The Celebration

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The Celebration is a 1998 Danish drama film directed by Thomas Vinterberg, renowned as the first Dogme 95 film and acclaimed for its raw, handheld visual style and intense family drama.

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instanceOf film
awardReceived Bodil Award for Best Danish Film NERFINISHED
European Film Award for Best Film NERFINISHED
Jury Prize at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
Robert Award for Best Danish Film NERFINISHED
castMember Birthe Neumann NERFINISHED
Henning Moritzen NERFINISHED
Paprika Steen NERFINISHED
Thomas Bo Larsen NERFINISHED
Ulrich Thomsen NERFINISHED
cinematographyStyle handheld camera
naturalistic lighting
countryOfOrigin Denmark NERFINISHED
director Thomas Vinterberg NERFINISHED
distributor Scanbox NERFINISHED
Dogme95RuleCompliance handheld camera only
location shooting only
no artificial lighting
editedBy Valdís Óskarsdóttir NERFINISHED
filmFestivalScreening 1998 Cannes Film Festival NERFINISHED
filmingTechnique available light
shot on video
genre drama
language Danish
mainCharacter Christian NERFINISHED
Else NERFINISHED
Helene NERFINISHED
Helge NERFINISHED
Michael NERFINISHED
movement Dogme 95 NERFINISHED
musicBy Lars Bo Jensen NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus birthday celebration gone wrong
family drama
notableFor being the first Dogme 95 film
originalTitle Festen NERFINISHED
producer Birgitte Hald NERFINISHED
productionCompany Nimbus Film NERFINISHED
publicationDate 1998
runtime approximately 105 minutes
screenwriter Mogens Rukov NERFINISHED
Thomas Vinterberg NERFINISHED
setting Danish countryside
family-owned hotel
theme abuse and trauma
confrontation and truth-telling
family secrets
hypocrisy of the bourgeoisie

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Anthony Dod Mantle notableWork The Celebration
Anthony Dod Mantle workedOn The Celebration
Trine Dyrholm notableWork The Celebration
Zentropa produced The Celebration
Ulrich Thomsen notableWork The Celebration