The 38th Danish Film & TV Awards was a celebration of the vibrancy and diversity of local productions, despite the pandemic that halted or postponed many projects.

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Oscar contender Flee produced by Final Cut for Real, won Best Documentary, Editing, Sound Design and Score, a quadruple win made possible after the Danish Film Academy agreed last year to include documentary works in the technical categories. The update to Robert rules, also enabled Stroud Rohde Pearce to scoop Best Cinematography for his work on Jesper Dalsgaard’s documentary Kandis for Life.

Netflix’s acclaimed crime series The Chestnut Man created by Søren Sveistrup for Sam Productions, also won four Robert statuettes for Best Series, Actress (Danica Curcic), Supporting Actor (David Dencik) and Supporting Actress (Iben Dorner) in a series.

Up-and-coming female director Lisa Jespersen took home the heavy Best Film Prize, Best Director, and Original Screenplay (shared with Sara Isabella Jønsson) for her film Persona non Grata. The story of a young woman’s homecoming and confrontation with her family was produced by Hyæna Film.

Charlotte Sieling’s lavish epic historical drama Margrethe-Queen of the North produced by SF Studios, took home three Roberts as well for Best Supporting Actor (to the Norwegian Jakob Oftebro), Costume (Manon Rasmussen) and Set Design (Søren Schwarzberg).

Elsewhere, the biggest Danish film of 2021 - Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen’s animated film Checkered Ninja 2 produced by A Film Production, Pop Up Production & Sudoku picked up Best Children & Youth Film and Best Adapted Screenplay, while seasoned actors Birthe Neumann and Simon Bennebjerg won in their respective categories for the leading roles in Bille August’s The Pact.

Eskil Vogt’s thriller The Innocents won Best Non-English Language Film.

Nordisk Film & TV Fond was associated to 12 Robert awards for the films Flee, Checkered Ninja 2, The Pact, Margrete-Queen of the North and The Innocents.

The Robert Awards ceremony was held Saturday at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen.

Full list of Robert Film & TV Awards 2022:

  • Best Feature Film
    Persona non Grata by Lisa Jespersen (Hyæne Film)
  • Best Documentary
    Flee by Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Final Cut for Real)
  • Best TV-series
    The Chestnut Man (SAM Productions for Netflix)
  • Best Children & Youth Film
    Checkered Ninja 2 by Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen (A. Film Production, Pop Up Production & Sudoku)
  • Best Director
    Lisa Jespersen - Persona non grata
  • Best Original Screenplay
    Lisa Jespersen & Sara Isabella Jønsson - Persona non grata
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
    Anders Matthesen - Checkered Ninja 2
  • Best Cinematography
    Stroud Rohde Pearce - Kandis for Life
  • Best Editor
    Janus Billeskov Jansen - Flee
  • Best Actor
    Simon Bennebjerg - The Pact
  • Best Actress
    Birthe Neumann - The Pact
  • Best Supporting Actor
    Jakob Oftebro - Margrete - Queen of the North
  • Best Supporting Actress
    Josephine Park - The Venus Effect
  • Best Actor - TV-series
    Besir Zeciri - Outlaw
  • Best Actress - TV-series
    Danica Curcic - The Chestnut Man
  • Best Supporting Actor - TV-series
    David Dencik - The Chestnut Man
  • Best Supporting Actress - TV-series
    Iben Dorner - The Chestnut Man
  • Best Set Design
    Søren Schwarzberg - Margrete - Queen of the North
  • Best Costume Design
    Manon Rasmussen - Margrete - Queen of the North
  • Best Makeup
    Elizabeth Bukkehave - The Shadow in My Eye
  • Best Sound Design
    Edward Björner & Tormod Ringnes - Flee
  • Best Score
    Uno Helmersson - Flee
  • Best Original Song
    The Last Call-Lydmor, Composers Jenny Rossander & Christian Schousboe Vium - The Venus Effect
  • Best Visual Effects
    Nikolas D’Andrade, Sébastien Caudron & Mikael Windelin - The Shadow in My Eye
  • Best Short TV-series
    Outlaw by Laurits Flensted-Jensen (Strong Productions),
  • Best Short / Animation Film (-30min)
    Wild Minds by Hannah Elbke (Super16)
  • Best Short Documentary
    Love Bound by Vibe Mogensen (Bullitt Film)
  • Best English Language Film
    Nomadland by Chloé Zhao (distribution The Walt Disney Company Nordic)
  • Best Non-English Language Film
    The Innocents by Eskil Vogt (distribution Camera Film)

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