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Nikolaj Arcel, director of Denmark's Oscar contender "A Royal Affair", received the Carl Th. Dreyer Award 2013. Previous winners include Susanne Bier, Mads Brügger, Lone Scherfig and Lars von Trier.

The Masters of Cinema Series in the United Kingdom release Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc" on Blu-ray and DVD. The element used for the release was supplied by the Danish Film Institute and put through an exclusive high-definition restoration. The supplemental booklet features: a new essay by Casper Tyberg, reprints of archival writings by Dreyer himself, as well as photographs of physical set-models and production stills, all reprinted in high-resolution courtesy of the Danish Film Institute.

The European Union Film Festival screens Dreyer's "Vampyr" 17 November 2012 at the festival cinema in Toronto. EUFF 2012 runs from 14-27 November.

NEW ITEMS: See the film Shakespeare and Kronborg with screenplay by Carl Th. Dreyer. See also the collection of stills and photos from the set as well as research photos for the film. The film version is Danish with no subtitles.

PORDENONE SILENT FILM FESTIVAL. One of the orchestral event at the Pordenone film festival will the presentation of Carl Th. Dreyer's La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc with a new score composed by Touve Ratovondrahety. The event will take place 9 and 10 October 2012 in the Duomo of Pordenone.

British film magazine Sight & Sound has revealed the results of its latest ‘The Greatest Films of All Time’ poll, which comprises 100 titles. Dreyer features with no less than three films, with La passion de Jeanne d’Arc impressively securing 9th place.

INTERVIEW. In February 1967 professor Dale D. Drum did eight interviews with Dreyer. In January 2012 we put three of these on the Dreyer website. Now the other five interviews have been digitized and are on the website.

NEW RELEASE. "Carl Theodor Dreyer and Ordet: My Summer with the Danish Filmmaker" is the title of a new book by Jan Wahl.

DREYER AT BFI LONDON. The BFI Southbank will be offering a complete retrospective of Dreyer's films 3 - 23 March 2012. See the film programme and read the introduction by Geoff Andrew at bfi.org.uk