Josefine Frida receives the Tokyo Gemstone Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival

2019, Josefine Frida

Congratulations to Josefine Frida for receiving the talent award Tokyo Gemstone Award at the 32nd Tokyo International Film Festival which took place last week. Her current movie Disco, by Norwegian director Jorunn Myklebust Syversen, also celebrated its Asian premiere in the Competition Section at the Festival. The feature stars Josefine Frida as 19-year-old Mirjam, the world champion in freestyle disco dancing…

SUICIDE TOURIST starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau opens CPH PIX

2019, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Vibeke Hastrup

Jonas Alexander Arnby’s Suicide Tourist (Selvmordsturisten) starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau alongside Tuva Novotny opened the new festival program WEEKEND at CPH PIX on November 12. The opening also marked the movie’s domestic premiere. Suicide Tourist follows Max, an insurance investigator, who is looking into a man’s disappearance. The trail leads him to a uniquely secretive hotel that offers its guests elaborate…

David Dencik receives the Michael Nyqvist Foundation Award

2019, David Dencik

Congratulations to David Dencik for receiving the Michael Nyqvist Foundation Award. According to the board’s motivation, David Dencik receives the award for “allowing himself to be transformed for each new role that he takes upon himself, both physically and mentally. He moves with exquisite ease between different genres without sacrificing authencity nor credibility. In short; a true…

ON STAGE | Great reviews for JORDENS INDRE at Folketeatret with Laura Bro and Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

2019, Laura Bro, Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt

Jordens Indre is written by playwright Simone Isabel Nørgaard and directed by Geir Sveaass. It tells the story of Denmark’s unknown world star – the great scientist Inge Lehmann (played by Iben Hjejle) who discovered the earth’s core in 1936. Laura Bro plays the role of Lehmann’s sister, Harriet, and Roberta Hilarius Reichhardt can be seen as Harriet’s maid.…

Rasmus Bjerg stars alongside Marco Ilsø in Thomas Daneskov’s next feature VILDMÆND

2019, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Marco Ilsø, Rasmus Bjerg

Rasmus Bjerg plays the male lead role in Thomas Daneskov’s second feature Vildmænd, which is currently being filmed in Norway. It is a black comedy about a man who has left behind his wife and two children, to pursue a solitary life in the Norwegian forests. Next to Bjerg are Marco Ilsø, Kathrine Thorborg Johansen, Sofie Gråbøl and Norwegian actor Bjørn…

Katrine Greis-Rosenthal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau star in Christoffer Boe’s upcoming feature A TASTE OF HUNGER

2019, Katrine Greis-Rosenthal, Nicolas Bro, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina

The shooting for Christoffer Boe’s next feature A Taste of Hunger is currently taking place. The romantic drama follows an ambitious culinary couple, Carsten and Maggi, who sacrifice everything in pursuit of a Michelin star for their trendy Copenhagen restaurant PURI. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Katrine Greis-Rosenthal lead the cast, which also includes Nicolas Bro as Carsten’s brother Torben, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, Maj-Britt Mathiesen as…

Jens Dahl wraps up shooting for BREEDER starring Sara Hjort Ditlevsen and Anders Heinrichsen

2019, Anders Heinrichsen, Jens Dahl, Sara Hjort Ditlevsen

Jens Dahl has finished shooting the upcoming survival horror film Breeder with Sara Hjort Ditlevsen and Anders Heinrichsen. The story is about an experiment involving biohacking, which traps a young couple in a dangerous and disorienting situation. In nightmarish ways, the experiment questions basic human behaviour by asking: How far will we go to stay young forever? Breeder is the second feature…