Thomas Biehl

HELD FOR RANSOM tells the true story of Danish photojournalist Daniel Rye who was held hostage for 398 days in Syria by the terror organization ISIS along with several other foreign nationals including the American journalist, James Foley. The film follows Daniel’s struggle to survive in captivity, his friendship with James, and the nightmare of the Rye family back home in Denmark as they try to do everything in their power to save their son. At the center of this crisis, we find hostage negotiator, Arthur, who plays a pivotal role in securing Daniel’s release.

A former pastor slips further and further into his delusion that he still has a congregation.

Loui is unable to father a child and his wife Sascha has been inseminated artificially. As she gives birth to Daniel, Loui is hit with an unbearable sadness and detachment that only grows bigger as Daniel grows up and the rift between husband and wife grows bigger.

Michael and Jim collect money for a debt collection agency owned by LC. It's not exactly their dream job, so they're looking for something more exciting to do. Unfortunately, they end up killing a debtor who owes half a million. The brutal LC believes that Michael and Jim must now come up with the missing money. But the two unfortunate guys don't have that kind of money.

A coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old girl who works at a car mechanic's and hangs out with her friends. She challenges boundaries in her search for identity, but her behaviour has repercussions that force her to acknowledge new aspects of who she is.

Way up north in Greenland lives 12-year-old Lucia with her mother and her father, who is best known as Father Christmas. Lucia is the first girl ever in Santa class at the international Christmas School. On the day that the present machine is supposed to be started for this year’s present production, Lucia’s best friend, the reindeer herder Oscar, is accused of stealing King Winter’s magical crystal that fuels the present machine. Claudia, Lucia’s mother who has long been wary of the crude Oscar, tries to prevent Lucia from ruining her future career by defending the seemingly guilty boy. But Lucia is determined to fight injustice and escapes with Oscar to prove his innocence by finding the real thief.

Four losers hustle their way through the petty criminal underworld of Randers. As a cover, they claim to work at Randers Rainforest, home to all kinds of tropical animals. One day, a shady job goes completely wrong for the foursome, and soon the entire city's lawbreakers are hot on their heels.

Mette has a childhood like so many other children. She plays, draws, watches television and is with her mother and father. But underneath the surface, the family's pillow creaks when Mette's father has a gloomy side. Recently, his assault on the mother has begun to intensify and, as her mother is in hospital after a serious injury, and later in the local shelter, Mette faces some major changes in her life.

The true story of the Fiils: a family of innkeepers who, during Nazi-Germany's occupation of Denmark, took up arms against the German occupiers. But in the fight for freedom, some must die so that others may live.

A Tinder date, a couple of friends, and a drunk man run into trouble when expectations and desires don't match.

In the near future, all seventeen-year-olds must take a test that assesses their physical and mental abilities. After the test, everyone receives a grade that will define their opportunities for the rest of their lives. William is on his way to the test, but during the test he realizes that there is something wrong with the system.

Julie loses her boyfriend when they crash on a motorcycle. She is plagued by guilt and goes to a psychologist, who encourages her to return to the place where she had her first date with her boyfriend.

As the 30-year crisis looms, five older young people in Copenhagen find good reason to reconsider their lives. Dennis is about to move in with Kirsten, but he has his reservations, and she has her own unconscious agenda. Thomas and Søs have lived together for several years, but never before have they found reason to doubt the strength of their relationship, given her desire to have children. And Mads is a professional soccer player who has to deal with his own and everyone else's expectations. All of them come to realize that when you are forced to make a choice without knowing the consequences in advance, it can be more than difficult to figure out the next step.

Ella seeks out her ex-boyfriend Ernst, who works as a private in a small military base. She wants him home. But Ernst faces a seemingly significant task. Ella quickly turns the systematics that prevail at the military base upside down.

Leo the foreign legionnaire, Wilhelm the priest and Charly the brothel owner are unequal brothers. Wilhelm is determined to have Charly's brothel closed down. When Charly kidnaps Wilhelm to his brothel, he recognizes his brother - and promptly pretends to be him. And then Leo comes along as well.

Sonny, Richael, Steen and Patric dream of doing the perfect heist, but all have very different ideas about how it's done right. The tension rises as they have to spend a night in jail - after yet another failed heist. However, as the night progresses they have to come to terms with each other, in order to plan the perfect heist.

Maria is escaping an assault with her boyfriend, Jonas. At a diner, by the road, they meet a young man, who invites them to a community, where he lives. The community is led by the charismatic leader, Eliot. They live by self-sufficiency, isolated from society. Maria is charmed by Eliot and distances herself from Jonas. As secrets are revealed, Maria has to make hard decisions of moral in order to survive.

Zip code 2900 equals wealth, power and beauty. They got it all but what is the price.

A policewoman is doing her best at the job, but struggles to be there for her son.

Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, private school teacher Rita fares less well with adults.

Norskov is a police drama that takes place in an industrial city in northern Denmark. The city is raw and unsentimental, and the financial crisis has left its mark, but there is still a lot of community spirit and empowerment. In the series we follow the policeman Tom Noack, who returns to the city he left almost 20 years ago, and his two childhood friends who in the meantime have become the mayor and primary contractor.

To solve the brutal murder of a young German surfer, two officers are secretly sent to the tourist paradise Hvide Sande on Denmark's west coast. No one in the city trusts the police, so they go undercover as a happily married couple from the big city.