64-446: The Five Obstructions is a 2003 Danish documentary film directed by Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth . The film is conceived as a documentary, but incorporates lengthy sections of experimental films produced by the filmmakers. The premise is that von Trier has created a challenge for his friend and mentor, Jørgen Leth, another renowned filmmaker. Lars von Trier's favorite film is Leth's The Perfect Human , and von Trier gives Leth
128-474: A child in his class. The film gained critical acclaim for Mikkelsen's performance and Vinterberg's direction. Many have described it as one of the best psychological drama films of its time. It was competed at the 65th Cannes Film Festival , where Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award for his role, and was also screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival , among other film festivals. It won
192-475: A director of dark and profound feature comedies like The Green Butchers (2003) and Adam's Apples (2005). Other notable Danish directors of the 21st century include Nikolaj Arcel , Christoffer Boe , Lone Scherfig , Niels Arden Oplev , Nicolas Winding Refn , Ole Christian Madsen , Annette K. Olesen and Christian E. Christiansen for executive producer by Patriots Day was shot in Paris , France, only in
256-435: A hearing in the morning and he is hopeful the case against Lucas will be dropped, since he has heard that all of the children's accounts of their abuse mention the same details of the basement of Lucas' house, which does not have a basement. Lucas is released from custody, but someone kills his dog and throws a stone through his window, so he sends Marcus back to his ex-wife. On Christmas Eve, he gets beaten up and thrown out of
320-641: A lack of imagination and a willingness to take creative risks on the part of Danish producers. Independent producer Benjamin Christensen had great success with the spy film Det hemmelighedsfulde X ( The Mysterious X or Sealed Orders , 1914) and the crime drama Hævnens Nat ( Blind Justice or The Night of Revenge , 1916), both of which are major works in the history of the Danish cinema; he would later direct several films in Sweden and Hollywood . During World War I ,
384-584: A library, a stills and posters archive and a film archive. The DFI Film House is open to the public and houses the national Cinematheque. The DFI supports the production of 20-25 feature films and 25-30 documentary and short films every year. There are three kinds of support: the film commissioner scheme, the market scheme and the talent development scheme at New Danish Screen. The DFI encourages international partnerships and allows for 5-9 minor co-productions in feature film and 4-6 minor co-productions in documentary film per year. A cornerstone of Danish film policy
448-481: A national favourite. It was directed by Erik Balling . Since the start of the 1980s, the Danish film industry has been completely dependent on state funding through Det Danske Filminstitut . A project usually does not get made unless the script, director and cast etc. has been approved by the appointed representatives of the Danish Film Institute. This means that Danish filmmaking is essentially controlled by
512-560: A photographer, was the first Dane to make a film. Between the years of 1896 and 1912, he produced around 200 documentary films on life in Denmark . His first film was Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde ( Traveling with Greenlandic Dogs ). Furthermore, he produced the first Danish feature film: Henrettelsen ( Capital Execution , 1903). The first film show in Denmark took place in the Panorama cinema on
576-678: A refugee camp in Sudan . The film won the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film and the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards . Anders Thomas Jensen first received acclaim as Oscar -winning writer-director of three short films, Ernst & lyset (1996), Wolfgang (1997) and Valgaften (1998), then as screenwriter of such feature films as Mifune's Last Song (1999), Open Hearts (2002), Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002), Stealing Rembrandt (2003) and Brothers (2004); and finally as
640-580: A successful, Emmy Award -winning television director. Danish film in the 1990s was dominated by Lars von Trier . His films Europa , Breaking the Waves , The Idiots , and Dancer in the Dark received great international attention and were nominated for numerous awards. The Dogme 95 Collective caught the attention of the international film world with its strict "vows of chastity" or rules for filmmakers that force filmmakers to concentrate on purity of story and
704-482: A third of all Danish feature film productions were pornographically minded, followed by a sudden drop off." In 1972, the Danish Film Institute (DFI) was founded to provide state subsidies for hand-picked films. It allocated public funding for feature films based on their artistic merit rather than commercial appeal—with an emphasis on those films which expressed Danish culture and identity. The DFI reinvigorated
