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Directing duo to make their feature debut with real time action drama

01. oct 2019 | IN PRODUCTION. Frederik Louis Hviid and Anders Ølholm will make their directorial debut with 'Shorta', which has just wrapped principal photography.

New Danish documentary films

DFI seeks to nurture more original scripts

14. apr 2019 | FUNDING. With the ManusFokus initiative, the Danish Film Institute hopes to stimulate the development of more original scripts for Danish films. Writers from film, television and theatre have been invited to…

The Orphanage selected for Directors' Fortnight

24. apr 2019 | Cannes 2019. Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat is returning to Directors' Fortnight with her second feature, 'The Orphanage', after her win in 2016 for 'Wolf and Sheep'. Also off to this year's Cannes Festival is…

Navigating a morally complex story

15. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. May el-Toukhy's second feature film, 'Queen of Hearts', takes a closer look at a powerful woman's fall from grace. Famed actress Trine Dyrholm and rising star Gustav Lindh lead the drama, fuelled by…

Ulaa Salim: 'I want us to stop and listen to each other'

25. jan 2019 | INTERVIEW. Ulaa Salim’s debut feature, 'Sons of Denmark', grapples with hot-button issues in Denmark and Europe today. The aim was not to make a film about immigrants, but about people of all stripes, the…

DANISH FILMS IN CANNES / 2019

Greenland films to be digitised

07. may 2019 | DIGITISATION. A new grant will enable even more historical films about Greenland and Arctic region to be digitised – films with the potential to broaden our perspective on climate changes and geopolitics.

'Wildland' first Danish film back on the big screen

27. may 2020 | REOPENING. Berlin contender 'Wildland' is the first Danish film to premiere as cinemas in Denmark are slowly getting back in business. The modern crime drama continues in July to theatres in the Czech Republic…

Scandinavian Films at Cannes Marché

09. jun 2020 | CANNES 2020. Scandinavian Films is hosting five webinars during the Cannes Online Market. Discover more and register here.

Learning to walk, all over again

11. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. The earthquake that hit Haiti in 2010 left a tremor in Jørgen Leth, the Danish filmmaker/writer. His balance was affected, making it hard for him to walk. His poetic, observational diary film 'I Walk…

Taking children seriously

13. nov 2019 | INTERVIEW. Children are thoughtful and sensitive and deserve to be taken seriously, says Simon Lereng Wilmont, who considers it a privilege to make artistic documentaries for a youthful audience. His new…