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Denmark Punching Above Its Weight To Become A Global Powerhouse In The Documentary World
Denmark punches above its weight to deliver Oscar nominated documentaries like 'Flee,' 'The Cave,' 'A House Made of Splinters' and 'The Act of Killing.'
That “something special” is evidenced by recognition on a remarkable scale: Danish produced and/or directed documentaries have earned numerous Oscar nominations in recent years, including The Act of Killing, The Look of Silence, Last Men in Aleppo, The Cave, Flee and A House Made of Splinters. The National Film School of Denmark, founded in 1966 (currently run by Tine Fischer, who will take over as CEO of the Danish Film Festival in August) is a rigorous four-year program with an extraordinary roster of graduates: on the narrative side, Bille August, Lars Von Trier, Lone Scherfig, and Thomas Vinterberg, and on the nonfiction side, Eva Mulvad, director of Enemies of Happiness, and an Emmy winner for The Cave; Simon Lereng Wilmont, the Oscar-nominated director of A House Made of Splinters, and Oscar-shortlisted The Distant Barking of Dogs; and Lea Glob, recently Oscar-shortlisted for Apolonia, Apolonia. Oscar-nominated filmmaker Guy Davidi ( 5 Broken Cameras, Innocence), Oscar winner James Marsh ( Man on Wire), and David Borenstein ( Dream Empire, Can’t Feel Nothing) are among the directors based either full- or part-time in Denmark.
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