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- Harsh realism and pure magic go hand in hand in this moving story about love, abandonment and alcohol. 7-year old Ida, a brave little girl, has to take care of her kid brother Skrubsak, feed the family and keep the child welfare officers at stake. Ida's father has left the family for another woman, and so far Mum has found consolation in the bottle.
- Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world "outside" - or so Svend Aage's wife tells him - and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It's Max.
- Two 15-year old cousins, Iben and Sanne, are invited to spend their summer holiday with their aunt, the owner of a dilapidated spa in Eastern Europe. The aunt is an eccentric woman whose life is sustained by memories of a time long past; Iben and Sanne are eager and hungry for life. Soon after their arrival, they discover Felix, a young man who has pitched his tent in the aunt's large, overgrown park. All three women are drawn to Felix. Yet, while the aunt continues in her reveries and Sanne begins to play with the idea of a romance, Iben casts herself into a secretive, new world of longing and intimacy, love and separation.
- Three friends, Steffen, Thomas and Mogens spend a lot of time together in Julies apartment while they talk about soccer and how to get enough money for tickets to the big game next week. At the same time Julie is trying to get in contact with her boyfriend René who she thinks is having an affair. They all talk a lot about whats on their mind during this week.
- Cafe Hector is the new in-place for the chic, high-flying, articulate jet-set, where steaming cups of cappuccino accompany their trendy chit-chat. Uffe is definitely not "in". He can't get a cappuccino, but he is given permission, just this once, to use the toilet. But Uffe is prepared for the situation. He can't take any more humiliation and he is armed!
- Elisabeth is a 70-year-old woman who has injured her leg. Karima is a young girl of immigrant parents who is hired to help Elisabeth. Their backgrounds are very different, and their relationship is characterized by skepticism and suspicion until they find each other in music, their mutual passion. When Karima must suddenly get married, it appears that their lives are perhaps not all that different.
- Marika meets Mads and their two hearts beat as one, but Marika is still oddly stand-offish. She is planning a trip abroad with her friend Helle, but restless Helle's increasing drug habit gradually makes the plans fall apart. But Marika bears a terrible secret. She's got to get away. Away from Helle's father.
- Henrik and Jacob have just finished high school, but they can't get into university, so Jacob gets a job as a waiter and Henrik helps his uncle clear out a rich man's villa after the owner went bankrupt and committed siucide. During the clearance Henrik finds a book that gives minute details of perfect crimes. Henrik tries the first description - and everything goes according to plan. But what about the second? Or the third?
- A stranger comes to town. The enigmatic protagonist, Seth, gets off the bus one hot summer day at the end of August and takes rooms at the local inn. This sets off a long chain of reactions in the town. Reactions that have dramatic and fatal consequences for everyone involved.
- The two brothers Theis and Nico find a poster from "Gone with the Wind" and they start talking about why people kiss and the techniques behind it. Later they meet Giinjha and she invites them to her birthday-party. While they are preparing to go to the party they rehearse how to kiss in the way the poster suggested because Theis has announced that he is in love with Giinjha and will kiss her even though he is not comfortable about it.
- Love has a price in this quirky sex comedy. Sten is a 30- year-old librarian. Over a book he meets supersexy Katja, the woman of his dreams, and they soon end up in bed together. It's love at first sight, but the next thing he knows, Katja wants money every time they make love. Otherwise their relationship will become trivial, she says. Reluctantly Sten agrees, but then Katja puts up the price.
- 16-year-old Frida and Mona take the train from the suburbs to Copenhagen on a Friday night to get rid of their virginity. They make themselves up and change their clothes in the ladies' room at the Central Station and the manhunt in Copenhagen's night-life can begin.
- Henrik is young and in love and moves with his girlfriend Anne into a commune in the countryside. It is the dawn of the 70's, a time to challenge authority and experiment with relationships. Henrik is challenged too: His role as a man is exhibited and discussed, he has to learn how to sew, to sleep in the group bedroom, to share his inheritance with the commune and his beloved Anne with a lesbian.
- Anne and Niels-Peter live in a fishing village by the North Sea. They are going steady, but Anne thinks everything round there is a bit dull. Things liven up when a group of young German surfers camp on the beach. Anne and her girlfriend think they look smashing, but the local lads haven't much time for them. What business have these flashy German jerks got here? One night, when Anne and her girlfriend are dancing with the Germans at the local disco, a fight starts and Anne is forced to take sides.
- Sinan is a second generation Turkish immigrant. He is young, restless and he likes the ladies. His parents have found him a bride, the beautiful Gül. They have also planned for him to take over his father's restaurant after the wedding. But Sinan has other fish to fry.
- The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.
- A composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions.
- Even though Frode is only 7 years old, he doesn't really believe in monsters. All that quickly changes when Frodes father is going out with his new girlfriend Mette, who hates children. She gives Frode a small monster puppet, which Frode throws in the closet in his bedroom. Later on, when Frode is safely tucked in bed, something is stirring in the closet, because that little monster puppet is no ordinary puppet.
