HDCB01133U DCC Danish Film, Television and Streaming

Volume 2026/2027
Education

Danish Culture Courses

 

www.danishculturecourses.ku.dk

Content

The course gives a portrait of Denmark through its output of popular entertainment and high art within film, TV, and Streaming. The course places internationally famous auteurs such as Carl Th. Dreyer, Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg and Susanne Bier in their cultural context, and it presents important genres such as youth film, realism, drama, comedy, pornography, and documentary.

 

Denmark has always been internationally extremely mobile, from the world domination of Nordisk Film studios during the silent period to the wildly successful sex comedies of the 1970s. The recent successes of Nordic Noir and Danish TV and streaming series continues to make extraordinary contributions to entertainment and art film, TV, and streaming: Overwhelming success in recent years is witnessed by the many Emmy, BAFTA, Cannes, and Oscar wins. The course interrogates the role of screen sexuality, gender and racial representations, and cultural identity. Furthermore, it explores the role of film, TV, and streaming policy.

www.danishculturecourses.ku.dk

Name of Exam: HDCB01131E Danish Cinema in a Historical Perspective.

Learning Outcome

At the examination, the student can demonstrate:

 

Knowledge and understanding of

  • the overall themes in a focused study area within the topic of Danish cinema
  • details that are relevant to this overall context.
 

Skills in

  • applying research-based knowledge to a special topic within Danish cinema
  • understanding and reflecting on a special aspect of Danish culture
  • putting this in the perspective of e.g. European cultural history.

 

Competencies in

  • taking an analytical approach to the focused study as an element of Danish cinema.

Texts will be available online through Absalon.

The course is only offered to exchange and fee-paying guest students at the University of Copenhagen.
Class teaching, exercises, excursions and more.
  • Category
  • Hours
  • Class Instruction
  • 0
  • Total
  • 0
Written
Individual
Continuous feedback during the course of the semester
Credit
15 ECTS
Type of assessment
Home assignment, 11-15 standard pages
Type of assessment details
Written take-home assignment with an optional subject.
Internal exam with one examiner.
The exam can only be taken individually.
Exam language: English
Aid
All aids allowed
Marking scale
7-point grading scale
Censorship form
No external censorship
Re-exam

Conducted in the same manner as the original exam.

Criteria for exam assesment

See Learning Outcome.