Danish Film Fest screens 9 films for its 4th year
THE EMBASSY of Denmark has announce the 4th installment of the annual Danish Film Festival. The festival will run from Nov. 8 to Nov. 11, at Cinema 7 of the Robinsons Movieworld, Robinsons Galleria. This year’s lineup is composed of nine contemporary and award-winning entries.
They are: Anti, directed by Morten BH, 2016; Land of Mine, Martin Pieter Zandvliet, 2015; The Shamer’s Daughter, Kenneth Kainz, 2015; Walk With Me, Lisa Ohlin, 2016; Otto is A Rhino, Kenneth Kainz, 2013; In A Better World, Susanne Bier, 2010; Waltzing Regitze, Kaspar Rostrup, 1989; Terribly Happy, Henrik Ruben Genz, 2008; and Dagsin, Atom Magadia, 2016.
Four of the films will be shown in the Philippines for the first time.
The opening film will be Land of Mine (Under Sandet), which was nominated for a Foreign Language Oscar.
There will also be a special screening of Dagsin, a multi-awarded independent movie by Filipino filmmaker Atom Magadia which was inspired by the ideas of Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and French Existentialist Albert Camus.
“We are very happy to continue developing our social and cultural links to the Philippines,” the Danish Ambassador Jan Top Christensen was quoted as saying in a press release. “Films, literature, music — cultural events create common ground between people beyond institutionalized politics. Now again Filipinos get another chance — through our 4th Danish Film Festival — to learn about some of social, political and cultural characteristics of Danes and Denmark. We believe by engaging with each other, we can inspire each other and develop our relations. I look forward to seeing an even bigger crowd than last year at our film screenings in November.”
The films will be shown for free on a first come, first serve basis.
The film screening schedule is as follows: Nov. 8, 5 p.m. Waltzing Regitze and 7:30 p.m. Land of Mine; Nov. 9, 3:15 p.m. In A Better World, 5 p.m. Terribly Happy, and 7 p.m. Walk With Me; Nov. 10, 3:15 p.m. The Shamer’s Daughter, 5 p.m. Dagsin, 7 p.m. Land of Mine; Nov. 11, 3:15 p.m. Otto is A Rhino, 5 p.m. Walk With Me, and 7 p.m. Anti.
