Copenhagen's two leading international film festivals - NatFilm Festival and the Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF) have merged into one annual film event: CPH: PIX which will focus on new international talents. The first edition will unspool between April 16 and 26, 2009.
Jacob Neiiendam, (photo) previous Head of Programming for the CIFF and film trade journalist is the festival's new director, and Niels Lind Larsen who was involved in the programming of NatFilm, is head of programming.
CPH: PIX is under the aegis of ‘Copenhagen Film Festivals', which also oversees two other major festivals in the Danish capital: BUSTER-Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth (September 19-26, 2008) run by Füsun Eriksen, and CPH-DOX-Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival (November 07-16, 2008), run by Tine Fischer. Andreas Steinmann is responsible for the overall planning of the three events.
The new trading platform CPH Film Market will be available to film professionals during CPH: PIX in April and during BUSTER in September, while the existing market for documentaries during CPH: DOX remains unchanged. The website for all three film festivals is: http://www.cphfilmfestivals.dk/.