Editing Lars von Trier (section)

== Career ==
=== 1984–1994: Career beginnings and ''Europa'' trilogy ===
In 1984, ''[[The Element of Crime]]'', von Trier's breakthrough film, received twelve awards at seven international festivals<ref name="Element of Crime">{{Citation |last=Trier |first=Lars von |title=The Element of Crime |date=14 May 1984 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087280/awards |access-date=25 July 2016 |archive-date=31 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031015608/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087280/awards |url-status=live }}</ref> including the Technical Grand Prize at [[Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]], and a nomination for the [[Palme d'Or]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/von-trier-welcome-back-at-cannes/5054055.article |title=Lars von Trier welcome back at Cannes Film Festival |date=19 April 2013 |work=Screen Daily |publisher=Media Business Insight Limited |access-date=18 December 2013 |author=Melanie Goodfellow, Andreas Wiseman |archive-date=19 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219012744/http://www.screendaily.com/news/von-trier-welcome-back-at-cannes/5054055.article |url-status=live }}</ref> The film's slow, non-linear pace,<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nZDFAgAAQBAJ |title=Politics as Form in Lars von Trier: A Post-Brechtian Reading |last=Koutsourakis |first=Angelos |date=24 October 2013 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-62356-027-0 }}</ref> innovative and multi-leveled plot design, and dark dreamlike visual effects<ref name="Element of Crime" />{{Failed verification|date=January 2017}} combine to create an allegory for traumatic European historical events.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/83-the-element-of-crime |title=The Element of Crime |access-date=25 July 2016 |archive-date=8 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808181104/https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/83-the-element-of-crime |url-status=live }}</ref>

Von Trier's next film, ''[[Epidemic (film)|Epidemic]]'' (1987), was also shown at [[1987 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]] in the [[Un Certain Regard]] section, and featured two story lines that ultimately collide: the chronicle of two filmmakers (played by von{{nbsp}}Trier and screenwriter Niels Vørse) in the midst of developing a new project, and a dark science fiction tale of a futuristic plague{{snd}}the very film von Trier and Vørsel are depicted making.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} He next directed ''[[Medea (1988 film)|Medea]]'' (1988) for television, based on a screenplay by [[Carl Th. Dreyer]] and starring [[Udo Kier]], which won the Jean d'Arcy prize in France.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

Von Trier has referred to his films as falling into thematic and stylistic [[trilogy|trilogies]]. This pattern began with ''[[The Element of Crime]]'' (1984), the first of the [[Europa trilogy|''Europa'' trilogy]], which illuminated traumatic periods in Europe both in the past and the future. It also includes ''Epidemic''. He completed the trilogy in 1991 with ''[[Europa (1991 film)|Europa]]'' (released as ''Zentropa'' in the US), which won the [[Jury Prize (Cannes Festival)|Prix du{{nbsp}}Jury]] at the [[1991 Cannes Film Festival]],<ref name="cannes-1991.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/91/year/1991.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Europa |access-date=9 August 2009 |publisher=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/91/year/1991.html |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> and picked up awards at other major festivals. In 1990 he also directed the music video for the song "Bakerman" by [[Laid Back]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Schepelern |first=Peter |title=Lars von Triers film: tvang og befrielse |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oXlZAAAAMAAJ |access-date=11 October 2010 |year=2000 |publisher=Rosinante |language=da |isbn=978-87-621-0164-7 |page=313}}</ref> This video was re-used in 2006 by the English DJ and artist [[Shaun Baker (musician)|Shaun Baker]] in his remake of the song.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

Seeking financial independence and creative control over their projects, in 1992 von{{nbsp}}Trier and producer [[Peter Aalbæk Jensen]] founded the film production company [[Zentropa]] Entertainment, which has sold more than 350 million tickets and was nominated for multiple [[Academy Awards]] as of 2016.<ref name="Winfrey2"/><ref name="HISTORIEN – Historien om Zentropa"/> Named after a fictional railway company in ''Europa'',<ref name="tomb" /> their most recent film at the time, Zentropa has produced many movies other than Trier's own, as well as several television series.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} It has also produced hardcore sex films: ''[[Constance (1998 film)|Constance]]'' (1998), ''[[Pink Prison]]'' (1999), ''HotMen CoolBoyz'' (2000), and ''[[All About Anna]]'' (2005).{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} To make money for his newly founded company, von{{nbsp}}Trier made ''[[The Kingdom (miniseries)|The Kingdom]]'' (Danish title ''Riget'', 1994) and ''[[The Kingdom (miniseries)|The Kingdom{{nbsp}}II]]'' (''Riget{{nbsp}}II'', 1997), a pair of miniseries recorded in the Danish national hospital, the name "Riget" being a colloquial name for the hospital known as Rigshospitalet (lit. The Kingdom's Hospital) in Danish.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} A projected third season of the series was derailed by the death in 1998 of [[Ernst-Hugo Järegård]], who played Dr. Helmer, and that of [[Kirsten Rolffes]], who played Mrs. Drusse, in 2000, two of the major characters, which led to the series' cancellation.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

