Christian Slater, Trine Dyrholm and Dree Hemingway join Dogma25 film Incidents of Intimacy
Jesper Just’s feature debut is the second production in Zentropa’s Dogma25 collection, which sets limits on crew size, dialogue and creative use of the internet.
Christian Slater, Trine Dyrholm and Dree Hemingway are set to star in Incidents of Intimacy, director Jesper Just’s first feature and the second film in Zentropa’s Dogma25 collection, according to reports published on October 15, 2026. The project brings the three actors into a Danish film initiative whose rules shape how its productions are made.
Johannes Lilleøre, Julie Agnete Vang, Laura Drasbæk and Michael Moritzen are also in the cast. Just, a visual artist, co-wrote the screenplay with Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen. Both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline identify the project as his feature directorial debut.
What Incidents of Intimacy is about
Dyrholm plays Linda, an intimacy coordinator who struggles to make intimate connections herself, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Linda steals objects from other people and keeps them in what the reports describe as an archive of intimacy in her cupboard. The contrast between her work and her private life is central to the film’s reported premise.
Deadline describes a triangular relationship that disrupts Linda’s system and sends emotions adrift from their origins. The reports identify the wider cast but do not assign the other named actors to roles in that relationship.
How Dogma25 shapes the production
Zentropa announced Dogma25 during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, according to both reports. Its production rules require at least half of each film to have no dialogue, limit the crew behind the camera to 10 people and bar internet use during creative processes. Those restrictions make Just’s film part of a defined production experiment as well as a new casting announcement.
The Hollywood Reporter says films in the collection have a maximum budget of 10 million Danish kroner. Deadline reports that Incidents of Intimacy has support from the Danish Film Institute, The Eastern Denmark Film Fund and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Those details describe the collection’s budget ceiling and the named sources of support for this film; neither report gives an individual budget for the production.
The Hollywood Reporter says the Dogma25 films are intended for theatrical release in Denmark through Nordisk Film Distribution, with Netflix holding streaming rights in the Nordic countries. Both outlets say TrustNordisk handles international sales for the films. The reports give no filming start date or release date for Incidents of Intimacy.
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Sources and context
- Christian Slater, Trine Dyrholm, Dree Hemingway Join Dogma25 Feature ‘Incidents of Intimacy’The Hollywood Reporter
- Trine Dyrholm, Christian Slater Join Dogma25 Pic Incidents of IntimacyDeadline
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