Nordic Award Winners 2026
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Denmark
Born to Fight by Ala’A Mohsen
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Brothers (Brødre) by Rosa Lie
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Homesick by Taekyung Tanja In Wol Sørensen
Special Mention – NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark
If Luck Will Come by Camille Bildsøe
A Different Tomorrow at at Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) in Iceland
Just Look Up by Emma Wall & Betsy Hershe
F:ACT Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark
Korean Bloom by Lin Jo Skytte
Winner of Best Short Film at Robert Awards in Denmark
Ladybugs (Mariehøns i Benene) by Thor Zing
Nominated for Best Short Film at Robert Awards in Denmark (2026)
Little Sinner by Daro Hansen & Thomas Papapetros
The City of Malmö’s Audience Award at Nordisk Panorama
Min klasse i Grønland by Ulla Søe
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
Mr. Nobody Against Putin by David Borenstein
Winner Best Documentary at the BAFTA Awards in UK
Winner Best Documentary Feature at the Academy Awards in USA 2026
Ritardando by Selma Sunniva
Nominated for Best Short Film at Robert Awards in Denmark (2026)
Sir Stella by Lina Vain Illalla
Nominated for Best Short Film at Robert Awards in Denmark (2026)
Vælkomin heim by Maria Winther Olsen
Nominated for Best Short Documentary at Robert Awards in Denmark
What Remains (Alt der er tilbage) by Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard
Nominated for Best Short Film at Robert Awards in Denmark (2026)
Finland
28 Days Left by Yasmin Najjar
The National Competition Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
8000: AN ART ODYSSEY by Sami Sänpäkkilä
Audience Award in the National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
A GATE TO PARADISE by Selma Vilhunen
The Church Media Foundation Prize at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
All the Love in My Body (Ruumiini rakkaus) by Carmen Baltzar
The New Wave Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
Am I Calling You at a Bad Time by Martta Tuomaala
Special Mention – Best Student Film Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
Beyond the Bed of Reeds by Ksenia Onoprienko
The Audience Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
DAYS OF WONDER by Karin Annika Pennanen
Special Prize – Over 30 minute – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
IN MY HAND by Marja Helander, Liselotte Wajstedt
Prize of the Youth Jury in the National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Killing Me Softly by Viena Kytöjoki
The Best Student Film Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
LESSONS IN FIRE by John Webster
Sustainability Award Verso at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Major Bag Alert by Viljami Penttilä
Road to Clermont Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
MEMORIES MOVE LIKE DISTANT ISLANDS by Saarlotta Virri
Tampere Film Festival Student Award at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
PUOLANKA PUSSY RALLY by Inka Achté, Einari Paakkanen
Special Prize – Under 30 minute – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Tampere Nominee for the European Short Film Audience Award at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
THE BEAUTY OF AUTOMOBILES by Jukka Kärkkäinen
Risto Jarva Prize at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
THE BEAUTY OF ERRORS by Jukka Erkinpoika Ritvanpoika Kärkkäinen
Main Prize – Over 30 minute – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Risto Jarva Prize at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Honourable Mention – Best Nordic Documentary at Nordisk Panorama in Sweden
TOO BLUE A SKY by Risto-Pekka Blom
Main Prize – Under 30 minute – National Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
The Secret Reading Club of Kabul by Shakiba Adil & Elina Hirvonen
NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark
things that i was gathering by Ekaterina Zhuzhleva
Moving People and Images Award at Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy in Finland
Iceland
Congratulations, Asshole (Til hamingju, fáviti) by Orri Guðmundsson
Icelandic Student Shorts Award at Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) in Iceland
Sundruð (Hold It Together) by Fan Sissoko
Audience Award at Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Best Icelandic Short at Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF) in Iceland
Norway
The Corkscrew by Torfinn Iversen
Best Short Film at BUFF in Sweden
Best Children’s Film at Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Conversations on a Boat by Sabina Jacobsson
Candidate for the European Film Awards (European Short Film) at Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Sweden
Amazomania by Nathan Grossman
FIPRESCI Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark
Dancing Pigeons by Christofer Nilsson
Winner of Best Short at the Guldbaggen Awards in Sweden 2026
DU SAGST, DASS DU AUF DER PARTY BLEIBST, WEIL ES DIR SPASS MACHT (YOU SAY THAT YOU’RE STAYING AT THE PARTY BECAUSE YOU’RE HAVING FUN) by Siri Hammarén
Special Mention for Best Swedish Short Film at at Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Family (Familj) by Clara Vida
Nominated for Best Short at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Fear Fokol by Tuva Björk
Nominated for Best Short at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Hacking Hate by Simon Klose
Nominated for Best Documentary at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
I huvudet på Bo by Jon Asp och Mattias Nohrborg
Nominated for Best Documentary at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Kära Melodybox by Hedda Keszler
New Doc at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
La belle année by Angelica Ruffier
Special Jury Award in the Tiger Competition at International Film Festival Rotterdam in The Netherlands
Special Mention – TEMPO DOCUMENTARY AWARD at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
Lust for Life by Viktor Nordenskiöld
TEMPO DOCUMENTARY AWARD at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
Mother Creature (Mammuskepilsið) by Maria Tórgarð
Honourable Mention – Best Nordic Short Film at Nordisk Panorama
Best Swedish Short Film at Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Nationens minne by Fanny Rosell
Special Mention – TEMPO SHORT AWARD at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
PLEASE by Anna Mantzaris
Best Nordic Short Film at Nordisk Panorama
Winner of Stone City Award 2026 – Best Swedish Short – at Filmfest Sundsvall in Sweden
The Phantom Pain of Rojava by Maryam Embrahimi
HUMAN:RIGHTS Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark
Robota Sweden by Kristoffer Kronander & Patrik Öberg
TEMPO SHORT AWARD at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
Son by Leona Cauklija
Best Documentary in the International Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Best New Nordic Voice at Nordisk Panorama
The Karaoke King (Min morbror Karaokekungen) by Karin Tötterman
Young Nordic Award at Nordisk Panorama
The Smuggler by Sylvelin Måkestad
Best Nordic Documentary at Nordisk Panorama in Sweden
The Night (Natten) by Joel Georgsson
Uppsala Early Bird Award Uppsala Short Film Festival in Sweden
Trans Memoria by Victoria Verseau
Winner in Best Documentary at the Guldbaggen Awards in Sweden 2026
Ultras by Ragnhild Ekner
Nominated for Best Documentary at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
What’s Left of Me (Det som finns kvar av mig) by Christer Wahlberg
Winner of Startsladden at Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden
Without Kelly (Utan Kelly) by Lovisa Sirén
Nominated for Best Short at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Älskade, störiga, mamma… by Molly S. Bengtsson
New Doc at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden