DANISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY film CATALOGUE cannes 2017 DANISH FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM CATALOGUE / CANNES 2017 Issued by Danish Film Institute Gothersgade 55 DK-1123 Copenhagen K Tel. +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 and dfi.dk/facts. dfi.dk/english danishfilminstitute danishfilm detdanskefilminstitut danishfilm Catalogue Feature Films The film is centered in and around a hotel where Director Jens Dahl the police is negotiating the terms of a witness Producer Caroline Schlüter protection deal with Mikael, the prime suspect Bingestam, Jacob Jarek of a big money deposit robbery and an expert on Production Profile Pictures explosives. In order to agree to the deal Mikael Appearance Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, demands three things from the police: that his Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Lærke Winther, former girlfriend is brought to him, that the police Jacob Ulrik Lohmann bring him the contents of a box he has in storage, and that he is served butter chicken from his Genre Drama favourite restaurant. The police, under heavy time Status Completed pressure to get him to witness the following day, Running time 88 min. agree. Danish release 18.05.2017 Feature Debut Feature debut by Jens Dahl, with Game of Thrones International sales actors Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Birgitte Hjort TrustNordisk Sørensen. An experienced writer, Dahl co-wrote t +45 3686 8788 3 Things Nicolas Winding Refn’s acclaimed debut film [email protected] Pusher, and further writing credits include Carlos trustnordisk.com / 3 ting Augusto de Oliveira’s Rosa Morena (2011) and several TV dramas such as The Summers (2008) and Lulu & Leon (2009). His short fiction 2 Girls, 1 Cake (2013) won Best Short Film at the Robert Awards and screened at Sundance. The year is 1943. Arne Itkin is a famous Jewish Director Nicolo Donato jazz musician living in Copenhagen with his wife Producer Peter Bech Miriam and their son Jakob. Rumours are starting Production SF Film Production to spread that the Germans are planning to deport Appearance Danica Curcic, all Danish Jews, and as the raid on the Jewish David Dencik, Laura Bro, community begins, the family barely manages to Jakob Cedergren escape from their central Copenhagen apartment. They are told they could be sailed across the strait Genre Historical drama to Sweden by local fishermen, but collaborators and Status Released the Gestapo are soon on their track. Now it is all Running time 90 min. about survival for the small family. Can they rely Danish release 27.10.2016 on the people who would actually be able to help Second Feature them? International sales TrustNordisk Second feature film by Nicolo Donato. His debut t +45 3686 8788 Brotherhood (2010) with Thure Lindhardt, David [email protected] Across the Waters Dencik and Nicolas Bro won Best Film at Rome Film trustnordisk.com / Fuglene over sundet Fest. The year is 1991. Simon and his best friend Frede Director Morten BH are busy doing absolutely nothing in a suburban Producer Christian Steengaard town outside Copenhagen. Simon has always loved Potalivo to draw, but has never quite had an outlet for his Production Miso Film talent. He experiences a jolting realisation when Appearance Stefan Hjort, he learns about the graffiti culture, and now he Casper Kjær Jensen, Oscar Dyekjær sees a chance to accomplish something that will Giese, Theis Monrad Post leave a mark on the world. When a large graffiti crew from Copenhagen discovers Simon’s talent, Genre Youth drama they recruit the both of them. As opposed to Frede, Status Released Simon is completely hooked by the environment, Running time 90 min. but he soon realises that things are not quite Danish release 10.11.2016 Second Feature what he thought they would be. Johan, the leader, dictates his crew’s every move – without having any International sales artistic talent of his own. When Johan talks Simon Miso Film into painting over an entire train, Simon faces a t +45 33 337 337 Anti challenge that may cost him his future as well as misofilm.dk his friendship with Frede. / Anti Second feature film by Morten BH. He has directed TV series, commercials and short fiction and made his directorial debut with Kolbøttefabrikken (Danish title, 2014) featuring Paprika Steen. DANISH FILMS | CANNES 2017 3 Catalogue Feature Films When young and idealistic Michael lands his dream Director Per Fly job at the United Nations, he quickly finds himself Producer Malene Blenkov, at the centre of the Oil for Food programme. He Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen, Lars Knudsen, learns the ropes from Pasha, a seasoned diplomat Daniel Bekerman with a considerable ego. After a UN official is Production Fortitude International killed in Iraq, Pasha needs a fresh face to present Appearance Theo James, a report on the success of Oil for Food to the UN Ben Kingsley, Belcim Bilgin, Security Council. Michael is the perfect candidate. Jacqueline Bisset When Michael discovers that the