The Robert Award celebrates Danish films and TV shows on 1 February. The nominees and awards are chosen by the Danish Film Academy.
Lars von Trier's "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut" has received a total of 16 nominations, leading the pack, followed by Niels Arden Oplev's "Speed Walking" and Mikkel Nørgaard's "The Absent One" with 13 nominations each. The latter was the most popular film in Danish cinemas in 2014. Bille August's "Silent Heart" has received a total of 12 nominations.
Along with "The Sunfish" by Søren Balle, these films have all been nominated for best feature film and best director. A total of 19 films have been nominated for the Blockbuster Audience Award.
Complete list of nominated films
Best feature film
- "The Absent One" / Zentropa, Producers: Louise Vesth, Jonas Bagger & Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Dir.: Mikkel Nørgaard
- "Speed Walking" / Nordisk Film Production, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Niels Arden Oplev
- "The Sunfish" / Film Maker ApS, Producer: Claudia Siesbye Halsted, Dir.: Søren Balle
- "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut" / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Lars von Trier
- "Silent Heart" / SF Film Production, Producer: Jesper Morthorst, Dir.: Bille August
Best kids' and youth film
- "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury" / Nimbus Film, Producer: Eva Jakobsen, Dir.: Ask Hasselbalch
- "Speed Walking" / Nordisk Film Production, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Niels Arden Oplev
- "On the Edge" / Zentropa, Producers: Louise Vesth, Senia Dremstrup & Jakob Balslev, Dir.: Christian E. Christiansen
- "When Animals Dream" / Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen, Producers: Caroline Schlüter Bingestam & Ditte Milsted, Dir.: Jonas Alexander Arnby
- "Flow" / Beofilm & Meta Film, Producers: Morten Kjems Juhl & Nina Bisgaard, Dir.: Fenar Ahmad
Best director
- Bille August / "Silent Heart"
- Lars von Trier / "Nymphomaniac Director’s Cut"
- Mikkel Nørgaard / "The Absent One"
- Niels Arden Oplev / "Speed Walking"
- Søren Balle / "The Sunfish"
Best original script
- Christian Torpe / "Silent Heart"
- Kim Fupz Aakeson & Pernille Fischer Christensen / "Someone You Love"
- Lars von Trier / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Mette Heeno / "All Inclusive"
- Rasmus Birch / "When Animals Dream"
Best adapted script
- Bo Hr. Hansen / "Speed Walking"
- Lærke Sanderhoff & Søren Balle / "The Sunfish"
- Nikolaj Arcel & Rasmus Heisterberg / "The Absent One"
Best male lead
- Henrik Birch / "The Sunfish"
- Mikael Persbrandt / "Someone You Love"
- Morten Grunwald / "Silent Heart"
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas / "The Absent One"
- Stellan Skarsgård / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
Best female lead
- Bodil Jørgensen / "All Inclusive"
- Charlotte Gainsbourg / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Danica Curcic / "The Absent One"
- Ghita Nørby / "Silent Heart"
- Sidse Babett Knudsen / "Speed Walking"
Best male in a supporting role
- Anders W. Berthelsen / "Speed Walking"
- David Dencik / "Speed Walking"
- Fares Fares / "The Absent One"
- Jamie Bell / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Pilou Asbæk / "Silent Heart"
Best female in a supporting role
- Danica Curcic / "Silent Heart"
- Paprika Steen / "Silent Heart"
- Stacy Martin / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Trine Dyrholm / "Someone You Love"
- Uma Thurman / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
Best cinematography
- Jørgen Munk / "The Salvation"
- Rasmus Thjellesen / "The Absent One"
- Rie Lykke / "Speed Walking"
- Sabine Hviid / "When Animals Dream"
- Simone Grau Roney / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
Best photography
- Dirk Brüel / "Silent Heart"
- Eric Kress / "The Absent One"
- Jens Schlosser / "The Salvation"
- Manuel Alberto Claro / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Rasmus Videbæk / "Speed Walking"
Best costume
- Diana Cilliers / "The Salvation"
- Louize Nissen / "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury"
