Christian Slater Stars in New Arthouse Film "Incidents of Intimacy"

Visual artist Jasper Just is making his directorial feature debut with "Incidents of Intimacy," starring Christian Slater, Dree Hemingway, and Trine Dyrholm. Dyrholm will portray Linda, an intimacy coordinator who struggles to form real connections and instead collects objects to symbolically represent intimacy. This film is the second production under Zentropa's Dogma25 initiative, which supports ambitious arthouse features with strict production limitations.

The Dogma25 label requires directors to adhere to a "vow of chastity," including a small crew size and a significant portion of dialogue-free scenes. The maximum budget for these films is 10 million Danish Krone. This project signifies Christian Slater's return to Danish cinema, following his role in Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac."

Jasper Just, known for his work deconstructing gender and social norms, co-wrote the script with Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen. The Dogma25 concept, inspired by the 1990s Dogme 95 movement, aims to revitalize independent cinema. Similar Dogma 25 slates are already being developed in Germany.