Empire

2023

Director: Frederikke Aspöck
Writer: Anna Neye
Producer: Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen

Country: Denmark
Original title: Viften

Winner

2023

Writer: Anna Neye

Director: Frederikke Aspöck

Producer: Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen

Winner 2023

Empire

Empire is the winner of the Nordic Council Film Prize 2023.

Empire

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Viften / 2023 Denmark

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Kupla / 2023 Finland

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Alanngut Killinganni / 2023 Nordics

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Á ferð með mömmu / 2023 Iceland

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Krigsseileren / 2023 Norway

Nominees / NCFP 15/08/2023

Motståndaren / 2023 Sweden

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About Nordic Council Film Prize

Name: Nordisk Film & TV Fond
Price range: $

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 distribution. The DKK 300,000 prize will be shared equally among the screenwriter, director, and producer.

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 2023 are:

Denmark: Heidi Hilarius-Kalkau Philipsen*, Jacob Ludvigsen, Amalie Næsby Fick

Finland: Mikaela Westerlund*, Kalle Kinnunen, Kaisu Isto

Greenland: Klaus Georg Hansen*, Otto Rosing, Inuk Jørgensen

Iceland: Jóna Finnsdóttir*, Guðrún Helga Jónasdóttir, Björn Þór Vilhjálmsson

Norway: Inger Merete Hobbelstad*, Emilio Sanhueza, Anne Gjelsvik

Sweden: Emma Gray Munthe*, Caroline Cowan, Gunnar Bergdahl

The Nordic jury is made up of the chairs (*) of each of the national juries.

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