Denmark has selected May el-Toukhy's Venice Golden Lion-winning title Woman Unknown as its entry for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Oscars. The Denmark-set post-World War II psychological drama stars Mathilde Arcel as a young nanny and housemaid who is about to marry…

Danish-Egyptian director May El-Toukhy's Woman Unknown has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 83rd Venice Film Festival. The post-World War II psychological thriller was one of just two films directed by women in the running for the Golden Lion this year. Set in Denmark in the summer of…

May el-Toukhy, one of only two women in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year, took the unusual step of stopping the screening of her Golden Lion contender Woman Unknown at its world premiere Sunday evening after the subtitles got out of sync. The director was seen walking out of the…

May el-Toukhy is in competition at the Venice Film Festival with post-World War Two psychological thriller Woman Unknown as one of just two female directors in the running for the Golden Lion this year. Set in Denmark in the summer of 1945, the picture revolves around nanny and housemaid Marie…

EXCLUSIVE: TrustNordisk has unveiled fresh deals and a teaser-trailer for May el-Toukhy’s post-World War II Denmark-set psychological drama Woman Unknown ahead of its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival. Adding to a previously announced sale to Italy (Lucky Red)…

My Fairytale Life, Nikolaj Arcel's feature biopic of Hans Christian Andersen, is among seven titles that have received support in the inaugural round of funding from Denmark's new production incentive scheme.  A total of DKK 56.3 million, approximately EUR 7.5 million, was handed out during this…

EXCLUSIVE: Danish director Mads Mengel's debut feature The Guest world premieres in competition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July and Deadline can reveal a first clip. Queen of Hearts and The Girl with the Needle actress Trine Dyrholm co-stars a woman estranged from…

Netflix has renewed Danish crime series The Asset for a second season. The series follows the work of a young agent, who goes undercover and befirends a drug smuggler’s wife. Season 1 launched in October and hit the number one position in 52 countries and top 10 in 90, with an overall 11.3…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s your first look at The Uniform, the upcoming Danish police drama series. The Miso Film crime drama for Denmark’s pubcaster, DR, follows the criminal investigation into a fatal police shooting that threatens the credibility of the entire institution. We’ve got a selection of…

Stellan Skarsgård has addressed the escalating stand-off between Donald Trump and Europe over the U.S. president's demand that Denmark handover its autonomous territory of Greenland. The Swedish actor and Norwegian Sentimental Value director Joachim Trier, whose home countries are Denmark's…

SF Studios have announced that top Danish directors Frederik Louis Hviid and Tobias Lindholm are collaborating on new thriller Torpedo. The story follows 16-year-old Kian after he realizes that he has sold drugs to the wrong people. The responsibility for the failed deal rests squarely on his…

EXCLUSIVE:  The Party Film Sales has unveiled first deals for Icelandic director Benedikt Erlingsson's six-part drama The Danish Woman, starring Trine Dyholm as a retired Danish secret service operative who moves to Iceland’s capital of Reykjavik. It has sold to France and Germany (ZDF-Arte)…