Krigen
A War- Director
- Tobias Lindholm
- Country
- Denmark
- Year
- 2015
- Genre
- Fiction
- Scriptwriters
- Tobias Lindholm
- Cast
- Pilou Asbæk / Tuva Novotny / Dar Salim / Søren Malling / Charlotte Munck
- Production
- Nordisk Film Production (DK)
Storyline
Company commander Claus Michael Pedersen and his men are stationed in Helmand, Afghanistan. Meanwhile back in Denmark, with a husband at war and three children missing their father, everyday life is a struggle for Claus' wife Maria. During a routine mission, the soldiers are caught in heavy Taliban crossfire. In order to save his men, Claus makes a decision that ultimately sees him return to Denmark accused of a war crime.
Festivals & Academy awards and others
La Biennale di Venezia 2015
Orizzonti Competition
Zurich Film Festival 2015
Göteborg International Film Festival 2016
Seville European Film Festival 2016
European Film Academy Section
Zagreb Film Festival 2015
Oscar 2016
Nominated - Best Foreign Language Film
Lux Film Prize of European Parliament 2016
Selected
European Film Awards (EFA) 2016
Preselected for EFA People’s Choice Award
Releases
Spain (22 of September 2017)
United kingdom (8 of January 2016)
Denmark (10 of September 2015)
Call for proposals Development
Call for proposals Distribution Automatic
Call for proposals Distribution Selective
Year 2016
Call number 13/2015
COUNTRIES: Bosnia & Herzegovina, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Bulgaria, UK, Slovenia, Czech republic, Estonia, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia
Distribution:
Nordisk Films (Denmark)
Impacto Cine (Argentina)
Magnolia Pictures (United States)
StudioCanal ()
Vértigo (Hungary)
