140 Danish short films listed best to worst
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- DirectorMarie Grahtø SørensenStarsVic Carmen SonneFrederikke Dahl HansenThomas W. GabrielssonDepressed Sally, 17, is locked up at Teenland. A pink, prison-like institution for teens who are so fucked emotionally that they have developed supernatural powers. Everything changes when Sally encounters power sociopath Ting- e-ling, who convinces Sally that she must use her skills and dare to loose control. This is what teenagers do! When playing a provocative sexual play, the two girls are punished. Sally wakes up in a world far from the pink prison she knows. Instead the institution is bleak and she has momentarily slipped out of her psychosis. But Sally is changed, and when she is reminded that the institution has captured her friend, she decides to save Ting- e- Ling by using her special powers. The rebellion has begun.
- DirectorJens DahlStarsSara Hjort DitlevsenAmalie LindegårdA film about two girls' reunion after a traumatic near-death experience. It's a short film that strikes down in the central 10 minutes of the 24-year-old Julie's life when she tries to stand face to face with the unbearable injustice and adversity that has been released her. It is a portrait of a young woman's attempt to pick up the pieces and move on.
- DirectorThor Hampus BankStarsIulia SimaNikos TrepkasKatrine Lykke VeedfaldDreams and nightmares blend together as a guy dreams of a girl dreaming of oranges. The girl moves through the dreamscape of Aarhus, Denmark, with thoughts of horse carriages, beautiful people, and yellow wellies.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenTomas Villum JensenStarsJens Jørn SpottagSøren ØstergaardJesper BæhrenzThe businessman Ernst has just landed in the airport and is on his way home to his wife. Its raining heavy outside and therefore he takes a hitchhiker with him. They start a conversation about the value of life and soon it becomes evident to the spectators that the hitchhiker is Jesus Christ, but Ernst is in too much of a rush to go back to his wife to notice.
- DirectorLaurits Flensted-JensenStarsVic Carmen SonneAlbert MogensenJosephine ParkMelon Rainbow is a young girl who wishes to be seen, which is ironic since she works as a cleaning lady in a Housing Association for blind people. In the evening she goes to her chat page where she undresses in front of her followers.
- DirectorMarie Grahtø SørensenStarsJulie Brochorst AndersenStephania PotalivoFrederikke Dahl HansenYOLO is a dark universe of adolescence, sex and friendship. Coming-of-age drama with a brightly colored vision echoing pop, punk and music video aesthetics. Kimmi, Sally and Nancy, best friends forever, are spending the night hiding out and drinking at their high school. Kimmi is a vampire and in love with Nancy, but what is 'real sex' and what are the boundaries of desire? Snow starts falling in the gym hall, blood flows freely on the thighs of teenage girls, and it's going to be one hell of a neon colored night, but hey: You Only Live Once. YOLO!
- DirectorRúnar RúnarssonStarsMarie BodaDaniel StampePetrine AggerIn a small Danish fishing village, a young girl faces the challenges of puberty and first love.
- DirectorKaroline LyngbyeStarsCoco HjardemaalJulie Grundtvig WesterMorten HolstJulie feels that time stands still in the suburban neighborhood where she lives with her helpless mother and older sister. When her sister's boyfriend drops by the house a warm day during summer vacation she sees the opportunity to not only escape, but also to satisfy some of the restlessness and curiosity that lives in her evolving teenage body.
- DirectorAsbjørn Holst KraghStarsAsbjørn Holst KraghTana Pedersen
- DirectorNicolai Louis Nyholm NielsenStarsLaura AllerRebecca AllerSimon BennebjergOn the night of a Halloween party, roommates Lea and Mads drink alcohol and talk about love, the future, and their friendship and where these three may or may not overlap.
- DirectorDavid AdamStarsAdam BrixJulie ChristiansenMette Riber ChristoffersenA young girl arrives in a park. She seems to be on her way to a party, but something (or someone) haunts her. When she arrives at the party, it is desolate. Something terrible happened in this place, but the girl seems determined to confront the past...
