Halla is a fifty-year-old independent woman. But behind the scenes of a quiet routine, she leads a double-life as a passionate environmental activist, secretly waging a one-woman-war on the local aluminium industry. As she plans her biggest and boldest sabotage operation yet, she receives an unexpected letter that changes everything. Her application to adopt a child has been accepted and a little girl is waiting for her in Ukraine. As Halla prepares to abandon her role as saboteur and saviour of the Icelandic highlands to fulfil her dream of becoming a mother, she decides to plot one final attack on the aluminium industry.
winner and nominees
Winner
2018
Director: Benedikt Erlingsson
Producer:
Benedikt Erlingsson,
Marianne Slot,
Carine Leblanc
Winner 2018
About Nordic Council Film Prize
Purpose
The Nordic Council prizes aim to increase interest in culture and in collaboration on environmental issues, to recognise outstanding artistic and environmental initiatives and to raise the profile and increase the visibility of Nordic co-operation.
The prize-winning film
The winner of the prize will each year be announced during the Session of the Nordic Council. The prize is awarded to an artistically significant, Nordic-produced full-length feature film with cinema distribution. The film must have had its cinema premiere between 1 July 2017 and 30 June 2018. The DKK 350,000 prize will be shared equally among the screenwriter, director, and producer, underscoring how film as an art form is brought about by the close collaboration of these three main contributors.
Criteria for nomination
The nominated films must have deep roots in Nordic culture, be of high artistic quality, distinguish themselves by their artistic originality, and combine and elevate the many elements of film into a compelling and holistic work of art.
National and Nordic jury
Each national jury consists of three members appointed by the Nordic Council of Ministers (Ministers for Culture). The members are selected from prominent figures whose work relates analytically and critically to film.
Each national jury has a three-year tenure, and the members of the national juries for 2018 are:
Denmark: Per Juul Carlsen*, Jakob Wendt Jensen, Eva Novrup Redvall
Finland: Jaana Puskala*, Harri Römpötti, Mikaela Westerlund
Iceland: Hilmar Oddsson*, Börkur Gunnarsson, Helga Þórey Jónsdóttir
Norway: Inger Merete Hobbelstad*, Kalle Løchen, Britt Sørensen
Sweden: Kristina Börjeson*, Emma Gray-Munthe, Gunnar Bergdahl
The Nordic jury is made up of the chairs (*) of each of the national juries.
Event Dates
Finnish Film Prize event
20 - 30 September 2018
Love & Anarchy - Helsinki Int. Film Festival
Contact:
Anna Möttöiä
anna@hiff.fi
https://hiff.fi/en/
Swedish Film Prize event
5 - 7 October 2018
Best of Norden, Stockholm
Contact:
Åsa Jacobsson
asa.jacobsson@kulturbyran.nu
https://kulturbyran.nu/bestofnorden/
Danish Film Prize event
12 - 14 October 2018
Cinemateket and Grand Teatret, Copenhagen
Contact:
Kenneth Just (Cinemateket), Kim Foss (Grand teatret)
kennethj@dfi.dk, kim@camerafilm.dk
https://www.dfi.dk/cinemateket, https://grandteatret.dk
Icelandic Film Prize event
18 - 21 October 2018
Bio Paradis, Reykjavík
Contact:
Hrönn Sveinsdóttir
hronn@bioparadis.is
https://bioparadis.is
Norwegian Film Prize event
26 - 28 October 2018
Nordisk Filmhelg, Oslo
Contact:
Jannicke Stendal Hansen
Jannicke.Stendal@nfi.no
https://www.cinemateket.no/nordisk-filmhelg
Award Ceremony
30 October 2018
Nordic Council Prizes
Oslo Opera House
Contact:
Elisabet Skylare
elisky@norden.org
https://www.norden.org/en/news/erna-solberg-and-mette-marit-award-nordic-council-prizes
Contact
Nordisk Film & TV Fond
CEO
Petri Kemppinen
petri@nordiskfilmogtvfond.com
+ 358 40 562 8140
Nordic Council of Ministers
Senior Adviser/Communication
Elisabet Skylare
elisky@norden.org
+45 21 71 71 27