Tag: jakoboftebro

I think it's pretty hard not to completely adore Stellan Skarsgård. From his achingly perfect performances working with Lars Von Trier to comic book blockbusters like Thor to the original Insomnia, he's one of the great actors of this or any...

Highly anticipated Danish fantasy The Shamer's Daughter hits Nordic screens in March with a heap of expectations upon the Anders Thomas Jensen scripted adaptation of Lene Kaaberbol's hugely popular young adult fantasy novels. Will this be some sort of regional...

Is it too late for a list like this? Even if so, I still decided to make a list of some films that I never want to see again. Similar to last year, these films may not necessarily bad, but they're...

Much anticipated throughout Scandinavia thanks to the enormous popularity of Lene Kaaberbol's series of novels, the Anders Thomas Jensen scripted adaptation of young adult fantasy series The Shamer's Daughter has arrived online.The Shamer's daughter, Dina, has unwillingly inherited her mother's...

The 12th edition of the Morelia International Film Festival (October 17-26) is taking shape and now the first wave of international titles has been announced. It is what you would expect from Mexico's top film festival and reaffirms the bond...

It's mere weeks until the most beautiful corner of Catalunya plays host to hoards of genre film fans (myself included). The latest news from the Sitges Festival announces that Antonio Banderas will receive the Grand Honourary Award for his lifetime...

One of the reasons I love genre film is that is gives opportunity to explore the human condition with strange metaphors, allowing the spectator perhaps a deeper and richer understanding than when trying to represent something directly. Such is the...

The normally arthouse Critics Weeks lineup at this year's Cannes Film Festival is getting a little bit bloody with the inclusion of Jonas Alexander Arnby's Danish werewolf picture When Animals Dream and David Robert Mitchell's coming of age creature story...

It was only the beginning of last week when we first drew your attention to Danish filmmaker Jonas Arnby's feature debut, When Animals Dream. Now, news out of Berlin via Variety is that Radius-TWC, the genre arm of The Weinstein...

Here's something unusual from Denmark: While details are still being kept somewhat out of the public eye Jonas Alexander Arnby's When Animals Dream presented footage in the in-progress section of the Nordic Film Market at the Gothenburg Film Festival and...

Danish director Ole Bornedal - much loved in these parts for films such as Deliver Us From Evil and The Substitute - is sure to make a major splash across Europe with his current project, though he's moving from big...