Copenhagen Short Film Festival

Awards

Read about this year's awards, nominees and the different jurys

We will be handing out four awards at this year’s festival: New Danish Talent, Best Danish Short Film, Danish Animation Talent and Best Foreign Short Film.

New Danish Talent

The nominees for the New Danish Talent are:

  • Cataract (Katarakt) (Winner)
    Jonatan Egholm Keis / 14 min. / Denmark
  • Call again if things get worse (Ring igen hvis det bliver værre)
    Salle Salée & Asbjørn Rosenlund / 14 min. / Denmark
  • Hour of the Wolf (Ulvetime)
    Signe Clemmesen / 17 min. / Denmark
  • Queen of Tårnby
    Cecilie Kronborg Thomsen / 29 min. / Denmark
  • A Boy’s Mind (Drengesind)
    Sophus Andersen / 28 min. / Denmark
  • You & Me & The Milky Way
    Marie Gøtzsche / 14 min. / Denmark

The winner of the New Danish Talent award will receive:

  • A certificate
  • A cash prize of 3.000 DKK
 

New Danish Talent Jury​

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STINE LIKODELLE
Scriptwriter and film director

Oscar Kristinn Vignisson

ÓSKAR KRISTINN VIGNISSON
Scriptwriter and film director

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JEPPE KONDRUP ADELBORG
Programmer at CPH:DOX and Generation

Best Danish Short Film

The nominees for the Best Danish Short Film award are:

  • Amala
    Nivetha Balasubramaniam / 18 min. / Denmark
  • A Stone Cannot Fly
    Pelle Gøtze Johansson / 27 min. / Denmark
  • On my mind
    Martin Strange-Hansen / 18 min. / Denmark
  • Aquari
    Leo Clara Mendes / 24 min. / Denmark
  • An example (Et eksempel: Dem på gulvet) (Winner)
    Selma Sunniva / 26 min. / Denmark
  • The Last Sacrament
    Jahfar Muataz / 22 min. / Denmark

The winner of the Best Danish Short Film award will receive:

  • A certificate
  • Cash prize of 5.000 DKK.

Best Danish Short Film Jury

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CHRISTIAN TAFDRUP
Film director, scriptwriter and actor

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ULLA KATRINE HÆSTRUP
Film consultant, short and documentary film, DFI

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CHRISTIAN GAMST MILLER-HARRIS
Scriptwriter

Danish Animation Talent

The nominees for the Danish Animation Talent award are:

  • The Tobos (winner)
    Tobias Rud / 14 min. / Denmark
  • Cowboy Kevin
    Anna Lund Konnerup / 6 min. / Denmark
  • Mano
    Toke Madsen / 7 min. / Denmark
  • Apex Point
    Jacob Møller / 7 min. / Denmark
  • Let Them Eat Cake
    Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre / 11 min. / Denmark
  • Beanboy
    Emily Hanning / 6 min. / Denmark
  • Lament
    Anne Sinéad Hodgers / 4 min. / Denmark
  • The General’s Room
    Georges Marion / 8 min. / Denmark

The winner of the Danish Animation Talent award will receive:

  • A certificate
  • A cash prize of 5.000 DKK.

This award is made in collaboration with and sponsored by Open Workshop

Danish Animation Talent Jury​

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MARIE-LOUISE HØJER JENSEN
Project Manager Open Workshop

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LIN JO SKYTTE
Animation director

Thinh Nguyen (small)

THINH NGUYEN
Animation director

Best Foreign Short Film

The nominees for the Best Foreign Short Film award are:

  • Way Better
    Skirmanta Jakaitė / 14 min. / Lithuania
  • Home of the Heart
    Sarah Saidan / 15 min. / France
  • Estrellas del Desierto
    Katherina Harder / 18 min. / Chile
  • Daughter (Winner)
    Yaser Talebi / 25 min. / Iran
  • Little Love
    Aizhan Kassymbek / 18 min. / Kazakhstan
  • Lyubima
    Maya Ivanova Vitkova-Kosev / 27 min. / Bulgaria

The winner of the Best Foreign Short Film award will receive:

  • A certificate
  • Cash prize of 5.000 DKK.

Best Foreign Short Film Jury

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SARA KOPPEL
Animation artist

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ELI RUIZ
Producer at Paloma Productions and Film Consultant

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ZARA ZERNY
Film director

Thank you!

Thank you to everyone who participated, the filmmakers and our wonderful juries