Two cops face a proverbial trial by fire when anti-police protests leave them exposed and outnumbered in this smart, nonstop thriller. Slick, unsettling Danish law-enforcement thriller “Shorta” — or ...

Magnolia has acquired North American rights to “Shorta,” Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid’s Danish action thriller, which world premiered during Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival to warm ...

"Shorta" director Frederik Louis Hviid and leading Scandinavian filmmaker-screenwriter Tobias Lindholm ("The Investigation") are teaming on "Torpedo," a thriller set in the Danish organized crime ...

“Shorta,” the timely action-packed Danish thriller that had its world premiere in Venice Critics’ Week this weekend, has now been sold by Charades in a number of territories. Directed by up-and-coming ...

Shorta couldn’t be more timely. This impressive first feature from Anders Olholm and Frederik Louis Hviid confronts police brutality, racial tension and social division in a muscular, compelling ...

This nerve-jangling Danish chase thriller takes its title from the Arabic word for “police”. That in itself seems to suggest that writers/directors Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid would like to ...

Police brutality triggers unrest on a Danish housing estate in this visually striking but misconceived morality tale In the aftermath of an inflammatory incident of police brutality, level-headed ...

The title is the Arabic word for police and Shorta opens with a close up of a black teenager, Talib Ben Hassi, shouting "I can’t breathe" as he's held down on the floor by a white officer. It’s a ...