Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

Tom is a renowned author who is about to suffocate from the shame of not having written a new, good book for over 20 years. But then he meets Renee, a young female admirer who gives him a renewed lust for life. Soon, they move together and settle on the country, away from both Tom's ex-wife and his demanding editor. But life in the countryside does not only offer tranquility for the couple in love. Some local people begin to harass the two with a threatening behavior, and their lives are soon turned into a nightmare ...

This Icelandic tale, loosely based on the real-life experiences of director Fridrik Fridriksson tells the saga of a boyhood spent in Iceland in the 1960s.

The stubborn and reclusive Kresten Flint lives alone on "Flintegården" with his daughter, Else, who is kind-hearted but not quite normal. One day, the young farmer Jesper Poulsen arrives to propose to Else. His girlfriend has let him down, so he comes with honest intentions—to be good to Else and get the farm back on its feet. Else gives birth to twins, two boys, Viggo and Martin, but she dies in childbirth, leaving Jesper alone with his two boys. Viggo and Martin grow up to be two handsome men who are also inseparable friends—until they fall in love with the same girl...

The two leading actors form a team traveling round performing as a professional dancing couple who has difficulty making ends meet. Ebbe Rode is the dreamer and Bodil Kjer the down to earth realist. Bodil Kjer expands her image to encompass the disillusioned woman reflecting the hard life she has gone through. Ebbe Rodes disappointed optimism turn into violence with dramatic consequences.

When 19-year-old Aathi and her family, as the first farmers ever, arrive in what is now known as Denmark, her family is killed by a local tribe of hunter-gatherers. To survive, Aathi and her brother are forced to live with the tribe.

The boy Topper is bored. He finds a pencil that proves to have magical powers. Draw a rhino, and right away, you have a real rhino for a companion. A little heavy perhaps, when you live on the second floor. No matter, it's a modern fairy-tale of the baroque, and everything goes. Based on kiddie entertainment by Ole Lund Kirkegaard, but as was the case with the book, the fun is to be enjoyed by one and all.

Emily Jones’ nightmare about an evil magic in Elvendale turns out to come true. The beautiful Queen Dragon is captured by the evil elf witch, Ragana! Emily and the elves set out on their most dangerous adventure yet. In a race against time, they must win back the trust of the elemental dragons of Elvendale to free the Queen Dragon and save her dragon babies.

Sex, drugs and money are the cornerstones in the lives of these rootles young people living in a big city. Leni and Nova are sisters and they both long to find and understand love. But it is not easy when you're impulsive and irrational and don't fit in to the established society. Nova is a bit more boundary pushing than her sister and one day she takes it a step too far.

When Thomas´ sister dies in an accident, he discovers that her death may be connected to their deceased father´s work in military intelligence. As Thomas embarks on an investigation he soon finds himself and his family under surveillance by an unknown group of people.

Many Americans are affected by the system's lack of financial security and legal accountability. A creepy high number of Americans are losing their homes because banks disclaims all responsibility and leave their victims lose everything. Facing home foreclosures everyday. This is the story about one of those homes and the family who lives there. It is about trying to fight back and how desperate times call for desperate measures.

It cannot be said that the two actors Kurt Karlsen and Valdemar Hansen are particularly successful. The audience often has to ask them to stop, and financially things are not going well either, so they have to flee from their hotel bills. In a provincial town, Professor Andersen has just died, and when the two actors arrive in town at the same time, they are mistaken for the professor and his assistant and are given accommodation at one of the town's hotels as guests of honor. Then events take a turn for the worse. A bank director, a lawyer, and a contractor are very eager to see the late professor's invention continued, as the formula was lost when the professor died. Who will win in the end? The suspicious businessmen, the two actors, or two young people who love each other? And how many times will bank assistant Johansen lose his job?

A methodical hitman kills those he believes are beyond justice. When a detective whose brother he murdered begins to hunt him, the chase becomes personal, blurring the line between law, revenge, and morality, and asking how far justice can bend before it is justice no more?

Bad dreams may come true...

Lykke Jeppsen is beautiful and young, but she is best served by not being much else. She certainly shouldn't set her sights on driving a car, because no woman in her family has been allowed to do so since Lykke's mother had a terrible accident in a car from another era. But Lykke secretly takes driving lessons, and one day she has to pass the test: Who is the best driver?

The old renowned Landboskole is spreading a new team of Agricultural Candidates after completing the Course.

Four girls in rehab is on tour from their treatment centers and it becomes their life stories. The girls run off in a stolen Volvo and soon learns to know the freedom of good and evil. Both the fantastic feeling to be master of its own destiny, but also the heavy feeling of responsibility when you have to figure out what to do with his life. Before long, the girls learn that they can not continue

The story takes place on a manor in the late 18th century, where the widow Ane Marie's son is suspected of burning down a barn. If the lord of the manor hands him over to the authorities, it will mean prison or military service for an indefinite period. Therefore, Ane Marie makes a deal with the lord of the manor: her son will go free if Ane Marie can do the work of three men and mow a field from sunrise to sunset.

