All articles by Jacob Neiiendam – Page 2
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DENMARK 16 November
Pixar's incredibly successful The Incredibles easily took over the box-office crown this weekendwith a stellar DKK5m gross from its high 109 prints. Though Hella Joof's gospelcomedy drama Oh Happy Day dropped tosecond after just one week, it only fell back 7%, and thus wasn't hit as hardas other local films, ...
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DENMARK 16 November
Pixar's incredibly successful The Incredibles easily took over the box-office crown this weekendwith a stellar DKK5m gross from its high 109 prints. Though Hella Joof's gospelcomedy drama Oh Happy Day dropped tosecond after just one week, it only fell back 7%, and thus wasn't hit as hardas other local films, ...
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Norwegian Milk wins Kinderfilmfest nod
Torun Lian's Norwegian family film The Colour OfMilk, which was named best Nordicchildren's film at last week's Nordic Film Days Festival in Lubeck,is the first film to be selected for the Berlin Film Festival'sKinderfilmfest in 2005.It is the writer-director's second film and her secondin competition at the festival, following her ...
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Darwin's Nightmare, Melancholia win at CPH:DOX
The second edition of Copenhagen's international documentaryfilm festival CPH:DOX wrapped on Saturday night when it split its Euro 5,000main prize between Hubert Sauper's Austrian Darwin's Nightmare and PirjoHonkasalo's Finnish Three Rooms of Melancholia.Darwin's Nightmare show how Russian pilots fly armsto Africa and return to Europe with expensive fish, which could ...
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SWEDEN 9 November
Though AVPcouldn't shake As In Heaven from thetop of the Swedish chart, it did get a better screen average ($5,160) from its65 prints and grossed a solid $372,436.Collateralcontinued to do well on third, while PopularMusic dropped to sixth having grossed $2.4m and last week's new localrelease Fourteen Sucks (Fjorton Suger)to ...
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CPH:DOX unveils ambitious 2nd edition
The second editionof Copenhagen's international documentary film festival CPH:DOX, runs in theDanish capital from Nov 5-14, with higher expectations and a greater number offilms after last year's success which recorded 11,700 admissions.The Danish Producers'Association has instigated a documentary award, GoldDoc, which will be awardedto the best local films at the ...
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Red Dust
Dir: TomHooper. UK-S Africa. 2004. 100mins.While itssubject matter is almost identical to John Boorman's Country Of My Skull,the feature debut from UK TV director Tom Hooper proves far superior to thebigger budgeted Berlin competition entry, delivering a tighter and better-actedthriller drama. Itproves neither controversial nor edgy, but rather plays everything ...
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DENMARK 2 November
With itshigh 77 prints Sharks (Inkasso)stayed on top of the Danish box-office chart with the 60 prints of Kings' Game a close second.The newrelease of Michael Mann's Collateralcame in third with a better box-office screen average (DKK32,129) from its 40prints.However,that was marginally beaten by House OfFlying Daggers' DKK33,125 on fifth, ...
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SWEDEN 2 November
After nine weeks on release and seven at the top of theSwedish chart, As In Heaven, has nowpassed 800,000 admissions and grossed $1,2m, and the theme song by HelenSjoeholm is second on the music chart.The new release of another local film, the low-budget youthfilm Fourteen Sucks (Fjorton Suger),won't reach those ...
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NORWAY 28 October
The pairing of Cruise and Foxx made Collateral the big winner at the Norwegian box-office this weekend,where it took an impressive NOK44,012 screen average from its 35 prints.The second highest average belonged to Before Sunset (NOK38,088), which, however, only managed to get into 15th spot with itsjust five prints.While most ...
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DENMARK 25 October
Though the new release of stuntman-turned-filmmaker LasseSpang Olsen's romantic comedy Inkassomuscled its way into the top of the Danish chart with its high 77 prints, itdidn't quite have the draw of Kings' Game,which had a better screen and admission average on its 57 prints despite beingin its fourth week. However, ...
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FINLAND 22 October
Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx gave Collateral a strong opening at the top of the Finnish chartdismissing Home On The Range tosecond but damaging The Bourne Supremacyand Resident Evil: Apocalypse, asthey dropped 37% and 58% to the 6th and 10th spot.However, there was little interest for the new local film,Janne ...
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NORWAY 21 October
While Shrek 2stayed at the top of the Norwegian chart for the fifth week running, itsNOK17,220 screen average was matched and even bested by a number of newreleases which had fewer prints.Among these the new local surfer-romantic-drama Monsterthursday, which made it intofourth with NOK20.755 average from its 37 prints. Though ...
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Von Trier turns to Antichrist
Danish maverick Lars von Trier might be in the middle of editing his Dogville follow-up, Manderlay, but he has promised producer and Zentropa co-founder Peter Aalbaek Jensen that he will make a more commercial film before turning to the final instalment in the USA trilogy, Wasington.While a finished script has ...
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DENMARK 19 October
The massive 90 print roll-out of My Sister's Kids In Egypt at the start of the children's week-longfall holiday made the local film even more successful than the two previousinstalments, as it scooped up a impressive DKK19.5m and 351.454 admissions injust 10 days.However, Danish audiences also found time for Kings' ...
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SWEDEN 18 October
Though catering to younger audiences and offering completelydifferent thrills, the new release of teenage horror flic Drowning Ghost from hitmaker Mikael Haafstroem (Evil) failed to usurp As In Heaven from the top of the Swedishchart.Instead it was last week's other local release, family film Max & Josef - Double Trouble, ...
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NORWAY 13 October
Still on top after four weeks not least because of itsmassive 105 prints, Shrek 2 kept infront of The Bourne Supremacy onsecond while the two local releases, UNOand Hawaii, Oslo changed places, whenthe latter served up this week's best screen average (NOK31,841) and fell just13% compared to UNO's 30%.However, that ...
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SWEDEN 13 October
While As In Heavenremained untouchable at the top of the Swedish chart, the new release of localfamily film Max & Josef - DoubleTrouble (Hakan Brakan & Josef) moved into the second place.However, it was primarily due to its high 105 prints, as its$2,648 screen average was disappointing.As In Heaven againheld ...
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Oscar winning short film director to shoot Ambulance
Oscarwinning short film director Laurits Munch-Petersen is ready to shoot hisfeature debut, Ambulance, after winning $900,000 (DKK5.5m)backing from the Danish Film Institute.Thethriller shoots from late October based on a script by the Danish writer-directorand Lars Andreas Petersen. It stars Thomas Bo Larsen (Festen), PawHenriksen (Brothers) and Helle Fagralid (Kings' Game).Itsees ...
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Brides (Nyfes)
Dir:Pantelis Voulgaris. Gr. 2004. 128minsGreekveteran Pantelis Voulgaris takes audiences on a long, slow voyage in Brideswhich, while mostly shot in English, is unlikely to travel far from its homeport for overseas markets.WithBarbara De Fina and Martin Scorsese as producer and executive producerrespectively, the film might attract international attention, but distributorswill ...