programme is deeply corrupt, he also realises that he has been Genre Thriller instrumental in supporting the bribes paid to Status Completed Saddam Hussein. The only way out is to expose it Running time 90 min. all, risking his own life, his mentor’s career and the Danish release 07.09.2017 life of the woman he loves. International sales Political thriller based on Danish-American Fortitude International Backstabbing for whistleblower Michael Soussan’s acclaimed memoir t +1 424 284 1330 about the UN Oil for Food scandal. Experienced [email protected] Beginners director Per Fly (Waltz for Monica, 2013) is behind fortitudeint.com this inaugural project from the Nordic co-op / Backstabbing for Beginners Creative Alliance set up by a team of directors and producers including Lone Scherfig, Thomas Vinterberg and Dagur Kári. The film is a story about the great Danish King Director Kasper Skovsbøl Christian IV and his tempestuous relationship with Producer Claudia Saginario his second wife, Kirsten Munk. The film depicts Production Good Company Films the King’s last hours, told exclusively from the Appearance Baard Owe, Karen-Lise horse carriage transporting him on his deathbed Mynster, Rosalinde Mynster, Gustav to Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen. The focal Dyekjær Giese point is Christian and Kirsten’s turbulent marriage involving accusations of infidelity and attempted Genre Drama murder. Status In production Running time 90 min. Feature debut by Kasper Skovsbøl, a period piece Danish release TBA challenging the cinematic language with its tight Feature Debut visual concept. The film is made through the Danish International sales Film Institute’s talent initiative, The Sketch, which Good Company Films emphasises new ways of developing film projects. t +45 2388 0717 [email protected] C4 goodcompanyfilms.com / C4 The film is an intense psychological drama about Director Milad Alami Esmail, a young Iranian man who is desperately Producer Stinna Lassen looking to meet women who can secure his stay in Production Good Company Films Denmark. As time is running out he falls in love Appearance Ardalan Esmaili, Soho with one woman as another woman’s husband sets Rezanejad, Lars Brygmann, Stine out for revenge. The film deals with themes of race, Fischer Christensen class and the struggle for a better life. Genre Drama Feature debut by Milad Alami. His short film Void Status Post-production was selected for Directors’ Fortnight 2014. Running time 90 min. Danish release TBA Feature Debut International sales Alma Cinema t +33 1 5528 0316 [email protected] The Charmer facebook.com/almacine / Charmøren 4 DANISH FILMS | CANNES 2017 Catalogue Feature Films The film takes place in the visually amazing world Director Rasmus Kloster Bro that is the Copenhagen Metro building site. Using Producer Amalie Lyngbo Quist the framework of apocalyptic storytelling, the Production Beo Starling film manages to tell a very tactile and human tale Appearance Christine Sønderris, of how we connect and engage when put under Samson Semere, Kresimir Mikic extreme pressure. Genre Drama Feature debut by Rasmus Kloster Bro. The film Status Post-production is one of several films coming out of the Danish Running time 90 min. Film Institute’s new talent funding initiative, The Danish release TBA Sketch, which focuses on the development process. International sales Feature Debut Beofilm [email protected] beofilm.dk Cutterhead / Cutterhead In the early 1980s, the entrepreneurial businessman Director Jesper Rofelt Thorkild throws himself into a revolutionary Producer Jesper Zartov project. A project not many people believe in, but Production Nutmeg Movies he gathers an eclectic team of specialists to help Appearance Casper Christensen, him out. However, as soon as the crew moves to Frank Hvam, Magnus Millang, the provinces to start working on the project, they Niclas Vessel Kølpin come up against serious problems, because nobody there is ready for a man with Thorkild’s grand Genre Comedy ideas. Nonetheless, he defies the law of Jante and Status Released sets all sails to ensure the success of his visionary Running time 97 min. venture. Danish release 30.03.2017 Feature Debut Feature debut by Jesper Rofelt, an experienced International sales writer and producer of comedy for television. Nutmeg movies Casper Christensen and Frank Hvam, who wrote t +45 5055 0763 the script and play the leads, had widespread Dan Dream success with their comedies Klown (2010) and Klown / Dan Dream Forever (2015). Zaid is a successful surgeon and lives in a fancy Director Fenar Ahmad apartment with his pregnant girlfriend. One night Producer Jacob Jarek Zaid’s younger brother, Yasin, knocks on his door Production Profile Pictures and asks his brother for money. Zaid refuses. A few Appearance Dar Salim, Stine Fischer days later Yasin gets assaulted and killed. Since the Christensen, Ali Sivandi, Dulfi Al-Jabouri police are not very helpful, Zaid feels forced to find out who did it himself and embarks on a mission Genre Drama to eliminate all the criminal gangs in Copenhagen.