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Simu Liu, Melissa Barrera’s ‘The Copenhagen Test’ to Air on Channel 4

Simu Liu, Melissa Barrera’s ‘The Copenhagen Test’ to Air on Channel 4

Published by Daniella Wilson

Brits will be able to watch Simu Liu‘s new hacker thriller on Channel 4. The Copenhagen Test will launch April 8, the network unveiled on Wednesday, alongside the release of the show’s trailer. The series follows first-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Liu), who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. “Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers,” a plot synopsis reads, “he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.” Melissa Barrera, Sinclair Daniel, Brian d’Arcy James, Mark O’Brien, and Kathleen Chalfant also star in the Peacock Original. Its lead, Liu, is best known for his roles in the MCU’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, as well as Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. The series is produced by UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group. Thomas Brandon is the creator and serves as executive producer, writer and co-showrunner. Jennifer Yale is co-showrunner, writer and executive producer. Executive producers include James Wan, Michael Clear and …

Denmark’s Frederiksen weakened by election setback, coalition talks loom

Denmark’s Frederiksen weakened by election setback, coalition talks loom

Published by Sam Flores

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen’s Social Democrats were headed for their worst election outcome in over a century on Tuesday, as migration and welfare concerns obscured broad support for her defiant stance toward Washington over Greenland. In power since 2019, Frederiksen, 48, had campaigned on a promise that her tough and tested leadership skills would help the Nordic nation of six million navigate a complex relationship with US President Donald Trump and the European response to Russia’s war in Ukraine. But on Tuesday she emerged bruised both from the left and the right at home, where the cost-of-living crisis has come to the front of voter concerns, observers said. Social Democrats seen winning 38 seats Frederiksen’s Social Democrats, the architects of Denmark’s cradle-to-grave welfare state, were seen winning 38 seats in the legislature, the Folketing, compared with 50 four years earlier. Read moreDanish PM seeking third term as election underway Her chances of staying in power for a third term were not gone although coalition talks could take weeks. “I’m ready to take on the …

Palestinian Documentary Films Center Stage at CPH:DOX Copenhagen

Palestinian Documentary Films Center Stage at CPH:DOX Copenhagen

Published by Daniella Wilson

The eyes and ears of attendees of the industry conference of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, were on Palestinian filmmakers with documentary projects in development on Thursday afternoon. The latest edition of CPH:Conference during the 23rd edition of the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival looked to help people understand “how their different approaches to historic Palestine and its people can create impact and empathy both for Palestinian viewers and other audiences.” The featured speakers were Muallem Ashtar, described as “a Jerusalemite multidisciplinary artist, performer and creator whose work combines circus, dance, and theater, is the director of the short film Land of Denied Rituals 2025; Dalia Al Kury, whose work navigates cross-genre storytelling; Kinda Kurdi, whose K² Visual Media is a U.K.-based production company specializing in long- and short-form documentary and animated content; and Tanya Marar, a Jordanian-Palestinian-Bulgarian filmmaker living in the U.K. whose work focuses on political struggles and “the narratives of oppression.” The session, entitled “Updated Reflections on Contemporary Palestinian Documentary Filmmaking,” was moderated by Mohamed Jabaly (Life Is Beautiful), a …

“Death-by-Algorithm,” AI, Big Tech in CPH:DOX Copenhagen Spotlight

“Death-by-Algorithm,” AI, Big Tech in CPH:DOX Copenhagen Spotlight

Published by Daniella Wilson

“Rekindling the Machine: Documentary in the Age of AI” was the topic for a panel at the CPH:Conference industry event of the 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, on Wednesday afternoon. Moderated by artist and cultural strategist Kamal Sinclair, the panel brought together experts who focus on the dark sides of technology. The speakers included Marc Silver, director of the documentary Molly vs the Machines, which tells the story of a heartbroken father’s quest to uncover the truth behind his daughter’s “death-by-algorithm” and his battle against how some of the most powerful corporations of our age operate, and Anne Marie Engtoft Meldgaard, Denmark’s tech ambassador, who spearheads Techplomacy, an initiative “elevating technology and digitalization to a cross-cutting foreign and security policy priority of the Danish government.” Silver discussed Molly, a synopsis for which reads: “Molly was a perfectly ordinary 14-year-old English girl. One day, like any other, she came home from school, did her homework, said goodnight to her parents, and went to her room. A few hours later, she had taken her own life. No one saw …

‘Christiania’ Doc Film Interview on Copenhagen Commune, Drugs: CPH:DOX

‘Christiania’ Doc Film Interview on Copenhagen Commune, Drugs: CPH:DOX

Published by Daniella Wilson

What do you get when you let hundreds of people create their own alternative society in the middle of a European capital? Copenhagen, Denmark has an answer. Its name: Freetown Christiania, widely known as simply Christiania, an anarchist commune created in 1971 via the occupation of abandoned barracks in the city’s Christianshavn neighborhood.  Now, 55 years later, Danish director Karl Friis Forchhammer, who was born in the commune, goes inside its history in his documentary Christiania, produced by Rikke Tambo via her Copenhagen-based Tambo Film. The film explores the heart and soul of Christiania, including various aspects of the 32-hectare commune, which has been called one of the world’s most iconic social experiments. They include its anarchic hippie culture, its governance by consensus democracy, a biker gang attack, and the efforts to shut down Pusher Street, Christiania’s cannabis market, which became “Denmark’s most violent area,” as the press notes explain. CPH:DOX calls the film “a story told from the inside about radical democracy and free creativity, but also about violence, drugs and pressure from the outside …

