Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

Documentary chronicling the development of the women's movement in Denmark from the suffragettes till present day.

Grandpa doesn't want to move into a nursing home. A film about letting go of life.

Aage Sikker Hansen (1897-1955) considers a selection of his drawings that are spread on the floor. He is working on a drawing of a naked woman sitting on a chair, seen from behind.

Johan has left his old life behind and now lives alone in a fishing cabin with a stuffed albatross.

Aria is an Iranian dreamer with grand gestures and kind eyes living in Copenhagen with wife and son. But the true love of his life is his piano school where he teaches. Unfortunately he is blinded by his own passion and has neglected years of financial troubles - now threatening to bankrupt him and his family. Maybe the world just isn't suited for dreamers like him.

EMBRACES & the Touch of Skin is an animated poem about the vital need for embraces and contact with other beings.

Short film about two people who meet daily in an elevator, the two are in love but do not talk to each other.

Deepness of the Fry is an absurd existential crisis disguised as a collage film. Living in a world where everything’s already been said, felt, and done before, can anyone truly be unique? And is thinking about this too much really a good idea?

Following the tragic demise of its military career, a disabled robot war veteran finds its home among humans in the tender care of an old lady, who hires him in her hair salon for cats. Can he leave its days as a ruthless killer robot behind or is he going to act on the sinister murderous instincts that are a key part of its programming?

Sindssyg Kælling is Sanne Søndergaard's new solo show. A personal, vulnerable and brutally honest show about being labeled by the whole world just because you speak your mind. Sanne Søndergaard is one of Denmark's sharpest social critics, known from columns in Information, books like Kære Dødsbog and her standup shows. Now she's ready with one of her most blunt shows to date, where she takes on the media, the audience and even her own social circle, skewering the many judgmental voices she has encountered over the years as a critical and outspoken satirist.

Bamse, Ælling, Bruno, Hr Skæg, Robotdrengene and Lille Nørd are among the popular children figures that contribute. A well-playing DR Big Band brings new life to old classics and connects the performance musically to a high level.

In a barren and cold world, a lone knight travels toward a sole beacon of hope; a beautiful, golden city. When the knight’s way is blocked by an infallible monster, the knight must fight to reach his goal; but can they defeat the monster from within the heavy armour without facing the memories that haunt?

It's all about crazy parents, bad gifts, Muslim ex-girlfriends, alien planets, prayer rooms, and dangerous sex robots when Jesper Juhl gets straight to the point in his critique of society and, not least, himself. Look forward to an excellent show about how the world would be a better place if more people could take a joke.

If friends and acquaintances were asked what Elica is most interested in, the answer would be drugs, parties, alcohol, cigarettes, and friends. Elica is seventeen years old and parties hard with her best friend. But behind Elica's escapades lies a traumatic experience she had as a child. And the more she tries to repress the memories, the stronger they become.

Silas lives in an isolated whaling town, toiling for months in the harsh and bloody trade on which he and his community depend. However, in order to be capable of killing the creatures whose bone and blubber pay his wage, he has developed an ungodly method for extracting his emotions. The time has now come for his only son to be initiated into the grim and dangerous whaling life, and Silas must be the one to teach him.

Dune koncert live at Smukfest 2016

07.07.07 is Nephew's fifth album, and their second live album. It was recorded from Roskilde Festival's Orange Stage on the night of Saturday, the festival's most important concert time. Extracts from the DVD were broadcast on DR2 on Tuesday 4 December. It is also the CD where the track Hospital feat. L.O.C. is located on the. The name comes from the date of their concert, namely 7 July 2007.

A satirical show about life in the Danish central government.

A man covered in responsibilities and burdened by the weight of his work is swept away on a journey that changes his perception of life.

Formerly a streetwise orphan, Asmita has her world turned upside down when she meets Isaac, a reclusive shepherd who lives with a flock of very peculiar sheep deep in the Himalayan mountains. As they spend time together, Asmita begins to see hints of a deeper secret, and before long she finds herself swept up in a battle between worlds that will put her face-to-face with an extraterrestrial invader.

A sweet and entertaining Christmas film for the youngest members of the family, in which Santa Claus is captured by a witch who wants to prevent him from reaching the Friends of Light in the Land of Light with Christmas presents for Christmas Eve. The Friends of Light agree to free and rescue Santa Claus. They set off on quite an adventure and eventually free Santa Claus so they can get their Christmas presents home in time for Christmas Eve. The Friends of Light have a wonderful Christmas Eve together with Santa Claus and his reindeer.

Original songs and video clips from the movies Father of Four.

Street Trading in Copenhagen in about 1913. The old butcher stalls by Nicholas Church, called the "stomach" before demolition.

Street Trading. Fishermen's wives from Skovshoved sell their fish from the stalls at Gammel Strand. Anker Kirkeby is in the picture.

Through beautiful childlike dioramas and vivid bedtime stories, director Vibeke Bryld complicates George W. Bush’s simple-minded characterization of North Korea, Iran and Iraq. By illuminating the universal ritual of instilling a sense of morality, justice and beauty through story, these moments, illustrative of the love between parent and child, undercut the facile rhetoric of political agitation.

On 6 July the victory over the Schleswig-Holstein troupes during the 'Three Year War' (1848-1851) is celebrated in Fredericia.

A man and an ape are seated at the same table – both wearing suits. The monkey lights the man’s cigarette, pours wine for them both, and they proceed to play cards before it is time for the ape to turn in for the night.

A documentary drama about people who live by the sea.

Demonstrations through the city on May 1st in Slagelse. The year is unknown.

King Frederik VIII of Denmark arrives in Berlin, Germany.

Inventor Jacob Ellehammer's first attempts at flying.

Haakon becomes King of Norway.

Traveling by tracks through the streets of Aarhus.

Max, suffers from memory loss, and is stalked by a serial killer who is framing Max for all his killings. Max is positive that he is innocent. He knows that he has been framed, but what he doesn't know is that someone is playing a game with him. Someone who knows every move he makes. Soon he finds himself in a world in which there is no escape.

Denmark's most popular dance band can now celebrate its 25th anniversary. After thousands of live jobs and an impressive record sale of over 1.2 million CDs / LPs, on January 4, 2014, Kandis can celebrate a silver wedding and look back on a great career. The band has become an institution in the Danish entertainment industry, established and respected on the same level as Kim Larsen, Shubidua, Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, Brdr. Olsen et al. More popular than ever before and with Denmark's biggest fan club! The anniversary was celebrated with the recording of a large and beautiful TV show from the Holstebro Music Theater where 1000 audiences experienced a cornucopia of Kandis hits on a strip seasoned with international guest stars: Hansi Hinterseer, Semino Rossi and Swedish Thorleifs.

Priest Henry, who picks up a mysterious hitchhiker in the middle of the night. The hitchhiker claims to be psychic and it's revealed that he knows a lot about Henry's personal thoughts and secrets. What seems to be a coincident meeting evolves into a dangerous matter of life and death.