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The Guardian
Cannes welcomes back Thomas Vinterberg
The Guardian
In 1998, an unknown 28-year-old Danish director called Thomas Vinterberg came to Cannes with his film Festen, and – amid mingled controversy and plaudits – was swept to international fame, carrying off the festival's special jury prize.
Danish child abuse film shocks Cannes crowdsChicago Tribune
Cannes 2012: The Hunt/ Beyond The Hills / The Sapphires, reviewTelegraph.co.uk
Danish hysteria drama 'The Hunt' blows away CannesTimes LIVE
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Cannes: Too much rain, too few women, but great movies
The Independent
One front-runner for awards this weekend is surely Thomas Vinterberg's The Hunt, the director's best film since his 1998 Cannes jury prize winner Festen. Mads Mikkelsen, more used to playing Bond villains and Viking warriors, gives an exceptional ...
Cannes: The Hunt and After Lucia exhibit un certain disregardNational Post

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Onislam.net
Cannes Reviews: The Hunt, Room 237
Movie City News
I'm happy to announce that the Festen director is finally relevant again, despite having spotty success since his celebrated Dogme 95 contributions, because The Hunt features an absolutely dynamite story that shocks, angers, and thoroughly engrosses.
“The Hunt”: Telling A Danish Child Abuse StoryOnislam.net

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Hollywood Reporter
The Hunt: Cannes Review
Hollywood Reporter
Thomas Vinterberg's best film since “Festen” is an unsettling psychological drama built around a harrowing performance from Mads Mikkelsen. The Thomas Vinterberg-directed psychological drama stars Mads Mikkelsen as a blameless man whose life threatens ...


 
Countdown to Cannes: Garrone, Seidl, Vinterberg
Movie City News
Notable accolades: Cannes honored Vinterberg's trademark Dogme 95 film Festen with a Jury Prize in 1998, while the European Film Awards (EFA) titled the film as the European Discovery of the Year. Similarly, both the Independent Spirit Awards and the ...

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Scandis get Sensational with Mubi
Screen International
Thomas Vinterberg, whose Festen is available on Mubi and whose Competition title The Hunt is backed by the Fond, is open-minded about VOD and other new platforms. “Festen in particular doesn't deserve a bigger screen than that, it's made for phones,” ...

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Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far
Boston.com
The Danish drama "The Hunt" by Thomas Vinterberg ("Festen") impressed many in its story of runaway gossip. Cannes finishes Sunday with the Palme d'Or selection from the jury headed by Nanni Moretti. Still to come: David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis," ...

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