Discoveries from Denmark World Cinema

Jesus returns to Earth, gets involved in a terrorist group, but keeps his integrity.

Set in a lonely and distant universe, a young girl makes a life-changing decision in order to take responsibility for her best friend, a dog, which is ill.

Kancha Sherpa was one of 103 Sherpas that brought Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay to the top of Mt. Everest in 1953, as the first to reach the top. This achievement would have been impossible without the strength, courage and knowledge of the Sherpas, who have a strong connection to the mountains of the Himalayas. At the age of 80, Kancha is the Last of the First from the 1953 expedition to Mt. Everest. Kancha is looking into the future, with a heartfelt hope that his tradition, will reach far into the 21st century and beyond. He is concerned to see modern traditions melting away old traditions, like the snow on top of Everest.

In a grey kitchen Monika lives a solitary life, to the sounds of a dripping water tap and a buzzing housefly. Monika is seducing the housefly, when a sad stranger suddenly surprises her by entering the wrong door.

One evening, two young people, the painter Peter Sommer and the sweet, young courtesan Vera Holm, get to know each other in a very dramatic way. He meets her outside the property where he has his studio, and when she pretends to have an errand there, he willingly lets her in. When Vera suddenly pulls a revolver and shoots a stranger, and Peter in the heat of the fight receives a stab wound, there is a great commotion in the property, and an explanation is demanded.

Aksel is ten years old. He lives with his mother and elder sister on a housing estate in the suburbs. There's a week's holiday from school coming up and Aksel reluctantly must spend the day time at his local after-school club. A stray dog and a song contest organized by the club are the start of a friendship between Aksel and two girls, Annika and Fatima. But things go wrong and Fatima is grounded, leaving Aksel to take matters into his own hands in order to rescue the song contest, the dog, and the school holidays.

You can get far and wide if you try to pick cod from an ice floe drifting out to sea. This is what Pat and Patachon learn in this adventure in which they rescue young girls from the white slave trade in Spain and where Patachon enters the ring as a boxer against a gigantic superman from France. The final scene features a surprise addition to the family...(Stumfilm.dk).

A portrait of a group of youngsters in Agger at the west coast of Jutland. They listen to the raw metalrock. They dress in leather and rivets. And that doesn't exactly lessen the generational divide.

Peter is a failure as a writer and composer and decides to take his own life. In the midst of his attempt, he encounters two businessmen who are desperately short of money. The three make a deal where Peter takes out a life insurance policy and lives a year in luxury with everything paid for, only to commit suicide and give the money to the businessmen. And then all that's left for Peter to do is give it his all for twelve months. And that's what he does...

Three very different people randomly meet each other and finds out they all have something in common.

Documentary on the rise and fall of the Danish silent film industry.

Mid thirties Erik makes a living playing Backgammon in the local park. He is about to get thrown out of his residence, when a young girl approaches him in the park. She changes his life, while he tries to fight the demons from his past.

Seven 12-year-olds fight against property speculators and local officials who intend to replace a treasured forest with a concrete building jungle.

A visual exploration of a generation's struggle to re-claim feelings of affection and intimacy. About to lose himself in shallow hookups and friendships, one morning the protagonist wakes up to a strange shift in his perception of reality.

Hele Danmarks Dirch - Et skønt tilbageblik på Dirchs produktive og alsidige karriere med alle de bedste klip fra hans tid på revyscenen, i cirkus, på TV, i TV-reklamer, som sanger og filmskuespiller. Alle de kendte og elskede øjeblikke er samlet - lige fra Hoppegyngen, Mudderklirren, hans Nonsens-nummer med fingrene, Kulmulen, Kellerdirch sketches, til sangperler som "Der kommer altid en sporvogn..." og "Ja, ja, nu kommer jeg." En over to timer lang tribute til en af Danmarks største komiske talenter nogensinde - Et godt grin for hele familien Danmark.

