Danish Film Institute

Danish Film Institute
Danish Film Institute

Logo of the Danish Film Institute
Abbreviation DFI
Formation 1972
Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark
Chief Executive Henrik Bo Nielsen
Website Official website

The Danish Film Institute (Danish: Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest.

The Film Institute, also known as Filmhuset (English: The House of Film), is located in Gothersgade in central Copenhagen. Facilities directed at the general public include a library and Cinemateket which is Denmark's national film museum.

The film Institute is an institution under the Danish Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The current Director of the Film Institute is Henrik Bo Nielsen.[1] The institute is a member of European Film Promotion, the network of European film organisations for the worldwide promotion of European film.

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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 Godthersgade.

Activities

The Danish Film Institute is active within three main areas which are subsidized:

  • Production and development of all types of films
  • Distribution and communication of films and film culture
  • Archives and museum activities

The Film Institute presents Danish films at feastivals abroad and in Denmark and subsidizes the import of foreign quality films.

Facilities

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 videoteque in the basement where it is possible to whatch short and documentary films. Other facilities include a book shop, a café and a restaurant.

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 magaxines, manuscripts and rarer publications may only be referenced on the premises.[2]

Archives

DFI Directors

Year Director
 ?  ?
1997–2007 Henning Camre
2007 – Henrik Bo Nielsen

References

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