danish film institute Facts & figures Production And Exhibition Figures What projects were supported in 2013? Which two Danish films sold more tickets at Danish cinemas than the Hollywood blockbuster The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? How are film funds actually prioritised at the Danish Film Institute, the national body for film and cinema culture? In the following pages we have gathered last year’s data about production, distribution and the cinema market, along with the Danish Film Institute’s budget for 2014. You can find more statistics, figures and facts about Danish films at dfi.dk/facts.
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2013 in numbers 5.6M 22 29 9 EUR 2.8M 36% 19 157 405 58,000 EUR 8.3 13.6M 4M 2.4 30% 100%
Inhabitants in Denmark Feature films supported for production
Danish Film Institute
Shorts and documentaries supported for production International co-productions supported for production Average production budget for a Danish feature film
The Danish Film Institute (DFI) supports the development, production and distribution of Danish films, as well as international co-productions.
Average subsidy allocation to a Danish feature film Danish feature film releases Cinemas Cinema screens Cinema seats Average ticket price (excl. VAT) Total admissions Tickets sold to Danish films Tickets sold per capita National market share Share of cinemas with at least one digital screen
Support programmes also extend to film education and international promotion at film festivals. The DFI includes a library, a stills and posters archive and a film archive. The DFI’s Filmhouse is open to the public and houses the national Cinematheque. The DFI offers many gateways to production support, highlighting talent development and keeping a sharp eye on new digital platforms. 25 percent of all subsidies are earmarked for children and youth films. DFI also runs a streaming website featuring Danish documentaries and short films at filmcentralen.dk.
An exchange rate of 7.458 (2013 annual average) was used to convert Danish Kroner to Euros.
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Facts & figures 2014 / danish film institute
DFI BUDGET 2014 DFI Budget, 2014 DFI Subsidies
DFI Subsidy Budget, 2014 DKK (1000s) Euro (1000s)
Production & Development: Feature Films Subsidies Script & development Commissioner scheme: Production Market scheme: Production Co-production scheme: Production Regional scheme: Production International scheme: Production Total Feature Films, P&D
Feature Films, P&D
46%
Shorts & Documentaries, P&D
13%
Public Service Fund
9%
New Danish Screen
9%
Video Games
1%
Other Subsidies, P&D
5%
Feature Films, A&M
8%
Shorts & Documentaries, A&M
3%
Cinema Subsidies
2%
17,500 70,750 51,750 12,000 5,000 4,000 161,000
2,346 9,486 6,939 1,609 670 536 21,588
Shorts & Documentaries Subsidies Commissioner scheme: Script & development Commissioner scheme: Production Miscellaneous Total Shorts & Documentaries, P&D
12,000 31,500 3,000 46,500
1,609 4,224 402 6,235
Public Service Fund
30,000
4,023
New Danish Screen Features, shorts and documentaries Total New Danish Screen
30,000 30,000
4,023 4,023
5,200
697
5,850 8,900 1,100 15,850
784 1,193 147 2,125
Children & Youth Activities
1%
Other Subsidies, A&M
2%
288,550
38,691
Other
1%
Feature Film Subsidies Promotion & Marketing subsidies Distribution subsidies Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad Total Feature Films, A&M
20,150 1,100 7,500 28,750
2,702 147 1,006 3,855
Shorts & Documentaries Subsidies Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad Promotion & Marketing subsidies Filmstriben purchase Total Shorts & Documentaries, A&M
5,000 4,500 2,000 11,500
670 603 268 1,542
Video Games Other Subsidies Workshops, internal & external Eurimages & NFTVF Miscellaneous Total Other Subsidies, P&D Total Production & Development Audience & Marketing:
Cinema Subsidies Restoration, Art Cinemas etc. Digitization Cinema Subsidies
4,300 1,700 6,000
577 228 805
Children & Youth activities
2,100
282
Other Subsidies
7,300
979
55,650 3,200
7,463 429
347,400
46,583
