3rd Danish Film Fest features critically acclaimed films
THE RICHNESS of Denmark’s cinema comes to Philippine screens this month at the 3rd Danish Film Festival.
Admission to this year’s lineup of 11 feature films is free. The films will be screened at Shangri-La Plaza mall’s Cineplex Cinema 4 from Oct. 19 to 22.
Academy Award-nominated After the Wedding (2005) stars critically acclaimed actor Mads Mikkelsen as a man devoted to helping street children. Meanwhile, the protagonist in the award-winning psychological drama White Night (2007) has to deal with his past when a workaholic’s life is changed following a horrific accident.
The Commune (2016) captures the spirit of community, and is a tribute to dreamers and idealists alike. Meanwhile, the dramedy Long Story Short (2015) follows a group of friends approaching mid-life as they struggle to redefine the perfect relationship and find true love.
Going to School (2015), based on the books by Anne Sofie Hammer, follows a boy who often runs into trouble with the rules of the grown-ups around him. Meanwhile, Iqbal Farooq and the Secret Recipe (2015) is the story of an imaginative boy who ends up creating a potent explosive that two criminals begin to hunt down. The Sunfish (2014) follows the story of a 45-year-old third-generation fisherman. With new fishery policies pressuring the local fishermen, he turns to other ways of making ends meet. Key House Mirror (2015) tells the story of a couple who have been married for over 50 years and now live together in a nursing home.
Set in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Northwest (2013) follows Casper as he struggles to provide for his family by stealing for the local gang. In Fighter (2007), the protagonist doesn’t want to enter medical school as her parents expect her to. Instead, her passion for kung fu leads her to secretly start training at a professional co-ed kung fu club.
Echo (2007) follows a police officer as he loses custody of his son in a divorce and desperately takes his son into hiding in a vacated summerhouse to spend one last holiday alone together.
For inquiries about the film festival, call 370-2500 loc. 597 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilaplazaofficialfanpage.