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#1733086200775768-440: A trip to the grocery store, where he is told that neither he nor his father are welcome anymore, he sees Lucas being arrested by the police. Locked out of the house, Marcus goes to ask Theo for a spare key and ends up fighting with several adults for confronting Klara and asking why she lied about his father. He is taken in by Bruun, one of Lucas' friends, and his family, who believe Lucas is innocent. Bruun tells Marcus that Lucas has
832-500: A wave of successful teenage-dramas, including Måske ku' vi (“Maybe we could”) (Morten Arnfred, 1976), Du er ikke alene ("You Are Not Alone") (Ernst Johansen & Lasse Nielsen, 1978), Mig og Charly (“Me and Charly”) (Morten Arnfred & Henning Kristiansen, 1978) and Vil du se min smukke navle? (“Do you want to see my beautiful bellybutton?”) (Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1978), all produced by Steen Herdel. A notable TV-series, Matador , ran from 1978 to 1982, and has remained
896-410: Is alone and helps her out. He accommodates her aversion to stepping on cracks and says she can walk his dog whenever she wants. Over time, Klara develops a crush on Lucas. When she kisses him on the mouth and gives him a small gift, he gently rebuffs her, and she becomes dejected. Using details from a pornographic picture shown to her by a friend of her older brother, Klara makes comments that lead Grethe,
960-491: Is lying. When Theo goes to put Klara to bed that night, she reaffirms that Lucas did not do anything bad to her. He brings Lucas food and alcohol, and the two men sit together to talk. By the next fall, tensions in the community have lessened, and Lucas' friends greet him again as before. He and Nadja have gotten back together. Marcus receives his first rifle at a ceremony at Bruun's house. Lucas and Klara reunite, and he carries her in his arms to take her to Theo. After assembling,
1024-460: Is the endless close-ups of hammering bodyparts without a story. Lars von Trier is the first to have realised this and produced valuable quality porn films for women." A trilogy directed by Per Fly , The Bench (Bænken) (2000), Inheritance (Arven) (2003), and Manslaughter (Drabet) (2005) portrayed Denmark's three distinct social classes and received international acclaim. The work of Susanne Bier , particularly Brothers (2004) and After
1088-463: Is to fund children and youth films to which 25 percent of all subsidies are allocated. Jagten The Hunt ( Danish : Jagten ) is a 2012 Danish psychological drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Mads Mikkelsen . Set in a small Danish village around Christmas, the film follows a man named Lucas, a divorced kindergarten teacher who becomes the target of mass hysteria after being wrongly accused of sexually abusing
1152-742: The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the Oscars. The film was another global success for Thomas Vinterberg, having been nominated for 4 BAFTA awards, winning the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language as well as winning the Best Film award at BFI London Film Festival in 2020. Despite COVID restrictions by the opening weekend, the film had sold 102,366 tickets, including 13,400 tickets in previews, in Denmark, thereby achieving
1216-598: The Danish Film Institute , DR , Eurimages , Nordisk Film & TV Fond, the Swedish Film Institute , Sveriges Television , and the MEDIA Programme . The Hunt premiered on 20 May 2012 at the Cannes Film Festival , where it was the first Danish-language film in the main competition since 1998. Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor Award at the festival. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray in
1280-595: The USA became the leading nation in film production and Danish exports decreased. In the years following the war , Dreyer made an appearance as director at Nordisk Film with the drama Præsidenten ( The President , 1919), followed by the ambitious Blade af Satans Bog ( Leaves from Satan's Book , 1921), inspired by the American director D. W. Griffith 's Intolerance (1916) in both technique and theme. However, Dreyer, as well as Benjamin Christensen, were not permanently connected to
1344-419: The erotic elements needed to be toned down in order not to offend the working class audiences. In 1913, Nordisk released the first full-length feature movie, Atlantis directed by Blom . After 1913, Danish cinema began to lose its leading foothold in the film industry, with foreign companies having intensified competition in the production of feature-length films. Danish cinema had also begun to suffer from
