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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…

Minding Your Own Business Won't Do

28. jan 2016 | INTERVIEW. Third-generation filmmaker Puk Grasten is making her debut as a feature director with "37," based on the notorious Kitty Genovese case from 1964, when 37 Americans stood idly by while a young woman…

Oscar winner in European cinemas

24. mar 2011 | INTERNATIONAL RELEASE. While it's "Revenge" to French audiences, the German cinema posters read "In einer besseren Welt". A month after Susanne Bier's triumph in Los Angeles, "In a Better World" is opening in several…

"Klown is fun"

30. jul 2012 | INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE. US critics have embraced the Danish raunchy comedy "Klown".

Coppola exhibits Danish Laterna Magica collection

15. jul 2010 | INDUSTRY. Danish director Henning Carlsen's unique collection of laterna magica is now part of Francis Ford Coppola's exhibition at his Rubicon Estate in California.

Boosting Nordic cross media-projects

20. aug 2010 | INDUSTRY. Nordisk Film & TV Fond has joined forces with UK cross-media-experts Power to the Pixel to strengthen the quality of children's stories for cell phones, game consoles and online platforms.

Danish film on global online cinema

24. jun 2011 | ONLINE. On Sunday at 8 p.m. the Danish documentary "My Avatar and Me" will showcase in the world's first virtual online cinema. The film's protagonist and co-director Mikkel Stolt is special guest.

Danish docs—Cinema Eye

09. nov 2010 | NOMINATIONS. Six nominations from Cinema Eye add to the splash of honours bestowed on Danish documentaries this year. Janus Metz' awardwinning film 'Armadillo' is competing in 6 out of 12 categories, and there…

EFA nominations

08. nov 2010 | NOMINATIONS. Three Danish films are represented among the European Film Academy nominees announced Saturday 6 November at the Seville European Film Festival. Besides 'Armadillo' and 'Out of Love', running in…