DANISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY film CATALOGUE cannes 2018 DANISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM CATALOGUE / CANNES 2018 Issued by Danish Film Institute Gothersgade 55 1123 Copenhagen K T +45 3374 3400 The Danish Film Institute (DFI) is the national agency supporting and encouraging Danish film and cinema culture. See more at dfi.dk/english. dfi.dk/english danishfilminstitute danishfilm detdanskefilminstitut danishfilm Danish film institute Festival Contacts / cannes 2018 Claus Ladegaard Noemi Ferrer Schwenk Anne Marie Kürstein CEO Head of International Festival Consultant Documentary Films [email protected] [email protected] T +45 4032 6212 T +45 5096 7411 [email protected] T +45 4041 4697 Lizette Gram Mygind Christian Juhl Lemche Festival Consultant Festival Consultant Feature Films Feature Films [email protected] [email protected] T +45 2482 3758 T +45 2148 8522 Catalogue Feature Films Harsh circumstances reign in the countryside in the Director Michael Noer middle of the 19th century and with the prospect Screenplay Jesper Fink, of yet another tough winter, the farmer Jens faces Michael Noer an unbearable choice. If the family is to survive the Producer Matilda Appelin, René Ezra, winter, he must make a deal with the rich farmer at Tomas Radoor the nearby farm and forsake his own moral and the Production Nordisk Film Production most precious he owns, in an effort to secure them Appearances Jesper Christensen, all a better life. Clara Rosager, Magnus Krepper, Elliott Crosset Hove Jesper Christensen plays the lead in this fifth feature by Michael Noer, who world premiered Genre Drama his previous film, the international co-production Status Post-production 'Papillon' (2017), at Toronto. Noer made his feature Running time 100 min. Photo from set with actor Jesper Christensen debut with the prison drama 'R' (2010) and has also Danish release 17.01.19 directed the gangster drama 'Norhtwest' (2013) and 'Key House Mirror' (2015). International sales Before the Frost TrustNordisk t +45 3686 8788 / Før frosten [email protected] trustnordisk.com Casper is a photographer living in Copenhagen Director Carl Marott with his girlfriend. He makes a living of small Screenplay Carl Marott, commercial jobs but feels unfulfilled and stuck in Hans Frederik Jacobsen life. One day, an old acquaintance introduces him Producer Per Damgaard Hansen to a man who runs a mysterious video business. Production Masterplan Pictures Casper gets hired and is slowly seduced into an Appearances Joachim Fjelstrup, Julie absurd underworld that completely twists his sense Grundtvig Wester, Shelly Levy, Al of reality and leaves his real life in ruins. Agami Feature debut by Carl Marott, a 2013 graduate Genre Drama of the National Film School of Denmark. His Status Post-production graduation film, 'The Oasis,' was nominated for a Running time 78 min. Feature Debut Student Academy Award. Danish release 2019 International sales Masterplan Pictures The Blue Orchid t +45 40 56 29 03 [email protected] / Den blå orkidé masterplanpictures.com 7-year-old Anna is having trouble sleeping at night. Director Kirsten Skytte, She accidentally left her favourite doll, Sophie, Thomas Borch Nielsen at her family's holiday home, and Anna's parents Screenplay Kirsten Skytte, won't drive all the way to the house to retrieve Thomas Borch Nielsen the doll. Just as Anna is wondering if Sophie feels Producer Pernille Munk Skydsgaard lonely, she suddenly hears a strange sound. Anna is Production 41Shadows Productions visited by a small yellow aeroplane named Zanzibar Appearances Nanna Marqvorsen, along with its crew: Captain Bimse and the co-pilot Peter Frödin, Jesper Asholt Goggeletten. With her trusted teddy bear Mr. Johnson in tow, Anna embarks on a magical rescue Genre Adventure mission with Captain Bimse and Goggeletten to Status Post-production save Sophie. Running time 70 min. Danish release 04.10.2018 The film, aimed at children aged three to seven, is an adaptation of a children's book by Danish International sales bestselling author Bjarne Reuter and is a blend of 41Shadows Productions Captain Bimse live action, puppets and animated backgrounds. t +45 3049 0071 The two co-directors both have a background in [email protected] / Kaptajn Bimse animation and visual effects. Their credits include 41shadows.dk 'Jewel of the Desert' (2001) and 'Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms' (2008), both of which Nielsen directed. DANISH FILMS | CANNES 2018 3 Catalogue Feature Films Nearly every night, handsome Esmail dons the Director Milad Alami same suit and heads to the same upscale wine bar, Screenplay Ingeborg Topsøe, looking to meet and hook up with random women. Milad Alami But Esmail isn’t your typical pickup artist. An Producer Stinna Lassen Iranian immigrant living in Denmark, he needs Production Good Company Films to find a Danish partner soon or face deportation. Appearances Ardalan Esmaili, As the clock winds down and pressure mounts, Soho Rezanejad, Susan Taslimi, Lars a captivating young woman enters Esmail’s life, Brygmann threatening to upend