Lone Scherfig

Scherfig graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1984, and began her career as a director with the television film Margrethes elsker in 1985. Previously, she had been involved in the advertising business and had won awards (including the Lion d\'Argent) at the Cannes International Advertising Film Festival. Her directorial debut in film came with Kaj\'s fodselsdag. The film was critically successful and garnered her the Grand Jury prize and the Club Espace Award at the Rouen Nordic FIlm Festival. For a period of time following such success, Scherfig wrote and directed a few short films and worked with both radio shows and the stage. In 1998, she directed the film Nar mor kommer hjem, which was the recipient of the Grand Prix at the Montreal Film Festival and the Cinekid Award in Amsterdam.\n', '

Scherfig found her international breakthrough with the film Italian for Beginn…