=== 1995–2000: Dogme 95 manifesto, and ''Golden Heart'' trilogy ===
[[File:Dogme28.jpg|thumb|[[Dogme 95]] Certificate for Susanne Bier's film ''[[Open Hearts]]'']]
In 1995, von Trier and [[Thomas Vinterberg]] presented their manifesto for a new cinematic movement, which they called [[Dogme 95]]. The Dogme{{nbsp}}95 concept, which led to international interest in [[Danish film]], inspired filmmakers all over the world. It required filmmakers to shirk several common techniques in modern filmmaking, such as studio lighting, sets, costumes, and non-diegetic music.<ref name="Chaudhuri2005">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOXoeyesZOIC&pg=PA37 |title=Contemporary world cinema: Europe, the Middle East, East Asia and South Asia |last=Chaudhuri |first=Shohini |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-7486-1799-9 |page=37 |quote=The Dogme concept has, moreover, spilled across national borders and inspired filmmaking outside Denmark. |access-date=12 October 2010}}</ref> In 2008, together with their fellow Dogme directors [[Kristian Levring]] and [[Søren Kragh-Jacobsen]], von{{nbsp}}Trier and [[Thomas Vinterberg]] received the [[European Film Awards|European film award]] for [[Outstanding European Achievement in World Cinema|European Achievement in World Cinema]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archive - European Film Awards - EFA Night 2008 |url=https://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/archive/2008/winner |access-date=2024-02-26 |website=europeanfilmawards.eu}}</ref>

In 1996 von Trier conducted an unusual theatrical experiment in Copenhagen involving 53 actors, which he titled ''Psychomobile{{nbsp}}1: The World Clock''.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} A documentary chronicling the project was directed by Jesper Jargil, and was released in 2000 with the title ''[[De Udstillede]]'' (The Exhibited).<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Exhibited |url=https://www.dfi.dk/en/viden-om-film/filmdatabasen/film/de-udstillede |access-date=2023-12-27 |website=www.dfi.dk |language=en}}</ref>

Von Trier achieved international success with his [[Golden Heart trilogy|''Golden Heart'' trilogy]]. Each film in the trilogy is about naive heroines who maintain their "golden hearts" despite the tragedies they experience. This trilogy consists of ''[[Breaking the Waves]]'' (1996), ''[[The Idiots]]'' (1998), and ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'' (2000).<ref>[http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/2013/06/top-10-unconventional-trilogies.html Unconventional Trilogies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141101112159/http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/2013/06/top-10-unconventional-trilogies.html |date=1 November 2014 }}, dated June 2013, at andsoitbeginsfilms.com</ref> While all three films are sometimes associated with the [[Dogme 95]] movement, ''The Idiots'' was the only one to meet all the necessary criteria to be "certified" as such.{{according to whom|date = March 2023}}

''Breaking the Waves'' won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] and featured [[Emily Watson]], who was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Riding |first=Alan |date=16 March 1997 |title=On Cusp of Fame, But Not At Home |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/16/movies/on-cusp-of-fame-but-not-at-home.html |work=[[New York Times]] |page=13, Section 2}}</ref> Its grainy images, and hand-held photography, pointed towards Dogme{{nbsp}}95 but violated several of the manifesto's rules.{{according to whom|date = March 2023}} The second film in the trilogy, ''The Idiots'', was nominated for a [[Palme d'Or]], with which he was presented in person at the [[1998 Cannes Film Festival]], despite his dislike of traveling.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} In 2000, von Trier premiered ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'', a musical featuring Icelandic musician [[Björk]], which won the [[Palme d'Or]] at [[2000 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes]].<ref name="cannes-2000.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5140/year/2000.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Dancer in the Dark |access-date=11 October 2009 |publisher=festival-cannes.com |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5140/year/2000.html |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The song "I've Seen It All" (co-written by von{{nbsp}}Trier) received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]].{<ref>https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=109459&page=1</ref>}