Total Audience & Marketing Other Total Subsidies 2014 DFI Operating Costs: Production & Development Audience & Marketing Museum & Cinematheque Media Council Administration & Communication Other
18,803 17,283 29,015 2,149 17,211 37,639
2,521 2,317 3,890 288 2,308 5,047
Total Operating Costs 2014
122,100
16,371
DFI TOTAL BUDGET 2014
469,500
62,954
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DFI Operating Costs, 2014
Production & Development
15%
Audience & Marketing
14%
Museum & Cinematheque
24%
Media Council
2%
Administration & Communication
14%
Other
31%
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DANISH ThEATRICAL RELEASES Danish Theatrical Film Releases, 2013 Title
Release date
Production company
Director
Domestic distributor
Total admissions (year end 2013)
Children/ youth
DFI subsidy type
Thomas Vinterberg Rasmus Heide Martin Miehe-Renard Kenneth Kainz Annette K. Olesen Martin Miehe-Renard Shaky González Micheal Noer Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Nicolas Winding Refn Daniel Joseph Borgman Tomas Villum Jensen Christoffer Boe Mikkel Nørgaard Ask Hasselbalch Jørgen Lerdam Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis Nils Malmros Lars von Trier
Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Filmcompagniet Filmcompagniet Nordisk Film Filmcompagniet Filmcompagniet Nordisk Film Filmcompagniet Scanbox Øst for Paradis Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Filmcompagniet Nordisk Film UIP Nordisk Film Nordisk Film
665,294 390,200 413,449 202,145 45,675 101,843 27,212 104,196 91,474 26,424 1,542 100,966 330,107 721,170 175,077 202,522 104,893 249,249 13,437
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Commissioner Market Market Market Market Marketing support Marketing support Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Market Commissioner Market Commissioner 60/40 Market Commissioner Commissioner
Novamedia Film Haslund Film
Anne Moulvad Daniel Dencik
Novamedia Film DOXBIO
8,393 6,857
Marketing support Commissioner
Dharma Film Final Cut for Real Klassefilm SF Film
Jonas Poher Rasmussen Andreas Dalsgaard Katrine Philp Jørgen Leth
Dharma Film Michau + Klassefilm Camera Film
278 1,424 not available 1,498
New Danish Screen Marketing support Commissioner Commissioner
Radiator Film Made in Copenhagen
Berit Madsen Pernille Bervald Jørgensen, Christian Sønderby Jepsen Peter Klitgaard
DOXBIO DOXBIO
1,317 8,306
Commissioner Commissioner
Camera Film
1,494
Marketing support
372 1,689
Marketing support Commissioner
not available
Marketing support
Feature Fiction (DFI Production and Marketing Support) The Hunt 10.01.13 Zentropa All for Two 31.01.13 Fridthjof Film My Sister's Kids in Africa 31.01.13 Obel Film Otto is a Rhino 07.02.13 Crone Film The Shooter 28.02.13 Nordisk Film The Contest 21.03.13 ASA Film Production Grey Gold 28.03.13 Zeitgeist Northwest 18.04.13 Nordisk Film The Hour of the Lynx 23.05.13 Nimbus Film Only God Forgives 30.05.13 Space Rocket Nation The Weight of Elephants 06.06.13 Zentropa Player 20.06.13 Blenkov & Schønnemann Pictures Sex, Drugs & Taxation 29.08.13 Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen The Keeper of Lost Causes 03.10.13 Zentropa Antboy 03.10.13 Nimbus Film Olsen Gang in Deep Trouble 10.10.13 Nordisk Film Catch the Dream 31.10.13 Regner Grasten Film Sorrow and Joy 14.11.13 Nordisk Film Nymphomaniac 25.12.13 Zentropa Documentaries (incl. New Danish Screen) Tangentspilleren (Danish title) 03.02.13 Expedition to the End of the 06.02.13 World Searching for Bill 21.02.13 The Human Scale 21.02.13 Dance for Me 17.04.13 Talking to You – A Portrait of 08.05.13 the Painter John Kørner Sepideh 03.06.13 Blood Ties 05.06.13 The Naked Eye – A Film About the Painter Michael Kvium Tal R – The Virgin Ai Weiwei The Fake Case
28.09.13
Wake Film, Opus Film
21.11.13 30.11.13
Daniel Dencik Andreas Johnsen
Camera Film Michau+
Just the Right Amount of Violence
05.12.13
Dencik Film Rosforth Films, Danish Documentary Production C&C Productions, Kamoli Films
Jon Bang Carlsen
Michau+
Minor Co-productions Kon-tiki
04.04.13
A. Film
Nordisk Film
176,988
Ginger & Rosa Borgman Hocus Pocus Alfie Atkins!
