Film
The Danes' love affair with celluloid stretches back to the 1920s, when the country's thriving film studios looked for a time as though they would become Europe's answer to Hollywood. Now, at the start of the new millennium, the Danish film industry is booming again, with the country's filmmakers achieving international critical acclaim, culminating in May 2000, when Lars von Trier won the Palme d'Or at Cannes with his film Dancer in the Dark .
The weekly Film Kalenderen programme (in Danish only) includes details of almost all of Copenhagen's cinematic offerings and is available free in most cinemas.
Despite all this, however, most cinemas in Copenhagen offer the standard repertoire of mainstream Hollywood flicks, though you may find more offbeat offerings at the city's arthouse cinemas, particularly the Posthuset Teater and Filmhuset. Nearly all films in Copenhagen are screened in their original language, with Danish subtitles. Most cinemas offer reductions earlier in the day, with prices being staggered up to the most expensive evening and weekend screenings - from about 30-40kr to 60-80kr. At weekends, it's definitely worth booking ahead. Cinemas are not part of the Billetnet system. From early to mid-March the city takes part in the Night Film Festival , during which cinemas across the country screen large numbers of mostly foreign films (with English subtitles) which wouldn't otherwise be seen in Denmark, along with a few previews, and retrospectives showcasing the work of particular actors. Cinemateket at Filmhuset Gothersgade 55, Indre By tel 33 74 34 12 www.dfi.dk Bus #31, #42, #43, #350S or Nørreport S-Tog Closed Mon. Three-screen, state-of-the-art cinema showing the best of Danish and international arthouse film - the more eagerly anticipated films sell out quickly, so bookings are advisable. The Benjamin theatre shows children's films and free documentaries, and the complex also houses a reasonable cafe, a decent film bookshop and fantastic cinematic archives. Dagmar Jernbanegade 2, Indre By tel 33 14 32 22 www.dagmar.dk Bus #8, #12, #14, #16, #150S or Vesterport S-Tog. Mainstream arthouse cinema in the heart of Copenhagen containing five theatres and a bust of Carl Theodore Dreyer, the Danish director of the Oscar-winning The Last Passion of Joan of Arc , who was the cinema's manager for a short period. Gloria Radhuspladsen 59, Indre By tel 33 12 82 32 www.gloria.aok.dk Bus #5, #8, #12, #14, #16, #29, #150S or S-Tog Vesterport. Recently refurbished cinema excellently located right in the centre of the city, with an eclectic programme of specially imported films and arthouse favourites. Also sells a range of arthouse films through its own video distribution arm, some of which can be hard to find elsewhere. A cine buff's delight. Imperial Ved Vesterport, Vesterbro tel 70 13 12 11 Vesterport S-Tog. Copenhagen's largest cinema, and the usual site for gala openings and premieres. The enormous single screen - the biggest in Scandinavia - shows mainly middle-of-the-road Hollywood blockbusters, with reclining seats and a stunning sound system. Palads Axeltorv 9, Indre By tel 70 13 12 11 Vesterport S-Tog. One of the world's first and largest multiplexes, this Copenhagen landmark, with its famously gaudy exterior, shows Hollywood-blockbuster fare on all seventeen of its screens. Park Bio Osterbrogade 79, Osterbro tel 35 38 33 62 Bus #6, #14, #650S. One of the oldest in town, this atmospheric single-screen cinema tends to show the more commercial arthouse films towards the end of their runs. Also has a decent cafe-bar. Posthuset Teater Radhusstraede 1, Indre By tel 33 11 66 11 Bus #5, #29, Nørreport S-Tog or Vesterport S-Tog. A must for cine-buffs - look out for British director Peter Greenaway's signature on the ceiling - Posthuset is a labour of love, kept running on a very limited budget by its film-fanatic owner. Typically screens long runs - it holds the Danish record of three years - of specially imported films, though lack of funds forces it to close periodically. Also has a cosy cafe. Vester Vov Vov Absalonsgade 5, Vesterbro tel 33 24 42 00 www.vester.vov-vov.dk Bus #6, #16, #28 or Central Station. Three-screen arthouse cinema, with a decent bar and cafe for pre-screen nibbles. Also has a large and fairly comprehensive collection of film posters, some of them for sale.
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