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| Founded | 2002 |
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| Owner | Egmont Group |
| Parent | Nordisk Film |
| Website | finemellow |
Fine & Mellow Productions is a production company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. [1] It is owned by Thomas Gammelgaard (66%) and Nordisk Film (34%), [2] and produces both feature films and television drama.
Fine & Mellow Productions was founded in 2002 by Thomas Gammeltoft, former producer and co-owner of Angel Production. The company's first feature film, Stealing Rembrandt (2003) sold over a quarter of a million tickets in its first week. Later successes include Hella Joof's comedy Oh Happy Day (2004) which was sold to Disney for a US remake and Henrik Ruben Genz's Terribly Happy which won both the Bodil Award and Robert Award for Best Danish Film of 2008. [3]
The 40th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 1 to 9 July 2005. The Crystal Globe was won by My Nikifor, a Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by What a Wonderful Place, an Israeli drama film directed by Eyal Halfon. English film director and screenwriter Michael Radford was the Grand Jury President of the festival.
Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religious and moral themes, sexual frankness and technical innovation.
Shake It All About is a 2001 Danish comedy-drama directed by Hella Joof. It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival.
Stealing Rembrandt is a 2003 Danish-language film. An action-comedy, the film concerns a father and son who accidentally steal a painting by Rembrandt. A Danish/UK co-production, the film was directed by Jannik Johansen and written by Anders Thomas Jensen and Jannik Johansen.
Mia Lyhne is a Danish film and television actress. She came to the attention of a wider public after her participation in the 2005 first season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars, but she is probably best known for her role on the 2005-2009 Danish sitcom Klovn, playing Mia, the girlfriend of comedian Frank Hvam.
Puzzy Power is a Danish film company started in 1997 as a subsidiary to Lars von Trier's company Zentropa, with the goal of producing hardcore pornographic films for women. It is the only time ever a mainstream film company has openly produced hardcore pornographic films.
Hella Joof is a Danish actress and director. She was born to a Danish mother and an aristocratic Gambian father who belonged to the Joof dynasty.
The Bodil Award for Best Danish Film is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 and is one of the oldest film prizes in Europe. The jury can decide not to give out the award if no deserving films are submitted. This has occurred once, in 1974. More than one film also can receive the award in a single year, as occurred in 1955.
The 43rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival took place from 4 to 12 July 2008. The Crystal Globe was won by Terribly Happy, a Danish neo-noir film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz. The second prize, the Special Jury Prize was won by The Photograph, an Indonesian drama directed by Nan Achnas.
Danish television dramas have come to represent an important and popular aspect of TV broadcasting in Denmark, especially since the 1970s.
Terribly Happy is a 2008 Danish crime film directed by Henrik Ruben Genz, based on Erling Jepsen's novel of the same name from 2004.
Henrik Ruben Genz is a Danish film director.
Jannik Johansen is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He began film-making at Per Holst Film in the late 1980s, thereafter directed and edited television productions and short fiction. He wrote and directed a number of short fiction films, including fiction A Quiet Death, awarded by the National Art Fund. Johansen's feature film début and the box-office hit, Stealing Rembrandt (2003), was nominated on Bodil Awards and Robert Awards, and won Best Acting Ensemble for the male leads at Courmayeur Film Noir Festival in Italy. Later, Murk (2005) and White Night (2007) followed.
The Robert Award for Best Danish Film is presented at an annual Robert Award ceremony by the Danish Film Academy
The Robert Award for Best Director is presented at an annual Robert Award show hosted by the Danish Film Academy. The category was introduced in 2001 and all directors of Danish films irrespective of the language of the film are eligible. The winner is selected among five nominees.
The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.
The 62nd Bodil Awards were held on 1 March 2009 in Imperial Cinema in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 1009. Lasse Rimmer hosted the event. Henrik Ruben Genz's Terribly Happy was the big winner at the ceremony, receiving both the award for Best Film and for Best Actor and Actress in leading roles. There Will Be Blood won the award for Best American Film while Swedish Let The Right One In won Best Non-American Foreign Film.
The Robert Award for Best Screenplay is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1984, but except in 1991 and 1993. On two occasions, in 2005 and in 2015, the Academy handed out two awards in the category, one for best original screenplay, and one for best adapted screenplay.
The 26th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 1 February 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2008.
Ditte Hansen is a Danish actress and author known for writing and starring in the TV series Ditte & Louise and its film spin-off as well as her appearances in the Cirkusrevyen.