- DirectorMette KjærgaardStarsMathilde NorholtRikke LylloffZinnini Elkington'Chloe Likes Olivia' is a three-character lesbian chamber play set entirely inside a small apartment somewhere in Copenhagen. After a night out, Olivia brings Chloe home to her apartment. Chloe is in love with Olivia, but Olivia is in a relationship with Andrea, her live-in life partner, who is waiting at home. A love triangle unfolds during short time between the three woman and forces Olivia to make a choice: When is enough, enough?
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenJens Jørn SpottagJohn MartinusOn his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
- DirectorAndreas Steen SørensenStarsThor Hampus BankAnna BrynskovCécile DesaintOn a beautiful summer day in the Danish town of Aarhus, a girl's diary is found on the pedestrian street. Foul play is suspected and two detectives use the diary to follow in the footsteps of the girl.
- DirectorJohan Knattrup JensenStarsPeter ChristoffersenIza Mortag FreundEverything seems to be fine when Michael returns from psychiatric hospital, and his girlfriend Cecilie is also confident that things will go in the right direction. But things gradually shows different. Cecilie however is fighting to keep Michael from insanity, and not disappear into his own world. Based on a true story about the famous Danish poet Michael Strunge.
- DirectorTrine NadiaStarsÖzlem SaglanmakGry Guldager JensenHadi Ka-KoushRania is living a double life. Torn between family and love the young muslim woman tries to be the daughter her father wants her to be in order not to dishonor him. Eventually she has to choose.
- DirectorUlaa SalimStarsYoussef Wayne HvidtfeldtLise KoefoedA story about the first great love of ones life. We experience this love through Omar and Sophie, a young couple in the beginning of their 20's. We see how their relationship develops through the various stages of love. We see the young couple very intimate and honest throughout the whole story.
- DirectorTobias Gundorff BoesenStarsElla Louise BertelsenMartin HestbækMarie Nyborg JørgensenNora lives a perfect life, in her perfect home, with her perfect husband Helmer. Nora knows she should feel excited about the upcoming party, where they'll have guests over. But something within her feels very wrong. Uncomfortable dellusions and a nagging doubt she can't quite place, has started to haunt her. Unable to recognize herself as of late, she has started longing for something she doesn't know what is. Fortunately she has her beloved Helmer by her side, to keep her calm and talk her down. But not all is what it looks to be, and outside the safe walls of the doll house a desillusioned little girl struggles to make sense of her parent's relationship. "A Doll's House" combines techniques and layers in a modern parafrase over Henrik Ibsens classical story about Nora and Helmer. A story that, brought into a modern day performance culture, has more relevance than ever.
- DirectorSune Kofod MaglegaardStarsCharlotte Amalie Kirkegaard KehletSune Roholt MortensenA woman with a dark secret goes shopping for tools in a hardware store, where she gets interrupted by an unknowing employee who tries to flirt with her.
- DirectorPhilip Th. PedersenStarsSofia LeverMaja MuhlackDanny ThykærThe Danish couple Sofie (Maja Muhlack) and Frank (Danny Thykaer) and their daughter Emma (Sofia Lever) are supposed to spend the weekend in a summerhouse in Norway with their old high-school friend Bastian (David Sakurai) and his girlfriend Katja (Kristina Korsholm). When they arrive, however, the mysterious owner of the summerhouse (Ole Kristian Thomassen) wont let them stay. They decide to break in and stay - just for the night - but the original inhabitants of the house don't intend for them to leave again...ever.
- DirectorKira Richards HansenStarsRosalina KrøyerFrederik Winther RasmussenAshcon Hamedi NejadWayward is a coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl who works at a car mechanic's and hangs out with her friends. She challenges boundaries in her search for identity, but her behavior has repercussions that force her to acknowledge new aspects of who she is.
- DirectorHelle RossingStarsJens Alexander Kepny KristensenHelle RossingJulie Buch-HansenTroels carries his camera everywhere and films everything. One day he is spotted by fellow high school student who sends him a video of her own and makes him a daring proposal.
- DirectorMarie Grahtø SørensenStarsBebiane Ivalo KreutzmannVisceral field notes charting Daimi's chaotic existence as she rattles around a decrepit household; her mother dead in the bathtub, and her only companion a piglet that subsequently transforms into an infant.
- DirectorLotte SvendsenStarsJesper AsholtAnders W. BerthelsenMarina BourasCafe 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!