thomas vinterberg's another round. mischievously unruly in tone, yet shot through with a flinty shard of sadness, vinterberg's best film since 1998's festen is a heady cocktail of ecstasy and grief — a tale of four middle—aged men experimenting with daytime drinking centring on the performance of a lifetime from mads mikkelsen in a role that sees him literally dancing through the heart of darkness. as always, the international categories proved the most eye—opening part of award season, providing an important platform forfilms like quo vadis, aida?, which was nominated for both baftas and oscars and which recently won top honours at the european film awards. colonel karremans, they are killing people outside. a harrowing drama set during the srebrenica massacre of 1995, writer—director jasmila zbanic�*s film lent a human heart to a horrifying tale, ensuring that we keep on watching — a notable achievement for a movie that is centrally concerned with the spectre of looking away.