Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

An animated short from the 80s telling teenagers about puberty, sex and protection.

Anders Morgenthaler's two puppet friends Carsten and Gitte present a compilation of six short animation and puppet films, directed by Karla Nielsen, Rikke Hallund, Sabine Ravn, Mette Skov, Esben Toft Jacobsen and Anders Morgenthaler.

The Wild Hearts is a road movie about a young man's search for identity, recognition and love. The film's title refers to a Danish moped club called The Wild Hearts - a group of youths in their early twenties who want to find personal freedom through fellowship. The boys' fellowship and individual dreams for the future are put to the test as they embark on their mopeds in Denmark on a journey through Europe to Pomerania in Poland. Maybe they will never return. The Wild Hearts is more than a club; it's a state of mind that leads you through back roads into the depths of your soul. Freedom has its price!

Recording of Amin Jensen's critically aclaimed comedy stage show from 1999.

This film looks at the efforts to rebuild Afghanistan's infrastructure and culture, as seen through the eyes of women, such as former Deputy Prime Minister Sima Samar, whose fight for education and health-care rights for women and girls put them in danger. Having survived the Taliban, they are putting their lives back together.

The well-ordered life of Dylan Thomas, a high-priced male escort, goes into moral free-fall beginning with the night he impulsively takes home a young woman he finds passed out drunk on a sidewalk. A sad little stray cat in a Lycra dress and Prada shoes, Allison Campbell is looking for security or love, and she may not know the difference. While Dylan plies his trade in swank hotels, a tentative domestic relationship with seemingly homeless Allison evolves, based on the illusion that neither of them has a past. Voyeurism is the dramatic strategy and the lure for this story.

As morning dawns on a Norwegian suburb, a detachment of killer-slugs, led by the notorious Sergeant Slug, prepare for a heads-on attack on a small garden – their objective? A juicy, delicious flower on the other end, deep within a flowerbed. A new conscript and his close friend, a medical officer, both suit and join in the massive charge into the garden. But as the slugs emerge into the exposed field, they stand head to head with a diligent, elderly lady, hell-bent on keeping her garden pristine and safe from pests. As the two sides clash, it is as the saying goes: All's fair in hunger and war!

”De Fleste Ulykker Sker Med Lemmet” var i foråret 2011 så stor en publikumssucces på Bellevue Teatret i Kbh., at man dels valgte at forlænge spilleperioden, og dels valgte at lade det forevige af kameraer. Både publikum og kritikere har haft det sjovt og har ladet sig begejstre over showet. Gaffa kalder det for et sjovt og rigtig vellykket show, og Politikens Lokalaviser taler om ”lyse påhit, geniale platheder og kropslig komik i særklasse”, og i dagbladet Information er det et “modigt og vanvittigt show”, “en udstilling af hans eminente præcision som komiker”.

I denne forrygende forestilling, optaget på Husets Teater i København, viser Tommy Kenter næsten alle sine kantede sider og besynderlige karakterer. På morsom og tragisk vis fremstilles den danske mands måde at gøre kur til kvinder på, når han er 20, 30, 40, 50 og 60 år. Musik og skønne kvinder har aldrig fornægtet sig i Tommy Kenters forestillinger - så aftenens hændelser vil blive ledsaget af super-pianisten Esben Just og en dårende dejlig kvinde.

7th November, 2008 a phone rings at one of Denmark's largest shipping companies, Clipper. Somali pirates have hijacked the cargo vessel CEC Future and 13 crew members. The pirates demand 7 million dollars. A nightmare has just begun.

Nyt comedy show af Thomas Wivel ! Thomas Wivel har optrådt i spidsen af dansk stand-up i over 10 år – nogen kalder ham stand-uppernes GODFATHER. Han er en evig inspiration for alle, der holder af stand-up. Thomas kan noget med timing og levering, som ingen kan gøre ham efter. Det ser så legende let ud, når Thomas går på scenen, men underkend aldrig det enorme engagement, som driver Thomas til altid at være med helt fremme i alle afkroge af stand-uppens udvikling.

I samarbejde med Aalborg ZOO, Randers Regnskov, Givskud ZOO, Odense ZOO og Knuthenborg Safaripark er der i sommeren 2005 produceret en spændende film om dyrenes liv i ZOO; medlevende fortalt i børnehøjde af Sebastian Klein, bl.a. kendt som Doktor Pjuskebusk, samt fra TV-udsendelserne "Afrikas øje". I filmen fortæller Sebastian Klein om 22 forskellige dyr, bl.a. giraffer, isbjørne, elefanter, cuba krokodiller, kæmpeskildpadder, løver, næsehorn, ulve og gorillaer.