- Manon Rasmussen / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Pia Myrdal & Anne-Dorthe Eskilden / "Speed Walking"
- Stine Thaning / "The Absent One"
Best makeup
- Ann Elizabeth Bartels / "The Salvation"
- Bjørg Serup / "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury"
- Dennis Knudsen, Morten Jacobsen & Thomas Foldberg / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Louise Hauberg Lohmann, Thomas Foldberg & Morten Jacobsen / "When Animals Dream"
- Soile Ludjoi / "Speed Walking"
Best editing
- Anne Østerud / "Speed Walking"
- Anne Østerud & Janus Billeskov Jansen / "Silent Heart"
- Molly Malene Stensgaard & Morten Højbjerg / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Morten Egholm & Frederik Strunk / "The Absent One"
- Peter Brandt / "When Animals Dream"
Best sound design
- Hans Møller / "The Absent One"
- Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Peter Albrechtsen / "Flow"
- Sylvester Holm / "When Animals Dream"
- Thomas Huus & Bo Asdal Andersen / "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury"
Best score
- Annette Focks / "Silent Heart"
- Kasper Winding / "The Salvation"
- Mikkel Hess / "When Animals Dream"
- Peter Peter / "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury"
- Tina Dickow & Marie Fisker / "Someone You Love"
Best visual effects
- Ivan Kondrup Jensen & Rikke Hovgaard Jørgensen / "The Absent One"
- Martin Madsen & Thomas Øhlenschlæger / "When Animals Dream"
- Peter Hjorth / "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut"
- Thomas Busk, Kim Fersling & Alexander Schepelern / "The Salvation"
- Hummer Højmark, Julian Hermansen & Christian Burgdorff / "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury"
Best short fiction / animation
- "Baby" / SF Film Production, Producer: Jesper Morthorst, Dir.: Camilla Ramonn
- "Debut" / Framework films, Producer: Gabriela Uweis, Dir.: Mads Riisom
- "Helium" / M&M Productions, Producers: Kim Magnusson & Tivi Magnusson, Dir.: Anders Walter
- "Void" / Pebble & DoDream / Nordic Factory, Producers: Valeria Richter & Helene Granqvist, Dir.: Milad Alami & Aygul Bakanova
- "Growing Pains" / First Lady Film, Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes, Dir.: Tor Fruergaard
Best long fiction / animation
- "Flyvere i natten" / Zentropa Stormtroopers, Producer: Anders Wøldike Schmith, Dir.: Tobias Gundorff Boesen
- "Mini" / Windeløv/Lassen & Garagefilm, Producer: Stinna Lassen Dir.: Milad Alami
- "Lulu" / SF Film Production, Producer: Birgitte Skov, Dir.: Caroline Sascha Cogez
- "Teenland" / Beofilm, Producer: Amalie Lyngbo Hjort, Dir.: Marie Grahtø
- "Brothers in Arms" / Film Maker ApS, Producer: Claudia Siesbye Halsted, Dir.: Cav Bøgelund
Best short documentary
- "Disportrait" / Barok Film, Producers: Katrin Pors & Anne Wivel, Dir.: Ulrik Wivel & Alejandro Alvarez
- "Genetic Me" / The Four Letter Revolution, Producers: Lone Frank, Bjørn Vidø & Jesper Eugen Olsen, Dir.: Pernille Rose Grønkjær
- "Warriors from the North" / Made in Copenhagen, Producer: Helle Faber, Dir.: Søren Steen Jespersen & Nasib Farah
- "Me And Dad - No Expectations Of Applause?" / Made in Copenhagen, Producers: Mathilde Hvid Lippmann & Mille Haynes, Dir.: Kathrine Ravn Kruse
- "Naked" / Made in Copenhagen, Producer: Helle Faber, Dir.: Nicole N. Horanyi
Best long documentary
- "Democrats" / Upfront Films, Producer: Henrik Veileborg, Dir.: Camilla Nielsson
- "The Newsroom - Off the Record" / Danish Documentary Production, Producer: Sigrid Dyekjær, Dir. Mikala Krogh
- "Life Is Sacred" / Final Cut for Real, Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen & Anne Köhncke, Dir.: Andreas Dalsgaard
- "Good Things Await" / Danish Documentary Production, Producer: Malene Flindt Pedersen, Dir.: Phie Ambo
- "The Look of Silence" / Final Cut for Real, Producer: Signe Byrge Sørensen, Dir.: Joshua Oppenheimer
Best American film
- "12 Years a Slave" / Dir.: Steve McQueen, Distr.: Filmcompagniet - SF film
- "Boyhood" / Dir.: Richard Linklater, Distr.: UIP - Mis Label
- "Dallas Buyers Club" / Dir.: Jean-Marc Vallée, Distr.: UIP
- "Interstellar" / Dir.: Christopher Nolan, Distr.: Filmcompagniet - Warner Bros.
