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danish film institute Facts & figures Production And Exhibition
2016
What projects were supported in 2015? Which film was the biggest box-office draw? How are film funds prioritised at the Danish Film Institute? In the following pages we offer data about production and distribution in Denmark in 2015 along with the Danish Film Institute’s budget for 2016. Find more statistics, figures and facts about Danish films at dfi.dk/facts. 1
Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
2015 in numbers
5.7M Inhabitants in Denmark 23 Feature films supported for production 31 Shorts and documentaries supported for production 8 International co-productions supported for production EUR 2.1M Average production budget for Danish feature film 45% Average subsidy allocation to a Danish feature film 30% National market share 25 Danish feature film releases 4.1M Tickets sold to Danish films 13.8M Total admissions 2.4 Tickets sold per capita 161 Cinemas 432 Cinema screens 60.000 Cinema seats EUR 9.1 Average ticket price 100% Share of cinemas with at least one digital screen (excl. VAT)
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Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute (DFI) supports the development, production and distribution of Danish films and also offers funding for international coproductions. Support programmes extend to digital games, film education and promotion at international film festivals. 25 percent of all subsidies are earmarked for children and youth films. Situated in central Copenhagen, the DFI houses the national Cinematheque and also includes a library, a stills & posters archive and a film studio where children and young people can explore the craft of filmmaking. The DFI manages the film archives and runs a streaming website for Danish short and documentary films at filmcentralen.dk.
An exchange rate of 7.46 was used to convert Danish kroner to euros. Please note: The information contained in these pages is subject to change. Percentages may not total 100 due to rounding.
Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
DFI BUDGET 2016 DFI Budget, 2016 DFI Subsidies
DFI Subsidies, 2016 DKK (1000s)
EUR (1000s)
17,500 78,900 58,000 12,000 4,500 -2,600 4,000 16,300 1,100 7,300 197,000
2,345 10,572 7,772 1,608 603 -348 536 2,184 147 978 26,398
-2,000
-268
Shorts & documentaries subsidies Commissioners scheme: Script & development Commissioners scheme: Production Regional scheme: Production Minor productions Miscellaneous Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad Promotion & Marketing subsidies Filmcentralen purchase Total Shorts & Documentaries
12,100 28,800 500 2,500 900 5,300 4,300 500 54,900
1,621 3,859 67 335 121 710 576 67 7,357
Public Service Fund
46,800
6,271
New Danish Screen
32,000
4,288
Digital games
12,000
1,608
2,000
268
Feature films subsidies Script & development Commissioners scheme: Production Market scheme: Production Co-production scheme: Production Regional scheme: Production Miscellaneous (Annulments) International scheme: Production Promotion & Marketing subsidies Distributions subsidies Festival subsidies, Denmark & abroad Total Feature Films Reimbursements
Cross Media productions Cinema subsidies Restoration, Art Cinemas etc. Digitization Total Cinema subsidies
2,400 1,700 4,100
322 228 549
Children & Youth activities
2,000
268
11,800 10,000 9,300 31,100
1,581 1,340 1,246 4,167
379,900
50,906
Other subsidies Workshops, internal & external Eurimages & NFTVF Other subsidies Total other subsidies Total Subsidies DFI OPERATING COSTS Board, CEO and Staff Functions Film Support Children & Youth and Media Council Film House (cinemas, archives, administration etc.) Other (property, IT systems etc.)
