The Danish documentary supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond won three awards at Robert de Niro’s film festival that closed on Sunday.

Director Elvira Lind won the $20,000 Best Documentary Feature and $2,500 Best Documentary Cinematography awards, while the film’s editor Adam Nielson won the $2,500 Best Documentary Editing prize.

The jury of the Documentary Feature competition said: "In a diverse field of worthy films, one work captivated our jury with its exquisite blend of emotional depth and rigorous craft. Fulfilling the promise of classic cinema vérité, where camera serves as both observer and provocation, this film connected two artists, filmmaker and subject, pushing nonfiction intimacy to bold new places. Our winner documents the deeply personal process of a brilliant woman finding her voice - paired with a director whose own artistic vision dances elegantly with that of her subject.“

The documentary features American dancer Bobbi Jene as she decides to leave behind her star position at the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company, as well as the love of her life, to return to the US to create her own boundary breaking performances.

The film was produced by Julie Leerskov and Sara Stockmann for Sonntag Pictures, in co-production with Sweden’s French Quarter Films, in association with DR, VT, NRK, DBS Israel, support from the Danish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute and Nordisk Film & TV Fond. World sales are handled by Autlook Film Sales.

Bobbi Jene is currently screening at Toronto’s HotDocs and will then travel to Tel Aviv for the Docaviv Festival (May 11-20).

Another Scandinavian production was awarded at Tribeca: Odd is an Egg by Kristin Ulseth, that received the $5,000 Best Animated Short Prize.