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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6 minutes of Danish film at Cannes

The 60th Cannes film festival opened today. No Danish films in competition this year. But Danish film directors Lars von Trier and Bille August (who both have won the Palme d’Or) have each directed 3 minutes of film as a part of the festival’s 60th anniversary film To Each His Own Cinema. (via filmland)
Lars von [...]

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AFR – the prime minister murdered on film

The Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is not the kind of man you would normally imagine as a film hero. Sure, he has leader capabilities (he has a country to run) – but he also seems very contolled and kind of rigid.
Nevertheless, Danish film director Morten Hartz Kaplers has made an unusual fiction film [...]

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