=== 2003–2008: ''Land of Opportunities'' trilogy and other works ===
[[File:Oliver Mark - Lars von Trier, Copenhagen 2003.jpg|thumb|Lars von Trier photographed by [[Oliver Mark]], Copenhagen 2003]]
''[[The Five Obstructions]]'' (2003), made by von{{nbsp}}Trier and [[Jørgen Leth]], is a documentary that incorporates lengthy sections of [[experimental film]]s. The premise is that von{{nbsp}}Trier challenges Leth, his friend and mentor, to remake his 1967 experimental short ''[[The Perfect Human (film)|The Perfect Human]]'' five times, each time with a different obstacle.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C02E4D6143EF935A15756C0A9629C8B63 |title=The Five Obstructions (2003) &#124; FILM REVIEW; A Cinematic Duel of Wits For Two Danish Directors |work=The New York Times |date=26 May 2004 |access-date=12 October 2010 |first=A. O. |last=Scott |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C02E4D6143EF935A15756C0A9629C8B63 |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

His next proposed trilogy, ''Land of Opportunities'', consists of ''[[Dogville]]'' (2003), ''[[Manderlay]]'' (2005), and the unmade ''{{not a typo|Washington}}''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Newman|first=Nick|url=https://thefilmstage.com/im-made-to-tell-stories-anthony-dod-mantle-on-lars-von-trier-danny-boyle-and-a-cinematographers-life/|title=“I’m Made to Tell Stories”: Anthony Dod Mantle on Lars von Trier, Danny Boyle, and a Cinematographer’s Life|date=December 19, 2023|work=The Film Stage}}</ref> The first two installments were shot with the same distinctive, extremely stylized approach, with the actors performing on a bare [[sound stage]] with no decoration, buildings' walls marked by chalk lines on the floor, a style inspired by 1970s televised theatre. ''Dogville'' starred [[Nicole Kidman]] as Grace Margaret Mulligan, a role taken by [[Bryce Dallas Howard]] for ''Manderlay''.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} Both films feature an ensemble cast including [[Harriet Andersson]], [[Lauren Bacall]], [[James Caan]], [[Danny Glover]], and [[Willem Dafoe]]. The films question various issues relating to American society, such as intolerance and slavery.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

In 2006, von Trier released the Danish-language comedy film, ''[[The Boss of It All]]'', which was shot using an experimental process he named [[Automavision]], involving the director choosing the best possible fixed camera position, then allowing a computer to randomly choose when to tilt, pan, or zoom.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} He followed this with an autobiographical film, ''The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1'' in 2007, which von Trier wrote and Jacob Thuesen directed, a film that tells the story of von{{nbsp}}Trier's years as a student at the National Film School of Denmark.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} It stars [[Jonatan Spang]] as von{{nbsp}}Trier's alter ego, called "Erik Nietzsche", and is narrated by von{{nbsp}}Trier himself, with all main characters being based on real people from the Danish film industry.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}} The thinly veiled portrayals include [[Jens Albinus]] as director [[Nils Malmros]], [[Dejan Čukić]] as screenwriter [[Mogens Rukov]], and [[Søren Pilmark]].{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

