17 April 2015

Seminar on film director Lars von Trier attracted a large audience

Wednesday 15 April Mads Bunch from Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics organised a well attended seminar as part of the MA course "Lars von Trier and Scandinavian Radicalism in theatre and film". When the seminar started already 150 participants were present in the auditorium. By the end of the academic part of the program another 100 listeners had joined the audience. See titles of the academic presentations in the Danish program.

The academic program was succeeded by two interviews:

Mads Bunchs interviewed Head of The National Film School of Denmark, Vinca Wiedemann. Attended by 375 listeners

Lars von Trier was interviewed by Peter Schepelern (Departmend of Media, Cognition and Communication, UCPH). Attended by more than 500 listeners

The two interviews were recorded and are to be streamed here.