Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

DR's memorial concert for Kim Larsen on October 7, 2018, at Rådhuspladsen in Copenhagen, produced in collaboration with Nordisk Film TV.

TV 2 uses hidden cameras to reveal how people with no medical background perform illegal, ritual circumcisions on very young boys. Circumcisions can have serious consequences if they go wrong.

TV2 dok takes a close look at two former prostitutes from Thailand and their shocking story about the brothel environment in Denmark.

A father and his teenage daughter are living in a small house in the outskirts of Denmark, when he finds out he's terminally ill.

"Speechless", concerns human beings in a world without words.

Welcome to SMALL TALK, 5 shows where Oliver Stanescu does pure improvisation with the audience, edited down to 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Emine (10) lives in the small town, Pazar, in North East Turkey. Her best friend is Eda Nur (11). There has just been an earthquake 400 km away from where they live. Through the news they learn that many people have died and buildings have collapsed. With the backdrop of fearing the possibility of an earthquake hitting where the girls live, we learn about their friendship and its ups and downs. The girls have to prepare for their first Turkish bagpipe concert. But Emine is jealous of Eda Nur’s skills and that challenges her in keeping up the good friendship. Through the interactions between the two girls, we hope for Emine to acknowledge that she and Eda Nur are good at different things and that she sees the strengths of that in their friendship.

A simple and beautiful film about a three-year-old girl spending an afternoon in her own company, with a jar of colour at hand and her own body as a canvas.

In this curious and loving documentary, we meet five children aged 5-13: Charli, Nya, Chris, Alia og Milo. They tell their own stories in their own voices. They are stories about being between genders. Some are curiously exploring who they are, some feel that they are something other than what their surroundings expect, and others may be both.

With the relationship between mother and daughter as a common theme, the film is divided into 9 image rooms with action patterns that are based on archetypal images and motifs. The film is unconventional in its choice of means of action. Ursula Reuter Christiansen, who is a painter, tells her adventurous stories with an emphasis on the visual element, which works in interaction with Henning Christiansen's original soundtrack. (DFI)

A cinematic confrontation between old people, who are wandering around and are lost, and the youth, who are in a hurry to move on. (DFI)

The three club bosses meet and give their views on the championship battle and the balance of power in Danish football.

'Al-Nisāʾ' documents a group of women gathered in a workshop space in Berlin. They are together to work on issues around integration, human rights, and homeland. Common for them all are questions and wonderings about issues faced by a woman in a new country. Common for them is the homeland of Syria.

Shut up, there are a lot of things tumbling around in the head of someone from Northern Jutland, who grew up in a small town where the nineties were a thing a few years after they had kind of let go of the rest of Denmark. 38 full and half educations and careers attempted to get started have drawn Anne Bakland from Østervrå across the country and to Copenhagen, where she landed with her feet firmly planted on the stand-up stage with a microphone in hand and a bag full of both questions and answers about all the bullshit of life.

10-year-old Atlas decides to reach the top of the local church tower, carrying an old heavy suitcase with a baby inside.

SKAGERRAK follows the mental development of Casper Steinfath in his attempt to be the first person in the world to paddle from Denmark to Norway. A journey revealing that there's more to it than getting from A to B.

A third generation pig farmer in Denmark struggles during the economic crisis whether to refinance or give up his family business and pastoral way of life.

The film goes behind the counter in Copenhagen's used record shops and hears about the rare jazz, soul and rock vinyl records, which are necessary to preserve the great cultural heritage that has never been reissued on CD, and about the musical aha experiences and obscure acquaintances, which results from the hunt.

Mr Holm, an umbrella manufacturer, is haunted by the name ‘Bech’, which he suddenly appears everywhere in his home. Holm is convinced that Bech – the famous theatre actor – is courting his wife. In fact, he is almost right. The actor Bech fancies the employee in Holm’s umbrella shop. But the confusion does not end here: Holm’s maid is also in love with a man called Bech – the local butcher’s apprentice. Will Holm figure it all out? (Stumfilm.dk)

FRAGMENT | A man looks around and sees a dog in a trashcan, after which his nose transforms into a clarinet that he plays for the dog. The film was made by the popular Danish cartoonist Robert Storm Petersen, popularly known as ‘Storm P’, who created some of Denmark’s very first cartoons, among many other things. His distinctive humorous tone and style shine through in these short, early cartoons. (Stumfilm.dk)

Specialklassen is perhaps one of Denmark's most cohesive improv groups. They deliver razor-sharp improv comedy, guaranteed to make you laugh out loud! Here is their first release from Bremen Teater! So get ready for a good laugh at home on the sofa!

EIR is a film collaboration between Rammatik and Riva Dance Company. The film is an experimental venture to capture the dynamic choreography of the stage production Risin & Kellingin, created by three choreographers; Búi Rouch, Julia Ehrstrand and Rannvá Guðrunardóttir Niclasen. Rammatik – composed of Rannvá Káradóttir & Marianna Mørkøre – has made a cinematic interpretation of this dance piece which invites the viewers to create their own narrative.

Two friends hang out in a boat on the fjord in North Jutland, Denmark. One of them falls asleep and when he wakes up his friend disappeared.

A film about guilt, sorrow but also of finding one's new place in life after the most tragic and life changing experience. The story is told by director Tor Nygård Kolding who was part of the pile of people in front of the stage, when nine young men were suffocated during Pearl Jam's concert during the 2000 Roskilde Festival.

Hans and Beate are a happy couple. They have two cute children and are well off financially. Furthermore, Hans is on his way up another rung on the career ladder. Everything looks good. There is only one small but; Hans has a male lover - and suddenly tragedy strikes, AIDS.

The block constitutes the common denominator of all symbols. It is offered for sale by the Minotaur to all people in the labyrinth of life and causes both grave attention and hilarity, distress and delight in a highly informal way. (DFI)

Everyone deals with loss in their own way. Tristan is a bio-artist who processes his mothers death by preserving her in a unique painting.

In a farmhouse a woman tries to lure the resident house spirit – a mischievous Nisse – with offerings of food.

FirstGrade, a Danish clothing- and merchandisebrand founded by Anders og Jesper, experience head- and tailwind on the road to success and greatness.

A film about the everyday life of workers at a Danish special ward during the AIDS epidemic.

In black and white, you can see the baking of a hash cake. In color you can see the collection of a TA'-Box bag. The faces of the characters are never seen - only their hands. The two courses are cut in parallel. (DFI)

A complex picture with double shots of details in a room, graffiti on walls, fragments of texts, pictures and neon shots. (DFI)