9,900 28,100 8,100 38,200 35,800
1,327 3,765 1,085 5,119 4,797
Total Operating Costs 2016
120,100
16,093
500,000
66,999
DFI Total Budget 2016
Cross Media Productions, Reimbursements, Cinema Subsidies, Children & Youth Activities, Other Subsidies 10% Digital games 3% New Danish Screen 8%
Feature films subsidies 52%
Public Service Fund 12%
Shorts & documentaries subsidies 15%
DFI Operating Costs, 2016 Board, CEO and Staff Functions 8% Other (property, IT systems etc.) 30% Film Support 23%
Children & Youth and Media Council 7% Film House (cinemas, archives, administration etc.) 32%
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Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
DANISH ThEATRICAL RELEASES Danish Theatrical Film Releases, 2015 / sorted by release date Title
Domestic Production Company
Director
Domestic Distributor
15/01/15 05/02/15
Zentropa M&M Productions
Susanne Bier Anders Thomas Jensen
My Canadian Adventure – The Quest for the Lost Gold Itsi Bitsi People Get Eaten Albert
05/02/15
Obel Film
Niels Nørløv
Nordisk Film Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Denmark All Right Film
19/02/15 26/02/15 26/02/15
Nimbus Film Clausen Film M&M Productions, A, Film
Ole Christian Madsen Erik Clausen Karsten Kiilerich
April 9th The Shamer's Daughter Rosita The Idealist Long Story Short In Your Arms Jens Munk – NordvestXpeditionen
12/03/15 26/03/15 16/04/15 16/04/15 07/05/15 21/05/15 21/05/15
Nordisk Film Nepenthe Film Nordisk Film Production Toolbox Film Miso Film Meta Film Japp Production
Bridgend
25/06/15
Jeppe Rønde
Gold Coast Comeback Summer of ´92 A War Klown Forever Father of Four – on a Wild Holiday Key House Mirror Emma and Santa Claus – The Quest for the Elf Queen's Heart Land of Mine Iqbal Farooq and The Secret Recipe Going To School
02/07/15 06/08/15 27/08/15 10/09/15 24/09/15 02/10/15 12/11/15 12/11/15
Blenkov & Schønnemann Pictures Haslund/Dencik Entertainment Toolbox Film PeaPie, Meta Film Nordisk Film Production Nutmeg Movies ASA Film Nordisk Film Production Deluca Film
03/12/15 17/12/15 25/12/15
Feature Films A Second Chance Men & Chicken
Documentary Films Misfits Fassbinder – To Love Without Demands Shadow of a Hero The Man Who Saved the World The Visit: An Alien Encounter Eskimo Diva Natural Disorder Man Falling Ejersbo Born To Loose
Release Date
DFI Production Subsidy Type
Total Admissions (year-end 2015)
Commissioner Commissioner
214,517 358,568
x
Market
324,765
x
Commissioner Market Market
40,076 239,865 138,788
242,435 227,542 13,609 43,122 135,193 2,585 406
Camera Film
Market Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner New Danish Screen No production support New Danish Screen
Daniel Dencik Natasha Arthy Kasper Barfoed Tobias Lindholm Mikkel Nørgaard Giacomo Campeotto Michael Noer Søren Frellesen
SF Film Nordisk Film SF Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Nordisk Film Scanbox
x
Commissioner Commissioner Market Commissioner Market Market Commissioner Market
72,155 21,882 317,100 77,585 512,056 253,260 88,859 191,105
Nordisk Film Production Miso Film Regner Grasten
Martin Pieter Zandvliet Tilde Harkamp Frederik Meldal Nørgaard
Nordisk Film Nordisk Film UIP
x x
Commissioner Market Commissioner
119,958 114,166 43,510
05/03/15 16/04/15
Sonntag Pictures Kollektiv Film
Jannik Splidsboel Christian Braad Thomsen
Reel Pictures Kollektiv Film
345 1,280
03/06/15 11/06/15 02/09/15 10/09/15 07/10/15 11/11/15
Fridthjof Film Statement Film Magic Jour Films Space Rocket Nation Moving Documentary Danish Documentary Production DFI, Christian Bonke.com Killit Films
Laurits Munch-Petersen Peter Anthony Michael Madsen Lene Stæhr Christian Sønderby Jepsen Anne Regitze Wivel
DOX:BIO 41 Shadows DOX:BIO Reel Pictures DOX:BIO DOX:BIO
