DANIEL
(SER DU MÅNEN DANIEL)

BY NIELS ARDEN OPLEV & ANDERS W. BERTHELSEN

PRODUCTION INFO

Title: Daniel (Ser du månen Daniel)

Format: Feature 

Language: Danish, English, Arabic, French

Duration: 138 minutes

Release: 2019

Based on the novel: Ser du Månen, Daniel by Puk Damsgård

 

CREW

Director: Niels Arden Oplev, Anders W. Berthelsen

Screenwriter: Anders Thomas Jensen

Cinematographer: Eric Kress

Editors: Lars Therkelsen, Anne Østerud

Producers: Signe Leick Jensen, Morten Kaufmann / Toolbox

Co-producers: Annika Hellström, Erika Malmgren / Cinenic Film, Gudny Hummelvoll / Hummelfilm, Morten Rasmussen / Deluca Film, Peter Possne / Film i Väst

 

CAST

Esben Smed

Anders W. Berthelsen

Sofie Torp,

Sara Hjorth

Ardalan Esmaili

 

INTERNATIONAL SALES

Trust Nordisk

+45 2974 6206

 

NATIONAL DISTRIBUTION

Nordisk Film Distribution

+45 70 20 21 22

 

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

2020 The Robert Award (Best Danish picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (won), Best Actor in Leading Role (won), Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress (won), Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, Best Editor, Best Score, Best Visual Effects), Denmark

2020 Blockbuster Audience Award (won), Denmark

2020 The Bodil Awards (Best Actor in Leading Role, Best Supporting Actress (won), Arbejdernes Landsbank Talent Award), Denmark

2020 Zulu Awards (Best Danish Picture (won), Best Actor), Denmark

2020 Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden

2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival, USA

2020 Goa – International Film Festival of India, India

Daniel

Synopsis:

DANIEL is based on Puk Damgård’s bestseller “Ser du månen, Daniel” and tells the true story of one of the most spectacular kidnappings in recent times. The protagonist is the young Danish freelance photographer Daniel Rye, who was held hostage for 398 days by the terrorist organisation Islamic State in Syria along with 23 other foreign nationals, including the