- "The Grand Budapest Hotel" / Dir.: Wes Anderson, Distr.: Filmcompagniet – Twentieth Century Fox
Best non-American film
- "Force Majeure" / Dir.: Ruben Östlund, Distr.: Øst for Paradis
- "Ida" / Dir.: Paweł Pawlikowski, Distr.: Camera Film
- "Like Father, Like Son" / Dir.: Hirokazu Koreeda, Distr.: Reel Pictures
- "Nick Cave: 20,000 Days on Earth" / Dir.: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Distr.: Camera Film
- "Two Days, One Night" / Dir.: Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne, Distr.: Camera Film
- "Winter Sleep" / Dir.: Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Distr.: Camera Film
Complete list of nominated TV shows
Best short TV show
- "Bankerot" / DR 1, Producer: Malene Blenkov, Hovedforfatter: Kim Fupz Aakeson, Dir.: Henrik Ruben Genz
- "Sugar Tits" (season 2) / DR 3, Producer: Erik Hansen, Hovedforfattere: Rikke Frøbert, Asger Kjær & Rune Schjøtt, Dir.: Tea Lindeburg
- "Partiets Mand" / Fridthjof Film, Producer: Mia Marie Borup, Hovedforfatter: Søren Felbo, Dir.: Parminder Singh
- "Sjit Happens 2" / Fridthjof Film & Mastiff, Producer: Mia Marie Borup, Hovedforfatter: Thomas Glud, Dir.: Barbara Rothenburg, Kasper Birch, Peter Molde Amelung & Jacob Bitsch
- "Tidsrejsen" / DR, Producer: Bo Mortensen, Hovedforfatter: Poul Berg, Dir.: Kaspar Munk
Best Danish TV show
- "1864" / DR1, Producers: Jonas Allen & Peter Bose, Hovedforfatter: Ole Bornedal, Dir.: Ole Bornedal
- "Arvingerne 1" / DR Fiktion, Producers: Karoline Leth & Christian Rank, Hovedforfatter: Maya Ilsøe, Dir.: Pernilla August
- "The Seaside Hotel" / SF Film Production, Producer: Michael Bille Frandsen, Hovedforfattere: Stig Thorsboe & Hanna Lundblad, Dir.: Fabian Wullenweber
- "Dicte II" / TV 2, Producers: Christian Potalivo, Jonas Allen & Peter Bose, Hovedforfattere: Dorte W. Høgh & Ida Maria Rydén, Dir.: Kasper Barfoed
Best male lead – TV show
- Carsten Bjørnlund / "Arvingerne 1"
- Jens Sætter-Lassen / "1864"
- Jesper Asholt / "Partiets Mand"
- Lars Brygmann / "Dicte II"
- Martin Buch / "Bankerot"
Best female lead – TV show
- Iben Hjejle / "Dicte II"
- Marie Tourell Søderberg / "1864"
- Rosalinde Mynster / "Badehotellet"
- Stephania Potalivo / "Sjit Happens 2"
- Trine Dyrholm / "Arvingerne 1"
Best male in a supporting role – TV show
- Dar Salim / "Dicte II"
- Jakob Oftebro / "1864"
- Jesper Christensen / "Arvingerne 1"
- Mads Riisom / "Sugar Tits" (season 2)
- Mikkel Boe Følsgaard / "Arvingerne 1"
Best female in a supporting role – TV show
- Amalie Dollerup / "Badehotellet"
- Emilie Claudius Kruse / "Dicte II"
- Lene Maria Christensen / "Arvingerne 1"
- Rikke Louise Andersson / "Bankerot"
- Sara-Sofie Boussnina / "1864"
Blockbuster Audience Award
- "All Inclusive" / Happy Ending Film, Producer: Mie Andreasen, Dir.: Hella Joof
- "Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury" / Nimbus Film, Producer: Eva Jakobsen, Dir.: Ask Hasselbalch
- "Danny's Doomsday" / Miso Film, Producers: Christian Potalivo & Caroline Blanco, Dir.: Martin Barnewitz
- "In Real Life" / Beofilm, Sebasto Film & Bebopfilm, Producers: Morten Kjems Juhl, Morten Fisker, Nanna Nikali & Jonas Elmer, Dir.: Jonas Elmer
- "Encounters" / Encounters ApS, Producers: Kasper Graversen & Anders J. Bukh, Dir.: Anders J Bukh
- "Someone You Love" / Zentropa, Producers: Vinca Wiedemann & Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Dir.: Pernille Fischer Christensen
- "Familien Jul" / Pixy Film, Producer: Thomas Lydholm, Dir.: Carsten Rudolf
- "The Absent One" / Zentropa, Producers: Louise Vesth, Jonas Bagger & Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Dir.: Mikkel Nørgaard
- "Speed Walking" / Nordisk Film Production, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Niels Arden Oplev
- "The Cartel" / Nordisk Film Production, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Charlotte Sachs Bostrup
- "The Reunion 2 – the Funeral" / Nordisk Film Production, Producers: Tomas Radoor & René Ezra, Dir.: Mikkel Serup
- "The Sunfish" / Film Maker ApS, Producer: Claudia Siesbye Halsted, Dir.: Søren Balle
- "On the Edge" / Zentropa, Producers: Louise Vesth, Senia Dremstrup & Jakob Balslev, Dir.: Christian E. Christiansen
- "The Miracle" / Zentropa, Producer: Jonas Frederiksen, Dir.: Simon Staho
- "Nymphomaniac Director's Cut" / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Lars von Trier
- "When Animals Dream" / Alphaville Pictures Copenhagen, Producers: Caroline Schlüter Bingestam & Ditte Milsted, Dir.: Jonas Alexander Arnby
- "Silent Heart" / SF Film Production, Producer: Jesper Morthorst, Dir.: Bille August
- "The Salvation" / Zentropa, Producer: Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Dir.: Kristian Levring
- "Flow" / Beofilm & Meta Film, Producers: Morten Kjems Juhl & Nina Bisgaard, Dir.: Fenar Ahma