A new report from Copenhagen Economics shows, that investments in the production of film and tv are money well spent. Annually, each krone invested creates an added value of 3,2-5,8 kroner directly in the film industry and related businesses. These results exceed the expectations when Copenhagen Film Fund was established.
Hard work is being put in these days to put the finishing touches on the Norwegian disasterfilm ”The Wave”, which Copenhagen Film Fund has invested in. Among other thins the Copenhagen-based FX-company Ghost are finishing up the special effects, that are crucial to a disasterfilm. The result of their effort…
This 75 years ago German troops occupied Norway. The Norwegian King Haakon the 7th had to flee from Oslo with the German troops on his back, and for the first time in his 35 year reign he was forced to show his true colors. The Germans demanded that he gave…
Yesterday there was a press conference for ”The Danish Girl”, that stars Eddie Redmayne who won an Oscar for best actor in a leading role at this years Oscars. He plays Danish Einar Mogens Wegener/Lili Elbe, one of the first people in the world to successfully undergo a sexchange operation…
The first look at the biggest disaster movie in Scandinavian film history is here. The film in question is the Norwegian “The Wave” that Copenhagen Film Fund has invested in and the Copenhagen-based VFX-firm Ghost has played a key part in bringing to life. The film is about the…
The pressday yesterday at Statens Museum for Kunst where the third season of “The Bridge” is currently being shot bore evidence of how popular Danish tv drama is abroad these years. The Danish press was strong in numbers, but there were also journalists from Sweden, Germany and England that wanted…
With an investment of 6 mio. DKK , Copenhagen Film Fund has succeeded in bringing one of the most anticipated film productions this year to Copenhagen. Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne and Alicia Vikander star “The Danish Girl” is the remarkable love story inspired by the lives of artists Einar…
As the show fell Saturday night outside the residence of the American ambassador, Rufus Gifford noticed that it resembled confetti snow in a movie. The Danish film industry and several notable Danish politicians had indeed gathered inside the residence Rydhave in Charlottenlund north of Copenhagen to celebrate the ability of…
Yesterday the team behind “The Team” (renamed “Mord uden grænser” in Danish) which premieres this Sunday on DR1 gathered for a sneak peak at the first to episodes. “The Team” is a European thriller series in which police investigators from Germany, Belgium and Denmark work together on a case about…
The trailer for one of the first projects Copenhagen Film Fund invested in is here (see it below this text). The thrillerseries “The Team” (“Mord uden grænser” in Danish) starring Lars Mikkelsen in a leading part will be the big Sunday series of the spring on DR, when it premieres…