Commissioner No production support Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
Christian Holten Bonke Palle Demant
DOX:BIO Camera Film
Commissioner No production support
5,319 1,678
Saloon Cartoon Opus Film Motlys
Tomm Moore Anna Kazejak Joachim Trier
SF Film SF Film SF Film
Minor co-production Minor co-production Minor co-production
5,937 4 2,758
25/11/15 02/12/15
Minor Co-productions, Documentary Films Song of the Sea 19/02/15 The Word 25/06/15 Louder Than Bombs 03/12/15 Source: Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID)
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Children/ Youth
SF Film Nordisk Film Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Denmark Roni Ezra Nordisk Film Kenneth Kainz Nordisk Film Frederikke Aspöck Nordisk Film Christina Rosendahl SF Film May el-Toukhy SF Film Samanou Acheche Sahlstrøm SF Film Ole Japp Øst for paradis
x
x
6,755
2,721 1,959 1,624 676 2,567 4,802
Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
distribution & the cinema sector Top 20 / Theatrical Film Releases, 2015 #
Title
Director
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Spectre Star Wars: The Force Awakens Klown Forever Inside Out Jurassic World Minions Fifty Shades of Grey Fast & Furious 7 Men & Chicken My Canadian Adventure – The Quest for the Lost Gold Summer of '92 All Inclusive The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 Avengers: Age of Ultron Father of Four – On a Wild Holiday April 9th People Get Eaten Home Big Hero 6 The Shamer’s Daughter
Sam Mendes J. J. Abrams Mikkel Nørgaard Pete Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen Colin Trevorrow Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin Sam Taylor-Johnson James Wan Anders Thomas Jensen Niels Nørløv Hansen Kasper Barfoed Hella Joof Francis Lawrence Joss Whedon Giacomo Campeotto Roni Ezra Erik Clausen Tim Johnson Don Hall, Chris Williams Kenneth Kainz
Release Date
Admissions (1000s)
Country
30/10/15 16/12/15 24/09/15 27/08/15 11/06/15 02/07/15 12/02/15 02/04/15 05/02/15 05/02/15 27/08/15 25/12/14 18/11/15 23/04/15 02/10/15 12/03/15 26/02/15 26/03/15 29/01/15 26/03/15
897,834 530,130 512,056 495,208 471,294 456,182 387,558 371,828 358,568 324,765 317,100 308,838 289,340 278,711 253,260 242,435 239,865 237,402 235,455 227,542
UK US DK US US US US US DK DK DK DK US US DK DK DK US US DK
Number of Viewers (1000s)
Original Release Year
Number of Broadcasts
721 679 523 503 385 333 305 296 222 181 155 152 146 127 120 118 115 110 92 91
2014 2014 2014 2012 2014 2014 2015 2006 2014 2014 2014 2015 2012 2005 2011 2009 2010 2012 2013 2010
3 3 3 2 4 5 3 2 3 3 4 2 2 4 2 1 2 4 3 1
Source: Danish Film Distributors Association (FAFID) * Released in 2014 ** Films still playing in 2016
Top 20 / Documentaries with DFI-Support Shown on National Broadcasters DR and TV2, 2015 #
Title
Director
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
The Circus Dynasty (2:2) The Circus Dynasty (1:2) The Newsroom – Off the Record My Love Good Things Await Me and Dad – No Expectations of Applause Dreaming of Denmark Gasolin' Pervert Park Something Better to Come Night Will Fall What He Did Queen of Versailles Karen Blixen – Out of This World The Will The Invisible Cell (1:2) The Good Life Solar Mamas – Why Poverty? I'm Thai Tommy Seebach
Anders Riis-Hansen Anders Riis-Hansen Mikala Krogh Iben Haahr Andersen Phie Ambo Kathrine Ravn Kruse Michael Graversen Anders Høgsbro Østergaard Lasse Barkfors, Frida Barkfors Hanna Polak André Singer Jonas Poher Rasmussen Lauren Greenfield Anna von Lowzow, Marcus Mandal Christian Sønderby Jepsen Anders Riis-Hansen Eva Mulvad Jehane Noujaim, Mona Eldaief Kaspar Astrup Schröder Sami Saif
Source: TNS Galup Infosys