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#17330862007751408-567: The 1950s to late 1970s/early 1980s. Here a lot of Danish stars were born, such as Dirch Passer , Ove Sprogøe and director Erik Balling . Important films of this period include De røde heste (1950), Far til fire (1953), Kispus (1956, first Danish film in colour ), Støv på hjernen (1961), Sommer i Tyrol (1964), Passer passer piger (1965), SS Martha (1967) , the Olsen-banden -series (1968-1981) and Erik Balling 's classic TV-sitcom Huset på Christianshavn (1970-1977). In
1472-424: The 1970s, a large percentage of all Danish films were sexually oriented, and many mainstream-features with mainstream-actors included sequences with either softcore- or hardcore-pornography, most notably Mazurka på sengekanten (John Hilbard, 1970) and I Jomfruens tegn (Finn Karlsson, 1973) along with their many respective sequels, forming the eight Bedside -films and six Zodiac -films . "In 1970-74, about
1536-598: The 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute . Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical innovation. The Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968) is considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema . Other Danish filmmakers of note include Benjamin Christensen , who outside his native country directed several horror classics including Häxan (1922) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Erik Balling ,
1600-445: The 2013 Nordic Council Film Prize and was one of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Film at the 71st Golden Globe Awards . It was the Danish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards and was selected as one of the final five nominees. Lucas is a member of a close-knit rural Danish community. He misses his teenage son, Marcus, who mostly lives with his ex-wife, but he gets along well with
1664-657: The Best Foreign Film award went to Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror), directed by Bille August . In the late 1980s and early 1990s, more talented directors started graduating from the National Film School of Denmark, such as Thomas Vinterberg , Per Fly and Ole Christian Madsen . Also in the late 1980s, Danish cinematographer Mikael Salomon ended a long career in Danish cinema to become one of Hollywood 's most celebrated DPs , later establishing himself as
1728-454: The Danish Film Institute's monthly program that "the different, the surprising, the odd and the daring" was hardly what characterised Danish films of 2008. Danish cinema nonetheless remains highly respected internationally, and Danish films (today almost exclusively consisting of social realist dramas, comedies, family films and documentaries) receive many awards at major international film festivals. Danish filmmaking remains influenced by
1792-538: The Dogme 95 Collective were von Trier, Vinterberg, Kristian Levring , and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen . Although the Dogme 95 movement originated in Denmark, filmmakers around the world soon experimented with the rigid guidelines and sought certification for their films as Dogme. Furthermore, Lars von Trier's own Dogme-film Idioterne (1998) started a separate wave of arthouse mainstream films with unsimulated sex . Lars von Trier also made history by having his company Zentropa be
1856-529: The German occupation of Denmark during World War II pushed the film industry toward more serious subject matter. The darker tone during these years paralleled the rise of film noir in Hollywood. Bodil Ipsen made her directorial mark with 1942's Afsporet , the first Danish film noir, and continued with the psychological thriller Melody of Murder (1944). The standard of the comedy was also lifted, especially by
1920-515: The Ministry of Culture in 1989 vastly broadened the DFI's definition of "Danish film" to include any work which contributed to Danish film culture. This allowed state funding of films with greater global appeal and helped foster the international success of a new wave of Danish filmmakers. With La' os være (“Let us be”) (Ernst Johansen & Lasse Nielsen, 1975), independent producer Steen Herdel launched
1984-599: The Town Hall square in Copenhagen , in June 1896. However, the selection of films had been made and produced abroad. Despite the small size of its native market and its relatively limited resources, Denmark reigned supreme for several years (1909-14) as Europe's most prosperous film center. Its films rivaled those of Hollywood, for popularity on the screens of Paris, London, Berlin and New York. In 1906, cinema owner Ole Olsen founded
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2048-474: The United States on 10 December 2013. Given its estimated $ 3.8 million budget, the film was a financial success. Worldwide, it earned more than $ 16 million, including $ 7.9 million in Denmark. In the United States, it was shown in 47 theaters and earned $ 613,308. The film received universal acclaim. It has an approval rating of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 133 reviews, with an average rating of 7.82/10;
