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- 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.
- 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.
- 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!
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions.
- 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?
- 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.
- 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.
- Per tries to help people get a new antenna, but gets into serious trouble.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- In 1950s Copenhagen, Jens is a law student with a part-time job in a law firm. He lives at home and is more or less engaged to Lis. Jens' life is very regular and organized until he meets slightly older Erhard, a head clerk at the firm. Erhard lures Jens into the mysterious city nightlife, and from now on, Jens' life changes. The engagement is broken off and his education is neglected.
- 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?
- 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 life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer.
- 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.
- 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".
- 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.
- 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?
- Leif is in his fifties. He is a film enthusiast with a partiality for old Danish film classics. Now he works as a film projectionist and runs the cinema in a small provincial town, where Solvej, who is a few years younger has lived all her life. A young woman in job training and a love-struck local politician bring chaos and jealousy into Leif and Solvej's relationship. After many complications and a show where everything goes wrong, Leif takes over the plot of the film on stage and finally, as the film's hero, he makes his declaration of love to Solvej.
- 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.
- The scene takes place in 1212 at the beginning of the Middle Ages. The Queen has suddenly taken ill at Riberhus Castle. In her feverish dreams she meets the persona of death with its bony hand holding the white queen on a chessboard. Several mile's away, King Valdemar Sejr, who doesn't yet have knowledge of his wife's illness, is out on a hunt. Suddenly his falcon disappears in the woods and the king pursues it. He finds it on the shoulder of a bony man who is dressed in a black mantle and waiting for him beside a chessboard.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- Anne and Karina meet in a café, where they pass the time reading the lonely hearts columns. They regularly contact some of the men who have placed ads and later divert each other with their adventures. Today, however, when Anne tells about her first meeting with Erik, a nervous photographer, Karina gets more and more interested and decides to go and see him herself.
- 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.
- Malene Vilstrup has created an ambitious work, a pixilation film that combines various animation techniques in this modern doomsday vision, where love wins in the end and makes Carl the stamp collector overcome his fear of leaving his cosy little flat. The world outside frightens Carl, who is shocked by all the wars and violence he sees on TV. One day, the postman delivers a cardboard dog that becomes a new dimension in his world.
- Director Søren Fauli willingly exhibits and investigates his own weaknesses. With a healthy and curious self-centredness he recognizes that he's an uninhibited supermaterialist. He can't get enough. And one day he gets the fantastic chance to carry out as much as he can from an electronic store in three minutes. But how?
- 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.
- Finn, a stone cutter, lacks meaning and passion in his lonely life. Then one day he sees a tuba in a shop window and falls in love with it. He buys the tuba and starts practising energetically, but nobody wants to listen to his tentative efforts. Finn has almost given up playing, when accidentally and with the help of his music, he stops a woman from taking her own life. Finn's life becomes meaningful and for the first time someone wants to listen to him play. But things aren't that simple, not even when you have found the passion of your life.
- Bjarne and Bibi are constantly on the road between seaside hotels on the west coast of Denmark where they have tried to be a success with their songs and music for many years. They are a couple off and on stage, but things aren't going too well. Bjarne is fed up with this race, he wants a small house and an ordinary life with a wife and child. Bibi is struggling to build a career and become a star, a struggle that makes her bitter and self-righteous. It's time for a showdown. Not least with oneself.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Jørgen and Tascha meet on a bridge. They share the same wish to commit suicide, but they are distracted by each other's presence. In spite of their very different backgrounds they keep on moving closer to one another. Will they succeed in taking the big step? Another Blue Day is a tragicomedy about an encounter between two quite different people, whose paths cross.
- 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.
- 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 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?