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Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
distribution & the cinema sector Largest European Domestic Market Shares, 2015
45% 35% 30%
29%
15%
United Kingdom
France
Denmark
Finland
EU average
Source: Provisional numbers from European Audiovisual Observatory
Market Shares in Danish Cinemas, 2011-2015 Europe (excl. Denmark)
Other
Denmark
USA
59%
56%
55% 51%
50%
30%
29%
27%
30%
27%
19%
18%
15%
1%
13%
2011
3%
2%
1% 2012
11%
2013
2% 2014
2015
Source: Statistics Denmark. From 2014, the data source is changed, which means a slight decrease in the number of screened films
Admissions in Danish Cinemas, 2011 – 2015 Total admissions (million) Total admissions for Danish releases (million) Danish national market share Danish share of film release Source: Statistics Denmark. From 2014, the data source is changed, which means a slight decrease in the number of screened films
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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
12.4 3.4 27% 13%
13.6 3.9 29% 13%
12.9 3.9 30% 14%
11.9 3.3 27% 13%
13.8 4.1 30% 14%
Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
feature fiction / supports Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2015 Title
Domestic Production Company
Director
Budget Euro (1000s)
DFI Subsidy Euro (1000s)
DK Public Service Television
Commissioners Scheme Amina’s Letters Anti Darkland Darling Finale Going to School Heartstone
Toolbox Film Miso Film Profile Pictures Zentropa Entertainments Frightgeist Regner Grasten Filmproduktion SF Film Production
Holiday In the Blood No title yet Loving Pia Mesteren Three Things Vejfesten You Disappear Market Scheme Across the Waters Alle for tre Antboy III Dræberne fra Nibe Min søsters børn og robotten One-Two-Three Now! The Christmas Family 2 The Reunion 3
DK Regional Funding
1,983 804 1,568 2,948 402 804 1,876
965 523 858 1,045 268 482 389
x x x x
Dharma Film Profile Pictures Nimbus Film Adomeit Film Nimbus Film Profile Pictures Zentropa Entertainments Zentropa Entertainments
Jacob Bitsch Morten BH Fenar Ahmad Birgitte Stærmose Søren Juul Petersen Frederik M. Nørgaard Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson Isabella Eklöf Rasmus Heisterberg Mikkel Seerup Daniel Joseph Borgman Charlotte Sieling Jens Dahl Anders Morgenthaler Peter Schønau Fog
1,782 1,648 2,385 630 2,854 804 2,626 3,551
777 1,045 1,126 469 1,179 415 1,099 1,206
SF Film Production Fridthjof Film Nimbus Miso Film Obel Film Regner Grasten Filmproduktion Pixi Film Nordisk Film
Nicolo Donato Rasmus Heide Ask Hasselbalch Ole Bornedal Peter Gornstein Barbara Rothenborg Carsten Rudolf Birger Larsen
3,141 3,356 2,913 3,020 2,523 2,228 2,497 2,738
1,032 1,166 978 992 951 938 938 871
x x x x x x x x
Minor Co-productions Godless Snowglobe Hjertestarter SF Film Production Luis and his friends from outer space A Film
966 2,792 7,450
121 134 335
x
BG/DK NO/NL/DK DE/L/DK
x
Sameblod The Little Vampire
2,188 6,725
201 268
x
NO/SE/DK DE/NL/DK
x
1,463
268
x
x
Tom of Finland
Fridthjof Film
Dome Karukoski
3,638
188
x
Tonic Immobility
41Shadows
Nathalie Teirlinck
2,242
161
x
x x x x
BG/NL
x x
The Untamed
SE IS
x x
Ralitsa Petrova Arild Arendsen Christoph Lauenstein, Sean McCormack, Wolfgang Lauenstein Nordisk Film Production Amanda Kernell A Film Karsten Kiilerich, Richard Claus Adomeit Film ApS og Snowglobe Amat Escalante
Children/ Youth
DE
x x
x
Intl, Co-production
CZ/NO/NL x
x x x x
NL/SE SE
x x
IRL DE
x x x x
F/MEX/NO/ DK SF/SE/DE/ DK B/DK
Source: The Danish Film Institute
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.
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.
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.
