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A HIJACKING (2012)

Certification15 Our Rating

The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean. Amongst the men on board are the ship's cook Mikkel and the engineer Jan who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life and death. With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company and the Somali pirates. An excellen find out more...

A ROYAL AFFAIR (2012)

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Based on the true story of Caroline Mathilda, the English princess who married King Christian VII of Denmark in the early 1770s.
Keen to be a dutiful wife and Queen, Caroline's hopes are soon dashed when she discovers the King's true madness. Turning away from her husband she finds herself in the arms of the King's physician, a radical libertarian, with whom she embarks upon a passionate affair that will bring the king find out more...

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ABOVE THE STREET BELOW THE WATER (2009)

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Ask is married to Anne, and they have everything you could ever want. Good careers, lovely children, an apartment in a fashionable area of Denmark, and each other. Everything appears to be just as it should be in a modern family faced with juggling work schedules, child rearing, and not least of all love. But one morning, Anne learns that Ask wants to take a break. Why? Is he seeing another woman? It's a choice that affects everybody around them. Above the Street Below the Water is a film abo find out more...

AFTER THE WEDDING (2006)

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Jacob Peterson is devoted to the small Indian orphanage that he runs, but cash flow problems force him to return to Denmark where, despite his bullish nature, he receives a very generous funding offer from a wealthy businessman. Frustratingly for Jacob the money has stipulations, one of which is to attend a wedding, an event which propels him back into a past he thought long forgotten. 'After The Wedding' is a stunning drama that builds and maintains more tension than most thrillers; characters find out more...

ALLEGRO (2005)

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Zetterstrøm is a solitary lad whose consoling love of music leads to a somewhat perfectionist determination to make it as a concert pianist. This he succeeds in, but so accustomed is the adult Zetterstrøm to feeling lonely that he's barely able to accept the affection bestowed on him by the beautiful Andrea. A decade later and, with Andrea apparently forgotten, Zetterstrom is drawn back to his past and a mysterious place known only as ‘The Zone'. Christoffer Boe's ‘Reconstruction' was a vi find out more...

ANTICHRIST (2009)

Certification18 Our Rating

Let's be honest, you either love or hate cinema's infamous enfant terrible, Lars von Trier. Those of you who love him you will find ‘Antichrist' his most entertaining and beautifully orchestrated work to date. Layered, witty and wryly tongue-in-cheek at every turn, ‘Antichrist' is brutal, honest and intelligent in both its observation of human emotion and in its exploration of a life riddled with love, loss and psychosis. Those of you who hate him however (and for newcomers who aren't famili find out more...

ARMADILLO (2010)

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Award-winning film director Janus Metz arrives in Afghanistan with a group of young soldiers on their first tour of duty. Stationed on the Helmand frontline in Camp Armadillo the platoon fights increasingly fierce battles with an enemy that is nearby but rarely seen. Metz captures life on the frontline with an uncompromising and intense vision, bearing witness to the realities of the combat zone. find out more...

BABETTE'S FEAST (1988)

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Babette is a refugee from Paris who flees to a small ultrapuritan Danish community to work as a cook. Their only diet is one of ale-bread and fish soup, so when she offers to prepare a feast they are determined not to enjoy it. Oscar winning film whose style changes to fit the mood of the plot. find out more...

BLEEDER (1999)

Certification18 Our Rating

From the director of 'Pusher' this is another darkly violent look at societies less acceptable habits. Full of self loathing Leo increasingly takes his hate out on his wife, the level of brutality escalating to a point of no-return. Leo's slide into the irredeemable unleashes the wrath of his wife's brother, who wants violent revenge. A grim viscous tale, compellingly performed with an acute eye for the predicament and fine camera work find out more...

BORG MCENROE (2017)

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The story of the 1980s tennis rivalry between the placid Björn Borg and the volatile John McEnroe.

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BORGEN SEASON 2 (2012)

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BORGEN: DISC 1 (2010)

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Borgen is a drama sensation from the producers of the acclaimed series The Killing. Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, Borgen uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue. The setting is Borgen, the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as "The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist find out more...

BORGEN: DISC 2 (2010)

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Borgen is a drama sensation from the producers of the acclaimed series The Killing. Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, Borgen uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue. The setting is Borgen, the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as "The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist find out more...

BORGEN: DISC 3 (2010)

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Borgen is a drama sensation from the producers of the acclaimed series The Killing. Following the intricate and complicated lives of politicians, media spinners and the reporters who feed off their triumphs and failures, Borgen uncovers a world of political and personal intrigue. The setting is Borgen, the nickname for Denmark's Parliamentary building, otherwise known as "The Castle". After scoring her party a landslide victory through her idealism and work ethic, the smart and sexy populist find out more...

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BORGEN: THE FINAL SEASON DISC 1 (2013)

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Over two years have passed and Birgitte Nyborg is no longer the Prime Minister of Denmark. Disillusioned with the way her old party is heading she decides to try to make a comeback by publicly challenging the incumbent Party Chairman. Failing narrowly in this attempt, Birgitte assesses her options and concludes that her only way back into politics is to start again and found a new political party; forging an unlikely alliance with journalist, Katrine Fønsmark, who becomes her new media find out more...

BOSS OF IT ALL (2006)

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The owner of an IT company has pretended for years that there is a far distant über-boss, enabling him to blame all the unpopular decisions on this fictional character while taking credit for all the popular ones. Now a prospective buyer wants to meet the big boss in person so the owner hires a failed, hammy actor, who proceeds to improvise all over the place to the consternation of all involved. A return to lighter themes for von Trier after ‘Dogville' and ‘Manderlay'. A Brechtian comedy f find out more...

BROTHERS (2004)

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Michael is a career soldier replete with loving wife and two young children, but while on a UN peacekeeping mission he is lost in action and swiftly presumed dead. Into the shattered world of Michael's family wanders Jannik, his brother and a man whose life is the quintessential opposite of Michael's ordered existence. At first together in their grief Michael's wife, Sarah and Jannik's relationship gradually progresses beyond platonic need, but their new born love is on the cusp of receiving a h find out more...

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CINEMA 16 WORLD SHORT FILMS DISC TWO (2007)

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DANCER IN THE DARK (2000)

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Selma is an immigrant factory worker in America, whose only form of escape is through the Hollywood musicals of old, her young son is going blind and she is struggling to scrape together enough money for an operation to reverse his condition; But Selma's grim existance is on an ever darker path and as her world escapes from her control it spirals into a relentless and unavoidably doomed finale. Visually stunning, surreal and unflinchingly tragic, Dancer In The Dark won the Palme D'or at Cannes find out more...

DARK HORSE (2006)

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Following up from his cracking debut, Noi Albinoi, Icelandic filmmaker Dagur Kari returns with an offbeat comedy about a group of individuals who don't really fit into society: graffiti artist Daniel, bakery girl Franc, a sleepless judge and a chubby little Fiat 500. Dark Horse is a typically idiosyncratic joy and to quote Dagur himself; "a bit like if Kieslowski had directed an episode of Seinfeld". find out more...