2112-482: The Wedding (2006), introduced the world to Danish actors such as Mads Mikkelsen , Ulrich Thomsen , and Nikolaj Lie Kaas . After the Wedding was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Bier's In a Better World ( Danish : Hævnen , meaning "The Revenge") is a 2010 drama starring Mikael Persbrandt , Trine Dyrholm and Ulrich Thomsen in a story which takes place in small-town Denmark and
2176-551: The actors' performances rather than special effects and other cinematic devices. The first Dogme 95 film, The Celebration ( Festen ), directed by Thomas Vinterberg , received many awards on the international film festival circuit and was named by both the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the New York Film Critics Circle as the best foreign-language film of the year. The members of
2240-429: The adult men go hunting on the surrounding estate. When Lucas is by himself, a bullet whizzes past his head. He turns and watches as the shooter, silhouetted against the sun, reloads his rifle and points it for a moment before fleeing. The film was produced by Zentropa for 20 million Danish kroner . It received co-production support from Sweden's Film i Väst and Zentropa International Sweden. Further support came from
2304-574: The adults see this as stemming from denial of what happened to her. Lucas loses his job, his friendship with Theo is destroyed, and he is shunned by the community as a pedophile and outcast. Due to the vague language used and the secrecy around the investigation, he does not know specifically what he is supposed to have done, but he eventually hears he may have been accused of abusing multiple children. The strain of this revelation leads him to break up with Nadja when he thinks she doubts his innocence. Marcus runs away from his mother to be with Lucas. After
2368-559: The biggest opening weekend for a Danish drama in seven years. The film was also selected for the 2020 Cannes Film Festival, but due to the cancellation of the festival, it then made its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival Around the same time as Vinterberg's initial box office failures prior to his international hits, Bille August , Lone Scherfig , and Lars von Trier also made Danish-language films that underperformed both financially and with
2432-509: The creator of the popular Olsen-banden films; Gabriel Axel , an Oscar -winner for Babette's Feast in 1987; and Bille August , the Oscar, Palme d'Or and Golden Globe -winner for Pelle the Conqueror in 1988. In 1995, Danish filmmakers Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg founded the avant-garde Dogme 95 film movement, promoting the traditional tenets of filmmaking and denouncing
2496-429: The critics, leading the Danish financial times Børsen to observe on September 19, 2007 that "1990'ernes filmfest er forbi" (the film party of the 1990s has ended). A change of leadership at the Danish Film Institute in late 2007 was seen by many as an opportunity for reflection and renewal, while others pointed to the generally healthy local box office numbers and denied any crisis. Daily paper Jyllands-posten concluded
2560-399: The director of the kindergarten, to believe Lucas exposed himself to her. Grethe invites an acquaintance to interview Klara, and after Klara nods in response to the man's leading questions , Grethe, who does not believe that children lie about such things, alerts the authorities and informs the parents of the children who attend the kindergarten. Klara later contradicts her initial story, but
2624-409: The economic conditions of the film companies prevented more serious film business, and the victory of the sound movie automatically set greater limits on the international possibilities of Danish film. Many popular stars like Marguerite Viby , Ib Schønberg and Peter Malberg had breakthroughs but in spite of many economic successes no further development of the media was seen. Between 1940 and 1945,
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2688-454: The film. The 21st century's first decade proved difficult for a number of Denmark's most established directors, including Lars von Trier , although things started well with his Nicole Kidman -starring Dogville (2003), a provocative stylistic experiment filmed on a black sound stage with little beyond white floor markings to indicate the sets. Its sequel Manderlay (2005), exploring the issue of slavery, continued this stylistic device but
2752-422: The financial viability of the sagging Danish film industry, but later was criticized for becoming too conservative and nationalistic in defining which films represented Danish identity. In one example, Lars von Trier's 1984 debut feature The Element of Crime struggled to receive funds because it was radically different from the typical Danish film—and, yet, received international acclaim upon release. In response,
