Danish Cinema

I try to catch up on as much Danish culture as possible be it music, film and fashion. I’m always curious ot see what the new and the old are up to. I’m especially interested in the film industry since I moved to Los Angeles to make films. It’s 2 years ago now. Before that I was in NYC.

I’ve never really felt at home in Denmark. I hate Danish food, I detest the weather and loath the ‘jantelov’, which in my point of view has kept aspiring spirits down through decades.  And now, with the right wing government that has gone even more right wing since i left the nest Denmark has gone from an idealistic Oasis to a ‘nice’, predictable, self centered and very expensive country with, in my opinion, a really sad future if we do not vote differently next time. What happened to idealism? What happened to long term thinking?

Anyways…  I’m so happy to state, that I’m extremely proud to be Danish when it comes to film and filmmakers. Especially when I watched this film ‘Applause’. I first heard about it a year ago when I met the producer Mikael Rieks at a meeting with the production company Koncern Film&TV in Copenhagen. I wanted to share a script with him and he told me about his new film, which was about to go into festivals.

Right after our meeting he got so busy traveling because Applause won award upon award. And I can see why. The female lead Paprika Steen is an amazing actress, but with this film she cements her star status firmly and internationally. Her performance is stellar in an even better written story.  And the styling and scenography is beautiful. OMG! I totally missed Copenhagen, good taste and the old beautiful apartments in my hometown. That’s peobably the first time I felt like that in 5 years. hmmm….. anyways, please take a peak for your self…