The concert is a historical review of Tabu Records' back catalog – and among the performers, besides SUSPEKT, are Clemens, Jooks, Tue Track, USO, Marwan, Jeppe Rapp, and many more. This concert is linked to a series of interviews from VEGA with all the performers and Tabu Records with the people behind the record label – resulting in a 2-hour DVD with lots of bonus material, which in the hip hop world must be considered a piece of Danish history.

"Blekingegadebanden" is the true story of a group of young Danish idealists who lost their grip on their own morality. They risked their own freedom and the lives of others and feasibility of raising money for a case that was bigger than themselves. They started as political activists, but came deeper and deeper into an organization that had several layers - legal and illegal. Some stopped in time. Others went with a piece of road. And a few chose to go all the way. It all ended in November 1988 with a history of Denmark until then biggest heist and murder of a 22-year-old policeman. In the film we meet activists from that time - even some of those who went whole hog. And we meet the police, as for so many years was right on the heels of the gang, but still failed to take action before the tragic killings in Købmagergade.

Danish comedy's sharpest tongue, Thomas Hartmann, toured in the fall of 2008 with his 4th one man show Extrospekt, where he proved to audiences and critics alike why he is considered one of the very best and funniest comedians in Denmark. His twisted brain takes us past everything from religion, technology, social values and supermarket queues, to toilet paper and pensioners' manic need for gardening, and his trademark equilibristic word games show a comedian in his most versatile show yet.

A former dancer returns for the first time in years to his childhood country village to attend his mother's funeral. The man discovers that the love of his youth still lives there, trapped in an unhappy marriage with the town priest. The dancer and his former lover secretly resume their liaison and slowly rekindle their old love.

The insecure 18-year-old Noah seeks a connection with the confident and experienced John; both hoping to find a solution in each other.

What is the saying One can say - Welcome to my humble cell on other tables, are other objects

Isabella becomes deeply concerned when she is unable to reach her best friend, who recently shared dark thoughts about suicide. In desperation, Isabella calls the emergency services, but receives little to no help. Determined to save her friend, she sets out to find her, hoping to reach her before it’s too late.

Exploration in the unconscious where everything is connected, nothing is determined and the emphasis is on the ever-changing. In a naturally altered state of consciousness, the boundaries of time and space dissolve. Sounds become visible, forms audible. Deeper focus offers more: connections of tones and undertones linked to visible forms and their mirrored reflections – periodically interacting with each other.

Anthropologists Otto and Suhr explore how people in two very different cultures—the Netherlands and Baluan Island, PNG—grapple with the universal question of life after death. Their journey reveals not only diverse beliefs, but also their own limits of open-mindedness, moments of skepticism, and struggles to embrace unfamiliar ideas.

It is recommended to drink 8 glasses of water a day. This is news for Rolf, who went on a 6-and-a-half-hour bus ride from Viborg to Oslo without bringing any liquid. Dehydrated, and realising his mistake, he sinks into his seat thinking about the long trip ahead. He looks up, noticing a service button above him and, maybe more for the joke of it, he presses it. Unbeknownst to Rolf, pressing that button would, in fact, lead to his thirst being quenched… but at what cost?

Danish-Ugandan Luba returns to her father’s rainforest in Uganda to save what is on the brink of being lost – a personal story about climate struggle, belonging, and Denmark’s responsibility in a changing world.

Frede Rasmussen is a 79-year old man from rural Lolland who has decided, late in life, to seek love as an openly gay man. Having spent decades largely alone and outside the LGBT+ community, Frede steps into the unfamiliar world of modern dating with help from local queer support groups. From creating a dating profile to placing personal ads and going on hopeful yet awkward dates, the documentary tenderly captures his vulnerability, humor, and resilience. Blending warmth with quiet social commentary, the film explores aging, loneliness, and the universal desire for intimacy—proving it is never too late to search for connection.

"Velkommen Til Medina" was a wildly successful album in Medina's native Denmark, we follow her career in the formulative years, the documentary reportedly takes place from the years 2009 to 2010

Rasmus Kramer's first one-man show. With hip-hop lingo, unbreakable optimism and misplaced Gen-Z slang, Rasmus Kramer attempts to uncover the oxymoronic life of a single father, Casanova and Mother-in-Law's Dream.