Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

Silje and her father struggle to manage their irrepressible temper. Together, father and daughter must face their inner demons and learn to live with their anger.

Western Front, 1916. Robert and Anton are two soldiers stuck in a bomb's crater in the middle of no man's land. Under the enemy fire, the two men start getting closer as they wait to be saved.

What if the poetry of the desert is the art of not speaking, but just listening?

A mother is doing everything she can to protect her daughter, Mie, as they are harassed by an unknown menace. Is it the violent ex-husband trying to return, or could it have something to do with Mie's new doll?

Poul is a fisherman - one of the last pound net fishermen in Denmark. A few years back Poul experienced a great tragedy when he lost everything he loved: wife and daughter, But from the ruins of his old life sprouts a whole new. At the age of 60, Poul finds the love of his life. His name is Mai, and he is from Thailand.

Mannequins examines the suburb as a state-of-mind through the eyes of a 7th grade teenage girl.

Ahmed is a French-Tunisian unemployed lawyer. Alex is an American who works with social media in New York's art world. At first glance, they have nothing in common except that they are both dating Danish women and have been invited to a family birthday party at a summer house by the North Sea. But they are also both strangers in a foreign country.

In an anonymous and bleak city, people are as numb and square as the surrounding buildings. Monotonous routines are carried out just like yesterday and the day before when all of a sudden organic, orange spheres emerge from dark corners, soaring lively towards the skies. As the spheres merge, getting bigger and bigger, the citizens finally pay attention and some curious souls accept the invitation to approach. At once, we are thrown into a baffling and beautiful world where you must lose yourself before you can find your true, passionate core.

Part 1 of 18 of a documentary produced for the Danish Film Institute that covers the entirety of Danish film history from 1896 to 1987.

Brecht′s 100th birthday is being celebrated on 10 February, 1998. A good enough opportunity to examine his life closely again. The film director Jutta Brueckner is mainly concerned here with the question of the kind of person Brecht was. We have known him until now as the brilliant author and theatre director, through his plays themselves; we also know him as the cultural flagship of the GDR along with his world-famous Berliner Ensemble.

Hello Kitty dresses up with her friends and pretends they are in famous adventures. Hello Kitty plays Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella and all the other beloved characters from the very best children's stories.

"Downfall" is a puppet animation short film about the fall and rise. It is a poetical, visually aesthetic tale that will interest and be interpreted by viewers of all nations and age. The main character is proud but weak eagle, that flies away to his last journey, experiencing fatal battle between good and evil. The film is rich in metaphors, allusions to Greek mythology and general philosophical reflections on life and death. "Downfall" idealizes beauty of nature, brute force and the power of will. It is an exciting, involving and thrilling adventure with a dramatic ending.

Why am I always told “You don’t look greenlandic”? Is it possible to look “like a Dane”? What does a Greenlander look like? Does your identity lie within the language you speak? Or the language you think in?

Babu Babu Babu... - here comes Fireman Sam. Sam is a fireman. He is brave, calm, and very helpful. He never gets bored at work. There is always someone in town who needs help. He is a real hero! Episodes: Mom's Little Pumpkin; Lucky in Misfortune; A real bundle of energy; A wide-eyed boy from Venus; Dusty Needs a Bath.

The ugly parrot Pierre gets lucky when a fashionable pirate is being just a little too fashionably late …

Dramatic events destined Kate Kendel to live with various missionary foster parents in Sierra Leone and Scandinavia. At the age of 16, she returned to her biological family in Sierra Leone and was genitally mutilated against her will. We follow Kate back to her roots, where the circumciser's' secret society, Bundu, is so feared that no government has yet been able to rock its power. "The Secret Pain" is a strong portrait of the psychological consequences women face after this kind of physical mutilation.

In 2003, the Danish artist Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen was in Sharja, U.A.E. and was instantly fascinated by the country's firm belief in progress. Two years later he is back to try to find out if there is anything else to Dubai and Sharja than endless rows of shopping malls, skyscrapers, an exploited workforce and non-existent history.

On the morning of July 7th 2005, Mikkel H. Eriksen found himself on the underground train that was blown up at Edgware Road Station during the terror attacks on London. That day, four young Muslims killed themselves and took 52 people with them. Mikkel walked away unharmed, and decided to turn his experience and all the questions that followed into a constructive exploration of how young muslims' everyday lives in London had been affected after the attacks.

