Danish Films a Success in Denmark

 

Drabet / Manslaughter (2005) directed by Per Fly, starring Jesper Christensen, Beate Bille, Pernilla August, Charlotte Fich"Nation queuing up for homemade movies" via Denmark.dk: "Danish film success at international film festivals is rubbing off on the domestic box office. With six out of the top ten films last year produced in Denmark, the country’s directors are proving that a film need not come out of Hollywood to turn into a hit.

"Despite a Europe-wide crisis in the cinema industry, the domestic market is thriving. New figures from Statistics Denmark show that out of the 12.2 million cinema tickets sold last year, 4 million of them were for homegrown movies."

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