The Danish Film Academy, equivalent to the American Film Academy, has revealed the nominations for the Danish Robert Awards to be handed out on 6 February to the best films of 2020.
Despite the health crisis, the Robert nominations show a diverse year of Danish films. The film academy was able to choose from a pool of no less than 22 feature films, 19 feature-length documentaries and 32 TV series.
See the nominations below:
Danish Feature
- Another Round / Zentropa / Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing / Director: Thomas Vinterberg / Script: Thomas Vinterberg,Tobias Lindholm
- A Perfectly Normal Family / Nordisk Film / Producers: Matilda Appelin, René Ezra / Director: Malou Reymann / Script: Malou Reymann
- Riders of Justice / Zentropa / Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Sidsel Hybschmann / Director: Anders Thomas Jensen / Script: Anders Thomas Jensen
- Shorta / Toolbox Film / Producers: Morten Kaufmann, Signe Leick Jensen / Directors: Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid / Script: Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid
- The Good Traitor / Nimbus Film / Producer: Jonas Frederiksen / Director: Christina Rosendahl / Script: Kristian Bang Foss, Christina Rosendahl, Dunja Gry Jensen
TV series
- The Investigation / Miso Film / Creator: Tobias Lindholm / Producers: Jonas Allen, Caroline Blanco, Peter Bose, René Ezra
- When the Dust Settles / DR / Head writers: Dorte Warnøe Høgh, Ida Maria Rydén / Producer: Stinna Lassen / Concept director: Milad Alami
- Scandinavian Star / Nordisk Film, Danish Documentary / Head writers: Mikala Krogh, Lars Halskov, Nikolaj Scherfig / Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær, Thomas Heinesen / Concept director: Mikala Krogh
- Cry Wolf / DR / Head writer: Maja Jul Larsen / Producer: Claudia Saginario / Concept director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Wild and Wonderful Denmark / Mastiff / Head writer: Mark Jessen / Producer: Henrik Zachariassen / Concept director: Henrik Zachariassen
Documentary feature
- 7 Years of Lukas Graham / Sonntag Pictures / Producer: Sara Stockmann / Director: René Sascha Johannsen
- I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die / Paloma Productions / Producer: Julie Friis Walenciak / Director: Eva Marie Rødbro
- The Fight for Greenland / Copenhagen Film Company Kort & dok / Producer: Ulrik Gutkin / Director: Kenneth Sorento
- The Mole / Piraya Film (Norway), Wingman Media / Producers: Bjarte Mørner Tveit, Peter Engel / Director: Mads Brügger
- Songs of Repression / Final Cut for Real / Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Heidi Elise Christensen / Directors: Marianne Hougen-Moraga, Estephan Wagner
Children/Youth Film
- Blockhagen / Hyæne Film / Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph, Ulaa Salim / Directors: Malthe Emil Kibsgaard, Sorena Sanjari, Troels Unneland / Script: Troels Unneland, Sorena Sanjari
- Dreambuilders / First Lady Film / Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes / Director: Kim Hagen Jensen / Script: Søren Grinderslev Hansen
- A Perfectly Normal Family / Nordisk Film / Producers: Matilda Appelin, René Ezra / Director: Malou Reymann / Script: Malou Reymann
- All I Want For Christmas 2 / Deluca Film / Producers: Morten Rasmussen, David C.H. Østerbøg / Director: Christian Dyekjær / Script: Uffe Rørbæk, Lars T. Therkildsen
- Malou's Christmas / Ja Film, Stella Fiction / Producer: Anders Berthelsen / Director: Claus Bjerre / Script: Claus Bjerre, Frederik Nørgaard
Director
- Anders Thomas Jensen / Riders of Justice
- Christina Rosendahl / The Good Traitor
- Jeanette Nordahl / Wildland
- Malou Reymann / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Thomas Vinterberg / Another Round
Original screenplay
- Anders Thomas Jensen / Riders of Justice
- Anders Ølholm, Frederik Louis Hviid / Shorta
- Ingeborg Topsøe / Wildland
- Malou Reymann / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm / Another Round
Cinematographer
- Jacob Møller / Shorta
- Jonas Berlin / The Mole
- Kasper Tuxen / Riders of Justice
- Louise McLaughlin / The Good Traitor
- Sturla Brandth Grøvlen / Another Round
Editor
- Anders Albjerg Kristiansen / Shorta
- Anne Østerud, Janus Billeskov Jansen / Another Round
- Ida Bregninge / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Janus Billeskov Jansen, Olivier Bugge Coutté / The Good Traitor
