NatFilm Festival

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Since 1990 the NatFilm Festival is the biggest international film event in Denmark. Every single cinema in Copenhagen participates in the annual festival, which also screens parts of the program in three other cities in Denmark: Odense, Aalborg (replaced by Kolding in 2007) and Århus.

NatFilm Festival serves as an important platform for domestic distributors, who promote everything from Hollywood releases to cutting-edge films during the event.

Festival Secretariat: Torsten Hvas, Niels Lind Larsen, Andreas Steinmann.

1 Audience Prize Secures Theatrical Release
2 Support For Young Danish Film
3 International Partners
4 2006 Awards
5 Next Festival

[edit] Audience Prize Secures Theatrical Release

The bulk of the program does however consist of titles not picked up for Danish distribution. Each year a number of these secure theatrical release or TV-sale in Denmark as a direct result of successful festival screenings.

All participating films without a prior distribution deal for Denmark compete for the audience prize of 125.000 DKK (appr. 20.000 US $) - earmarked for the theatrical release of the winning film in Denmark.

Furthermore Danmarks Radio (DR) is also part of the Audience Prize. The winning title will be aired on DR after the film's box office premiere.

In 2004 the festival also introduced a new Critics Award.

Eight films from the year's programme, all debut films or sophomore outings from a selected director, have been nominated, and will be judged by three international critics.

The Critics' Prize is sponsored by TV5MONDE and comes with a stipend of 25.000 DKK, and will be announced at the festival's Closing Gala.

[edit] Support For Young Danish Film

The Festival is organized by Natsværmerfonden, an independent foundation established to support young Danish film. The Board of Directors: Lejf Bernt, Kirsten Dalgaard, Claus Hesselberg, Hanne Palmquist and Jon Stephensen.

Each year the Board hands out the Natsværmer Award to a young person, who has made a valuable contribution to Danish film. This prize also comes with a stipend of DKK 25,000. Previous recipients include Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Natasha Arthy.

[edit] International Partners

NatFilm Festival is a member of European Coordination of Film Festivals and serves as the official Danish partner of Equinoxe under the presidency of Jeanne Moreau.