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PageType	Full Movie
Summary	Every family has a secret...A darkly comic journey into forbidden family territory. No one can ignore a person like Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt. So on his sixtieth birthday, a celebration is required. Friends and relatives scurry to the country estate. Eventually, every family's secrets will come out. And since his twin sister's death, prodigal son Christian is more haunted than usual. The time has come for the darkest family skeleton to be revealed, and it must be done in their father's style - with flair, and malice
Genres	Drama, Dogme
Premiered	19 June 1998 (Denmark)
Cast	Ulrich Thomsen, Christian Klingenfeldt
Cast	Henning Moritzen, Helge Klingenfeldt
Cast	Thomas Bo Larsen, Michael Klingenfeldt
Cast	Paprika Steen, Helene Klingenfeldt
Cast	Birthe Neumann, Else Klingenfeldt
Cast	Trine Dyrholm, Pia Klingenfeldt
Cast	Actor's Name, Character
Crew	Thomas Vinterberg, Director
Crew	Thomas Vinterberg, Screenplay
Crew	Mogens Rukov, Screenplay

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Festen (The Celebration) is a Danish movie from 1998. It signified the beginning of the so-called Dogme-movies, executed on a set of strict rules to ensue that no effects were used - eg. camera by hand, no make-up etc.

A darkly comic journey into forbidden family territory. No one can ignore a person like Danish patriarch Helge Klingenfeldt. So on his sixtieth birthday, a celebration is required. Friends and relatives scurry to the country estate. Eventually, every family's secrets will come out. And since his twin sister's death two months ago, prodigal son Christian is more haunted than usual. The time has come for the darkest family skeleton to be revealed, and it must be done in their father's style - with flair, and malice

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The Celebration received 24 awards worldwide, and further 15 nominations (IMDB)

Nominated for Bafta, Golden Globe, Golden Palm, European Film Awards (best film & actor)

Won the 'Jury Prize' Cannes Film Festival, 'European Discovery of the Year' European Film Awards, 'Best Director' GijÃÆÃÂ³n International Film Festival, LAFCA Award 'Best Foreign Film' Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, 'Best Foreign Language Film' New York Film Critics Circle Awards etc.