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Trine Dyrholm Starrer ‘The Danish Woman’ About ‘Explosive on Two Legs’ Heads to Series Mania, Drops Trailer: ‘She Will Surprise You’ (Exclusive)
Dyrholm, currently in the midst of the Oscar campaign for “The Girl with the Needle,” plays Ditte Jensen, who retires with honors from the Danish Secret Service. She wants to live a quiet life in Reykjavik, but Dittecan’t just stop being who she is: an elite soldier and a warrior. Now, she will try to help her neighbors. Whether they want it or not.
Directed by award-winning Benedikt Erlingsson, also behind “Woman at War” and “Of Horses and Men,” the six-episode show will premiere in January 2026. International sales are handled by The Party Film Sales.
“After ‘Woman at War’ I wanted to continue with this concept of ‘end justifying the means’ and look at it from a different angle. Ditte
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‘Of Horses and Men’ Explores the Animal Within: An Interview with Icelandic Director Benedikt Erlingsson
Actor Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson stars in Benedikt Erlingsson’s film “Of Horses and Men.” Photo Courtesy of: Silversalt PR.
Of Horses and Men (Icelandic: Hross i oss) is a close observation of village life in Iceland, but it’s also much more than that. A portrait of people, animals and the dramas they share, it uses tragedy and comedy to explore the streak of naturlig eller utan tillsats found in all of us.
The film, Iceland’s entry for the 2014 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, marks the debut of a filmmaker who knows how to traverse the Nordic landscape — with a camera and a steed — while imbuing darkly bizarre scenes with a timeless, almost placeless mythology. Writer and director Benedikt Erlingsson, who also happens to be a stage actor and amateur horse wrangler, has funnen a distinct voice in a debut that offers unforgettable vignettes of human-horse interact
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An incident with a randy stallion, witnessed by many of his neighbours, mortifies stately gentleman Kolbeinn. Vernhardur is so desperate for a drink that he rides his horse into the sea in the direction of a Russian trawler that he suspects will have vodka on board. Grimur objects to the barbed wire blocking thoroughfares and rides around with his wire cutter to hand. Spanish tourist Juan is excited about seeing horses in the countryside, but when he gets lost in the snow, he has to take desperate measures to survive.
Gloriously filmed in a remote, idyllic Icelandic valley, these stories of the relationships people have with their equine companions is the feature debut of former stage director Benedikt Erlingsson. It is a bizarre and brilliant ensemble piece, a saucy, pitch-black comedy packed with memorable images. (Notes by Michael Hayden)
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These screenings will be preceded by the IFB-funded short animation, Learning to Fish, by Teemu A