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Film is published by# the Danish Film74 institute / February 2012 Berlin issue 2012 a royal affair mads mikkelsen love is in the air PaGe 2 / film#74 / Berlin ISSUe editorial / short news / film#74 / PaGe 3 nymphomaniac, Joe. On a cold lars von Trier’s winter’s evening Seligman, an old Nymphomaniac bachelor, finds Joe semi-unconscious IS the and beaten up in an alleyway. After bringing her to his flat he sees to lARS VON TRiER. Zentropa her wounds and listens intently as unveils a first glimpse of she, over the next eight chapters, 08 10 aUdienCe lars von Trier’s next film recounts the lushly branched-out Nymphomaniac about a and multi-faceted story of her life, woman’s erotic journey. rich in associations and interjecting alWays riGht? incidents. Lars von Trier is busy preparing At the Berlin Film Festival Nymphomaniac, his next film after Zentropa is working on financing Melancholia which earned Kirsten Nymphomaniac which has an /editorial Dunst the Best Actress award at estimated budget of 6.7 m euros. Cannes and was named Finest Film The film has already been bought Achievement in 2011 by America’s by Artificial Eye (UK), Wild Bunch leading film critics. (Benelux) and several more 05 14 20 At the Danish Film Institute from time to time we consider introducing a reverse A first hint of the tone and theme heavyweight European distributors. audience award, that is, an award to the audience. The award would go to the of the film is revealed in a brief TrustNordisk continues to pre-sell movie audience that has the curiosity, courage and energy to seek out challenging synopsis released by Zentropa: the film during the festival. movie experiences. An audience of people ready to take a chance and dig deep into Nymphomaniac is the poetic story Nymphomaniac has received their pockets without knowing exactly where the film will take them: perhaps it’s a of a woman’s erotic journey from funding from the Danish Film film with unknown actors, from an unknown place, telling stories in other images birth to the age of 50 as told by the Institute, both for the script and for and other voices than we are used to seeing and hearing. That audience exists and main character, the self-diagnosed developing the project. LFJ INSIDE deserves to be honoured. Unfortunately, there are times when such an audience is hard to spot. Looking at the 03 Editorial and short news 19 A stage for culture and commerce / Festivals Danish box office returns from the last couple of years, there is little reason to boast Festivals are an important platform and meeting place. that Danes are the world’s most courageous moviegoers. Too often we tend to go Susanne Bier makes romantic 05 A Royal Affair Danish films participate in more than 400 every year. for the familiar and the entertaining. And understandably so. The box office results comedy with Pierce Brosnan / Competition are appreciated and the income benefits the industry, but where does that leave the 20 Sowing the seeds / Cultural exchange Film#74 Berlin issue “It’s such a great story,” says Nikolaj Arcel about the development of the art form? February 2012 historical events behind A Royal Affair about the Youth & Film Uganda is one of DFI's cultural exchange deranged King Christian VII, his English queen Caroline projects and aims to give young people in Uganda the While respect for the audience is good, Published by Danish Film Institute Mathilda and the German physician Struensee. tools to tell their own stories through film. Editor Susanna Neimann (SN) it must never lead to timidity about Co-editor Annemarie Hørsman (AH) Editorial team Lars Fiil-Jensen (LFJ), 08 Mads mikkelsen 21 Professionalising / Co-production challenging people. Anders Budtz-Jørgensen (ABJ) In December, actor Mads Mikkelsen was honoured at DFI's international office is gearing up the Danish Translations Glen Garner the European Film Awards and is now showing off film industry for an even more dedicated We in the film industry have an obligation to look beyond the next financial report. Design Rasmus Koch Studio those famous cheekbones in A Royal Affair. international effort. This may seem like a provocative statement to make at a time when large sections of AD Morten Bak Type Holton, Akzidenz-Grotesk, Cendia the industry are gasping for air, but at least we, the public funding bodies, must have Paper Munken Lynx 100 g 10 Love is in the Air 22 Danish film culture in the EU / Focus 2012 the courage to insist, bearing in mind that a lack of innovation and an unwillingness Printed by Rosendahls-Schultz Grafisk / Generation 14plus With the Danish EU Presidency in the first half of 2012 to take risks undercuts both the art of cinema and the long-term viability of the film