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Riley Keough and Sofie Gråbøl join Lars von Trier

14. feb 2017 | IN PRODUCTION. Sofie Gråbøl and Riley Keough are added to the cast for Lars von Trier's upcoming feature film "The House That Jack Built," which already includes actors Matt Dillon og Bruno Ganz. The film will be…

New comedy set in the eighties

15. sep 2016 | IN PRODUCTION. The full cast list and a first photo are out for "Klown" duo Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam's next film, "DAN-DREAM," which is shooting right now in southern Denmark.

New film by Tobias Lindholm

01. dec 2011 | IN PRODUCTION. Tobias Lindholm, co-director of "R" and scriptwriter of "Submarino", has completed filming his second feature film, a hostage drama with the working title "The Hijacking". The film is expected to…

Something Better to Come Wins at IDFA

28. nov 2014 | IDFA 2014. "Something Better to Come" by Hanna Polak took home the Special Jury Award at the world's biggest doc fest celebrating films and prize winners at Friday's closing party.

Danish Docs to IDFA

11. oct 2013 | IDFA 2013. A unique close-up of Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei and the unlikely story of a young Iranian girl who wants to become an astronaut – two of the eight Danish stories to meet an international…

Danish docs headed for IDFA

12. oct 2012 | IDFA 2012. The international doc fest in Amsterdam celebrates its 25th anniversary with a walk down memory lane plus the very first edition of a youth programme. Nine Danish documentaries are on show at this…

IDFA launch with The Ambassador

07. oct 2011 | IDFA 2011. Journalist-cum-diplomat Mads Brügger's venture into the Central African Republic opens the world's most important documentary film festival on 16 November in Amsterdam.

Danish docs to IDFA

15. nov 2011 | IDFA 2011. The documentary world is gearing up for twelve days of festival in Amsterdam. Get the full view of the Danish participation and find out more about the eight films and their directors on our IDFA…

Iqbal and the Modern Family Film

11. mar 2016 | INTERVIEW. "Iqbal Farooq" follows Iqbal, a 13-year old boy struggling to gain his father's respect while dodging two ruthless criminals. Writer Renée Toft Simonsen and director Tilde Harkamp talk about the…

The Riddle of the Stranger

26. aug 2017 | INTERVIEW. "The Charmer" is about an Iranian man struggling to get a residence permit in Denmark. Playing with our notions of "the stranger," director Milad Alami slowly unfolds his protagonist’s secrets like a…

An Outsider's Observations

04. may 2016 | INTERVIEW. Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat's first feature, Danish-produced "Wolf and Sheep," was inspired by her feeling of being an outsider during her childhood in a small isolated village in Central…

Revolutionary by accident

23. sep 2011 | INTERVIEW. Omar Shargawi was trapped in an Egyptian revolution as he was preparing a film about street kids in Cairo. Out of it came instead the documentary "Half a Revolution", premiering at the hotspot for…