11.04.13 19.12.13 25.12.13
Nordisk Film Miso Film Det Danske Filmstudie
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg Sally Potter Alex van Warmerdam Torill Kove
UIP Angel Films Nordisk Film
1,725 867 15,366
Fridthjof Film
Håvard Bustnes
DOXBIO
Minor Co-productions, Documentaries Two Raging Grannies 13.11.13
x x x x x
x x
x
x
2,281
Source: Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID).
DFI PRODUCTION SUBSIDY TYPES Commissioner Scheme supports films with unique cinematic ambitions – films that are artistically innovative and challenge their audiences. The scheme supports features, documentaries and shorts. Market Scheme supports films with broad audience appeal – films that fascinate because they tell a popular story or cultivate a familiar genre. The scheme supports features.
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New Danish Screen supports films that push the boundaries of cinema – films that strengthen talent development and experimentation. The scheme supports fiction, documentaries, series and trans-media. Minor Co-production Scheme supports international films that have Danish production participation – films that strengthen international partnerships and creative exchange. The scheme supports features, documentaries and shorts.
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distribution & the cinema sector Top 20 / Theatrical Film Releases, 2013
Market Shares Based on Admissions in Danish Cinemas, 2013
#
Title
Release date
Admissions
Country
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 18 19 20
The Keeper of Lost Causes ** The Hunt The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug My Sister's Kids in Africa All for Two The Hunger Games: Catching Fire ** Sex, Drugs & Taxation The Intouchables * Iron Man 3 Despicable Me 2 Frozen ** Sorrow and Joy ** Fast & Furious 6 The Smurfs 2 The Croods Otto Is a Rhino Gravity Les Misérables
03.10.2013 10.01.2013 11.12.2013 31.01.2013 31.01.2013 20.11.2013 29.08.2013 22.11.2012 25.04.2013 04.07.2013 25.12.2013 14.11.2013 23.05.2013 05.09.2013 21.03.2013 07.02.2013 07.11.2013 21.03.2013
721,170 665,294 473,128 413,449 390,200 337,332 330,107 306,216 277,160 271,965 262,927 249,249 247,818 211,727 210,442 202,145 194,907 190,420
DK DK US DK DK US DK FR US US US DK US US US DK US US
Source: Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID). * Released in 2012. ** Films still playing in 2014.
Other European Films 12% Others 1%
Danish Films 30% American Films 57% Source: Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID).
Top 20 / Documentaries with DFI-Support on DR & TV 2, 2013 #
Title
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
The Bailiff My Love – The Story of Poul and Mai A Normal Life Blood Ties The Arctic Giant Four Letters Apart – Children In the Age of ADHD The Home Front Dance for Me The Queen of Versailles Bandekrigerne – en insider åbner op (Danish title) Bandekrigerne – et farligt venskab (Danish title) My Beautiful Daughter The Carbon Crooks Wild Girls Me and My Family (6:10) The Gulabi Gang Me and My Family (7:10) Me and My Family (10:10) The War Campaign The Detective (1:3)
Number of viewers
Number of broadcasts
1,065,000 818,000 711,000 689,000 637,000 499,000 451,000 408,000 385,000 369,000 361,000 315,000 281,000 264,000 250,000 244,000 237,000 196,000 190,000 188,000
3 3 5 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 2 1 6 1 6 5 3 3
Largest European Domestic Market Shares, 2013
35
33%
31%
30
30% 26%
25 20 13%
15 10 5 0
France
Italy
Denmark
Germany
EU average
Source: Provisional numbers from European Audiovisual Observatory
Source: TNS Gallup Infosys.
Admissions and Domestic Market Shares in Danish Cinemas, 2004-2013 Total admissions (million) Total admissions for Danish releases (million) Domestic market share
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
12.8 3.0 24%
12.2 4.0 32%
12.6 3.1 25%
12.1 3.1 26%
13.2 4.3 32%
14.1 2.4 17%
13.0 2.9 22%
12.4 3.4 27%
13.6 3.9 29%
13.6 4.1 30%
Source: Statistics Denmark and, for 2013, Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID).
