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Copenhagen Bombay

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Copenhagen Bombay
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2006
Headquarters,
Key people
Sarita Christensen
(CEO)
ProductsMotion pictures, television programs
Websitecopenhagenbombay.com

Copenhagen Bombay is a Danish production company, animation studio and distribution company, specializing in entertainment for children and teenagers. It produces films, television, books, games, online universes and other media.

History

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The company was founded in 2006 by director Anders Morgenthaler and producer Sarita Christensen. Christensen came from a position in Zentropa where she had produced Morgenthaler's film Princess.[1]

Notable productions

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Esben Toft Jacobsen's animated feature The Great Bear was selected for the Generation Kplus programme at the 2011 Berlin International Film Festival,[2] where it attracted considerable international attention and was sold to a wide range of countries.[3] The documentary The Testament won a Bodil Award for Best Danish Documentary at the 65th Bodil Awards.[4]

Filmography

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Production

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  • Vesterbro (2007)
  • Eat Shit and Die (2008)
  • Carsten & Gittes filmballade (2008)
  • De vilde hjerter (2008)
  • Æblet & ormen (2009)
  • Fup & Svindel (2009)
  • Hvad vil du vide? (2010)
  • Tigre og tatoveringer (2010)
  • Hjemve (2011)
  • Pandaerne (2011)
  • The Great Bear (2011)
  • Restaurangutang (2011)
  • Testamentet (2011)
  • Nabospionen (2017)

TV Series

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  • Kiwi & Strit (2015)

Distribution

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  • Æblet & ormen (2009)
  • Tigre og tatoveringer (2010)

References

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  1. ^ "Sarita Christensen bryder med Zentropa" (in Danish). Ekko. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  2. ^ "The Great Bear to Berlin". Danish Film Institute. Retrieved 2013-03-26.
  3. ^ "Kæmpebjørn åbner døre for dansk filmselskab" (in Danish). Berlingske. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  4. ^ "'Melancholia' Wins Denmark's Bodil Award for Best Film". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
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