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Fear Me Not |Release 19 December | DFI factsheet | Trailer


Max | Release 5 December | DFI factsheet | Trailer


Lille soldat | Release 14 November | DFI factsheet | Trailer


Everlasting Moments | Release 30 October | DFI factsheet | Trailer


Terribly Happy | Release 24 October | DFI factsheet | Trailer

Danish actor Cyron Melville selected for Berlin's Shooting Stars

09.12.08 Danish actor Cyron Melville, 24, is one of the ten European acting talents selected for Shooting Stars at Berlin International Film Festival (5-15 February 2009), a programme organized by European Film Promotion (EFP).

Read more in press release Cyron Melville selected for Berlin's Shooting Stars.

European Film Awards 2008   09.12.08 The Italian feature film "Gomorra", directed by Matteo Garrone, was crowned with five awards at the European Film Awards (EFA), held in Copenhagen, Saturday 6. The presentation was transmitted to more than 40 countries. Dame Judi Dench received a Lifetime Achievement Award and the Dogme fraternity, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Kristian Levring received honours for their contribution to European cinema. For a full overview of the European Film Awards: www.europeanfilmacademy.org.

"Burma VJ" to Sundance   09.12.08 "Burma VJ" double winner at CPH:DOX and IDFA (Joris Ivens Award and Movies That Matter) will receive its US premiere at Sundance film festival. Also selected for Sundance are two British productions by Danish directors: Nicolas Winding Refn's  "Bronson" and Lone Scherfig's "An Education".    Read more about "Burma VJ" in DFI-factsheet and articles Barefoot Reporter in Burma, Thank you Google Earth.

Record year for domestic films at Danish box office

03.12.08 2008 will be a record year for domestic films at the Danish box office. At the beginning of December, an annual record dating back 27 years has already been surpassed. In 1981, Danish films sold 4.1 million tickets in Denmark for the entire year. In 2008, this record was beaten by 8,000 tickets already on November 30. We have to go back 30 years to find a year when more Danes went to the cinema to see Danish films. That was 1978, when a total of 5.4 million tickets were sold.

Read more in press release: Danish films – box office record

Anders Høgsbro Østergaard swept away IDFA's top awards for "Burma VJ"

01.12.08 Anders Høgsbro Østergaard and Magic Hour Films' "Burma VJ – Reporting from a Closed Country" swept away the top awards at Amsterdam's international documentary festival, IDFA, 29 November 2008. The film received a nomination in the prestigious Joris Ivens Competition and in Movies That Matter, a competitive programme whose films focus on human rights and dignity. The film won both competitions. Joris Ivens Jury chair, Bianca Stigter, described the film as a "harrowing reminder of the power and the weakness of images"."Burma VJ" was also awarded lavishly at CHP:DOX.

Read more in DFI presse release "Burma VJ" sweeps away IDFA's top awards.

Facts & Figures 2008   09.05.08 In 2007, 27 of 235 releases in Denmark were Danish. In a market place otherwise dominated by American releases, Danish films stand tall with an average of 115,000 admissions – almost twice the average number of American releases at 65,000. Read more on Danish films' performance in 2007 in the Danish Film Institute latest edition of Facts & Figures.