Niklas Engstrøm on Copenhagen Doc Festival

Niklas Engstrøm on Copenhagen Doc Festival

Published by Daniella Wilson

The 23rd edition of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, is chock-full of new docs to discover. Its six juried competition sections alone feature 74 films, including 53 world premieres and 17 international premieres. Meanwhile, the Right Here, Right now program puts a spotlight on human, civil and international rights, while the new Brainwaves lineup goes inside the mysteries of the human mind. Plus, there are such sections as Science, Artists & Authors, Sound & Vision, and Urgent Matters. And Copenhagen’s Highlights program promises to screen “festival hits and front page stories,” including the likes of Miro Remo’s Karlovy Vary winner Better Go Mad in the Wild, Sinéad O’Shea’s capitalism and morality doc All About the Money, and Werner Herzog’s nature film Ghost Elephants. So, local audiences and industry visitors alike have much to choose from during CPH:DOX, which kicks off Wednesday, March 11 and runs through Sunday, March 22. “From the Arctic to the Amazon, Gaza to Greenland and Kyiv to the Kremlin, CPH:DOX 2026 spans the full alphabet of a world in flux,” Niklas Engstrøm, the artistic director of …

‘Whispers in May’ Doc Film Trailer Girl, Womanhood: CPH:DOX Copenhagen

‘Whispers in May’ Doc Film Trailer Girl, Womanhood: CPH:DOX Copenhagen

Published by Daniella Wilson

The care-free moments of childhood before society’s expectations weigh on us are the focus of Dongnan Chen’s second feature film, Whispers in May, which will world premiere on March 15 in the main DOX:Award competition of CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festiva .  Described as “a time capsule” that “clings to the last moments of childhood, just before reality takes hold, it follows three Chinese girls on a road trip full of natural beauty, discussions about hopes and expectations, and fleeting moments of tenderness. Qihuo has a secret. She’s just had her first menstruation. This means she is ready for the “Changing Skirt” ceremony, a traditional coming-of-age ritual, which signifies that she is no longer a child, but “a woman bound to the communal demands of marriage and labor,” according to a film synopsis. “With her parents away as migrant laborers and her grandfather recently passed, Qihuo and her two best friends set out on a road trip to buy a skirt for her rite of passage.” Chen (Singing in the Wilderness, shorts 14 Paintings and The Trail from Xinjiang) blends raw documentary with an improvised fictional …

‘Cambodian Beer Dreams’ Doc Trailer for CPH:DOX Copenhagen Premiere

‘Cambodian Beer Dreams’ Doc Trailer for CPH:DOX Copenhagen Premiere

Published by Daniella Wilson

“What happens to people, ethics, and morals when alcohol and capitalism are unleashed in a poor and corrupt country with few restrictions?” The question is part of a synopsis for Cambodian Beer Dreams, a documentary by Laurits Nansen (Welcome to the Frontline, Emilie Meng – An Investigation Gone Wrong,The Town Where Children Disappear) that will world premiere at the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPH:DOX on March 12. The film, screening in the F:act Award section of the Danish fest, whose 23rd edition takes place March 11-22, takes us into shady territory unknown to much of the world. In Cambodia, large international and local brewers are battling to win the war for the country’s rapidly growing beer market. And the question of whether the end justifies the means doesn’t seem to be in focus for them. “Through aggressive marketing, young ‘beer girls’ and promises of cash prizes, the poor population is encouraged to drink more and more alcohol – sometimes to the point of death,” highlights the synopsis. In Cambodian Beer Dreams, Nansen follows Kim Eng, a …

My search for the perfect Danish pastry in Copenhagen | Copenhagen holidays

My search for the perfect Danish pastry in Copenhagen | Copenhagen holidays

Published by Sam Flores

Open sandwiches (smørrebrød), meatballs (frikadeller), crispy pork belly (stegt flæsk) … There are many must-eat dishes for food lovers visiting Denmark, though perhaps nothing springs to mind as readily as the Danish pastry. But how are you supposed to choose from the countless bakeries on offer? And once you have decided which to visit, which pastry to eat? As a long-term resident of Copenhagen and pastry obsessive, I took on the Guardian’s challenge to find the best Danish pastry in town. Let’s get started with the shocking fact that Danish pastries are not actually Danish. In Denmark they’re called wienerbrød (Viennese bread) and made using a laminated dough technique that originated in Vienna. There’s also no such thing as a “Danish” in Denmark – there are so many different types of pastry that the word loses meaning. What we know as a Danish is a spandauer – a round pastry with a folded border and a circle of yellowy custard in the middle. Then there’s the tebirkes, a folded pastry often with a baked marzipan-style centre and …

‘A catalyst for change’: how sustainable Copenhagen became fashion’s ‘fifth city’ | Fashion weeks

‘A catalyst for change’: how sustainable Copenhagen became fashion’s ‘fifth city’ | Fashion weeks

Published by Sam Flores

When it comes to fashion weeks, there used to be four key cities: New York, London, Milan and Paris. While they remain titleholders, a host of other cities from Berlin to Seoul and Lagos have been vying for the same recognition to become “the fifth fashion week”. But so far only one real winner has emerged: Copenhagen fashion week. On Tuesday, the Danish showcase, which has helped catapult homegrown brands including Ganni into the international spotlight while spearheading sustainability initiatives, kicked off the start of its 20th-anniversary celebrations. What began as the merging of two small trade fairs in 2006 has become a biannual event on the fashion calendar, attracting editors from glossy publications including Vogue, buyers from global luxury stores, and influencers who descend in their droves for the street style scene. Back in its infancy in 2006, it was mainly met with scepticism. Cecilie Thorsmark, the chief executive of Copenhagen fashion week (CPHFW), describes the showcase’s founder, Eva Kruse, as “a visionary”. The former Eurowoman magazine editor “set out from the start to …