Ari Alexander

A Lucky Man

A LUCKY MAN is a tribute to the popular Danish musician Flemming "Bamse" Duun Jørgensen, who has provided us with classics like “Vimmer Street”, “Why Does Louise Go Dancing” and “In A Boat That’s Itty-Bitty”. Behind the warm smile and the overalls is a powerful and moving story about a man’s lifelong pursuit of recognition and love. Flemming “Teddy” Jørgensen is the only child of 12 siblings to be given up for adoption. Flemming’s adoptive father wishes for Flemming to take over the family’s factory, but to the father’s dismay, Flemming chooses music and becomes the frontman of Teddy’s Friends. A fractured background that leaves deep marks in Flemming’s life. A LUCKY MAN is a warm and compassionate film that tells Teddy’s life story with his biggest hits as the soundscape.

Better Times

After their mother's death, Oskar leans on brother Karl. But Karl's bakery faces court due to their father's debt. United, can they save it?

The Girl with the Needle

Struggling to survive in post-WWI Copenhagen, a newly unemployed and pregnant young woman is taken in by a charismatic elder to help run an underground adoption agency. The two form an unexpected bond, until a sudden discovery changes everything.

Pound for Pound

Biography about boxer Joergen 'Gamle' Hansen.

Sons of Denmark

Denmark, in the near future. One year after a major bomb attack in Copenhagen, political radicalization has intensified and ethnic tensions are increasing. As next year's parliamentary elections approach, in which nationalist leader Martin Nordahl hopes for a landslide victory, Zakaria becomes involved in a radical organization, where he befriends Ali.

Mother at War

1918. World War I rages in Europe while Erna Jensen tends to her ordinary life at home in Bramstrup, with her simple-minded son, Kalle. One day the village constable comes to enlist Kalle for military service for the German Empire – of which Southern Jutland is a part. If Erna is to save Kalle from certain death, she must follow him through thick and thin. Upon a chance meeting with a deserting solder she trades identities. Now disguised as Private Julius Rasmussen, Erna heads for the front. In her encounters with the other soldiers and in the presence of the war, unknown sides of Erna are awoken. This is the story of a woman who won’t let a war prevent her from fighting for what she loves.

Rockstars

When Jonas discovers that his new classmate, Ida, is surprisingly hardcore, he invites her to the forest to take hallucinogenic mushrooms in an attempt to impress her. But despite his good intentions and his father's old mushroom book under his arm, he may not have thought the situation through completely.

True Mirror

With the help of her teenage son, coach Jacqueline teaches people to love themselves. But when a student challenges her methods, a power struggle ensues.

Toscana

When a Danish chef travels to Tuscany to sell his father's business, he meets a local woman who inspires him to rethink his approach to life and love.

King Crocodile

In the tropical heat of Dilleland, the outsider Kenneth struggles to fit in with his colleagues and impress the cute employee Sofie. The thick-skinned crocodiles seem easier to deal with than the people around him. Kenneth's lack of understanding boundaries and his alcoholic mother, who drifts in and out of his life, hold him back. Gradually, he loses more and more of himself. Things finally reach a breaking point at a staff party, where Kenneth's cold-blooded side emerges.

A Love Like No Other

29 year old Lasse has almost broken the connection with his family. After a tragic accident he is suddenly left with the responsibility for his much younger brother, Vincent.

April 9th

In the early morning of April 9, 1940, the Danish army is alerted: the Germans have crossed the border.

Out of Tune

Celebrity financier and jet-setter Markus Føns has been taken into custody. Following a brutal assault by a gang of bikers in connection with some of his more shady dealings, Markus opts for voluntary solitary confinement among the prison's weakest inmates; the rapists and the pedophiles. This ward has a prison choir, of which the inmate Niels is the unofficial and self-proclaimed leader. Markus decides to join the choir and before long has his sight set on reaching the top of its hierarchy. This battle is not fought with muscle, but with cunning, tyranny and canonical Danish songs!