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feature fiction films / supports Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2013 Title
Production company
Director
Budget Euro (1000s)
DFI DK public subsidy service (%) television
Commissioner Scheme When Animals Dream Danny's Doomsday Itsi Bitsi Medina Key House Mirror Lillebror (Danish title) A Second Chance Comeback Emma Sorgenfri (Danish title) One, Two, Threesome Long Story Short The Shamer's Daughter Men & Chicken
Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen Miso Film ApS Nimbus Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Zentropa Toolbox Film Zentropa Meta Film C. Bjerre Filmproduktion Miso Film Nepenthe Film M&M Productions
Jonas Alexander Arnby Martin Barnewitz Ole Christian Madsen Omar Shargawi Michael Noer Frederikke Aspöck Susanne Bier Natasha Arthy Mads Matthiesen Bo Mikkelsen Claus Bjerre May el-Toukhy Kenneth Kainz Anders Thomas Jensen
2,266 2,145 3,966 1,629 2,129 1,944 4,785 2,162 2,325 1,703 395 2,324 6,650 4,821
60% 51% 33% 61% 50% 57% 25% 47% 46% 73% 61% 52% 22% 24%
x x x
Nordisk Film Happy Ending Film Zentropa M&M Albert Nordisk Film SF Film Production Zentropa Nimbus Film
Mikkel Serup Hella Joof Christian E. Christiansen Karsten Kiilerich Roni Ezra Bille August Mikkel Nørgaard Ask Hasselbalch
2,387 2,347 1,809 2,317 3,486 1,783 5,297 2,681
35% 37% 44% 37% 26% 38% 18% 33%
x x x x x x x x
Phoenix Film SF Film Production Windelov/Lassen Copenhagen Bombay Rights Cosmo Film Eyeworks Fine & Mellow SF Film Production Nimbus Film Nørlum
Pawel Pawlikowski Anna Kazejak Yaelle Kayam Reinis Kalnaellis, Valentas Askinis Ella Lemhagen henrik ruben Genz Lisa Aschan Pernilla August Rémi Chayé
1,456 1,300 528 3,035 3,862 18,286 2,212 5,730 6,401
5% 14% 14% 7% 5% 1% 8% 6% 6%
x x x x x x x x x
DK regional funding
Intl. co-pro duction
x x x
x x x
Children/ youth
x x
x
x
x x
x
x
x
x x
Market Scheme The Reunion 2 – The Funeral Malta All Inclusive On the Edge Albert 9 April Silent Heart The Absent One Antboy II
x
x x x
x
Minor Co-productions IDA The Word The Mountain The Golden Horse The Boy with the Golden Trousers Good People Detained The Serious Game Longway North
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x
x x x x
x x x x x x x x x
x x
x
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docs, shorts, New Danish screen / supports Documentaries, Short Films and New Danish Screen Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2013 Title
Production company
Director
Andreas Johnsen Amir Escandari Anders Riis-Hansen
The Secret Flight Cathedrals of Culture
Danish Documentary Production Fridthjof Film Hansen & Pedersen Film og Fjernsyn Fridthjof Film Final Cut for Real
The Castle Shadow of a Hero Concerning Violence Lost in Perfection 7.9.13
Danish Documentary Production Fridthjof Film Final Cut for Real Zentropa Plus Pictures
1989 If I Can't Dance It's Not My Revolution The Little Wild Ones Light Fly, Fly High
Magic Hour Films Fridthjof Film Frejas Focus, Wake Film Made in Copenhagen
Chikara – The Sumo Wrestler’s Son Dagbog fra Porn Valley (Danish title) Love, Love, Love Hvide kæbe (Danish title) Misfits Good Things Await Up in Smoke Raging Grannies A Home in the World Den fantastiske læge (Danish title) Drone (Danish title) No Title Inside Fur The Look of Silence Til minde om lejrene (Danish title) Afghan Justice Den røde tråd (Danish title) Jacob Holdt
Final Cut Real Made in Copenhagen Fridthjof Film Loke Film Sonntag Pictures Danish Documentary Production Larm Film Fridthjof Film Sonntag Pictures Plus Pictures Radiator Film Danish Documentary Production Electric Parc Final Cut for Real Final Cut for Real Made in Copenhagen Nils Vest Film Copenhagen Film & TV
