5Mar 2008 Director: Susanne Bier Denmark, Sweden 2006 123 min Danish emigre Jacob Petersen runs an orphanage helping street children in India. The orphanage is threatened with closure due to lack of money. Then a Danish businessman offers him a lifeline. He will donate 4 million dollars to the orphanage but only if Jacob attends… Continue reading Efter Brylluppet
Tag: Denmark
En kongelig affeere
A Royal Affair 02 Jan 2013 Denmark, Sweden 2012 137 min Director: Nikolaj Arcel From the writers of the original ‘Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ comes this period drama – based on fact – about 18th century Danish royalty. King Christian VII is mentally ill and so is incapable of performing his regal duties. A… Continue reading En kongelig affeere
Kapringen
A Hijacking 22 Jan 2014 Director: Tobias Lindholm Denmark 2012 103 min The cargo ship MV Rozen is in dangerous waters and heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates. Among the men on board is the ship’s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbeek) who, along with the rest of the seamen, is taken hostage… Continue reading Kapringen
Village at the End of The World
20 Nov 2013 Director: Sarah Gavron UK, Denmark, Greenland 2012 82 min What would you do if you were 16, lived in the most remote village in the world and were the only teenager? What would you do if your biological father lived next door, yet never acknowledged your existence? Lars is surprisingly upbeat about… Continue reading Village at the End of The World
Jagten
The Hunt 04 Dec 2013 Director: Thomas Vintenberg Denmark 2012 115 min In this nerve-shredding and superbly thrilling drama, Mads Mikkelsen gives a penetrating portrayal of Lucas, a nursery school teacher in a small Danish town. Lucas is rebuilding his life after a divorce and the loss of his job when his life is torn… Continue reading Jagten
Rose
5 Mar 2025 Director: Niels Arden Oplev Denmark 2023 106 min Best known for directing the original film version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Niels Arden Oplev teams up with another Scandi screen star, Sofie Grabol, for his most personal film to date. A story of two sisters, it’s based on his own… Continue reading Rose
Land of Mine
18 Mar 2020 – Cancelled due to COVID Director: Martin Zandvliet Denmark, Germany 2015 101 min Land of Mine follows the little-known story of the young Germanprisoners of war who were handed over to Danish authorities in thedays following Germany’s surrender in May 1945. Tough veteranSergeant Carl Rasmussen is assigned by Lieutenant Ebbe Jensento diffuse… Continue reading Land of Mine
The Nile Hilton Incident
20 Mar 2019 Director: Tarik Saleh Egypt, Sweden, Denmark, Germany 2017 107 min In Cairo, days before the 2011 Tahrir Square uprising, Police Detective Noredin is working in the infamous Kasr el-Nil Police Station when he is handed the case of a singer, murdered in The Nile Hilton Hotel. Initially, the amoral Noredin views the… Continue reading The Nile Hilton Incident
Ida
3 Feb 2016 Director: Pawel Pawlikowski Poland, Denmark 2013 82 min In the 1960s, novitiate nun Anna is about to take her vows in the Catholic Church when the Mother Superior insists that she must visit her aunt Wanda, who reveals that Anna’s real name is Ida. It is the first in a chain of… Continue reading Ida
Our Memory Belongs To Us
30 November 2022 Syria/Denmark/France/Palestine 2021 Director: Rami Farah Nearly 10 years after the beginning of the Syrian revolution, three Syrian activists, Yadan, Odai and Rani reunite on a theatre stage in Paris. Through life-size projections onto a big screen, director Rami Farah confronts the three men with footage, some of it their own, depicting events… Continue reading Our Memory Belongs To Us