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| Cinema of Denmark | |
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| No. of screens | 458 (2017)[1] |
| • Per capita | 7.9 per 100,000 (2011)[1] |
| Main distributors | SF Film 30.0% Nordisk Film 25.0% Buena Vista 22.0%[2] |
| Produced feature films (2011)[3] | |
| Fictional | 25 (58.1%) |
| Documentary | 18 (41.9%) |
| Number of admissions (2011)[5] | |
| Total | 12,433,000 |
| • Per capita | 2.4 (2012)[4] |
| National films | 3,363,000 (27.0%) |
| Gross box office (2011)[5] | |
| Total | DKK 750 million (~€100.7 million) |
| National films | DKK 186 million (~€25.0 million) (24.9%) |
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Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical innovation.
The Danish filmmaker Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889–1968) is considered one of the greatest directors in the history of cinema. Other Danish filmmakers of note include Benjamin Christensen, who outside his native country directed several horror classics including Häxan (1922) and Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Erik Balling, the creator of the popular Olsen-banden films; Gabriel Axel, an Oscar-winner for Babette's Feast in 1987; and Bille August, the Oscar, Palme d'Or and Golden Globe-winner for Pelle the Conqueror in 1988.
In 1995, Danish filmmakers Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg founded the avant-garde Dogme 95 film movement, promoting the traditional tenets of filmmaking and denouncing the use of special effects and post-production. Although they have not rigidly adhered to the movement, their films have received critical acclaim and a multitude of awards. von Trier's Dancer in the Dark (2000) won the Palme d'Or, while Vinterberg's Another Round (2020) won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Renowned Danish actor Mads Mikkelsen won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Vinterberg's The Hunt (2012).
Other directors from Denmark who have enjoyed both domestic and international successess include Nicolas Winding Refn, Susanne Bier, Lone Scherfig and Anders Thomas Jensen.
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- ^ a b "Table 11: Exhibition – Admissions & Gross Box Office (GBO)". UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2013.