A poetic gangster story and a thriller about the passage of time. Recorded between 1991 and 1997 but released in 2010; von Trier's long-running project was to premiere in 2024, but production was halted.

Once again Mads is forced to walk home because his big brother, Anders, is running late. Finally Anders arrives, but during a stop on the drive back home to their father, Mads is confronted with the questionable path that Anders is heading down. When an unforeseen collision with a deer occurs, their relationship is tossed around on the highway.

Thomas plays in a band way out in the countryside of Jutland and dreams of making it big with his own songs. When an opportunity suddenly appears – a concert gig in Copenhagen – he puts everything on the line to get his friends on board.

The Olsen-Gang must carry out an entrusted task for the Prime Minister's Office itself: H.C. Andersen's original quill must be stolen from the Danish Export Museum, supposedly for the Kingdom's safety and good reputation. But Hallandsen has again taken Egon's ass. There is nothing less than the Danish national feeling, Egon's honor and 30 million at stake. But Egon has a plan - he needs a drill, a glass of honey, a bottle of organic prune juice and a good pile of dead rats. Christiansborg is put on the other end, the metro is delayed more than usual and the Queen's guards suddenly dance the cancan.

Peter and Chris, two young American friends in their late 20s, go from South Dakota to California on a scooter, and as they travel across the American landscape they see their country through different eyes, ranging from Peter's cynically nihilistic point of view, to Chris' high expectations and romantic notions of the United States.

Mølleby is a small, cozy market town. The year is 1924, and the sight of a Rolls Royce from Copenhagen is a sensation. But all is not as idyllic as it seems. The town's new mayor is trying to build a new brickworks to ensure the town's growth and future, but the previous mayor is doing everything he can to thwart these ambitious plans...

A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.

Residents of the old house are quite happy with their existence. But once they find out that the authorities plan to demolish the entire neighborhood including their house in order to build a business center they decide to unite and fight the plan...

An American travels to Europe to unravel the mystery surrounding his sister's death.

Like tears in the rain, water is the metaphor for growing pains and so much more in these four tales about young boys coming to terms with a host of emotions for the very first time. These polished productions and festival favourites are brought to you by a host of talented directors from across Germany, Denmark, France and the Netherlands. The short films are: Ocean [Océan] (2013); Go Daan Go! [Daan Durft] (2014); The Boy in the Ocean (2016); Beach Boy (2011).

Krumme argues with his whole class about whether Santa Claus exists. Up at Santa's house, the magic book has disappeared, and that means the end of Christmas. So now Krumme has to prove that Santa Claus exists and save Christmas. But the robbers Boris and Ivan are also on the hunt for Santa's book. All in all, a perfectly normal Christmas at the Krummer family's house.

A comedy about two good friends who get into trouble at their jobs, forcing them to rethink their life situation. Daniel wants to be independent and Emil wants to be safe. In the end, Daniel has to choose between his best friend and his freedom.

Danish film has never felt stronger on the international stage than it did with the Dogme films, which at the world premiere of 'The Party' and 'The Idiots' during the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 put Denmark on the film world map. Another eight films under the strict Dogme rules followed and created great international careers for several of the talents in front of and behind the handheld camera. Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, Paprika Steen, Ulrich Thomsen, Trine Dyrholm, Iben Hjejle, Anders W. Berthelsen, Lone Scherfig, Sonja Richter and many more of the country's greatest filmmakers look back on when Denmark became Dogme.

In the middle of her wedding reception, the doubtful bride Unn Tove finds a newborn baby girl abandoned in the hotel restroom. She turns her over to Child Services. 16 years later, a young and energetic girl shows up at her door step. It's Rosemari, the baby from the wedding. Together, they start investigating the circumstances leading to Rosemari's birth. They unravel a story about a young couple's unrestrained love, an eccentric ex-boxer with a taste for erotics, and a mother covering up her life's biggest secret. "Framing Mom" is a touching and funny story about how sex, lies and biology created a beautiful flower, Rosemari.

Friends Bobby and Junes have been hustling around Nørrebro for several years. Junes was once a talented boxer, but a violent crime conviction put an end to his promising career, and now he drifts around with no direction other than getting through the day and keeping his "business" going. Bobby, on the other hand, is determined to become something "big." In an attempt to win the respect of his powerful uncle, who is the leader of the organized Pakistani mafia in Copenhagen, Bobby is prepared to do anything...

The final days of a terminally ill young man.

When his mother is widowed, Ole is sent to boarding school. There he soon discovers that other boys have their problems too.

The paths of two girls cross one evening in Ljubljana. Tina, a Slovene, and Iben, a Danish girl of similar age, both experiencing some kind of turning point in their lives, open up to one another and soon develop a close bond...

Set against the beautiful backdrop of northern Norway, this film tells the story of a telegraphist in a very small community at the turn of the century.

Jan Scharf's band is playing at Grönköbing Folk Park. Pianist Jan flirts with a young female audience member. Her friend notices what is going on, so they have to flee headlong. Back home in Copenhagen, they discover that their old residence has disappeared and a new high-rise building is going up, leaving them homeless. Jan has an uncle in Nyhavn, where he plans to stay temporarily.

