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His short films and his feature film debut had already won many international awards, but Thomas Vinterberg became world famous when his second feature THE CELEBRATION (1998) was awarded the Special Prize of the Jury in Cannes. After IT'S ALL ABOUT LOVE, DEAR WENDY is his fourth feature film.
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In 1997, Thomas Vinterberg directed the first film following the Dogme rules; FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION). The feature film received an overwhelming amount of awards around the world; Prix Spécial du Jury in Cannes in 1998, Fassbinder Award at the European Film Awards in 1998, L.A. and N.Y. Film Critics Awards in 1998, both awards for best foreign feature, seven awards from the Danish Film Academy and three awards from the Danish Film Critics Society. FESTEN (THE CELEBRATION) was sold to almost every territory and became a worldwide hit.
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The godfathers of the influential Dogme 95 manifesto, Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, join forces in provocative DEAR WENDY, a whimsically stylized and savage satire of American obsession with guns. Dick is a loner who comes into a possession of a gun which he calls Wendy and feels deeply emotionally connected to. He becomes the leader of town’s group of misfits, The Dandies, who declare themselves pacifists with guns. It is not long before this glaring contradiction is severly tested.
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Thomas Vinterberg was born in Copenhagen in 1969. In 1993 he finished his studies at the National Danish Film School with his film Sidste Omgang (Last Round), which received the Jury Prize at the Munich Student Film Festival, as well as the first prize at the Tel Aviv Film Festival. This film was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Short Film section. In the same year he directed another short film, Drengen der gik baglens (The Boy Who Walked Backwards) (1994), awarded in numerous festivals. After his first feature film, De Største Helte, (The Greatest Heroes) directed in 1996, he directed Festen (The Celebration) in 1997, presented in the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 which won the Jury Prize.
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Celebrated for several dogme films, especially "Festen"/"The Celebration" (Thomas Vinterberg, 1998) and "Mifunes sidste sang"/"Mifune" (Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, 1999). Has a strong brand in short fiction, not least for a young audience with titles such as "Drengen der gik baglæns"/"The Boy Who Walked Backwards" (Thomas Vinterberg, 1994) and Oscar nominee "Bror, min bror"/"Teis & Nico" (Henrik Ruben Genz, 1998). Feature films include Nikolaj Arcel's thriller "Kongekabale"/"King's Game" (2004), which scored sky-high with the audience and critics alike, while Dagur Kári's comedy "Voksne mennesker"/"Dark Horse" (2005) was selected for Un Certain Regard at Cannes, and Pernille Fischer Christenen’s debut "En Soap"/"A Soap" was a double-winner at Berlin, 2006.
Thomas Vinterberg’s It’s All About Love takes place in the near future and tells the story of two lovers fighting for their love, and ultimately for their lives, in a world out of balance. It is a classic love story with elements of Hitchcockian suspense.
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