June 23rd
Festen**
(Celebration)
Den/Swe 1998. Nimbus Films/Dogme95. 108m.

A family celebration turns sour when the eldest son unexpectedly alleges his father of sexually abusing the youngest daughter, who has recently committed suicide.
Strangely compelling black comedy, unpleasant in tone and abrasively made on hand-held digital video camera which works only with the immediacy of the grand house setting - out of doors it just looks ugly. The first of the "Dogma" films.

Written by: Thomas Vinterberg, Mogens Rukov.
Producer: Birgitte Hald.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg.
Starring: Ulrich Thomsen, Henning Moritzen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Birthe Neumann, Paprika Steen, Trine Dyrholm, Helle Dolleris.
Photography: Valdis Oskarsdottir.