Awards

Nordic Short and Documentary Awards 2010

DENMARK

Armadillo by Janus Metz
Grand Prix at Semaine de la Critique in France

Berik by Daniel Joseph Borgman
Grand Prix Canal+ at Semaine de la Critique in France

Bobby by Julie Bille
Best Long Fiction at the Robert Awards in Denmark

Book of Miri by Katrine Philp
Full Frame President's Award at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in the USA
European Young CIVIS Media Prize by CIVIS Media Foundation

Burma VJ - Reporting from a Closed Country (Burma VJ - Reporter i et lukket land) by Anders Østergaard
Best International Film at Cinema Eye Honors in the USA
Best Editors (Janus Billeskov Jansen & Thomas Papapetros) at Cinema Eye Honors in the USA
Oscar Nomination for Best Documentary Feature in the USA
Best Television Documentary at Amnesty International Media Awards at the British Film Institute in the UK

Defamation by Yoav Shamir
Best Documentary Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia

How They Dance (Hvordan de danser) by Jesper Ravn
Best Documentary in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Hurry Home (Skynd dig hjem) by Laurits Munch-Petersen
Audience Award at European Independent Film Festival in France

Into Eternity by Michael Madsen
Grand Prix at Visions du Réel in Switzerland

Katrine by Malik Thomas Spang Bruun
Mention Spécial Plans Animes at Premiers Plans in France

Lars and Peter (Lars og Peter) by Daniel Borgman
Youth Award at Huesca Film Festival in Spain

Megaheavy by Fenar Ahmad
Best Short Fiction at the Robert Awards in Denmark
Special Mention at Edinburgh Film Festival in the UK

My Father From Haifa (Fra Haifa til Nørrebro) by Omar Shargawi
Best Long Documentary at the Robert Awards in Denmark

Old Johanne (Gamle Johanne) by Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf
Golden Cairo for Best TV Program at Cairo International Children's Film Festival in Egypt

Out of Love (Ønskebørn) by Birgitte Stærmose
Prix UIP at Rotterdam International Film Festival in the Netherlands
Special Mention/Generation 14plus at the Berlinale in Germany
Best Short Documentary at the Robert Awards in Denmark

See You (Ses) by Jesper Waldvogel Rasmussen
Grand Prize Short Film at New York International Children's Film Festival in the USA
Audience Award at New York International Children's Film Festival in the USA

The Fantastic 3 (De fantastiske 3) by Esben Tønnesen
Best Short Film in the Elements +6 Section at Giffoni Film Festival in Italy

The Flower Queen (Blomsterdronningen) by Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf
Best TV Program at Taiwan International Children's Film Festival

The Invicible Cell (Blekingegadebanden) by Anders Riis-Hansen
Bodil for Best Documentary at the Bodil Awards in Denmark

The Mouse (Musen) by Pil Maria Gunnarsson
County Council of Skåne Short Film Award at BUFF Film Festival in Sweden

The Moving Earth (Den bevægede jord) by Lars Becker-Larsen
Best Long Documentary at AVICOM in Italy

The New Tenants by Joachim Bach
Oscar for Best Short Film/Live Action at the Academy Awards in the USA

The Red Chapel (Det røde kapel) by Mads Brügger
World Cinema Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival in the USA

The Yellow House (series, including Old Johanne & The Dream Creatures) by Catherine Kunze & Jacob Wellendorf
Best Children's Program at BANFF World Television Festival in Canada
Best Children's Film at Black International Cinema in Germany

Vote For Change (Dagbog fra midten) by Christoffer Guldbrandsen
TV-Gold - Billed-Bladets Documentary Award in Denmark

Carsten Myllerup, Linda Krogsøe Holmberg & Jens Mikkelsen, filmmakers
Honorary Bodil for initiating the alternativ film school Super16 at the Bodil Awards in Denmark

FINLAND

Benedict by Henri Savolainen
Honorable Mention in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Benigni by Elli Vuoriinen, Pinja Partanen & Jasmiini Ottelin
Prix du Public Films d'Ecoles at Premiers Plans in France
Diploma of Merit by the Youth Jury at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Freetime Machos by Mika Ronkainen
Special Prize in the Finnish Competition over 30 Minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Göring's Baton (Göringin sauva) by Pia Andell
Best Finnish Film over 30 Minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Hanasaari A by Pekka Veikkolainen & Hannes Vartiainen
Short Film Prize of the Jury of the Young at Regensburger Kurzfilmwoche in Germany
Short Film Competition Grand Prix at Hong Kong International Film Festival in China
Special Mention at Huesca Film Festival in Spain