Renee wakes up one morning in the middle of the desert with blood on her hands. She cannot remember why she is there, how she got there or with whom she came. Her quest to uncover forgotten events leads her on a journey of discovery where reality and memory collide and people are not what they seem.

The life of a boy.

Buster, 11, loves everything about his life. He’s an optimist who knows that the going can get tough, but if you apply a little magic and a lot of love, things will work out. He's always willing to lend a helping hand to his little sister who has a limp, to his parents and to his old friend Mr. Larsen who is, like Buster, a "master magician". This summer, Buster hopes to be a big hit at the town’s talent show. But he has a lot on his plate: He has a crush on Joanna, Mr. Larsen’s health is deteriorating and his family also needs him. Here is where Faith, Hope and Charity save the day. That’s the way things work in Buster’s world.

The ruthless gangsters of New York and the rough cowboys of the dusty prairie; the magic of cinema and the rich sound of a symphony orchestra. The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sarah Hicks, performs masterful pieces by legendary film composer Ennio Morricone, accompanied by Sonny Bono, Bernard Herrmann and Nino Rota.

When 9-year old Sam realizes the true nature of his irresponsible father John, he must decide if he is willing to stand up to him and possibly compromise their fragile relationship.

What do you do if you're twelve years old, your mum is a neurotic babbler, your best friend is hitting on the girl you love, and you're the only guy in your class who doesn't yet sport pubes ...? For Dennis P. there's only one way out - pray. In this musical adventure the miracle comes in the shape of an angel clone looking suspiciously like Dennis P.'s late father. The angel issues Dennis P. with a license to perform medium grade miracles, but there's a string attached - Dennis P. must stop using swearwords. Dennis P. throws himself into readjusting his existence. But one miracle leads to another, and the 'adjustments' lead to grotesque consequences.

Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.

About an American's reaction to the Dane's way of chatting about each other. Behind their backs. A rumor begins to flourish. A serious one. About death. perhaps even murder.

A young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about Helium, a magical fantasy world, told by the hospital's eccentric janitor, Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.

Based on Bjarne Reuter's 1975 juvenile novel, even broader comedy strokes are employed in the film version, but bright spark Bertram is still at the center of things when a nice but dubious uncle (he has a criminal record) takes all the kids of a working class family, hit with bad luck, away on an outing. A plot is cooked up to kidnap some rich kid. It works at first, but soon things get out of control.

A gothic allegory reinventing horror movie conventions while exploring the cyclical nature of life expressed through the romantic relationship between a lonely widow and her restless husband.

Manufacturer Mads Juehl, who together with his partner Møller owns the pram factory "Fortuna", is a man with an appreciation for life's many small pleasures. Despite the fact that the company's foundations are gradually becoming unstable, he does not deny himself large personal expenses, and Møller is keen to sell his share in the company. However, his friendly feelings for Juehl keep him tied to the company, and the young clerk, Victor Pethersen, believes that the company now needs to undergo a rejuvenation process.

If your name is Kaj Jensen and you live on Frederiksborggade, there is a certain likelihood that you will be confused with Kaj Jensen on Fredriksberggade. But when botanist John Søgård from Mariendalsvej is mistaken for whaler John Søgård from the South Pole, who is home on vacation, it's not so smart. And disaster strikes! But in this case, it suddenly turns into a stroke of luck...

Sally, 17, is locked up at Teenland, a prison-like institution for teens who are so fucked emotionally that they have developed supernatural powers. The mission is to normalize the misfit teens and Sally accepts the premise that she is sick and abnormal. But when a rebellious girl instead encourages Sally to embrace her strength, their friendship could change everything.

The desolate and mysterious island of Fårö, Sweden, Baltic Sea, 2004. Swedish master filmmaker Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007) looks back on his personal and artistic life; a journey through more than sixty years devoted to film, plays and television programs. (An abridged version of Ingmar Bergman Complete, 2004; a collection of three thematic documentaries: Bergman and Film; Bergman and Theater; and Bergman and Fårö Island.)

Rosa is a successful psychologist and author. She has two children with her husband Frederik, who runs a mechanic's workshop for luxury sports cars. But something is wrong in the midst of this seemingly idyllic life. Frederik has a secret mistress who is pregnant with his child. When she seeks out the city's best psychologist—Rosa—to figure out what to do, Rosa and Frederik's otherwise secure world is turned upside down. In a tragicomic way, they are now both forced to look at themselves, each other, and their actions in order to answer the question: Do we even have a future together?

The life of Nynne is based on GUCCI bags and Chanel products, carpaccio and countless visits to cafés, loose relationships with men who screams 'good luck!' when they cum, unused memberships to the local gym and a lenient relationship with mixing champagne, white wine, red wine, cognac, gin, tequila and beer. It goes with out saying: Nynne has yet to experience her Kodak moment.

The Sausage Moose discovers that he, and only a few other animals, are not granted a spot on Noah’s Ark before the great flood. They try to find a solution on who will be allowed on the Ark, when a spot opens.