When next season of DR’s crime series ”The Bridge” has TV-premiere, it will be in the most Danish version ever. Even though Kim Bodnia, who played one of the leading roles in the previous seasons, no longer is a part of the cast “The Bridge III” will be more Danish…
This week the Norwegian Oscar Committee decided that Roar Uthaug’s “The Wave” will be Norway’s official candidate for the Oscar-nominations as “Best Foreign-Language Feature”. “”The Wave” is Norway’s – and the Nordic countries’ – first disaster movie; as a genre film with a well-written script, superbly directed, with great acting…
The trailer for the star-studded blockbuster “The Danish Girl” has now been premiered. It shows a broad presentation of Copenhagen’s cultural treasures, which constitute the scenery in which the love story of the artist couple Lili Elbe / Einar Mogens Wegener and Gerda Wegener unfolds. There is, among others, recordings…
When The Copenhagen TV Festival took place, Copenhagen Film Fund had arranged an exclusive seminar with esteemed scriptwriter and producer Howard Gordon at the Danish Film School. Howard Gordon has won three Emmy Awards for his work on “24” and “Homeland” which he created, and he is one of the…
When Toronto International Film Festival takes place 10th-20th of September, two films that Copenhagen Film Fund has invested in will participate. Earlier this month it was announced that “The Danish Girl” was picked, and now it is official that the Norwegian disaster movie “The Wave” will have it’s international premiere…
In connection to Copenhagen TV Festival Copenhagen Film Fund invited one of the world’s most successful TV-series creators to Copenhagen. Howard Gordon has been a key figure on “24” and created “Homeland” which have earned him three Emmys. We spoke to him about the potential and challenges for Copenhagen as…
Wednesday Copenhagen Film Fund – in collaboration with the American ambassador and Copenhagen TV-Festival – repeated last year’s success and hosted an open-air picnic at the ambassador Rufus Gifford’s residence in Rydhaven to mark the opening of Copenhagen TV Festival. This year the guest of honour was “Homeland”-creator Howard Gordon….
When the film festival in Venice, which is one of the world’s leading film festivals, takes place 2nd to 12th September it will be with “The Danish Girl”, which is funded by Copenhagen Film Festival, in the official selection. Thanks to funding from Copenhagen Film Fund the film was shot…
The cornerstone of one of the films, that already can be labeled as one of the most anticipated at next year’s Cannes Film Festival, was layed in Copenhagen a couple of weeks ago. It took place, when Mexican Amat Escalante, who got an international breakthrough with the award for best…
The first half of 2015 is almost done, and that means that Copenhagen Film Fund’s first period of investment is nearing it’s end. We have entered the crucial phase to secure funding for the next period that runs 2016-18. All the municipalities and investors that funded the first time around…
