Our Program at the Danish Film Festival

On June 19th, introduced by General Coordinator Jorgelina Capaccio and Peter Hald from the Argentine-Danish Chamber, we met with artists of the current generation in the Danish Kingdom.
Lars Andersen, screenwriter of Flammen & Citronen, told us that there are not Dogma films today in Denmark, but we agreed that there was a strong influence on filmmakers of many countries.
Christoffer Guldbrandsen, director of the documentary The Secret War, opened our eyes about how the Danish government has been compromised by his film, and how a controversial situation develops after the release.

Christoffer's film has revealed that a group of  Taliban militants in Afghanistan, captured in 2002 by Danish Special Forces, were tortured by United States soldiers in Kandahar. This has caused a strong conflict in Denmark, and Defense Minister Soren Gide was pressed to resign. Although Prime Minister Anders Fogh said he had no comments at this stage, the filmmaker stated that he necessarily knew about the 31 Afghans being tortured.
About Flammen & Citronen, directed by Ole Christian Madsen, it's the most expensive Danish production to date, about the resistance in Nazi occupied Denmark in 1944. Flame and Citron were two legendary fighters of the resistance, Andersen's script explores their conflicts and feelings while killing Danish informers and Germans.