Circulation 2,500 Who is this director who shuns the tepid Danish comes a special focus on Danish cinema. industry. iSSN 1399-2813 (print version) iSSN 1903-7511 (online version) middle-tone and is obsessed with the idea of purity? Cover A Royal Affair. Photo by Casper Sejersen Simon Staho, in Berlin’s youth competition with 23 Personal voices in a global world One of my favourite TV shows, The West Wing, has a character quote a 19th- Most of the articles are written by freelance Love Is in the Air, is Denmark’s relentless auteur. Mette Damgaard-Sørensen, principal of the European century French politician who watched a crowd run by and exclaimed, “There go film critics and journalists. Film College, remembers her first trip to Berlin. my people. I must find out where they’re going so I can lead them.” A parallel today FILM is the Danish Film institute’s 14 Bille August is the marketing claim that “The user is king.” But if “the king” doesn’t move, maybe international festival magazine Making Marie Krøyer is a whole new experience for 24 Nicolas Winding Refn it makes more sense to learn from a powerful, innovative brand like Apple that has Bille August, his first Danish production in 25 year. Bangkok is the setting for Drive director Nicolas the audacity to put out products assuming that consumers are going to think they are Issued prior to the three major festivals Winding Refn’s next film Only God Forgives. cool. Without asking them first. in Berlin, Cannes and Amsterdam, the magazine brings articles and interviews 16 Hype on Nordic brand triggers pre-sale presenting the films in competition, films in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo opened the mainstream 25 New films to watch out for It’s good that directors and others are showing a growing interest in audiences and progress, young talents and news stories. international market to Nordic films. With competition Regner Grasten releases The Village. Jussi Adler-Olsen’s their habits, but scanning last year’s box-office list and trying to ape the biggest intensifying, buyers and sellers are re-focusing their best-selling books on screen. blockbusters simply isn't god enough. While respect for the audience is good, it Catalogue in the reverse section gives a view of current Danish feature films, attention on pre-sales. must never lead to timidity about challenging it. We should learn from moviegoers’ documentaries and short films. 26 Documentary films at European Film market behaviour and cajole, push and, if necessary, coerce them to show openness and 18 Dialogue across borders Introducing the three films: The Ambassador, courage. And we should make it easy for the audience, with lots of interacting The Danish Film Institute is the national In recent years the Danish Film Institute has put a 1/2 Revolution and Ballroom Dancer. windows and platforms. agency responsible for supporting and en- couraging Danish film and cinema culture. special focus on international exchange. Read an outline of the who, what and why behind these efforts 27 Short news Finally, we must make room for and protect those artists and merchants who dare to Danish Film institute on the following pages. Two new animation films. Jury member Rasmus go their own way, however unruly they may seem – and no matter how strange the Photo: Doane Gregory Gothersgade 55 / DK-1123 Copenhagen K Horskjær, DFI Film Commissioner, presents his films are. And then perhaps we should get around to introducing that award. Trine Dyrholm and Pierce Brosnan take center stage in a new romantic comedy T +45 3374 3400 / [email protected] personal Top 5 of international teen films. by Susanne Bier, director of Academy Award winner In a Better World. The film dfi.dk/english Henrik Bo Nielsen, CEO is set to release in August. PaGe 4 / film#74 / short neWs Cannes sPeCial ISSUe / film#74 / PaGe 5 WORKiNG iN A SERiES FORmAT Bringing out a Working on the TV series Borgen, character-driven which is currently a huge hit on BBC, was very positive for the Danish genre film director who put her past experiences THE RESPONSIBILITY to good use in the format of a TV series. ANNETTE K. OlESEN won a “It was great fun and professionally Blue Angel in Berlin for her very satisfying to work in the well- first feature in 2002. Recently defined genre track of a series. It’s she directed several episodes TO TELL a GOOD a bit like doing a Dogme film: you of Borgen, which The Daily submit to a set of rules, in this case mail in a gushing review calls certain genre conventions.” a slick and sexy political Initially, though, she was quite TV thriller. Olesen is now at nervous that she wouldn’t get the work on her fifth feature The STORY time she needed under the tight Shooter.

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