Awards
Read about the 2023 awards, nominees and the different jurys
We handed out four awards at the 2023 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
STINE LIKODELLE
Scriptwriter and film director
ÓSKAR KRISTINN VIGNISSON
Scriptwriter and film director
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
CHRISTIAN TAFDRUP
Film director, scriptwriter and actor
ULLA KATRINE HÆSTRUP
Film consultant, short and documentary film, DFI
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
MARIE-LOUISE HØJER JENSEN
Project Manager Open Workshop
LIN JO SKYTTE
Animation director
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
SARA KOPPEL
Animation artist
ELI RUIZ
Producer at Paloma Productions and Film Consultant
ZARA ZERNY
Film director
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who participated, the filmmakers and our wonderful juries