# Filmbyen

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**Filmbyen** (English: Film City) is a film studio complex located in [Hvidovre](/source/Hvidovre) just outside [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark.[1]

Filmbyen is a former military base. It houses many film-related companies. Many films and TV-series have been shot there.[2]

It was founded by [Lars von Trier](/source/Lars_von_Trier) and [Peter Aalbæk Jensen](/source/Peter_Aalb%C3%A6k_Jensen)'s company [Zentropa](/source/Zentropa) in 1997 and is still owned and run by Zentropa.[3]

The story of Filmbyen, its people and companies are told in Thomas Vilhelm's book *Filmbyen* (Ekstra Bladets Forlag, 2007),[4][5] and in the documentary *Filmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma?* (*Filmbyen, the new Mecca of cinema?*) directed by Pablo Tréhin-Marçot (France, 2007).[6]

## See also

- [Think Tank on European Film and Film Policy](/source/Think_Tank_on_European_Film_and_Film_Policy)

## References

1. Angus Finney (10 October 2014). [*The International Film Business: A Market Guide Beyond Hollywood*](https://books.google.com/books?id=_vvDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA107). Routledge. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-1-136-29503-4.

1. Linda Badley (2010). [*Lars Von Trier*](https://books.google.com/books?id=lkalxu6qEecC&pg=PA155). University of Illinois Press. pp. 155–. ISBN 978-0-252-07790-6.

1. Anne Mette Lundtofte (13 May 2013). [*Zentropia*](https://books.google.com/books?id=80CX9uRCRqIC&pg=PT74). Gyldendal. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-87-02-14732-2.

1. ["Thomas Vilhelm: FILMBYEN"](http://www.jyllands-posten.dk/protected/premium/anmeldelser/litteratur/ECE4378867/Thomas+Vilhelm%3A++FILMBYEN/). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150119163319/http://www.jyllands-posten.dk/protected/premium/anmeldelser/litteratur/ECE4378867/Thomas+Vilhelm%3A++FILMBYEN/) 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

1. ["Brudstykker af kﾃｦmpen i dansk film"](http://www.b.dk/kultur/brudstykker-af-kaempen-i-dansk-film). *www.b.dk*. 6 October 2009. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150326025806/http://www.b.dk/kultur/brudstykker-af-kaempen-i-dansk-film) 26 March 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

1. ["Programmes TV - Filmbyen, la nouvelle Mecque du cinéma ? - Docu-info - Cinéma - Ciné + Club - 26/01/2014 - 13H20"](http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/fiche/cine+-club/documentaire/143744660/filmbyen-la-nouvelle-mecque-du-cinema-.html). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150119144905/http://tvmag.lefigaro.fr/programme-tv/fiche/cine+-club/documentaire/143744660/filmbyen-la-nouvelle-mecque-du-cinema-.html) 19 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 January 2015.

## External links

- [Filmbyen official site](https://web.archive.org/web/20070720220850/http://www.filmbyen.dk/)
- [Zentropa official site](http://www.zentropa.dk/)
- [Interview with Peter Aalbæk Jensen](https://web.archive.org/web/20080604163439/http://www.dfi.dk/tidsskriftetfilm/55/filmproduktion.htm)

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