. Janus Metz sparked heated debate in 2010 with "Armadillo", a film that showed the cynical mechanisms of war among a squad of Danish soldiers in Afghanistan. We asked the director to give his take on…

8 nominations for European Film Awards

05. nov 2012 | EFA 2012. Danish films are represented in eight categories at the European Film Awards, which is presented on 1 December in Malta. "The Hunt" leads with 5 nominations, including Best European Film, "A Royal…

5 awards in Lübeck

05. nov 2012 | FESTIVAL. "The Hunt" took home three prizes, and "The Secret" two prizes at the 54th Nordic Film Days Lübeck.

Danish Film Tweets

05. nov 2012 | TWEETS. This week, @DanishFilm has tweetet about about reactions of "The Act of Killing", "Nymphomaniac" and the Danish doc festival CPH:DOX. See the highlights here.

The Act of Killing sold to the US

01. nov 2012 | SALES. Drafthouse Films has acquired US rights to Joshua Oppenheimer's documentary "The Act of Killing". The film will open theatrically in 2013.