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Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since 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 amongst 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, 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 a manifesto that emphasised the traditional values of story, acting, and theme; simultaneously denouncing the use of elaborate special effects or post-production. It was supposedly created as an attempt to "take back power for the directors as artists" as opposed to the production company. Although few of their films have rigidly adhered to the movement's rules, many of their works have received critical acclaim and multiple 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).
Additionally, modern-day 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, 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 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.
— Efraim Katz, Film Encyclopedia, 1998, Collins, ISBN 0-06-273492-X
In 1906, cinema owner Ole Olsen founded the first Danish film-making company, Nordisk Films Kompagni. It gained most of its income from the export market of short films. Two of Olsen's silent stars were Valdemar Psilander and Else Frölich, who often worked together. 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 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.
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Cinema of Denmark
Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since 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 amongst 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, 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 a manifesto that emphasised the traditional values of story, acting, and theme; simultaneously denouncing the use of elaborate special effects or post-production. It was supposedly created as an attempt to "take back power for the directors as artists" as opposed to the production company. Although few of their films have rigidly adhered to the movement's rules, many of their works have received critical acclaim and multiple 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).
Additionally, modern-day 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, 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 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.
— Efraim Katz, Film Encyclopedia, 1998, Collins, ISBN 0-06-273492-X
In 1906, cinema owner Ole Olsen founded the first Danish film-making company, Nordisk Films Kompagni. It gained most of its income from the export market of short films. Two of Olsen's silent stars were Valdemar Psilander and Else Frölich, who often worked together. 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 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.
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