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Cinema-going in Denmark
Box offices in Denmark are thriving. The cinemas show a wide range of movies from American main stream to international art movies.
Visitors have the chance to see Danish films with English subtitles at special screenings. Information about the subtitles will appear from the box offices. Danish children’s films are of high quality and have a long tradition of winning awards. 25% of Danish film industry grants go to children’s films.
Visit the box offices or read the papers for information on present and upcoming films.
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Free Open-Air Film CavalcadesEvery year the cities of Copenhagen, Odense, Århus and Aalborg host the Natfilm festival with late-night movie marathons for night owls. English subtitles. Relevant links: NatFilm Festival The International Film Festival for short films and documentaries takes place in the centre of Denmark, in Odense on Funen: Odense International Film Festival The International Children’s Film Festival in Copenhagen: Buster
Guided ToursThe Danish cinema history is a long one. One of the world’s oldest film companies, Nordisk Film, is Danish and has produced a long line of Danish films in the same studios ever since 1906. Visitors can go on guided tours of the Nordisk Film studios in Valby near Copenhagen. Today new production companies are mushrooming, with Zentropa Film (‘Dancer in the Dark’ - Lars von Trier’s Golden Palm-winner) and Nimbus Film ('The Celebration' and 'Mifune's Last Song') as two of the most prominent. Relevant links: Find more information about Danish films in general: Nordisk Film The public promoter and sponsor of the Danish film and cinema industry: The Danish Film Institute Production Company located south of Copenhagen: Zentropa Film |
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Awards for Danish CinemaThe Danish cinema scene is bubbling with talent - all within a wide variety of genres.
Lars von Trier was awarded the Palmes d'Or, the Golden Palms, at the Film Festival in Cannes 2000 for the film Dancer in the Dark, and Lone Scherfig was awarded the Silver Bear for the film Italian for Beginners at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001. Finally, Christoffer Boe was awarded the Camera d'Or, the Golden Camera, for the film Reconstruction at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003.
Important film makers are also:
Bille August:
House of the Spirits, Smilla’s Sense of Snow, etc.
Gabriel Axel:
Babette’s Feast, Leïla, etc.
Nicolas Winding Refn:
Pusher, Fear X, etc.
Anders Thomas Jensen:
Flickering Lights, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, etc.
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Dogma FilmsThe Danish Dogma films, which ultimately encapsulate a very Danish culture, appeal not only to home audiences, but to people in Europe and the rest of the world. In the last couple of years they have been taking one international award after another home to Denmark. They are distinctive for a style of direction that is at once restricted by self-imposed rules yet so free and improvisational that the focus is on the actual content and the performances. Thomas Vinterberg’s award-winning 'The Celebration' was the first Dogma film, and this was followed by Lars von Trier’s 'The Idiots' and Søren Kragh Jacobsen’s Silver Bear award-winning 'Mifune's Last Song'. Lone Scherfig’s 'Italian for Beginners' is also based in the Dogma principles, and received the Silver Bear in Berlin 2001. For a complete list of produced Dogma films The Official Dogme 95 website |
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