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The 3rd Danish Film Festival at the Shang

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The third Danish Film Festival will be held at the Shang Cineplex Cinema 4 from Oct. 19 to 22. Admission is free.

Academy Award-nominated After the Wedding (2005) stars Mads Mikkelsen as a man devoted to helping street children. Psychologi­cal drama

White Night (2007) also forces its protagonis­t to deal with his past when a workaholic’s life is changed following a horrific accident.

The Commune (2016) captures the spirit of community, and is a tribute to dreamers and idealists alike. Meanwhile, the dramedy Long Story Short (2015) follows a group of friends approachin­g mid-life as they struggle to redefine the perfect relationsh­ip and find true love.

Viewers will enjoy Going to School (2015), which is based on the books by Anne Sofie Hammer where Villads often runs into trouble with the rules of the grown-ups around him, as well as Iqbal Farooq and the Secret Recipe (2015), the story of an imaginativ­e boy who ends up creating a potent explosive that two criminals begin to hunt down.

The Sunfish (2014) follows the story of a 45-year-old third-generation fisherman.

Key House Mirror (2015) tells the story of a couple who have been married for over 50 years and now live together in a nursing home.

Set in the suburbs of Copenhagen, Northwest (2013) follows Casper as he struggles to provide for his family by stealing for the local gang. In Fighter (2007), the protagonis­t doesn’t want to enter medical school like her parents expect her to. Instead, her passion for kung fu leads her to secretly start training at a profession­al, co-ed kung fu club.

Echo (2007) follows a police officer as he loses custody of his son in a divorce and desperatel­y takes his son into hiding in a vacated summerhous­e to spend one last holiday alone together.

For inquiries, call 370-2500 loc. 597 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilap­lazaoffici­alfanpage. Follow the Shang on Instagram: @shangrilap­lazaoffici­al.

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