Nimbus Film is

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's third largest

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company. Nimbus Film has to date produced more than 30 feature films and many shorts and

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. Of their more known feature films are the

Dogme 95 Dogme 95 (; Danish for "Dogma 95") was a Danish avant-garde filmmaking movement founded by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity" (). These were rules to create films based on the t ...

movies ''

The Celebration ''The Celebration'' () is a 1998 Danish black comedy-drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and produced by Nimbus Film. It tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their patriarch's 60th birthday, during which a family secret is ...

'' (1998, directed by Thomas Vinterberg) which won the Jury Prize at the

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in 1998, and ''

Mifune's Last Song ''Mifune'' (, "Mifune's Last Song") is a 1999 romantic comedy film, starring Iben Hjejle and Anders W. Berthelsen. Directed by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, it was the third film made according to the Dogme 95 group rules. The film was a great success i ...

'' (1999, directed by

Søren Kragh-Jacobsen Søren Kragh-Jacobsen (; born 2 March 1947, in Copenhagen) is a Danish film director, musician, and songwriter. He was one of the founders and practitioners of the Dogme95 project, for creating films without artificial technology or techniques. ...

) which won the Silver Bear at

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1999. Recent successes include '' A Soap'' (2006, directed by Pernille Fischer Christensen) also winner of the Silver Bear at Berlin International Film Festival in 2006, and the World War II film '' Flame & Citron'' (2008, directed by Ole Christian Madsen) a huge box office hit in Denmark in 2008, and distributed worldwide. In 2010 Thomas Vinterberg's '' Submarino'' was selected to the main competition at The

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. Nimbus Film was founded in 1993 by Birgitte Hald and Bo Ehrhardt, who today own the company alongside the

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-owned Newen, who took a 33% stake in the company in 2018.

Selected productions

*''The Beast Within'' (1995) by Carsten Rudolf *''The Greatest Heroes'' (1996) by Thomas Vinterberg *''

'' (1998) by Thomas Vinterberg *''Pizza King'' (1999) by Ole Christian Madsen *''

'' (1999) by

*''Detector'' (2000, co-production) by Pål Jackman *''Miracle'' (2000) by Natasha Arthy *''Max'' (2000) by Trine Piil Christensen *'' Kira's Reason'' (2001) by Ole Christian Madsen *''Catch That Girl'' ('' Klatretøsen'') (2002) by Hans Fabian Wullenweber *''Gemini'' (2003) by Hans Fabian Wullenweber *''Scratch'' (2003) by Anders Gustafsson *'' Torremolinos 73'' (2003, co-production) by Pablo Berger *''Skagerrak'' (2003) by

*''Old, New, Borrowed and Blue'' (2003) by Natasha Arthy *'' It's All About Love'' (2003) by Thomas Vinterberg *''

King's Game ''King's Game'' (''Kongekabale'') is a 2004 Danish political thriller film directed by Nikolaj Arcel. It stars Anders W. Berthelsen and Nicolas Bro as reporters uncovering a Government conspiracy. The film received critical praise and won many ...

'' (2004) by

Nikolaj Arcel Nikolaj Arcel (born 25 August 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and screenwriter. He is best known for his 2012 film ''A Royal Affair'', which won two prizes at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin International Film Festival and which ...

*''Niceland'' (2004, co-production) by Fridrik Thor Fridriksson *''Count to 100'' (2004) by Linda Krogsøe Holmberg *''

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'' (2005) by Dagur Kári *'' Angels in Fast Motion'' (2005) by Ole Christian Madsen *'' Dear Wendy'' (2005, co-production) by Thomas Vinterberg *''

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'' (2006) by Ole Christian Madsen *'' A Soap'' (2006) by Pernille Fischer Christensen *'' Island of Lost Souls'' (2007, co-production) by Nikolaj Arcel *'' A Man Comes Home'' (2007) by Thomas Vinterberg *'' White Night'' (2007) by

Jannik Johansen Jannik Johansen (born 1965) 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 fic ...

*''Cecilie'' (2007) by Hans Fabian Wullenweber *'' Fighter'' (2007) by Natasha Arthy *'' Flame & Citron'' (2008) by Ole Christian Madsen *'' What No One Knows'' (2008) by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen *'' Over Gaden Under Vandet'' (2009) by Charlotte Sieling *'' Camping (2009 film)'' (2009) by Jacob Bitsch *'' Sorte Kugler'' (2009) by Anders Matthesen *'' Flugten'' (2009) by Kathrine Windfeld *'' Eksperimentet'' (2010) by Louise Friedberg *'' Submarino'' (2010) by Thomas Vinterberg *'' Valhalla Rising'' (2010) by Nicolas Winding Refn *'' Hold om mig'' (2010) by Karpar Munk *'' Superclàsico'' (2011) by Ole Christian Madsen *''

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'' (2011) by Hans Fabian Wullenweber

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