- Nicolaj Monberg, Anders Albjerg Kristiansen / Riders of Justice
Leading Actor
- Jacob Hauberg Lohmann / Shorta
- Mads Mikkelsen / Another Round
- Mads Mikkelsen / Riders of Justice
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas / Riders of Justice
Leading Actress
- Amanda Collin / The Exception
- Andrea Heick Gadeberg / Riders of Justice
- Bodil Jørgensen / Into the Darkness
- Danica Curcic / The Exception
- Trine Dyrholm / Erna at War
Supporting Actor
- Elliott Crosset Hove / Wildland
- Lars Brygmann / Riders of Justice
- Lars Ranthe / Another Round
- Magnus Millang / Another Round
- Thomas Bo Larsen / Another Round
Supporting Actress
- Lene Maria Christensen / The Exception
- Maria Bonnevie / Another Round
- Sidse Babett Knudsen / Wildland
- Sidse Babett Knudsen / The Exception
- Özlem Saglanmak / Shorta
Leading Actor – TV Series
- Andreas Jessen / ALFA
- Bjarne Henriksen / Cry Wolf
- Jesper Groth / The New Nurses III
- Lars Ranthe / Pros and Cons II
- Søren Malling / The Investigation
Leading Actress – TV Series
- Asta Kamma August / SEX
- Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl / Cry Wolf
- Karen-Lise Mynster / When the Dust Settles
- Laura Christensen / The Investigation
- Lene Maria Christensen / Pros and Cons II
Supporting Actor – TV Series
- Jens Jørn Spottag / The New Nurses III
- Joachim Fjelstrup / A Secret Gift
- Peter Frödin / A Secret Gift
- Peter Plaugborg / Cry Wolf
- Pilou Asbæk / The Investigation
Supporting Actress – TV Series
- Anette Støvelbæk / The New Nurses III
- Bodil Jørgensen / A Secret Gift
- Christine Albeck Børge / Cry Wolf
- Emma Sehested Høeg / Limboland
- Pernilla August / The Investigation
Production Design
- Gustav Pontoppidan / Shorta
- Jette Lehmann / Erna at War
- Nikolaj Danielsen / Riders of Justice
- Rie Lykke / The Good Traitor
- Sabine Hviid / Another Round
- Sabine Hviid, Kristina Kovacs / A Perfectly Normal Family
Costume Design
- Anne-Dorthe Eskildsen / Into the Darkness
- Camilla Nordbjerg / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Edit Szűcs / The Good Traitor
- Emilie Bøge Dresler / Wildland
- Vibe Knoblauch Hededam / Riders of Justice
Makeup
- Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, Jasmine Schmit / Erna at War
- Henrik Steen / Shorta
- Henrik Steen, Thomas Foldberg / A Perfectly Normal Family
- Louise Hauberg Lohmann / Riders of Justice
- Szandra Gerő / The Good Traitor
Sound Design
- Bo Asdal Andersen, Hans Christian Arnt Torp / I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die
- Eddie Simonsen / Riders of Justice
- Jan Schermer, Hans Møller / Another Round
- Morten Green / Shorta
- Peter Albrechtsen / The Good Traitor
Score
- Jens Bjørnkjær / 7 years of Lukas Graham
- Jeppe Kaas / Riders of Justice
- Jonas Struck / The Good Traitor
- Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen / Dreambuilders
- Martin Dirkov / Shorta
Original Song
- 'Blokhavn' (Blockhagen) / Gigis / Comp: Kewan
- 'Dage uden dig' / Dreambuilders / Alberte Winding / Comp: Alberte Winding, Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
- 'Hver for sig' / All I Want For Christmas 2 / Alma Agger / Comp: Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Nicklas Schmidt, Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
- 'Hvis ikke nu – så hvornår?' / The Food Club / Lis Sørensen / Comp: Lis Sørensen, Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen, Sylvester Willy Sivertsen
- 'Louise' / The Butterfly Swing / Theis Tequila / Comp: Jacob Groth, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Visual Effects
- Colin Journèe / Erna at War
- Hummer Højmark, Peter Hjorth / Riders of Justice
- Jonas Drehn, Jan Tvilling / Shorta
- Martin Madsen / All I Want For Christmas 2
- Peter Hjorth / Into the Darkness
Short TV Series
- 32
- Cold Hawaii
- A Secret Gift
- My Different Ways
- SEX
Short Film
- Bleed
- Hvor træerne blokerer for lyset
- Kaldet
- Pinkies begravelse
- Uden at blinke
Short Film, Documentary
- Barnepigerne
- Dengang Danmark lukkede ned
- De skygger vi arver
- Livet mens vi dør
- Tove i stykker
English-language Feature
- 1917
- A Hidden Life
- Little Women
- MANK
- The Lighthouse
Non-English-language Feature
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Invisible Life
- The Farewell
- For Sama
- Weathering With You