Thomas Vinterberg on the origins of The Hunt: We  carried out an enormous amount of research before shooting the film. We  were inspired by a number of cases of sexual abuse that appeared in the  press. In a case like this, children are the victims - they also suffer  from having to lie to adults to make them satisfied. In Denmark, we  have a saying that only children and drunks always speak the truth. This  is false. Many doors are opened in this film. We leave the choice to  th...

In recognition of a unique contribution to the world of film the European Film Academy takes great pleasure in presenting Mads Mikkelsen with the honorary award EUROPEAN ACHIEVEMENT IN WORLD CINEMA 2011. Ever since his debut in Nicolas Winding Refn's crime films PUSHER (1996) and PUSHER II -  for which he received the Danish critics' award Bodil - Mads Mikkelsen has played characters we fear and find attractive, often at the same time: As a butcher in THE GREEN BUTCHERS (2003) and ...

Hi there - my first post on fest21! Yihaaaaaa ;-)Just want to tell that i searched for "Valhalla Rising" (the new internationally action/horror-movie of vikings finding America) on youtube and found nothing but a videoblog from the set. A nice young girl - the directors assistant - is publishing the videos on youtube. Its pretty cool and I look forward to see some more - especially because I'm a BIG fan of the danish actor Mads Mikkelsen(Casino Royal, Eastern Promises and King Arthur...

  Sunday, March 5-----Today sees the Festival premiere of one of the five films nominated for this year's Best Foreign Language Oscar. AFTER THE WEDDING, the latest film from respected Danish director Susanne Bier, is the only one of the five nominated films that has yet to open commercially in theaters. In the run-up to its theatrical run next month, the Miami International Film Festival screens the film tonight, bringing the exceptional storytelling talent of this pioneering director to S...

Jacob (Mads Mikkelsen) an ex-pat Dane works in India taking care of homeless orphans. He has a particularly close relationship with a boy Pramod (age 8). His Indian boss receives an offer from Copenhagen for big money to assist the project. This will require the mysterious ex-pat to return to Kbh after a long absense of many years to negociate the transaction. He goes, very reluctantly, but not before solemnly promising the boy that he will be back for his birthday, only eight days away. In C...