=== 2009–2014: ''Depression'' trilogy ===
The ''Depression'' trilogy consists of ''[[Antichrist (film)|Antichrist]]'', ''[[Melancholia (2011 film)|Melancholia]]'', and ''[[Nymphomaniac (film)|Nymphomaniac]]''. The three films star [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]], and deal with characters who suffer depression or grief in different ways. This trilogy is said to represent the depression that Trier himself experiences.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/03/20/nyphomaniac-volumes-i-and-ii-reviewed-lars-von-triers-sexually-graphic-pairing-will-titillate-but-fails-to-satisfy/ |title=''Nyphomaniac'', ''Volumes I'' and ''II'', reviewed: Lars von&nbsp;Trier's sexually graphic pairing will titillate, but fails to satisfy |last=Knight |first=Chris |date=20 March 2014 |work=[[National Post]] |access-date=15 August 2014 |archive-date=23 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223132752/http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/03/20/nyphomaniac-volumes-i-and-ii-reviewed-lars-von-triers-sexually-graphic-pairing-will-titillate-but-fails-to-satisfy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Antichrist'' follows "a grieving couple who retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping a return to Eden will repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage; but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/AntichristHD |title=Antichrist HD : Kyle Kallgren : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive |date=15 February 2018 |access-date=21 September 2018}}</ref> The film stars [[Willem Dafoe]] and Gainsbourg. It premiered in competition at the 2009 [[Cannes Film Festival]], where the festival's jury honoured the movie by giving the Best Actress award to Gainsbourg.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0525/1224247325203.html?digest=1 |title=Cannes jury gives its heart to works of graphic darkness |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=5 May 2009 |access-date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0525/1224247325203.html?digest=1 |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''Melancholia'', released in 2011, is an apocalyptic drama about two depressive sisters played by [[Kirsten Dunst]] and Gainsbourg, the former of whom marries just before a [[rogue planet]] is about to collide with Earth.<ref>{{Citation |title=Brows Held High: Melancholia Part 2 | date=24 April 2016 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHXjNGzPbS4 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-18}}</ref> The film was in competition at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]], where it won the Best Actress award for Dunst.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/58041.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Official Selection |access-date=14 April 2011 |work=Cannes |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120920/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/58041.html |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Following ''Melancholia'', von Trier began the production of ''Nymphomaniac'', a film about the sexual awakening of a woman played by Gainsbourg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.slashfilm.com/lars-von-trier-the-nymphomaniac/ |title=Lars von Trier to Make 'The Nymphomaniac' Next? |last=Pham |first=Andrias |date=24 March 2011 |work=Slashfilm |access-date=24 March 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918/http://www.slashfilm.com/lars-von-trier-the-nymphomaniac/ |archive-date=18 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> In early December 2013, a four-hour version was shown to the press in a private preview session. The cast also included [[Stellan Skarsgård]] (in his sixth film for von Trier), [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Willem Dafoe]], [[Jamie Bell]], [[Christian Slater]], and [[Uma Thurman]]. In response to claims that he had merely created a "[[pornographic film|porn film]]", Skarsgård stated "... if you look at this film, it's actually a really bad porn movie, even if you fast forward. And after a while you find you don't even react to the explicit scenes. They become as natural as seeing someone eating a bowl of cereal."{{quote without source|date = March 2023}} For its public release in the United Kingdom, the film was divided into two volumes.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}} The film premiered in the UK on 22{{nbsp}}February 2014.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

In interviews prior to the film's release, Gainsbourg and co-star [[Stacy Martin]] revealed that [[prosthesis|prosthetic]] vaginas, body doubles, and special effects were used for the production of the film. Martin also stated that the film's characters were a reflection of the director himself, and referred to the experience as an "honour" that she enjoyed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nymphomaniac star Charlotte Gainsbourg: 'The sex wasn't hard. The masochistic scenes were embarrassing' – video interview |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/feb/20/nymphomaniac-charlotte-gainsbourg-sex-video-interview |access-date=21 February 2014 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=20 February 2014 |first1=Xan |last1=Brooks |first2=Henry |last2=Barnes |format=Video upload |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221071346/http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/feb/20/nymphomaniac-charlotte-gainsbourg-sex-video-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was also released in two "volumes" for the Australian release on 20 March 2014, with an interval separating the back-to-back sections. In February 2014, an uncensored version of ''Volume I'' was shown at the Berlin Film Festival, with no announcement of when or if the complete five-and-a-half-hour ''Nymphomaniac'' would be made available to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/nymphomaniac-vol-1-bigger-longer-and-uncut-1201094720/ |title='Nymphomaniac Vol. 1' Review: Bigger, Longer and Uncut |first=Scott |last=Foundas |date=9 February 2014 |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926235606/http://variety.com/2014/film/festivals/nymphomaniac-vol-1-bigger-longer-and-uncut-1201094720/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The complete version premiered at the 2014 [[Venice Film Festival]] and was shortly afterward released in a limited theatrical run worldwide that fall.{{citation needed|date = March 2023}}

=== 2015–2018: ''The House That Jack Built'' and return to Cannes ===
In 2015, von Trier began work on a new feature film, ''[[The House That Jack Built (2018 film)|The House That Jack Built]]'', which was originally planned as an eight-part television series. The story is about a serial killer, seen from the murderer's point of view. It starred [[Matt Dillon]] in the title role, alongside [[Bruno Ganz]], [[Riley Keough]] and [[Sofie Gråbøl]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/Lars.von.Trier/videos/10154613889459922/ |title=Lars von Trier |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=9 May 2017 |archive-date=4 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210104020846/https://www.facebook.com/Lars.von.Trier/videos/10154613889459922/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=289859 |title=Lars von Trier back at work on The House That Jack Built |first=Jorn Rossing |last=Jensen |date=17 April 2015 |publisher=Cineuropa |access-date=23 January 2016 |archive-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223040156/http://cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=289859 |url-status=live}}</ref> Shooting started in March 2017 in Sweden, before moving to Copenhagen in May.<ref name="trump" />

