​From her home in London, Funen-born, Danish screenwriter LINE LANGEBEK talks about her widely celebrated Oscar-nominated film The Girl with the Needle (2025), a historical psychological horror film based on the true story of Danish serial killer Dagmar Overbye. Line talks about Raising Films, a UK-based organization she helped create that advocates for parents and carers in the screen sector, and her commitment to telling more universal stories in these turbulent and interesting times.

Line selects a work by Harald Giersing from the SMK collection.

https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS3653

(Photographer: Tara Violet Niami)

This conversation with Tina Jøhnk Christensen occurred on March 13, 2025.

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