Movies: Jacob Thuesen

A cinematic, character-driven insight to what it meant to produce and to own a car in communist times: the Socialist propaganda dreams and the hard reality of living that dream. The freedom that these slow and clumsy vehicles were giving to their own...

Documentary about Danish filmmaker, sports journalist and poet Jørgen Leth who struggles after surviving a major earthquake in Haiti....

A mother and her son arrive at a remote seaside cottage to celebrate his eighteenth birthday. A cottage they have not visited for many years now. Over the course of a weekend, they seek to find a connection with each other once again. But a connecti...

A merman is washed not ashore but into the heart of a bustling metro. Disoriented, he walks around and runs into several characters, all of them in the middle of their nightly grind....

What does a desperate mayor of culture do when he is handed a stack of millions with instructions to make it a success? What does a cultural city consultant do when he thinks all projects are equally good, and ends up spending all the money without a...

It's a movie about a subject that captivates me. And I can see that it also captivates the world and people and has done it at all times. It is the meeting with the stranger. Why is it so difficult to relate to those who's not like ourselves? We cons...

Frank Hvam has lived in New Zealand with his family for an extended period. What is it like to go from being respected and recognized in Denmark to being ‘Nobody’ in New Zealand - and not least coming home again? Watch the classic stand-up show with ...

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A film documenting the life and death of Eik Skaløe as a poet and singer for the danish band Steppeulvene. A symbol for the Danish hippie-movement....

Making film wears down director Lars von Trier, but he is not able to live without them. In the documentary film this Danish auteur’s all-consuming love affection for film is portrayed. Now he is standing at a cross-road. While film as we know it is ...

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John Diresta is a NYPD cop working in the Subway and he hates his job. Last year, he was elected the Funniest Police Officer in New York, but his ambition as a stand up comedian goes beyond this. Jerry Howards is homeless, he lives in the tunnel betw...

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