WRITTEN BY: Per Laursen
For the first time, pubcasters DR and TV2 did not qualify for TVPRISEN’s prize “Best Long Form Scripted”. NFTVF has gathered selected takeaways.
For the second year in a row, the Danish Producers' Association's big industry event, TVPRISEN, unfolded Friday evening in DR’s grand Concert Hall.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond News attended TVPRISEN, a key industry event where an industry jury awards the finest work in all genres. This year, hosts Signe Lindkvist and Mathias Helt also honoured youth in the TV industry as the recurring theme for the evening, which featured a background choir of upcoming TV talents on stage.
Among Friday night’s takeaways were a surprise big drama winner, a high-profile documentary prize, and a public service dating show.
Prime Video’s well-produced prize-winner
Pubcaster DR landed 9 out of 18 awards, but one of the most prestigious wins, “Best scripted series” (long), was picked up by a global streamer.
Bullshit, streamed by Prime Video, originally produced by Nordisk Film Productions for Viaplay, and supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, received the coveted prize for best drama.
"The series is a brave and ambitious project with high quality cinematography. It stands out with its attention to details, camerawork and the acting – it's fantastically produced," the jury said.
“It has been a long struggle for this series,” producer Malene Blenkov said on stage, referring to the fact that the show began as a Viaplay project.
In February, the series Bullshit also swept several TV categories at the Robert Awards.
TV2’s family comedy The Best Years (De Bedste År) collected the second scripted award for Best Short Form Scripted. The show has aired on TV 2 Echo and TV 2 Play, and is produced by The Bunch.
TV2’s much watched and highly debated documentary The Black Swan (Den sorte Svane), produced by Wingman Media and TV 2 Dokumentar and supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond, took the prize for Best Series Facts and Documentary.
”We have been part of something that reverberated and had an effect. The Black Swan has opened a new space for talking about financial crime, especially money laundering,” journalist and docu-director Mikkel Brügger said on stage, referring to high ratings and widespread critique of the journalistic methods.
The Best Docu Series award went to Fighting Demons With Dragons (Med drager mod dæmoner) produced by Final Cut for Realon DR and supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.
Looks cheap, but...
Funny, entertaining TV can be simple and relatively inexpensive, as Operarejsen seems to prove. This DR show from A&M Productions was awarded the Best Character Driven Series prize; however, Operarejsen’s team entered the stage with a Dolly Parton quote: “It takes a lot of time and money to look this cheap, honey.”
DR took home the prize for Best New Creation 2025, Døm vores forhold, a dating show produced by DR Ung for DR.
The jury said: "…it is great dating TV with a strong narrative. The programme feels real, you get up close and personal with the cast, who are treated with respect. It's simply formatted, a great quality."
The evening wasn’t exactly littered with surprises, but Viaplay’s Robinson Ekspeditionen in its 25th season took home the Best Reality Show prize. A little late, but perhaps fitting, since the show practically invented the quintessential reality format in Denmark in late 1998.
"(Viaplay) manages to twist a format that we have watched for years, and through a phenomenal cast and wonderful competitions, they created an expedition that glues you to the screen and entertains you throughout. It's good work,” the jury said.
All the winners:
Best New Creation
Døm vores forhold, P3 and DRTV
Produced by DR Ung
Best Reality
Bachelorette on TV 2/TV 2 Play
Produced by Warner Bros. ITVP Denmark
Best Children's Show
Onkel Reje & Galaksens Helte on DR Ramasjang/DRTV
Produced by Made in Valby
Best Docu Series
Fighting Demons With Dragons on DR1/DRTV
Produced Final Cut for Real
Best Sports Coverage
OL Paris 2024: Viktor Axelsen vinder guld on DR1/DRTV
Produced by DR Sporten
Best Facts and Documentary series
The Black Swan on TV 2/TV 2 Play
Produced by Wingman Media & TV 2 Dokumentar
Best News and Current Events
Horisont on DR1/DRTV
Produced by DR Nyheder
Best True Crime Programme
Kriminelt on DR1/DRTV
Produced by DR Nyheder
Best Documentary
The Son and the Moon (Min arv bor i dig) on TV 2/TV 2 Play
Produced by Sonntag Pictures
Best Scripted - long form
Bullshit on Prime Video
Produced by Nordisk Film Productions
Best Event Show
Året der gak 2023 on TV 2 Charlie/TV 2 Play
Produced by Monday Production.
Best Entertainment
Traitor (Forræder) on TV 2/TV 2 Play.
Produced by Blu
Best Factual Entertainment
A Special Interview (En Særlig Samtale) on DR1/DRTV.
Produced by Strong Productions
Best Life-style Show
Denmark’s Best Portrait Artist (Danmarks bedste portrætmaler) on DR1/DRTV
Produced by Mastiff
Best Scripted - short
The Best Years on TV 2 Echo/ TV 2 Play
Produced by The Bunch
Best Character-driven Series
Operarejsen on DR2/DRTV
Produced by A&M Productions
Best Reality - competitive
Robinson Ekspeditionen on TV3 and Viaplay
Produced by Mastiff
The OTTO 2025
Awarded to Poul Nesgaard
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