Andreas Kofoed Karim Ainouz, Michael Glarwogger, Michael Madsen, Robert Redford, Wim Wenders, Margreth Olin Eva Mulvad Laurits Munch-Petersen Göran Hugo Olsson Erik Gandini Bettina Mouridsen, Brian McGinn, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Louise Detlefsen Anders Høgsbro Østergaard Marie Skovgaard, Obaidah Zytoon Laila Hodell Susann Østigaard, Beathe Hofseth Simon Lereng Wilmont Nicole N. Horanyi Louise Detlefsen Adam Schmedes Jannik Splidsboel Phie Ambo Tom Heinemann Håvard Bustnes Anders Koefoed Louise Kjeldsen, Louise Detlefsen Tonje Hessen Pernille Rose Grønkjær NN Joshua Oppenheimer André Singer, Stephen Frears Nicole N. Horanyi Mette Knudsen Niels-Ole Rasmussen
Short films Jamila – If Only I Could Fly Tale of a String Lillefinger (Danish title) Her og nu (Danish title) Kænguruerne (Danish title) Peter Pix
Dansk Tegnefilm 2 M&M Productions Copenhagen Bombay Rights Globus Mastiff Nepenthe Film
New Danish Screen Baby Lulu Flow Kivitok Mini Rodløs (Danish title) Suburbs Vokseværk (Danish title) Brothers in Arms We Are Journalists
SF Film Production SF Film Production Beofilm Fischer Film Windelov Lassen Gammeltoft Blenkov & Schønnemann First Lady Film Film Maker Danish Doc Production
Documentaries Ai Weiwei The Fake Case Wind Catchers The Circus Dynasty
Budget Euro (1000s)
DFI DK public subsidy service (%) television
442 496 456
53% 12% 49%
x x x
684 2.802
33% 6%
x x
228 375 670 965 697
22% 80% 6% 4% 44%
x x x x x
1.193 670 215 456
19% 42% 70% 10%
x x x x
201 228 228 161 295 429 375 670 389 335 684 630 670 670 644 644 362 416
70% 29% 75% 61% 55% 50% 44% 8% 37% 32% 6% 41% 8% 20% 5% 39% 57% 60%
x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x
Jannik Hastrup Karsten Kiilerich Mette Skov Jeremy Weller Carsten Myllerup Trine Heller Jensen
161 174 442 308 670 268
63% 79% 53% 80% 36% 84%
x x x x
Camilla Ramonn Caroline Sascha Cogez Fenar Ahmad Frederik Jacobi Milad Alami Kira Richards Hansen Jeppe Rønde Tor Fruergaard Cav Bøgelund Ahmad Farahani
358 489 842 180 262 148 896 323 355 227
94% 89% 87% 82% 43% 99% 81% 90% 90% 100%
x x x x x x x x x x
Series
Intl. co-pro duction *
Children/ youth
x
x
x
x x
x x
x
x x
x
x x x x x
x x x x
x x x x x x
x x x
x x x
x x x x x x
* Of the international co-productions, the two films 1989 and Misfits are Danish majors; the remaining films are Danish minors.
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Facts & figures 2014 / danish film institute
overview of supports 2007-2013 Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2007-2013 Commissioner scheme (incl. R책film) Market scheme (former 60/40) Minor co-productions All Productions
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
12 5 7 24
13 6 6 25
11 9 6 26
13 10 7 30
10 9 6 25
8 10 9 27
14 8 9 31
Financial Structure of Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2007-2013 100% Danish finance Major co-productions Minor co-productions All Productions
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
9 8 7 24
8 11 6 25
11 9 6 26
16 7 7 30
16 3 6 25
12 6 9 27
13 9 9 31
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
1 0 2 0 3
4 11 11 0 26
4 8 7 0 19
2 3 9 0 14
0 7 7 1 15
1 5 4 1 11
2 1 7 0 10
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
31
37
31
46
40
32
38
New Danish Screen Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2007-2013 Feature films Documentaries Short films Interactive All Productions Note: The supports are broken down by type of films in their final format.
Documentaries and Shorts Supported for Production by DFI, 2007-2013 All Productions Note: The figures include Danish productions and minor co-productions.
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