Danish Film Institute

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Danish Film Institute
AbbreviationDFI
Formation1972
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Chief Executive
Claus Ladegaard
Website dfi.dk/Service/English.aspx

The Danish Film Institute (Danish : Det Danske Filminstitut; DFI) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. It is the successor organisation to the Danish Film Foundation (Danish: Den Danske Filmfond). Also known as Filmhuset ("the film house"), it is located in Gothersgade in central Copenhagen. Facilities directed at the general public include a library and Cinemateket, Denmark's national film museum.

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Tine Fischer  [ da ] has been appointed to take over from current director of the institute, Claus Ladegaard, from 1 August 2024.

History

The Danish Film Institute was founded in 1972, replacing the Danish Film Foundation (Danish: Den Danske Filmfond). In 1996 a new Danish Film Act merged the Film Institute with Statens Filmcentral and the National Danish Film Museum with effect from the following year and at the same event the institution relocated to its current premises at Filmhuset in Gothersgade.[ citation needed ]

Activities

The Danish Film Institute is active within three main areas which are subsidised:[ citation needed ]

The Film Institute presents Danish films at festivals abroad and in Denmark and subsidizes the import of foreign quality films. It maintains the Danish National Filmography (Danmarks Nationalfilmografi), a database about Danish films since 1896.[ citation needed ]

Description and facilities

The library Det Danske Filminstituts Bibliotek, interior, 2017-10-13.jpg
The library

The Danish Film Institute is also known as Filmhuset ("the film house"). It is located in Gothersgade in central Copenhagen.[ citation needed ]

It is an institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs, and is a member of European Film Promotion, the network of European film organisations for the worldwide promotion of European film.[ citation needed ]

Cinemateket

Cinemateket is the national Danish film museum, dedicated to broaden the knowledge and interest in Danish as well as foreign film. It has three cinemas which show a combination of film classics and quality films of various themes. Occasionally contemporary films which would otherwise not reach the Danish market are shown. In the videotheque in the library it is possible to watch short and documentary films. Other facilities include a book shop, a café and a restaurant.[ citation needed ]

Library

The Danish Film Institute's library on the first floor holds 55,000 books and subscribes to 240 mainly European and American magazines. The library lends regular books—usually for a period of one month—while magazines, manuscripts and rarer publications may only be referenced on the premises. [1]

DFI Directors

Claus Ladegaard [2] was appointed director from 1 January 2018. He had started working at the Danish Film Institute in 2006, first as Head of Production & Development, and from 2015 as Head of Film Funding. [3] As his contract comes to an end at the end of July 2024, Tine Fischer  [ da ] has been appointed director from 1 August 2024. [4] Fischer was the founder and CEO of the CPH:DOX film festival, becoming co-CEO, with Jacob Neiiendam, of CPH:DOX, CPH PIX, and BUSTER Film Festival for Children and Youth in 2016, and then from November 2018 sole CEO for all three festivals after Neiiendam stepped down. [5] In 2021 Fischer let Copenhagen Film Festivals to become director of the National Film School of Denmark. [6]

YearDirector
1972–1973Erik Hauerslev
1974–1976Leif Feilberg
1976–1988Finn Aabye
1988Mona Jensen
1988–1990Erik Crone
1990–1991Mona Jensen
1991–1993Bo Christensen
1993Mona Jensen
1993–1995Henrik Bering-Liisberg
1995–1997Mona Jensen
1997–2007 Henning Camre
2007–2017 Henrik Bo Nielsen
2018-Claus Ladegaard

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References

  1. ↑ "Det Danske Filminstituts Bibliotek". AOK. Archived from the original on 26 February 2008. Retrieved 10 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Claus Ladegaard tager styringen hos Filminstituttet". Berlingske. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. ↑ "Claus Ladegaard Is the Danish Film Institute's New CEO". Danish Film Institute. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Dalton, Ben (14 May 2024). "Tine Fischer appointed director of Danish Film Institute". Screen. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (6 September 2018). "Jacob Neiindam stepping down from CPH PIX after 10th edition (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  6. ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (13 May 2024). "Tine Fischer to depart CPH:DOX to run Danish film school". Screen. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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