Writer-director Thomas Vinterberg took to the stage Sunday night to accept the Oscar for best international feature film for Another Round, and his speech quickly became one of the most touching moments of the night. In his speech, Vinterberg thanked the artists he worked with on this and other films and also dedicated the win and the whole movie to the memory of his late daughter, Ida.
Vinterberg has been a staple in the international filmmaking world since the mid-1990s. Over the past couple of decades, he has written and directed a wide variety of movies, both in his native Denmark and for English-speaking audiences, and has competed for prizes at major film festivals like Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival, and others.
In 2019, Vinterberg suffered the unspeakable tragedy that he spoke about in his acceptance speech. While driving in Belgium, Vinterberg's daughter Ida, then 19 years old, and her mother,...
Vinterberg has been a staple in the international filmmaking world since the mid-1990s. Over the past couple of decades, he has written and directed a wide variety of movies, both in his native Denmark and for English-speaking audiences, and has competed for prizes at major film festivals like Cannes, Berlin International Film Festival, and others.
In 2019, Vinterberg suffered the unspeakable tragedy that he spoke about in his acceptance speech. While driving in Belgium, Vinterberg's daughter Ida, then 19 years old, and her mother,...
- 4/26/2021
- by Amanda Prahl
- Popsugar.com
In early 2019, more than 20 years after launching the Dogme ’95 movement with “The Celebration,” Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg was on the verge of making his most personal movie. It ended up at the center of his greatest tragedy.
“Another Round” would reunite him with Mads Mikkelsen, following their acclaimed collaboration on “The Hunt,” and serve as the debut performance of Vinterberg’s daughter, Ida. Mikkelsen was playing a disillusioned high school history teacher who confronts a midlife crisis through day drinking, and Ida Vinterberg would play his concerned teen. Vinterberg planned to shoot the movie at Ida’s high school and populate the ensemble with her friends, envisioning a unique seriocomic generational conflict grounded in the naturalism of its backdrop. Ida was on a trip to Africa when he sent her the script. “She shared her unconditional love of this project,” Vinterberg recalled in a recent interview over Zoom. “She felt seen by it.
“Another Round” would reunite him with Mads Mikkelsen, following their acclaimed collaboration on “The Hunt,” and serve as the debut performance of Vinterberg’s daughter, Ida. Mikkelsen was playing a disillusioned high school history teacher who confronts a midlife crisis through day drinking, and Ida Vinterberg would play his concerned teen. Vinterberg planned to shoot the movie at Ida’s high school and populate the ensemble with her friends, envisioning a unique seriocomic generational conflict grounded in the naturalism of its backdrop. Ida was on a trip to Africa when he sent her the script. “She shared her unconditional love of this project,” Vinterberg recalled in a recent interview over Zoom. “She felt seen by it.
- 12/9/2020
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
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