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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Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
docs, shorts, New Danish screen / supports Documentaries, Short Films and New Danish Screen Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2015 Title
Budget Euro (1000s)
DFI Subsidy Euro (1000s)
DK Public Service Television
Camilla Magid Lotte Mik-Meyer Kasper Astrup Schrøder Emil Langballe Brian McGinn Andreas Johnsen Anne Wivel David Borenstein Lise Birk Pedersen Eva Mulvad Elvira Lind Ida Grøn Mads Ellesøe Nicole N. Horanyi Jakob Gottschau Claus Bohm Sine Skibsholt Boris Bertram Mikala Krogh Jon Bang Carlsen Jacob Thuesen Michael Graversen Emil Langballe Anders Gustafsson Katrine W. Kjær Anita M. Hopland, Jens Lengerke Anja Kvistgaard Marott Katrine Philp
572 338 400 427 630 725 433 528 1,002 662 369 565 589 1,029 229 401 385 325 495 275 42 355 362 329 291 384 438 103
253 161 160 153 161 201 235 257 167 251 188 208 161 379 127 225 184 174 188 161 37 197 170 141 165 190 182 80
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
Short Films / Commissioner Scheme Great Grandad’s Tall Tales Toolbox Film Vitello Zentropa Entertainments Finding Home Profile Pictures
Tone Mygind Rostbøll Dorte Bengtson Christian Vig Kuntz
198 1,968 183
153 208 129
x x x
New Danish Screen Talent Scheme The Happy Native (Working Title) My Dad, the Wizard (Working Title) Piggy Yolo (Working Title) In the Dark Room 37 The Charmer (Working Title) Next Door Spy Winter Brothers
Lasse Lau Alexander Lind Malte Pedersson Anna Maria Helgadottir Puk Grasten Milad Alami Karla Bengtson Hlynur Palmasson
294 258 164 309 818 857 1,197 828
268 258 147 291 389 723 925 771
x x x x x x x x
GREENLAND
Documentary Films, Minor Co-productions The Acali Experiment Bullitt Film Angels are Made of Light Final Cut for Real Aquarela Danish Documentary Production Mogadishu Soldier Wingman Media Post Punk Disorder Magic Hour Films Safari Danish Documentary Production Strong Island Final Cut for Real The Golden Dawn Case House of Real The Island and the Whales Radiator Film The Rescuer Good Company Pictures
Marcus Lindeen James Longley Victor Kossakovsky Torstein Grude Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi Urich Seidl Yance Ford Haavard Bustnes Mike Day Hark Joon Lee
866 733 2,200 841 580 712 1,137 629 642 412
67 67 74 60 56 67 67 67 54 70
x x x x x x x x x x
The Road Varicella
Zhang Zanbo Victor Kossakovsky
271 230
54 33
x x
SE/DK US/DK UK/DE/US/DK NO/FI/DK FI/NO/SE/DK AUSTRIA/DK US/DK NO/FI/DK UK/DK SOUTH KOREA/ DE/DK CHINA/DK NO/SE/DK
Documentary Films Transformation Returning of Ravalomanana Big Time Deported Amanda Bugs Man Falling Chinese Dreamland School of Democracy A Modern Man in a Classical World Bobbi Jene Code Faithfull (Working Title) Modern War A Stranger in Town Facebookistan The Plunge Who We Were War Photographer School of Life Deja Vu Anger Dreaming of Denmark Josefine’s Farm Being Grown-Up (Working Title) Run like a girl Russian Sky Love & Sex Home Sweet Home
Source: The Danish Film Institute
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Domestic Production Company
Director
Final Cut for Real Kamoli Films Sonntag Pictures Made in Copenhagen Plus Pictures Danish Documentary Production Danish Documentary Production House of Real Magic Hour Films Danish Documentary Production Sonntag Pictures ApS Bullitt Film Plus Pictures Made in Copenhagen Express TV-Produktion Filmforsyningen Made in Copenhagen Good Company Pictures Danish Documentary Production C&C Productions Creative Alliance Klassefilm Made in Copenhagen Made in Copenhagen Chili Film Larm Film Magma Film & TV Good Company Pictures
Kran Film Collective House of Real Kamikaze Film CPH Masterplan Pictures Regner Grasten Filmproduktion Good Company Films Copenhagen Bombay Masterplan Pictures
Plus Pictures Final Cut for Real
Series
Intl, Children/ Co-proYouth duction
DK/FI
DK/NL DK/NO/FI/IT DK/DE DK/SE
DK/FI/SE DK/NL
DK/DE
x x x x x x x x x x
US SE SE ICELAND
x x
x x
x
x
Facts & figures 2016 / danish film institute
OVERVIEW OF SUPPORTS 2011-2015 Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2011-2015 Commisioner scheme (incl. Råfilm and low budget films)
22 19
18
Market scheme (former 60/40)
Minor co-productions
23
21
8
8 10
9
10 9 6
10
9 14
2012
15
11
8 2011
8
7
2013
2014
2015
Financial Structure of Feature Fiction Films Supported for Production by DFI, 2011-2015
100% Danish Finance Major Co-Productions Minor Co-Productions All Productions
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
16 3 6 25
12 6 9 27
13 9 9 31
10 11 7 28
14 9 8 31
Number of New Danish Screen Films supported for Production by DFI, 2011-2015
All Productions
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
12
12
10
22
8
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
40
32
38
35
43
Number of Documentaries and Shorts Supported for Production by DFI, 2011-2015 All Productions Source: Danish Film Institute
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