The Nordisk Film Award
The Nordisk Film Award was instituted in 1996 by The Nordisk Film Foundation, which is part of The Egmont Foundation
The Nordisk Film Award is an award given for remarkable work on behalf of Danish film or television. From 2010 the award is given to new talent who has contributed in an extraordinary way to the Danish media environment.
The award money consists of DDK 1.000 multiplied with the age of Nordisk Film. In 2012, the award consequently amounts to DKK 106,000.Up until 2008, The Nordisk Film Award was presented on Nordisk Film's birthday, on November 6. From 2010, the Nordisk Film Award ceremony will be part of the official opening of Danish Film Festival CPH PIX.
The Nordisk Film Award has been awarded to the following:
1996: Directors Lars von Trier and Ole Bornedal
1997: Director Lotte Svendsen
1998: Producer Birgitte Hald
1999: Director Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
2000: Director Erik Clausen
2001: Director Christoffer Boe
2002: Scriptwriter Mogens Rukov
2003: Scriptwriters Peter and Stig Thorsboe
2004: Director Jørgen Leth
2005: Scriptwriter and director Anders Thomas Jensen
2006: Cartoonist and director Anders Morgenthaler
2007: Director Peter Schønau Fog
2008: Director Henrik Ruben Genz
2009: The award was not given
2010: Scriptwriters and directors Michael Noer and Tobias Lindholm
2011: Scriptwriter Anders F. August
