Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

Film about how the day goes for a single mother and about her life. Sympathy is created for the single mother as one of the many who are alone in a multifaceted responsibility.

Realizing a dream that millions of young Indians aspire to every day, 23-year-old Lucky gets a golden ticket to go abroad: a student visa. Hoping to provide a better future for himself and his family, he uproots his life in India to go study in Denmark. In this new and alien world, Lucky’s dream collides with a harsh reality in which he finds himself hustling between odd jobs, caught in the bureaucratic demands for his visa and surrounded by people whose motives towards him are unclear. Who truly wants to help him and who just wants to get ahead? What started out as a dream-come-true increasingly feels like a trap, as Lucky begins to fathom the ramifications of his decision to leave home.

A stop-motion short film made out of boredom during quarantine

Winner of "Best Visual" for ASTA Film Festival 2022

Student film from the 2020 study trip produced by students from 2018i.

A deceased son attends his own wake. While the house spirits throw him a welcome party, he tries to make contact with his grieving father, played by Jens Albinus. A short film from Filmwerkstatt Aarhus, reminiscent of Dogma 95.

An archaeological excavation site becomes the scene of a struggle for context and meaning in one's own national history. How can science deal with ambiguity? How far can one go to make oneself heard? A powerfully staged chamber play.

The story of life and everyday existence in the squatters collective ‘Jægergården’ located at Jægersborggade 3 in Nørrebro in the winter of 1970-71, where fifty young people occupied a property that had been vacant for two years. The director interviews neighbors, people on the street, and residents of the collective. After three months of occupation, they were evicted by the police.

On their way out the door for his grandfather's funeral, five-year-old Magne refuses to go, which causes his father to scold him. The father angrily goes downstairs to pack the car, while Magne shuts the front door, trapping his father outside. The power dynamics between father and son are turned upside down, and now it is Magne who decides whether they will make it on time. The film explores the act of meeting one's child and letting each other in.

A talk with some Nebraskans about life. They share their stories and their worries while living the good life in Nebraska.

At a salsa party in Copenhagen, Esben falls head over heels in love with Cuban Rosa, and she quickly becomes pregnant. Rosa, however, has struggled with feelings of alienation throughout her life in Denmark—shaped by maternal neglect, a lack of family support, and a sense of being out of place in a foreign country. As Esben and Rosa start to build a life together, doubts about their love and recurring misunderstandings constantly challenge their relationship.

A friend group gets assigned to make a film years after a mysterious dissapearing, with one even being a lucky survivor. When past faces emerge from the shadows, desparate to keep the order in line, distrust causes cracks to form on both sides.

The snow cannons are running at high pressure in the Austrian Alps so artificial snow can form the backdrop for the perfect conditions for skiing. Every winter, Danish tourists head to the mountains to find happiness in the white snow – but beneath the artificial surface, the foundation is slowly melting away.

In Palestine Saleh is moving from farm to farm working on 6 month long contracts. But this is not how he grew up. He has been robbed of the land he thought he should farm and pass on to his children. As a nomad he is now trying to save what is left of the Palestinian soil through organic sustainable farming.

TRAIN FOR THE PAST: Two teenagers are late for a train, they rush to catch it, but little do they know what will unwind.

A self-obsessed business student spirals into isolation and delusion, chasing perfection through social media and masculinity podcasts, until there is no way out but down.

Fear of spiders, climate change, and death; fear of embarrassment, or of not being understood; the desire to avoid sleeping in order to stay in control. Young adults from six countries talk about what keeps them awake when the world goes quiet – and the things that provide them with comfort. Things such as this film, which connects us with them and shows that we’re not alone with our worries and longings.

Colorful markets of Africa are often dominated by strong older women, who control prices and determine who can buy their goods. These women are affectionately referred to as Mama Benz because each one has a chauffeured driven Mercedes Benz. This film focuses on one woman who presides over the cloth market in Lomé, Togo.

Mud can tell us a lot about the planet's deep past and possible future - and here is the film that translates its silent language into an imaginative stream of thought.

A simple and beautiful portrait of a filmmaker and his Indian father, shot in one long take on a bench in Punjab.

An artificial intelligence develops self-awareness and reflects on humanity's moral codes and social structures.

4.48 Dysphoria examines the pathologization of gender nonconformity and the intersections between mental illness and queerness.

Sara is a 4-year-old mentally deficient living with her parents and a little sister. Sara was never institutionalized as her parents decided that it had to be possible to live an everyday life with the child in spite of the doctors' warning that it would ruin their lives if she was not sent off to an institution.