his carefully calibrated existence. Genre Drama Status Completed Feature debut by Milad Alami. The film premiered Running time 102 min. Feature Debut at San Sebastian Film Festival in September 2017 Danish release 17.05.2018 and has experienced a warm reception at a dozen of festivals, winning prizes at San Sebastian, Warsaw, International sales Chicago and Lübeck. Alma Cinema The Charmer t +33 1 5528 0316 / Charmøren facebook.com/almacine The uncle of Aske gives him a Ninja doll after a trip Director Anders Matthesen, to Thailand. The doll turns out to be alive and can Thorbjørn Christoffersen help Aske with his problems at school. Aske wants Screenplay Anders Matthesen to return the favour but the ninja is possessed and Producer Anders Mastrup, Trine wants revenge. Heidegaard Production A. Film Production, The story is adapted from Anders Matthesen’s 2016 Sudoko, Pop Up Production debut novel. Matthesen is a popular Danish stand- up comedian and actor as well as a director. A radio Genre Animation series by Matthesen was turned into the animation Status In production film 'Terkel in Trouble' in which he voiced all the Running time 90 min. characters. The film premiered at Tribeca in 2004. Danish release 25.12.2018 International sales LevelK t +45 4844 3072 Checkered Ninja [email protected] / Ternet ninja levelk.dk 1648. King Christian IV of Denmark is dying. Weak Director Kasper Kalle and feeble, he travels towards Copenhagen by horse Screenplay Trine Appel, Kasper Kalle and carriage to see his beloved capital one last Producer Claudia Saginario time. Along the way, Christian sends for his former Production Good Company Films wife, Kirsten Munk, whom he has held captive Appearances Baard Owe, Karen-Lise for several years following their violent divorce. Mynster, Rudi Køhnke, Rosalinde Christian wants Kirsten to sign a document that Mynster states her acts of betrayal against him, hoping that it will restore his good name, and in return, he Genre Drama promises to set her free. But once reunited with the Status Completed woman he both loves and loathes, the past is set on Running time 90 min. fire. The film dives into the tempestuous marriage Danish release 2018 Feature Debut between Christian and Kirsten, from their falling in love to bitter hatred, through sin, jealousy and International sales reconciliation. Good Company Films t +45 2388 0717 Christian IV Feature debut by Kasper Kalle, a period piece [email protected] challenging the cinematic language with its tight goodcompanyfilms.com / Christian IV – Den sidste rejse visual concept. The film is made through the Danish Film Institute's talent initiative, The Sketch, which emphasises new ways of developing film projects. 4 DANISH FILMS | CANNES 2018 Catalogue Feature Films Cirkeline finds a bestie with the airs of a princess, Director Jannik Hastrup and Ingolf meets a rhinoceros who’s fed up with Screenplay Nanna Westh, always being the little one. They set off together on Kit Goetz, Trine Breum, Jannik Hastrup a journey that teaches them that being in charge Producer Marie Bro isn’t always a piece of cake and that even the Production Dansk Tegnefilm teeniest of rhinos can prove the greatest of heroes. Genre Animation Cirkeline first saw the light of day in 1957. In 1998 Status Released Cirkeline took the leap onto the silver screen in Running time 64 min. 'City Mice', the first of four features by director Danish release 01.03.2018 Jannik Hastrup and producer Marie Bro. Selected for Berlinale Generation Kplus. International sales Attraction Distribution t +1 514 846 1222 [email protected] Circleen, Coco and attractiondistribution.ca The Wild Rhinoceros / Cirkeline, Coco og det vilde næsehorn Rie is a PR-coordinator visiting a tunnel boring Director Rasmus Kloster Bro machine to portray the well-oiled European Screenplay Mikkel Bak Sørensen, cooperation in the Metro construction, when an Rasmus Kloster Bro accident suddenly occurs. Unable to escape, she Producer Amalie Lyngbo Quist takes refuge in an airlock with Croatian miner Ivo Production Beo Starling and Bharan, a worker from Eritrea. They put their Appearances Christine Sønderris, lives and bodies in each other’s hands to survive Samson Semere, Krešimir Mikic, the heat, pressure and mud in the claustrophobic Salvatore Striano cutterhead, exposing their radically different world views and forcing them to reconsider their lives – Genre Thriller before finally being rescued. Status Completed Running time 84 min. Feature Debut Feature debut by Rasmus Kloster Bro. The film is Danish release 2018 one of several films coming out of the Danish Film Institute’s talent funding initiative, The Sketch, International sales which focuses on the development process. LevelK Cutterhead t +45 4844 3072 [email protected] / Cutterhead levelk.dk Norge is 22 and lives in provincial Denmark. He Director Kasper Rune Larsen has no expectations for his future, and while the Screenplay Kasper Rune Larsen days pass he spends his time in a haze of smoke Producer Henrik Underbjerg, Stefan and hangovers, skating with friends and scouting Frost, Martin Fugl Chabert for girls.