Editor Per K. Kirkegaard won the prestigious Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing Documentary and Long Form for his work on Janus Metz' documentary Armadillo. The American National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awards ceremony was held in New York on October 1, 2012.
The Danish documentary film had received four nominations. It is the first Danish documentary to win at the annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards. Kirkegaard, Metz, cinematographer Lars Skree, producers Ronnie Fridthjof and Sara Stockmann (Fridthjof Film Doc), were on hand to receive the award. The documentary about a group of young Danish soldiers in Afghanistan premiered on US television as part of PBS's 2011 POV season.
The film had its world premiere in Cannes 2010 where it won the Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique. It went on collecting numerous awards such as the Grierson Award in London and Robert award in Denmark for Best Documentary. The film was supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.