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Mubi has acquired 11 films by Lars von Trier for North America, including the director's Dogme 95 entry The Idiots. It will release a new uncut 4K restoration of the film June 16 theatrically timed to its 25th anniversary, followed by an exclusive streaming release. Other titles, most newly restored…

Who do we traditionally consider to be Danish on screen, and why? That is the question diversity action group ‘A Bigger Picture’ (Et Større Billede) is attempting to ask with its new visual campaign, which has sparked a controversial debate about representation and racism within the Danish film and…

EXCLUSIVE: Another Round creator Thomas Vinterberg’s debut TV project has set cast and commenced principal photography. Canal+ and TV2 Denmark’s six-parter Families Like Ours, which first emerged two years ago and reunites Vinterberg with Lars Von Trier’s Another Round producer Zentropa and…

Charlotte Gainsbourg revealed the lasting impact of working with Danish director Lars von Trier at a Masterclass at the Zurich Film Festival this week, where she also received its honorary Golden Eye career award. From 2009 to 2013, the British-French actress shot three films with the director – Antichrist, Melancholia…

Lars von Trier stoically put in an appearance at the Venice Film Festival via video link on Thursday for the premiere of his upcoming series The Kingdom Exodus, making his first international appearance since announcing in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. The Oscar-nominated, Cannes Palme…

With Lars von Trier's The Kingdom Exodus due to world premiere at the upcoming Venice Film Festival, Zentropa has dropped a look at the kinetic opening sequence as well as a set of new posters (check out the video above and see photos below). The Danish release for the series has also been set with Viaplay premiering…

Dark creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese’s 1899, the highly-anticipated fifth season of The Handmaid’s Tale and Lars Von Trier’s The Kingdom Exodus have made the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2022 Primetime program. Seven series have made the list, also including Dear Mama Allen Hug…

Oscar-nominated, Cannes Palme d’Or winning Danish director Lars von Trier has been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Trier’s long-time producer Louise Vesth at Zentropa Entertainment put out a statement on Monday announcing the diagnosis with the director’s blessing. “In agreement with Lars von Trier, we want to…

Matt Dillon is at Locarno this week where he will receive the festival's lifetime achievement award, a prestigious honour that he joked comes with a unique balance of positives and negatives. "I’m too young," he said. "But I do this because hopefully there’s some director here that's gonna say 'good job' because I’m…

Growing theatrical distributor, production company and streamer Mubi has acquired Lars von Trier's new five-part supernatural series The Kingdom Exodus for distribution in North America, UK, Ireland, Latin America, Turkey, and India. The series, which is the third and final installment in von Trier's 1990s cult TV…

Danish sales powerhouse TrustNordisk has unveiled first footage for the final season of Lar von Trier's supernatural series trilogy The Kingdom Exodus. The latest installment completes Trier's 1990s cult series The Kingdom set in a hospital built on top of the old bleaching ponds in Copenhagen, where evil has taken…

Spanish Filmin Buys Lars Von Trier’s ‘The Kingdom’ Trilogy Spanish SVoD Filmin has acquired the entire Lars Von Trier catalogue including The Kingdom trilogy. The deal was struck with Scandi distributor TrustNordisk and includes never-before-seen restored versions of season one and two of The Kingdom, along with the…