Catch up on Danish films at Mumbai Film Festival
IANS - 11/1/2009
Mumbai, Nov 1 (IANS) The Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) this year has a Danish flavour with five films being screened to give Indians a taste of Denmark. And Danish actress Paprika Steen says she would love to do an Indian movie if given a chance.
The five chosen films are - "Antichrist" directed by Las Von Trier, Martin Pieter Zandvliet's "Applause", Ole Bornedal's "Fri Os Fra Det Onde", "Lille Soldat" by Annette K. Olesen and Heidi Maria Faisst's "Velsignelsen".
The Danes are eager to showcase their productions to world audiences and festivals like the MFF are an opportunity to do that, said Malene Vincent, marketing manager (feature films, short and documentary films) of the Danish Film Institute.
"I always try to bring them to the world audience and I am lucky to get the scope to market Danish films in India through MFF," Vincent told IANS.
She said that "Applause" and "Antichrist" have already been widely appreciated at international film festivals.
While "Antichrist" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival, "Applause" was received well at the Toronto International Film Festival 2009.
"Applause" is about a celebrated actress called Thea, played by Danish actress Paprika Steen, who has been battling alcoholism for years that led to her divorce and how she desperately tries to reconnect with her two sons.
"My directors think I can portray the character of a mother best in the film. I am absolutely fine with that," Paprika said here.
She bagged the Best Actress Award for her role in "Applause" at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic.
Paprika maintains that Danish films don't imitate Hollywood movies and adds that every film has shades of Danish culture and lifestyle.