Man with a Video Camera (Mies ja videokamera) by Petri Hagner
Diploma of Merit in the Finnish Competition over 30 Minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Mother Doesn't Bowl Anymore (Äiti ei enää keilaa) by Teemu Nikki
Prize of the Youth Jury at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Over the Fence (Viikko ennen vappua) by Hamy Ramezan
Special Mention at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
Best Live Action Short at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Canada
Best Fiction Award at Curtocircuito International Short Film Festival in Spain

Shadow of the Holy Book (Pyhän kirjan varjo) by Arto Halonen
JurnalTV Special Award at the Cronograf Documentaary Film Festival in Moldova
Special Mention of the Jury at the Cronograf Documentaary Film Festival in Moldova

Steam of Life ( Miesten vuoro) by Joonas Berghäll & Mika Hotakainen
The Risto Jarva Prize in the Finnish Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Audience Award in the Finnish Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Prize of the Interreligious Jury at Visions du Réel in Switzerland
Main Award at DocAviv in Israel
Millenium at Planete Doc Review in Poland

Little Snow Animal (Lumikko) by Miia Tervo
Grand Prix at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
EFA Tampere Nomination at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Best Finnish Film under 30 Minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
The Golden Chair for Best International Short Film at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

The Living Room of the Nation (Kansakunnan olohuone) by Jukka Kärkkäinen
Best Documentary at the Jussi Awards in Finland
Special Mention by the International Jury at The Norweggian Documentary Film Festival in Norway

The Painting Sellers (Taulukaupiaat) by Juho Kuosmanen
1st Prize Cinéfondation at Festival de Cannes in France

Traffic Jam (Ruuhka) by Arthur Franck & Oskar Forstén
Special Prize in the Finnish Competition under 30 Minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Grande Prémio at Black & White Festival Audiovisual in Portugal

Kiti Luostarinen, documentarist
Aho & Soldan Life Achievement Award at DocPoint in Finland

ICELAND

2 Birds (Smáfuglar) by Rúnar Rúnarsson
Grand Prix of the Jury at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Architecture of Home (Íslensk alþýða) by Thorunn Hafstad
Best Film at DV newspaper's Cultural Award in Iceland

Committed by Ísold Uggadóttir
Best Cinematography at European Independent Film Festival in France
Edda for Best Short Film at the Edda Awards in Iceland

Dreamland (Draumalandid) by Thorfinnur Gudnason & Andri Snær Magnason
Edda for Best Documentary at the Edda Awards in Iceland

Wrestling (brædrabylta) by Grimur Håkonarson
Special Mention at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic

NORWAY

Angry Man (Sinna man) by Anita Killi
Best Animated Film at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
Audience Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
Special Jury Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France
Audience Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France
Unicef Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France
Best Short Film For Children over 9 Years at Mo & Friese Hamburg Children's Film Festival in Germany

Brudhlaup by Karin Pennanen
Honorable mention in the Norwegian Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Circus (Sirkus) by Guro Bruusgaard
The Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Short at The Norwegian Short Film

Control (Kontroll) by Hanne Myren
Special Jury Award in the Norwegian Comoetition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Daddy's Girl by Helene Komini Olsen
Best Norwegian Fiction at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Den trettende dag jul by Thorbjørn Magnus
Honorable mention in the Norwegian Comoetition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Ella by Hanne Larsen
Special Prize of the Jury at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France

Guri Gursjen & Gursjan Gru by Eirik Aure & Johanne Anda
Best Animation Film in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Interstices by Michel Pavlou
Onda Curta Prize at Curtas Vila do Conde in Portugal

Lapp Hat (Fjellfinnhua) by Guro Saniola Bjerk
Best Norwegian Documentary at The Norwegian Documentary Film Festival in Norway

Russian Lessons by Andrei Nekrasov & Olga Konskaya
The Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Documentary at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Songs from the Street (Uteliggernes sang) by Mali Finborud Nøren
Audience Award at The Norweggian Documentary Film Festival in Norway

The Fabolous Fiff and Fam (Fabelaktige Fiff og Fam) by Solveig Melkeraaen
Best Norwegian Film at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
Best Documentary at Huesca Film Festival in Spain

Travelling Fields by Inger Lise Hansen
Special Mention by the International Jury at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

