Jesper W. Nielsen

A bittersweet comedy with dogma star Paprika Steen in the strong leading role. (imdb)

Follows the petty and irresponsible crook Willy who has a massive fondness for music. Though he's 38 years of age he will not give up his lifelong dream of becoming a famous musician. When he gets paroled he therefore decides to revive his old band to prove to his eight-year-old son, Mikkel, that he isn't the failure everyone thinks he is. (imdb)

Based on a true story the film tells the story of Svend who fights to save his elderly parents' marriage even though it has made his life almost unbearable. When he meets Lizzie he discovers how big a part of his family's hatred and jealousy he himself is. The only thing left is the ultimate break off, or the ultimate forgiveness. (imdb)

It's almost Christmas. Cecilia lies sick in bed as her family bustle around her to make her last Christmas as special as possible. Cecilia has cancer. An angel steps through her window. So begins a spirited and engaging series of conversations between Cecelia and her angel. As the sick girl thinks about her life and prepares for her death, she changes subtly, in herself and in her relationships with her family. (amazon.co.uk)

The son of a Viking Harald is being left behind in his village with only the women and children, when his father joins a group of rebels. They are revolving against the king because he is demanding control over their ships. But the king takes revenge by overtaking the village and tyrannize the population. (zentropa)

'Der kommer en dag' is a movie about an orphanage where violence and humiliations is a part of the everyday life. The history is based on real stories from a boy home called 'godhavn', where lots of boys were victims of violent and sexual abuse and medical experiments.

Harsh realism and pure magic go hand in hand in this moving story about love, abandonment and alcohol. 7-year old Ida, a brave little girl, has to take care of her kid brother Skrubsak, feed the family and keep the child welfare officers at stake. Ida's father has left the family for another woman, and so far Mum has found consolation in the bottle.

Ida and her family are recovering from the divorce. She is looking forward to the upcoming dance contest. She is also growing up and developing romantic urges of her own. But romance almost destroyed her family and almost cost her her life and Ida wants nothing to do with it. Which is stronger, biology or will-power.

The first of Jesper W. Nielsen trilogy: Buldermanden, Lykkefanten and Ogginoggen. A Hitchcock like suspenseful tale exploring emotions of guilt in a child.

Dicte is a dedicated reporter and refuses to give up before she has her story. Her stubbornes gives her problems immediately with the policeman John Wagner, and they often get into clashes with each other. (imdb)

Four women work together at a small NGO in Copenhagen that specialises in genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they suspect a Serbian war criminal; but then they start suspecting and turning against each other.

Married couple Kat and Alfie Moon relocate from the London-based Walford to the remote Irish seaside town of Redwater in a quest to find Luke, Kat's long-lost son, who was given up for adoption to a foster family 32 years ago. (imdb)