2816-479: The first Danish film-making company, Nordisk Films Kompagni . It gained most of its income from the export market of short films . Not until 1909 were other film-producing companies established. In 1910 the number had reached ten. This period is now known as the Golden Age of Danish Cinema. In the spring of 1910, Nordisk Films Kompagni changed its policy of producing only short films and began making feature films. This
2880-400: The grocery store when he refuses to leave without his food; however, he headbutts the butcher to get his groceries back. At church, he notices Theo and his wife, who saw him limp out of the store bleeding from his head, whispering during the service, so he challenges Theo to look in his eyes for a sign he is lying about his innocence, since Theo had previously stated he can always tell when Lucas
2944-575: The influential Danish film industries and remained loners. As a whole, Danish film in the 1920s was on the decline in spite of the filmmakers' better technical skills. Of most interest at this time were perhaps the so-called Dickens movies directed by the very able A. W. Sandberg . At one point Denmark again enjoyed some international reputation, by the many farces of the vagabond duo Fyrtaarnet og Bivognen (often known by their French names Doublepatte and Patachon ), who were Scandinavian predecessors of Laurel and Hardy . They were introduced by Palladium ,
3008-536: The name of righteousness become victims [of] their own self-righteousness." In 2010, Variety reported rumors that Lars von Trier , Martin Scorsese , and Robert De Niro planned to work on a remake of Scorsese's film Taxi Driver with the film made with same restrictions as were used in The Five Obstructions . In 2014, Taxi Driver screenwriter Paul Schrader said that it was not being made. He said, "It
3072-588: The official selections and took home awards. Released in 1987 was the gay teenage drama Venner for altid ("Friends Forever"), directed by Stefan Henszelman (1960-1991). It won the 1988 Audience Award as Best Feature at the San Francisco International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival . The Danish film industry got a major boost in the late 1980s when the movie Babettes Gæstebud (Babette's Feast), directed by Gabriel Axel , won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 1987, and next year
3136-539: The rival of Nordisk Film. Despite these resurgences, at the end of the decade the Danish film industry was on its heels. In 1929, Nordisk Film Kompagni was established as a sound film company. The Pastor of Vejlby (1931) reinforced the Nordisk's dominance in the Danish market. The 1930s were dominated by many successes with light comedies. The so-called "folkekomedie" (folk comedy) genre was born, with Barken Margrethe (1934) an important early example. The Depression and
3200-400: The situation to be a "krise i en opgangstid" (crisis in a time of growth). In 2008, Danish films sold over 4 million tickets at the Danish boxoffice, the biggest number since 1981, but the relief was brief, as Danish films in the first five months of 2009 turned out to have the lowest ticket-sales since 2005. Film critic Henrik Queitsch agreed that there was some reason for concern, noting in
3264-433: The sixties, Danish cinema became gradually more erotic, with films such as Halløj i himmelsengen [ de ] (Erik Balling, 1965), Sytten (Annelise Meinecke, 1965), Jeg - en kvinde (Mac Ahlberg, 1965) and Uden en trævl (Annelise Meinecke, 1968), several of which made a huge international impression. As a natural progression, in 1969 Denmark became the first country to completely legalize pornography. In
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#17330862007753328-424: The state through the Danish Film Institute (DFI), which was founded in 1972. DFI is Denmark's national agency for film and cinema culture, operating under the Ministry of Culture. DFI supports the development, production and distribution of films and run the national archives. Support programmes also extend to international co-productions film education and international promotion at film festivals. The DFI includes
3392-425: The state. In 1983, Lars von Trier graduated from Den Danske Filmskole ( National Film School of Denmark ) and received international attention with films such as Forbrydelsens element (1984) and Epidemic (1987). His strange, innovative ideas were fiercely resisted by Det Danske Filminstitut and drew very small local audiences, but were embraced by the Cannes Film Festival , where his films were included in
3456-423: The task of remaking The Perfect Human five times, each time with a different "obstruction" (or obstacle) imposed by von Trier. It has been said that "Both this film and Dogville show a more mature von Trier, one who is more aware of and accountable to the full implications of the torture, suffering and victimization he has employed in his films, especially in exploring how easily those who victimize others in
