THE DANISH WOMAN
Benedikt Erlingsson
Co-author: Olafur Egill Egilsson
With: Trine Dyrholm
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir,Hilmar Guðjónsson, Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir, Hjálmar Hjálmarsson, Edda Guðnadóttir, Björn Thors, Halla Vilhjálmsdottir, Juan Camillo Estrada, Raffaella Brizuela Sigurðardóttir, Natalía Kristín Karlsdóttir, Kolbrún Helga Friðriksdóttir, Hrafn Alexis Elíasson Blöndal, Baldur Björn Arnarsson
Production: Slot Machine
Coproduction: Gullslottid, Zik Zak Filmworks
Format : 6x47mn
Year of production : 2025
Main broadcasters: RUV (Iceland), ZDF Arte (France/Germany), DR (Denmark), SVT (Sweden), YLE (Finland)
Co-financed by the European Union
Synopsis
When Ditte Jensen retires with distinction from the Danish Secret Service she moves into an apartment block in Reykjavik where she will be able to tend to her garden and live out her life in anonymity. But Ditte cannot stop being who she is. An elite soldier and a warrior. And soon the apartment building become a battlefield for a better world.
With her deep-rooted sense of justice, she sees her neighbor’s problems and is compelled to help, whether they want her help or not.
And in her world, the end justifies the means.
Always.
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Prizes
2025
Panorama International Competition – Séries Mania (Lille, France)
Buyers Upfront – Séries Mania
Transilvania International Film Festival – Competition (Cluj-Napoca, Romania)
Serial Killer International Festival – Competition (Brno, Czech Republic)
Thessaloniki International Film Festival – Competition (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Geneva International Film Festival – Competition (Geneva, Switzerland)
International Competition – Serializados (Barcelona, Spain)
Northern Film Festival – Competition (Leeuwarden, Netherlands)
Mar del Plata International Film Festival – Competition (Mar del Plata, Argentina)
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival – Competition (Tallinn, Estonia)
2026
Gothenburg Film Festival – Out of Competition (6 episodes)