Zeitgeist (film company)
Encyclopedia
Zeitgeist ApS is a Danish
independent film
production company created in 1997 by producer Søren Juul Petersen
.
It has produced a number of fairly successful, award-winning theatrical feature films.
Although closely associated with Lars von Trier
's Zentropa
, Zeitgeist remains one of Denmark's very few independent film companies.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
independent film
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
production company created in 1997 by producer Søren Juul Petersen
Søren Juul Petersen
Søren Juul Petersen is a Danish independent film producer who in 1997 created the production company Zeitgeist, which has produced a number of fairly successful, award-winning theatrical feature films.- Filmography :...
.
It has produced a number of fairly successful, award-winning theatrical feature films.
Although closely associated with Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....
's Zentropa
Zentropa
Europa is a film directed by Lars von Trier. Released in 1991, it is von Trier's third theatrical feature film and is the final film in the Europa trilogy....
, Zeitgeist remains one of Denmark's very few independent film companies.
Filmography
- SkyggenSkyggen (film)Skyggen is a Danish science fiction/cyberpunk-film directed by Thomas Borch Nielsen and released in Germany and the U.S. as Webmaster....
/ Webmaster (1998) - Regel nr. 1Regel nr. 1Regel nr. 1 is a Danish feature film from 2003, directed by Oliver Ussing.This romantic comedy was produced by Zeitgeist in association with Zentropa....
(2003) - Erik of het klein insectenboekErik of het klein insectenboekErik of het klein insectenboek is a 2004 Dutch family film, based on the homonymous book of Godfried Bomans and co-produced with among others the Danish company Zeitgeist....
(2004) - Af banenAf banenAf banen is a Danish independent feature film comedy from 2005, directed by Martin Hagbjer.It stars Lars Bom as unemployed soccer player Torben, who becomes trainer for a local school soccer team which includes his 13-year-old son, David...
/ We Are the Champions (2005) - RemixRemix (film)Remix is a Danish feature film released on January 25, 2008.It is directed by Martin Hagbjer, who won the 2005 Prize of the Children's Jury at Lübeck Nordic Film Days....
(2008)