In a rocky mountain village cut off from secondary education, siblings Mohammed and Fatima face the abrupt end of school at twelve. Standing at their childhood’s end, they are forced into an uncertain passage toward adult life.

Old Corfitz and his young wife are plagued by all the visitors who fill their house to wish them luck. But the worst thing for Corfitz is the uncertainty: Is he the father of the child? TV version of Ludvig Holberg's comedy from 1723.

In India, the Army surgeon is Dr. Warren posted, and he neglects his wife, Alice, who instead finds pleasure in Captain Alston's company. After contact with a sick child, Alston is struck by the infection.

A young girl has to be the adult in her family, when she and her mother bump their heads against a life-threatening bias in the Danish health system.

Five Danish stand-up comedians fled the country in the spring of 2003. Their escape took them through 20 Danish cities, where they performed 29 shows for more than 16,000 audience members. On Saturday, April 5, Magasinet in Odense hosted the show with Carsten Bang, Lasse Rimmer, Omar Marzouk, Mikael Wulff, and Sebastian Dørset. That same evening, the show was recorded on video. A short time later, it was released. And in just a moment, you will be able to purchase it. Then you can watch it again and again and perhaps call your friends and say, "Come and watch 'Fem På Flugt' with me," and while you wait for them to arrive, you can watch it again before you all watch it together. And afterwards, you can enjoy watching it again. Or maybe just enjoy a game of Yahtzee and a good Swedish sausage stew. It's up to you, really. Anyway, buy this show. Come on. Be nice.

A young Danish guy, Nils, is visiting Morocco, where he meets the 16-year-old Berber girl Leïla. It marks the beginning of a great, all-encompassing passion. Leïla must defy her family to be with Nils, and their love has big consequences.

Piv is in 3rd grade. She is a quiet girl who is often bullied by the quarrelsome Mia and her girlfriends. One evening, Piv's parents have invited one of their old friends to dinner. The friend has taken his daughter with him, who to Piv's horror turns out to be Mia. The parents do not know anything about the girls' stressful relationship with each other and also do not notice anything during the dinner. After dinner, Piv and Mia go for an evening walk in the dark forest, where Piv has previously seen a dead cat in the forest lake. She challenges Mia: Does she, like Piv, dare to walk all the way out of the tree trunk to see the cat?

Two groups of children are playing war at the old fort. One group is from the local asylum center. They are all immersed in the game, as if they were in a real war. The goal is to capture the other group's flag at any cost! Missions are planned and the perfect strategy is devised. The girl Yasmin in particular shows great skill in warfare. The friendship between the children is strong, even though they are different, but one day the reality of war knocks on their door.

Nikolajsen is shocked by the news that he has an adult daughter who lives in Jutland – where wild wolves wander! His friends – the baker, the butcher, the tailor and the shoemaker – are entranced by the honour and glory they would gain by venturing forth and exterminating the feral wolves. Unfortunately for their chances of success, Nikolajsen and Co. decide to hire Pat and Patachon as their hunting guides. And so the wolf hunters will probably end up chasing their own tails for a while before Nikolajsen can be reunited with his daughter. (Stumfilm.dk)

A former pastor slips further and further into his delusion that he still has a congregation.

Solange and Claire are two housemaids who construct elaborate and subversive sadomasochistic rituals when their mistress is away.

This film could easily be a true story taken from contemporary Denmark. It is a typical Tuesday morning: stormy weather, slush, and bitter cold. Two young women are cycling to work. They make an unpleasant discovery: they find a dead man on a bench in the park.

FRAGMENT | Margrethe is in love with Worm, who only sees her as a fleeting youthful infatuation. When he suddenly leaves, he abandons both Margrethe and their unborn son. Fate leads them down vastly different paths, and their son Hans grows up and is forced to become a criminal. One day, Worm decides to seek out the woman and child he’d abandoned, and the first meeting between father and son turns out to be quite different from what he’d imagined. Stumfilm.dk

A young Orthodox Jewish woman becomes ensconced in a nocturnal community of prostitutes and drug dealers that congregates in the ancient cemetery atop Jerusalem's Mount of Olives.

Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was never produced.

One day the mentally ill Marcus and his retarded girlfriend Una lose their beloved cat Mum. Una is struck by overwhelming sadness and to make her happy again, Marcus makes a fatal decision that changes everything.

The cause of the traffic accident should not be sought at the time of the accident itself, but long before. The motorist who has been drinking a little. The cyclist who is busy and the motorcyclist who drives correctly but still falls victim to an accident due to the ruthlessness of others.

A fisherman's daughter has to accept her father's disease when she arrives at her childhood home and finds her father vulnerable and fragile.

Amin's Store show has sold platinum and rounded 50,000 units. Great show from 2000. Amin doing blah. parody of the line, singing "wish I could say" and the best stand-up. 95 min. top entertainment. On DVD one is behind the show. where we follow the team throughout the trip. See more pictures from the show here.

Marie Jantzen is in her forties and, thanks to hard work and common sense, the owner of a successful dry cleaning business. Although she is successful and has money in the bank, she feels cheated by life, as she has neither a husband nor children. In an attempt to make amends, she responds to a marriage advertisement and comes into contact with the charming Georg Tingbo, who unfortunately turns out to have a few skeletons in his closet.

Sonja and her best friend Ingrid are on vacation in Denmark to help Sonja get over her ex, Espen. When they arrive at the old, secluded cabin, a strange visitor knocks at their door. Then, the day after, a second visitor shows up. And on the third day, yet another visitor shows up. Who are these people? What do they want? The tension rises between the two friends after sleepless nights with weird noises coming from the woods and disagreements as to the nature of the unexpected visits.

The show Hopeful is a reflection of Rune Klans life and the present. Created on the inspiration that has grown within him as he has become a father, husband and adult.

19-year-old Hannah spends Christmas Eve alone with her father for the first time.

A lottery win allows the kitchen girl Hansy Hansen to lodge at an upmarket seaside hotel where the widower landowner Rosen falls in love with her. However, Rosen is in financial difficulties because of the lawyer Sadolin, who reneged on marrying his daughter. He puts everything he can into the daughter's horse to win a race.

Brief accidental people are photographed with a hidden camera while two hosts have fun of them.

A journey of discovery through everyday moments. Through 1-year-old Balder's curious eyes, a sensory and gentle drama unfolds - where everything is new and must be explored with care.

Magomed is a thoughtful 10-year-old boy from Chechnya, who has just arrived in Denmark to seek asylum. His father has been both threatened and tortured by the Russians, and now the small family lives in the hope of being allowed to stay.

During an excavation at the old limestone factory, something is unearthed. The lime settles in the heat. An awakening is underway. At the swimming lake, a young teenage girl experiences desire for the first time. On her usual route home, she takes a shortcut through the old limestone factory and makes a discovery.

A young woman is out shopping and buys a new hat in the latest fashion. Unfortunately, the hat is so huge that it leaves a trail of destruction wherever she goes. A quite ordinary stroll suddenly becomes deeply problematic.

The ABCinema group dispatched Jørgen Leth to make the arrangements with Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag, who good-naturedly put himself at their disposal. Relaxing on a bench in the garden of Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Krag is scrutinised by camera-wielding collective members almost like a model in a life-drawing class. Every possible angle, distance and framing is tried. The result is an image of the prime minister that is both fragmented and multi-facetted, describing his visual appearance as a man and an icon. At the same time, the ABCinema members film each other filming Krag, which gives the film a highly self-reflective character. Like "The Deer Garden," this is a film about a film being filmed. A showdown with the documentary portrait genre, "Jens Otto Krag" is devised according to the principle of keeping the material alive by not editing it but randomly piecing it together. (DFI)

A mother passes away, and her estranged son – obsessed with theories about the repression of male sexuality in modern society – starts longing for offspring of his own.