3520-884: The use of special effects and post-production . Although they have not rigidly adhered to the movement, their films have received critical acclaim and a multitude of awards. von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000) won the Palme d'Or, while Vinterberg's Another Round (2020) won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film . Renowned Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Vinterberg's The Hunt (2012). Other directors from Denmark who have enjoyed both domestic and international successess include Nicolas Winding Refn , Susanne Bier , Lone Scherfig and Anders Thomas Jensen . Danish cinema pioneer Peter Elfelt ,
3584-524: The website's critical consensus reads: "Anchored by Mads Mikkelsen's sympathetic performance, The Hunt asks difficult questions with the courage to pursue answers head on." On Metacritic , it has a score of 77 out of 100 based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". The Hunt was adapted for the stage in 2019 by David Farr , and produced at the Almeida Theatre in London . The production
3648-502: The witty, elegant movies of Johan Jacobsen , a Danish pupil of Ernst Lubitsch . After the war ended, there was a movement toward realism and social criticism, particularly noted in films directed by Ole Palsbo . Soon, however, Denmark's film industry returned to making the light sentimental comedies and uncomplicated regionalist movies that were popular with Danish filmgoers. A large stream of family comedies ("Lystspil") and class-conscious folk comedies ("folkekomedier") were produced from
3712-627: The world's first mainstream film company to produce hardcore pornographic films . Three of these films, Constance (1998), Pink Prison (1999) and the adult/mainstream crossover-feature All About Anna (2005), were made primarily for a female audience, and were extremely successful in Europe, with the two first being directly responsible for the March 2006 legalizing of pornography in Norway . "Women too like to see other people having sex. What they don't like
3776-448: The young children at the local kindergarten where he has worked since the school at which he taught closed. When Marcus says he wants to live with Lucas and Lucas starts to date Nadja, a co-worker, his fortunes seem to be looking up. Klara, who is the daughter of Lucas' best friend, Theo, as well as a pupil at Lucas' kindergarten, has a tendency to wander off on her own when her parents argue, and Lucas occasionally happens upon her when she
3840-459: Was a major box office success, receiving international critical acclaim, winning the Best Actor award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival for Mads Mikkelsen 's performance as Lucas. With a budget of $ 3.8 million dollars, the film made over $ 16 million dollars. The film was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. In 2021, his latest film Another Round (Druk) won
3904-489: Was a terrible idea" and "in Marty's mind, it never was something that should be done." The Five Obstructions received strongly positive reviews from critics. It holds a 79/100 on Metacritic , and Rotten Tomatoes reports 88% approval among 59 critics. It was later voted one of the 30 best films of the 2000s in a poll for Sight & Sound . Cinema of Denmark Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since
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#17330862007753968-408: Was an erotic melodrama, which soon became the preferred genre in early Danish cinema. In 1911, with director August Blom as the new head of production, Nordisk Film was the first of the major European companies to devote itself entirely to full-length feature films. These films were sold abroad profitably because the technical and photographic quality impressed audiences. Yet, when exporting the films,
4032-532: Was largely ignored by audiences. Thomas Vinterberg , who had gained worldwide recognition with The Celebration (1998), made two high budget English-language films that underperformed at the box office, It's All About Love (2003) and Dear Wendy (2005), then retraced his roots with a smaller Danish-language production, En mand kommer hjem (2007), which also underperformed, selling only 28.472 tickets. However, Vinterberg proved his filmmaking abilities with his 2012 feature film The Hunt (Jagten) , which
4096-482: Was largely inspired by the Århus Fotorama company's Den hvide Slavehandel ( The White Slave Trade , 1910), which was the first multi- reel Danish film lasting more than 30 minutes. With the increasing length of films, there was a growing artistic awareness, which is evident in Afgrunden ( The Abyss , 1910). This film launched the career of Asta Nielsen , who soon became Europe's first great female film star. The film
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