This is the first time von Trier wins that many Robert awards for a single title. He previously grabbed Best Film awards from the Danish Film Academy for Element of Crime in 1984, Europa in 1991 and Breaking the Waves in 1997. Antichrist already scooped a Best Actress award for Charlotte Gainsbourg in Cannes and the Nordic Council Film Prize 2009.
Niels Malmros' Aching Hearts, which had the most nominations (18), ended up winning three technical awards for Make-up, Production Design and Costumes.
Lars Mikkelsen and Henning Moritzen won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively for Rumle Hammerich's Headhunter, and Paprika Steen - added a Robert for Best Actress to the various awards already received for her part in Martin Zandvlet's Applause.
Birger Larsen's Super Brother - selected for the Berlinale Generation sidebar-grabbed Best Children and Youth Film, Ole Bornedal's Deliver us from Evil won Best Supporting Actress (Pernille Vallentin), Omar Shargawi's My Father from Haifa Best Feature Length Documentary, and the 2009 biggest Danish hit What Goes Around won the Audience award.
Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported films that received 16 Robert awards.
Full list of Robert awards:
Best Feature Film
Antichrist by Lars von Trier, produced by Zentropa Productions
Best Children and Youth Film
Super Brother by Birger Larsen, produced by Nordisk Film
Best Director
Lars von Trier (Antichrist)
Best Screenplay
Lars von Trier for (Antichrist)
Best Leading Actor
Lars Mikkelsen (Headhunter)
Best Leading Actress
Paprika Steen (Applause/Applaus)
Best Supporting Actor
Henning Moritzen (Headhunter)
Best Supporting Actress
Pernille Vallentin (Deliver Us from Evil/Fri os fra det onde)
Best Director of Photography
Anthony Dod Mantle (Antichrist)
Best Production Design
Søren Krag Sørensen and Finn Richardt (Aching Hearts/Kærestesorger)
Best Costumes
Anne-Dorte Fischer (Aching Hearts/Kærestesorger)
Best Make-up
Malin Birch-Jensen and Karina Åse (Aching Hearts/Kærestesorger)
Best Special Effects
Peter Hjorth, Soda and Ota Bares (Antichrist)
Best Sound Design
Kristian Eidnes Andersen (Antichrist)
Best Editor
Anders Refn (Antichrist)
Best Film Score
Tina Dickow (Oldboys)
Best Song
"Rebel Song" by Tina Dickow (Oldboys)
Best American Film
Up by Pete Docter
Best non-US Foreign Film
Slumdog Millionaire by Danny Boyle
Audience Award
What Goes Around (Sorte Kugler) by Anders Matthesen
Honorary Robert
Jette Termann, casting director
Best Short Fiction
Megaheavy by Fenar Ahmad
Best Long Fiction/animation
Bobby by Julie Bille
Best Short Documentary
Out of Love by Birgitte Stærmose
Best Feature Length Documentary
My Father from Haifa by Omar Shargawi