Awards

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

We will be handing out three awards at this year’s festival: New Danish Talent, Best Danish Short Film and Best Foreign Short Film. Read more about the awards, nominees and jurys here on the page.

Do you want to know who wins the three awards, join us for our award ceremony on Saturday 9. October 19:30 at Cinemateket.

New Danish Talent

The nominees for the New Danish Talent are:

  • A Woman Without Children (Uden barn)
    Cecilie Kronborg Thomsen / 20 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Til et yngre jeg – Winning film
    Kristoffer Bjerg / 12 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Writer’s Block
    Magnus Padkær / 6 min. / Denmark /2020 
  • Sail On, My Love
    Jonatan Egholm Keis / 30 min. / Denmark / 2020
  • Skilleveien
    Peter Bjerre Salling / 29 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Måneridt
    Caroline Polke / 7 min. / Denmark / 2021

The winner of the New Danish Talent award will receive:

  • A certificate
  • A gift certificate with a value of 2500 DKK. to Wedio

New Danish Talent Jury

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MATHIAS BROE
Film director

Maria Møller Christoffersen

MARIA MØLLER CHRISTOFFERSEN
Producer

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MARTIN SKOVBJERG
Film director

Best Danish Short Film

The nominees for the Best Danish Short Film award are:

  • Deroute
    Nadia Claudi / 24 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Wild Wild Vesløs – special mention
    Esben Persson / 16 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Forever Young Forever Old – A Love Story
    Kathrine Skibsted / 24 min. / Denmark /2021 
  • Boys (Friends forever) (Drengevenner)
    Joachim Morre / 17 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • In the Soil (Det er i Jorden)
    Casper Rudolf Emil Kjeldsen / 15 min. / Denmark / 2021
  • Pinkie’s Funeral – winning film
    Simon Mortensen / 26 min. / Denmark / 2019
  • As the Crow Flies (Fugleflugt)
    Michael Søndergaard / 21 min. / Denmark / 2021

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

  • A certificate
  • Cash prize of 2500 DKK.

Best Danish Short Film Jury

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CHRISTINA ROSENDAHL
Film director

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FENAR AHMAD
Film director

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STINNA LASSEN
Producer

Best Foreign Short Film

The nominees for the Best Foreign Short Film are:

  • The Magic Flute (La Flûte Enchantée)
    Geordy Couturiau / 26 min. / France / 2021
  • In the Middle
    Viesturs Meiksans / 26 min. / Latvia / 2020
  • Sunrise In My Mind
    Danech San / 14 min. / Cambodia /2020 
  • Consumed
    Karen Lamond / 15 min. / UK/Scotland / 2020
  • White Eye 
    Tomer Shushan / 21 min. / Israel / 2020
  • Where to land – winning film
    Sawandi Groskind / 15 min. / Finland / 2020

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

  • A certificate
  • A cash prize of 2500 DKK.

Best Foreign Short Film Jury

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CLAUS LÖSER
Film curator and film historien

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KATIE McCULLOUGH
Film Festival Strategist & Founder (Festival Formula)

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MADS MIKKELSEN
Festival programmer (CPH:DOX)

Thank you

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