- A comedy about Belinda who is unhappy. Her boyfriend is in prison, and he can't stand being locked up. So Belinda has to get hold of the Crown Prince. He will understand her and see to it that her boyfriend is pardoned. Her hunt for the prince takes Belinda on an Odyssey among the spoilt and selfish upper classes. Fortunately, Belinda has a heart and a willpower that defy anything.
- Per tries to help people get a new antenna, but gets into serious trouble.
- Tom lives alone and works for the council, reporting empty apartments. One day, he ignores the rules and enters a supposedly empty apartment. His life takes a drastic turn when Sally, a stripper, suddenly turns up. Tom takes her home with him. But Sally has a dark past and is on the run from the police.
- An experimental narrative about a filmmaker who discovers what appears to be a murder on an old film he finds at a yard sale, and his ensuing quest for the truth.
- The remote, dark house hides a terrible secret. From the nursery a grammophone merrily churns out a happy summer song, but there is no child. Daniel died in an accident, and his mother is tormented by grief and guilt. She keeps seeing Daniel, but also his frightening fantasy figure Little Man, with the sharp, gleaming razor. A mysterious visitor appears out of the rain. He knows the secret.
- Despite his talent, recognition and good jobs pass the tenor saxophonist Laslo by. Until Nicole appears and sweet music fills the air. Her singing voice carries towards the stars , and Laslo swears that he will wring his soul to do the right thing for the two of them. But this isn't easy when Nicole gets all the praise in their professional companionship. Laslo is put through the wringer of jealousy in this lyrical variation on "A Star is Born".
- Alfred and Erna have sold their farm and moved to the suburbs of a provincial town. It's December 26th and they are expecting their children and grandchildren for the annual Christmas lunch - for the first time in the new house. Alfred finds it hard to adjust to his new, quiet life. It's difficult for Erna to maintain old routines in a new situation and she loses herself in details. When her preparations for the lunch collapse, Alfred has had enough - but he realises that there is still a lot left to lose.
- 16-year-old Rasmus' biggest interest is computer games, until he meets Belma who is 15. She lives with her father Josip on a refugee hostel boat and has fled from the war in Bosnia. Josip becomes involved in a terrible act of vengeance against a former prison camp guard and is arrested by the Danish police. Belma is all on her own now and Rasmus realizes that he is the only one who can help her.
- Ole Jensen is a disillusioned, middle-aged, overweight, ex-leftist divorcee with an early retirement pension. A therapist tells Sourface that he is just too dull. How about taking Tango lessons? But Ole Jensen looks a fool at the dancing class. He steals his instructor's flight ticket to the true homeland of Tango, where dancers, writers and activists take him to task.
- In the old days, things were different. Art, too. It assembled and passed on human experience and knowledge. But in today's Denmark, something else is wanted from art. It has to experiment and break new ground. It is almost a political requirement. The more conventional the politics, the harsher the politically correct requirements for the artist. Sliced up, rotting pigs are not enough anymore! Art must move on. But how can the poor artist surpass his predecessors and become a success?
- A strikingly colourful, surrealistic, animated film, inspired by the work of female Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. Music and imagery flow congenially together in this tragi-comical story of a little boy who dies and goes to heaven, only to be seduced by an operatic angel who takes him to hell.
- Jørgen Klubien learnt his craft in the American cartoon industry. He returned in an animated state as the main character in this partly autobiographical variation of "Pinocchio". The little wooden boy wants to conquer the world with his unfailing imagination and his pencil. In Hollywood he falls into the clutches of ruthless Mr. Strombolo, but is saved by the good fairy in the shape of the Queen of Denmark herself.
- The beer monkey population is increasing by leaps and bounds as they splash their frothy territorial claim across the city jungle clearings. Our devoted guide, nosy Mrs. Ryslinge, leads us through the beer-bellied wilderness and lets the public get a close look at the beer monkey's water holes and habitats.
- Daniel, a reporter, works on an article about the 25th anniversary of the first lunar landing. He reminisces about a summer long ago when he met love for the first time in the shape of the girl next door, Marianne with the green eyes.
- A 7-year-old boy is on a holiday with his mother, but it turns out to be anything but a holiday. When the boy is left alone, a family tragedy begins to unfold, and he is brutally torn out of the comfort and safety that his mother has built around him. A touching and moving film.
- Hugo is 18 years old, works in a garage in a provincial town, plays pool with his mates and dates teenage Betina. Hugo wants something else, but he doesn't know what - and it's hard for him to pull himself together. Until he meets student nurse Ester, who is in her 20s.
- Scrawny, awkward, unlucky Tifanfaya gets a queer start to her life as a orphan. Uncle Brutus and aunt Mathilde agree to look after her, but for devious reasons: Tifanfaya lives in a castle which Aunt Mathilde would like for her very own. But clumsy Tifanfaya becomes Queen of the Mountain Bandits and with her gang she rebels against her wicked stepmother and wins back her castle and her country.
- A film about attitudes and self-insight. The protagonist, Mads, was a front figure in the band "Madssacre" in the 80's. In the 90's, he's an anachronistic wreck. Booking manager Lone's attempts to recreate the band is doomed to failure. Repeating the past can't solve the problems of the present. At the end of the film, both Mads and Lone have reached a point where they can start liberating themselves from their attitudes.
- A sunlit landscape. Green and lush. The emblem of our Danish childhood summer in the country. Before the world went out of joint. Though these landscapes Aage drives his bus every day. He has done so for ages. The bus was once a vital part of the local community. Today nobody uses it; but Aage obstinately drives the bus every day. Why? Does he want to preserve an innocent past? Soon something will happen that will bring Aage up to the present in one night.
- In the pouring rain eight-year-old Aksel comes home, wet and exhausted. But nobody will let him in, so he has to find a way in himself. He finds his little sister in his room, which is off limits to her, and a power struggle is played out on the stereo set. His sister thinks there's something wrong with the stereo and leaves the room and her astonished brother. On the sofa in the living room Aksel finds his mother, red-eyed with weeping. He tries in vain to get her attention, and later, when his father arrives with a large party and they don't notice Aksel either, he turns to his reflection in the mirror and lets out a heart-rending scream.
- For the last ten years 40-year-old Jeppe has paid daily visits to the nursing home where his crippled wife, Tove, has been put after a serious traffic accident to remain for the rest of her life. Desperate about this meningless fate, Jeppe has put everything else in life aside and has chosen to be faithful and devoted to her. But this cannot go on, his pseudo-life becomes too much for his crippled wife. She pretends to be in love with her male nurse and throws Jeppe out.
- A policeman, Niels, lost his wife eight years ago in a traffic accident. Niels was driving the car. Ever since he has been tormented by grief and guilt. A case about a small girl who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital opens up old wounds. A series of coincidences leads Niels to believe that his wife has been reborn in order to avenge her death. Can he believe the things he sees, or is the pain driving him crazy? Has his brain run into a spiral of death or is there really more between heaven and earth than our human logic can embrace?
- It's Sunday morning in the park. The sun is shining, the children are playing, the pigeons are cooing and a man in a straw hat sits down at a table and orders a cup of coffee. Everything is just the way we want to see the world: In order and perspective. But are things really that way? Is everything peaceful and quiet? Not on this particular Sunday in the park, when the animator decides to forget about the rules of perspective and logic.
- Dan is only 10 years old and is caught between a younger and an older sister who tease, manipulate and tell him off. Dan is always the loser of the battle for the affection of their busy parents and the scapegoat who end up doing the dishes on his own. And when the family relax together, there is not really room for him.
- "Julie let her long hair go, got herself a new Romeo" says one of the guys to the other in "When do the Violins set in?". Yes, there is cause for concern. Lars' girlfriend is not only in doubt whether her hair should be long or short, but also whether he is the right one for her or not. What does a young semi-rejected lover do in that situation? He goes to see his best friend, who is not particularly happy with his love life either. When the two of them go to the cinema, fate ties up the threads of the story very happily. This is when the violins set in - in "real" films.
- In a modern city people live side by side but still in completely different worlds. Anis is a young immigrant girl who isolates herself in her room. In a well-lit living room across the yard, a young blonde girl plays her cello every night. Anis is fascinated by the girl with the cello, and one night Anis calls her and asks her to play, so she can hear the music over the phone.
- Susanne Sillemann is seven years old. She would like to make a wish that she had another name. As a matter of fact, she would like to make a wish that many things were different in her life, and she manages to do so. She discovers a magic charm, and suddenly she finds that she can wish for all the changes in her life that she wants. One day, she happens to make a wish that she sincerely regrets, something with awful consequences. But she can't take it back. Her magic formula doesn't work anymore. What do you think, can she manage to escape from her fantasy world?
- A hypochondriac doesn't allow himself to be happy because he worries about his health. His wife almost leaves him, but then he gets an unexpected message from the doctor.
- This odd collage alternates freely between real footage, animation and stylized 3D animation. It is a humorous experiment that takes place in the Tarantella Mist, 5 million light years from Earth. A one-man spaceship is in difficulties and the skipper's life is in danger. Tormented by lack of oxygen and erotic fantasies, the astronaut has to abandon ship and go to a space station where two lovesick robots cause a great deal of commotion.
- Fathers-to-be will tread cautiously after seeing Peter Gren Larsen's film, which respectlessly crosses "Get fit after giving birth" with "The Chainsaw Massacre". Babies are admired and experiences shared in the mothers' group, but something isn't right. Camilla's husband is lying in bed with a huge hole in his head. Camilla and her frying pan put an end to his life, but how can she escape prison so she can bring up baby herself? The mothers go into action and they do it with a vengeance in this paraphrase of "The Perfect Murder".
- Granny is visiting 7-year old Katja. They make Christmas decorations and tell each other stories, but suddenly Granny becomes ill and has to be taken to hospital. Soon after Katja is visited by an invisible angel that moves into her ear. Katja can't see the angel, because only those people who are going to die can see angels and ony the ones who need them can hear them speak.