Nordic Award Winners 2024

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Denmark

A Storm Foretold by Christoffer Guldbrandsen
Nominated for Best Documentary at Bodil Awards in Denmark

An Example (Et Eksempel: Dem På Gulvet) by Selma Sunniva
Winner for Best Short Fiction Film at Robert Awards in Denmark

Apolonia, Apolonia by Lea Glob
Winner for Best Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Winner for Best Documentary at Bodil Awards in Denmark

Death of a Saint by Patricia Bbaale Bandak
Special Jury Prize at Toronto Hot Docs in Canada

Dagen jeg døde by Alexander Rahnami Mannstaedt
Winner for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Eternal Father by Ömer Sami
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Fighting Demons With Dragons by Camilla Magid
The Silver Alexander at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival in Greece

Intangible by Carl Emil Carlsen (VR)
INTER:ACTIVE Award at  CPH:DOX in Denmark

Ivalu by Anders Walter & Rebecca Pruzan
Nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at Robert Awards in Denmark

Knight of Fortune (Ridder Lykke) by Lasse Lyskjær Noer
Nominated for Best Short Film – Live Action at The Academy Awards in USA

Lið við lið by Andrias Høgenni
Nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at Robert Awards in Denmark

Munken by Christian Sønderby Jepsen & Mira Jargil
Nominated for Best Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Nominated for Best Documentary at Bodil Awards in Denmark

Music for Black Pigeons by Andreas Koefoed Jørgen Leth
Nominated for Best Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Nominated for Best Documentary at Bodil Awards in Denmark

Once Upon a Time on Twitch by Rikke Nørgaard
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Sværddrage by Amalie Maria Nielsen
Nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at Robert Awards in Denmark

The Mountains by Christian Einshøj
Nominated for Best Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Twice Colonized by Lin Alluna
Nominated for Best Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Nominated for Best Documentary at Bodil Awards in Denmark

The Son and the Moon by Roja Pakari
NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark

Salmon by Mattis Huus Heurlin
Nominated for Best Short Fiction Film at Robert Awards in Denmark

Soviet Bus Stops by Kristoffer Hegnsvad
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Vildkvinde by Pauline Merrildgaard
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark

Finland

Blush – An Extraordinary Voyage by Iiti Yli-Harja
Nominated for Best Short Film at Jussi Awards in Finland

Do No Harm by Satu Majava and Joel Tainio
The Church Media Foundation Prize at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Eila Babushka – The Past is a Foreign Country by Matti Elo
Special Prize (Over 30 minutes) – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Every Tom, Dick and Urpo by Karoliina Gröndahl
Special Mention National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Hard to Break by Anna-Maija Heinonen & Krista Moisio
Main Prize (Over 30 minutes) – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Homecoming (Máhccan) by  Suvi West & Anssi Kömi
Winner for Best Documentary at Jussi Awards in Finland

How to Please by Elina Talvensaari
Winner for Best Short Film at Jussi Awards in Finland
Special Prize (Under 30 minutes) – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Risto Jarva Prize at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Prize of the Youth Jury at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Lasse kaatuu, voi ei! by Risto-Pekka Blom
Main Prize (Under 30 minutes) – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

My Father’s Badger by Sameli Muurimäki
Student Award at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Not Withholding Anything From You by Veikko Aaltonen
Audience Award in the National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Nun or Never! by Heta Jäälinoja
Nominee for the European Short Film Audience Award at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Sustainability Award Verso for the production at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Snowball Effect (Lumipalloefekti) by Pauliina Punkki
Nominated for Best Documentary at Jussi Awards in Finland

Thank You in Your Language by Fabian Munsterhjelm
Nominated for Best Short Film at Jussi Awards in Finland

Under Construction (Wanha Markku) by Markus Toivo
Nominated for Best Documentary at Jussi Awards in Finland

Iceland

Fár by Gunnur Martinsdóttir Schlüter
Shortfish Award at Stockfish Film & Industry Festival in Iceland

Felt Cute (Sætur) by Anna Karín Lárusdóttir
Nominated for Children’s and Youth Production at Edda Film Awards in Iceland
Nominated for Best Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

Dunhagi 11 by Magnús Leifsson
Nominated for Best Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

Empath Fridges by Rakel Jónsdóttir
Short Documentary Award at Stockfish Film & Industry Festival in Iceland

Konni by Þorbjörg Jónsdóttir & Lee Lynch
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

Recipe: Life After Dead (Uppskrift: lífið eftir dauðann) by Bergþóra Ólöf Björnsdóttir
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

SKULD – For the Love of Cod by Rut Sigurdardottir
Nominated for Best Documentary Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

Sorrow Eats the Heart (Sorg etur hjarta) by Haukur Hallsson
Nominated for Best Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

Super Soldier by Arna Tryggvadóttir
Nominated for Best Documentary Short Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland

The Home Game (Heimaleikurinn) by Smari Gunnarsson & Logi Sigursveinsson
Nominated for Best Documentary Film at Edda Film Awards in Iceland
Audience Award at Skjaldborg Documentary Festival
Jury Award at Budapest International Documentary Festival
Audience Award at Glasgow Film Festival

Norway

A New Kind of Wilderness by Silje Evensmo Jacobsen
World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at Sundance Film Festival in USA

Ibelin by Benjamin Ree
Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary at Sundance Film Festival in USA
Audience Award at Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway
Dragon Award Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden

Punishment (Straff) by Øystein Mamen
Faith in Film Award at Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway

Sweden

2008 Loves You by Nellie Lexfors
Draken Film Award at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden

Death of a Hero (En hjältes död) by Karin Franz Körlof
Winner of Startsladden Award at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden

Hypermoon by Mia Engberg
Nominated for Best Documentary at Guldbaggen in Sweden

G-21 Scenes From Gottsunda (G-21 scener från Gottsunda) by Loran Batti
Special Mention – NORDIC:DOX Award at at CPH:DOX in Denmark
Special Mention – NEXT:WAVE Award at at CPH:DOX in Denmark

I Am the Fire by Patrik Eklund
Audience Choice Award for Best Swedish Short at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden

Leila by Fariba Haidari
Winner for Best Short Film at Guldbaggen in Sweden
Special Mention in the International Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Madden by Malin Ingrid Johansson
Nominated for Best Short Film at Guldbaggen in Sweden

Musen martyr by Ylva Ottervald Flygare
Honorable Mention New Doc at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Om alla bara drar by Karin Wegsjö & Nazira Abzalova
Tempo Documentary Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

On Hospitality – Layla al Attar and Hotel al Rasheed by Magnus Bärtås and Behzad Khosravi-Noori
1st Prize by Jury of NRW Ministry of Culture and Science at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

The Conquest of Space by Albin Biblom
Tempo Short Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

The Gullspång Miracle by Maria Fredriksson
Winner for Best Documentary at Guldbaggen in Sweden
Nominated for Best Film at Guldbaggen in Sweden

The Lovers by Carolina Sandvik
Nominated for Best Short Film at Guldbaggen in Sweden

The Story of Bodri (Historien om Bodri) by Stina Wirsén
CANAL+ Kids Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France

Witness (Vittne) by Ahmad Al Shehabi
New Doc Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden


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