When are you old? Is it when others think you are or is it only when you feel old yourself! In Thomas Hartmann's seventh one-man show, this question, along with many others, will be answered. Hartmann, who in some ways is forever young and in others has always been old, has reached a turning point in his life and casts his comedic eye both forward and backward in time.

Recordings of light and shadow patterns in water surfaces, moiré patterns of waves and sunspots in water ripples, accompanied by Albert Ammon's "Boogie Woogie Stomp" from 1939. (DFI)

Povl is a proud fisherman living on the rugged west coast in 18th century Denmark. When he is ostracized by the local towns-people, a tough and lonely existence begins. As a last and desperate attempt in order to win back his life, Povl decides to take advantage of the superstitious towns-people.

Monstrosity is a Danish horror film by Kasper Juhl and Rose Milling. A Danish tribute to Fred Vogel's "August Underground".

'Fibers' is an abstract experimentation with fiber arts, VFX and modern dance, concerning a self inflicted emotional journey based on fear.

A hand drawn animation short about a man struggling to save his dog in a futuristic metropolis.

From inside a tower, a man admires an artistic rendition of another tower.

The horse-drawn tram "Hønen" comes running along Nørregade and into the Old Square. "Hønen"'s last trip was on June 14, 1915.

Farmers' wives from Amager selling flowers.

From Elsinore shipyard launched the steamer AP Bemstorff sliding slowly out into the harbor.

An abstract cartoon built over Bernhard Christensen's music. It is the first of its kind in Denmark, as it is drawn directly on film stock.

Vincent, a young, homeless drug addict, stumbles through a wet and dark street in a very awkward state. He walks inside an abandoned house to sleep for the night, as thunder rumbles and the skies promise a storm. Inside, everything is silent, and he throws himself on an old chair, falling asleep instantly. It is when he wakes up that madness falls on him. The house is not all it seems, and Vincent is forced to relive his past, a past he has tried desperately to suppress and deny with drugs and denial for most of his life.

short documentary, from Tim Christensens Album, Superior. As part of a bonus DVD

Countess Schach is ill and her estate is impoverished. Fortunately, the daughter Cecilia is responsible for the household and the upbringing of the younger siblings. One day, the composer cousin Ernst comes to visit, and when he sees the financial predicament the family is in, he promises Cecilia to complete his opera and earn enough money to save the estate. When the Countess’ old friend, Princess von Staffenfeldt, offers Cecilia employment as a lady-in-waiting and governess, she accepts and soon after meets the Princess’ son, who after some time asks for her hand in marriage. Cecilia is now faced with a difficult choice: Should she marry the Prince who can save the family, and thereby break off the engagement with her true love, cousin Ernst? A dark tragedy seals her fate. (Stumfilm.dk)

A story of fisherman's life in the north and how they get trapped at sea.

When war breaks out between Denmark and Germany in 1848, Christian from poor Nyboder is hired as a bugler. Zealous and proud, he leaves Copenhagen with his old father and cousins Orla and Frants to defend Schleswig against the German enemy. One day, Christian takes on the dangerous task of delivering a depeche about a German attack on the line of defence near Egå – a trip full of obstacles and grim revelations. (Stumfilm.dk)

Driving around and looking at cars in Fredensborg.

A footage of an orchestra at Frederiksberg Theater.

Kids jump in the water.

King Haakon and Queen Maud in Trondhjem.

King Haakon travels to Trondhjem.

Early commercial film for Daniel Dalsgaards Kaffeforretning.

Danish street scene.

Dance from the opera from 1762 by Christoph Willibad Gluck (1714-1787), choreography by Hans Beck 1896. Performed by Valborg Borchsenius (née Guldbrandsen), Ellen Price, Elisabeth Beck (1865-1946) and Anna Marie Agerholm (1875-1929).

Images of a hunting party with the Swedish King Oscar II, Prince Christian, Prince Gustav, Prince Valdemar and Prince Georg. Hveen is an island in the strait 'Øresund' between Denmark and Sweden. The island was under Danish rule until 1658. It is mainly know as the site where the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe made his internationally acclaimed observations in the years 1576-1597.