The Copenhagen Ring on DVD

Kasper Bech Holten’s fantastic modern version of Wagner’s four opera work The Ring of the Nibelung will be released on DVD on July 7th (Decca). I became a big Wagner fan when the Ring played at the Royal Danish Opera House in 2003 – 2006. The old saga was transformed into an epic tale about [...]

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Copenhagen International Film Festival 2007

Copenhagen International Film Festival opens today. The festival focuses on European film, and 11 movies are competing for the Golden Swan award. I hope I’ll have time to go see some of the films, even though I’m currently pretty busy, having just started working on my master thesis.

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Short Film represents DK in Venice

Denmark is (only) represented by one film at the Venice Film Festival that opens today August 29. It’s the short film Skyggen af tvivl / Shadow of a Doubt directed by Esben Tønnesen, a young film director from the alternative film school, Super16. Earlier this year, Tønnesen won an award at another Italian film festival, [...]

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Odense Film Festival

The 22nd Odense Film Festival – an international short film and documentary film festival – starts tomorrow, August 27th. All screenings have free admission except for the Prize Ceremony. Check out the programme at www.filmfestival.dk.

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Mads Mikkelsen in love affair with Coco Chanel (on film)

Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen, who is known internationally for his role as Le Chiffre in Casino Royale (2006), is to play the Russian composer Igor Stravinskij in a new movie directed by William Friedkin (The Exorcist, The French Connection). According to ritzau/Politiken, the film has the working title Igor & Coco, and it’s about the [...]

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