Å puste ut musikk by Trond Eliassen
Best Documentary film in the Films from the North competition at Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway

Aslaug Holm, Peter Næss, Joachim Trier & Hanne Myren, directors
VIP grant (200.000 NOK each) from the Norwegian Film Institute

Margreth Olin, filmmaker
The Liv Ullmann Honorary Award of NOK 100,000

SWEDEN

Bathing Micky (Micky badar) by Frida Kempff
Special Prize of the Jury at Festival de Cannes in France
Best Short Documentary at Expresion en Corto in Mexico

Blood Calls You by Linda Thorgren
Honorary Mention at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Bombay X-ray by Ryszard Solarz
Folkets Bio Short Film Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Caught Redhanded (På bar gärning) by Olof Leth
Best Fiction in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Ebbe - The Movie by Jane Magnusson & Karen af Klintberg
Best Documentary film at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden

Electric Light Wonderland by Susanna Wallin
Special Mention by the Ecumenical Jury at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

Familia by Mikael Wiström & Alberto Herskovits
Dragon Award for Best Swedish Documentary at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden
Best Documentary at Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Friday (Fredag) by Alexe Landgren
Best Film in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Glowing Stars (I taket lyser stjärnorna) by Lise Siwe
Student Choise Award at Sprockets - Toronto International Film Festival For Children in Canada

Good Advice (Goda råd) by Andreas Tibblin
2nd Prize of the Audience at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Incident by a Bank (Händelse vid bank) by Ruben Östlund
Golden Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlinale in Germany
Silver Dragon at Krakow Film Festival in Poland
The Student Jury Short Film Award at Krakow Film Festival in Poland

Instead of Abracadabra (Istället för abrakadabra) by Patrik Eklund
Oscar nomination for Best Short Film/Live Action in the USA

Madame & Little Boy by Magnus Bertås
Grand Prize at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

Miss Remarkable & Her Career (Fröken Märkvärdig & Karriären by Joanna Rubin Dranger
Fipresci Award at Annecy International Animation Film Festival in France

My Life as a Trailer (Mitt liv som trailer) by Andreas Öhman
Honorable Mention in the NIFA Competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

My Name is Love (Love) by David Färdmar
Best Short Film at FilmOut San Diego Film Festival in the USA

Nudisten by My Sandström
Startsladden for Best Short Film at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden
Startsladden Audience Award (shared) at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Oh, Holy Night by Niklas Andersson
Dragon Award New Talent at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Paradise (Paradiset) by Ahang Bashi
New Doc Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Seeds of the Fall (Slitage) by Patrik Eklund
Audience Award at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic
Special Mention of the Jury at Prague Short Film Festival in The Czech Republic

Scratches (Skrapsår) by Gabriela Pichler
Best Short Film at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden

Så näre by Emelie Wallgren & Ina Holmgren
STHLM:DOC Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

The Autumn Man (Höstmannen) by Jonas Selberg Augustsén
Best Fiction Short Film at Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia

The Queen and I (Drottningen och jag) by Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Best Social & Humanitarian Documentary at BANFF World Television Festival in Canada

This is Alaska by Gunilla Heilborn & Mårten Nilsson
Best Fiction International Short at Expresion en Corto in Mexico

Tussilago by Jonas Odell
Startsladden Audience Award (shared) at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden
Best Short Documentary Award at Hot Docs in Canada
Best Animated Short at San Fransisco International Film Festival in the USA
Krakow Short Film Nominee for the European Short Film Awards at Krakow Film Festival in Poland
Honorary Mention at The Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Videocracy by Erik Gandini
Tempo Documentary Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Who's Bleeding? (Vem blöder?) by Jessica Laurén
Special Award in the Elements +3 Section at Giffoni Film Festival in Italy

Göran du Rées, professor & filmmaker
The Golden Potato at Lilla Film Festival in Sweden

Maud Nycander, filmmaker
Lena Hellmans Minnefonds-stipendium at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Johan Söderberg, editor & composer
Best Achievement for at rythmic merge of music and image in Videocracy at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden

Johannes Nyholm, filmmaker
The Golden Dragon by Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Karin Westerlund, director
The Mai Zetterling Grant at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Nina Hedenius, filmmaker
The Filmbana Award by the Swedish Society of Cinematographers in Sweden

Stefan Jarl, Filmmaker
The Culture Prize of the Region of Västra Götaland in Sweden

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