I. DANISH FILM It was in June 7 1896 when Danes saw cinematographic pictures for the first time at the Haymarket (Town Hall Square now) in Copenhagen, but the first cinema (Kosmorama) was not opened until September 17,1904.At that time it was usual to have a pianist playing while the film was shown because of the noise from the projector. Peter Elfelt(1866-1931) is a film pioneer in Denmark with some films about Greenland and royalty. Ole …showed first 75 words of 1111 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1111 total…in the 70s: Bille August, Edward Fleming, Morten Arnfred, Nils Malmros… However, financial problems were increasing because film production was becoming more and more expensive and the popularity of video tape recorder seriously damaged the cinema owners. In 1970 a Workshop was established by the Film Foundation and many young people had a chance to direct, but, as the films became more and more politically provoking, the Government closed it at the end of the century.