In February 2017, von Trier explained that the film "celebrates the idea that life is evil and soulless, which is sadly proven by the recent rise of the ''Homo trumpus'' – the rat king".<ref name="trump">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/14/lars-von-trier-donald-trump-the-house-that-jack-built |title=Lars von Trier inspired by Donald Trump for new serial-killer film |last=Shoard |first=Catherine |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 February 2017 |access-date=3 March 2017 |archive-date=8 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308174038/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/14/lars-von-trier-donald-trump-the-house-that-jack-built |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at the [[2018 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]] in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kermode |first1=Mark |last2=critic |first2=Observer film |title=The House That Jack Built review – a killer with room for improvement |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/16/the-house-that-jack-built-review-lars-von-trier-matt-dillon-uma-thurman-sofie-grabol |website=The Guardian |access-date=16 March 2020 |date=16 December 2018 |archive-date=16 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516173834/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/16/the-house-that-jack-built-review-lars-von-trier-matt-dillon-uma-thurman-sofie-grabol |url-status=live}}</ref> Despite more than a hundred walkouts by audience members, the film still received a 10-minute standing ovation.<ref name="JB">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-house-that-jack-built-first-reactions-lars-von-trier-cannes-1201963300/|title=The House That Jack Built First Reactions: von Trier Inspires Walkouts|author=Marotta, Jenna|date=14 May 2018|access-date=20 January 2019|archive-date=10 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410111625/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/the-house-that-jack-built-first-reactions-lars-von-trier-cannes-1201963300/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/17/lars-von-trier-cannes-walkouts-the-house-that-jack-built |title=Lars von Trier on Cannes walkouts: 'I'm not sure they hated my film enough' |date=17 May 2018 |author= Shoard, Catherine |website=[[TheGuardian.com]] |access-date=21 December 2018 |archive-date=21 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041541/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/may/17/lars-von-trier-cannes-walkouts-the-house-that-jack-built |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2019–present: ''The Kingdom'' trilogy ===
After the release of ''The House That Jack Built'', von Trier planned to produce ''Études'', an anthology film consisting of ten black and white segments, each ten minutes long, inspired by the [[Étude|musical form]]; though it never came to fruition<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2018-04-16 |title=Lars von Trier Plans to Direct 10 Short Films After 'House That Jack Built' Left Him With Terrible Anxiety |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/04/lars-von-trier-short-films-etudes-house-that-jack-built-1201953115/ |access-date=2022-11-06 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}</ref> In December 2020, it was announced he would produce a belated third and final season of ''[[The Kingdom (TV miniseries)|The Kingdom]]'', titled ''The Kingdom Exodus'', with [[Søren Pilmark]] returning as Jørgen 'Hook' Krogshøj, [[Ghita Nørby]] as Rigmor Mortensen, alongside a new cast including [[Mikael Persbrandt]] as Dr. Helmer, Jr. It was shot in 2021, consisting of five episodes released in November 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theplaylist.net/lars-von-trier-the-kingdom-season-3-20201220/|title='The Kingdom': Lars Von Trier Returns To His Cult '90s Series With Third Season|website=theplaylist.net|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=20 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220145337/https://theplaylist.net/lars-von-trier-the-kingdom-season-3-20201220/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXWcl6OuVw8|title=Lars von Trier: The Burden From Donald Duck &#124; Louisiana Channel|date=24 December 2020 |via=www.youtube.com|access-date=31 December 2020|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110153446/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXWcl6OuVw8&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> The miniseries premiered out of competition at the [[79th Venice International Film Festival|Venice Film Festival]] as a five-hour feature-length film. It received mixed reviews from critics.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sondermann |first=Selina |title=Venice Film Festival 2022: The Kingdom: Exodus (Riget: Exodus) {{!}} Review |url=https://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2022/09/05/venice-film-festival-2022-the-kingdom-exodus-riget-exodus-review/ |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=The Upcoming|date=5 September 2022 }}</ref>

In 2024, von Trier announced he was working on a new film titled ''After'' which will benefit from funding from the Danish Film Institute. [[Stellan Skarsgård]] was cast as the film's lead.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scanu |first=John |date=2024-09-18 |title=Lars von Trier, the Danish director&#39;s next film will be titled &quot;After&quot; |url=https://www.unionesarda.it/en/lars-von-trier-the-danish-director39-s-next-film-will-be-titled-quot-afterquot-pdhy1drd |access-date=2025-01-16 |website=L'Unione Sarda English |language=en}}</ref> Filming is expected to begin in summer 2025, with von Trier's health conditions reflected in the plot of the film.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lars-von-trier-david-lynch-gaspar-noe-b2706607.html</ref>