Press release 8.1.2019 ROBERT NOMINATIONS 2019

CELEBRATING A THRILLING YEAR IN DANISH FILM AND TV!

The Danish Film Academy has announced the nominations for this year’s . The country’s most coveted award will celebrate the diverse and consistently high quality of Danish film and tv output, and see newcomers go head to head with veterans in the major categories. The Academy presents the 35th ROBERT awards on Sunday February 3rd, 2019 with entertainer Jan Gintberg as show host.

A total of 27 feature films were in the running for the many ROBERT statuettes. A testimony of a strong film-year, but this year the tv-categories saw even fiercer competition as both ‘best tv-series’ and ‘best short tv-series’ had twice as many potential nominees.

Three very different veterans of Danish cinema scooped the most nominations, including Best Film and Best Director, led by ’s ‘A Fortunate Man’ on top with 16, Lars von Trier’s ‘The House That Jack Built’ with 12 and Christoffer Boe’s ‘The Purity of Vengeance’ with 11 alongside newcomers Niclas Bendixen’s ‘Ditte & Louise’ with 11 and Gustav Möller’s ‘The Guilty’ with 9 nominations. Another first effort, ‘Holiday’, secured Isabella Eklöf a nomination as Best Director as well as one for Best Screenplay in collaboration with Johanne Algren, which gives the film a total of 7 nominations.

The booming Danish tv-production output is also honoured at the ROBERT awards and the competition is close this year with DR Drama’s ‘Liberty’ and ‘Ride Upon the Storm II’ facing off with Miso Film’s ‘Warrior’ and ‘The Rain’ as well as Nimbus Film & Filmlance’s ‘The Bridge IIII’.

The Best Documentary will be found among Elvira Lind’s ‘Bobbi Jene’, Simon Lereng Wilmont’s ‘Distant Barking of Dogs’, Cille Hannibal’s ‘The Night We Fell’, Malene Choi Jensen’s ‘The Return’ and Emil Næsby Hansen’s ‘The Two Of Us’.

The winner of the Best Children & Youth Film category will be either ‘Checkered Ninja’, ‘Vitello’, ‘Land of Glass’, ‘Wildwitch’ or the youth drama ‘Sticks & Stones’.

All nominations were decided by the academy members based on their profession, and it is now up to the more than 2500 members of The Danish Film Academy to vote for the winners in all categories. See the full list of nominations below. The ROBERT AWARDS will be held on Sunday February 3rd, 2019 from 5:30pm at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Center.

For further information, please contact: Chairman Jacob Neiiendam, [email protected] ​ Filmakademiet, [email protected]

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Sincerely The Board of the Danish Film Academy

Robert nominations 2019

Best Feature Film ● A Fortunate Man / Nordisk Film Production A/S, Producers: Thomas Heinesen & Karin Trolle, Dir.: Bille August ● Ditte & Louise / Nordisk Film Production A/S, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Niclas Bendixen ● The Guilty / Nordisk Film Spring, Producer: Lina Flint, Dir.: Gustav Möller ● The House That Jack Built / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Lars von Trier ● The Purity of Vengeance / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Christoffer Boe

Best Children & Youth Film ● Checkered Ninja / A Film Production, Sudoku & Pop Up Production, Producers: Trine Heidegaard & Anders Mastrup, Dir.: Anders Matthesen & Thorbjørn Christoffersen ● Land of Glass / Pilot Film ApS, Producers: Egil Dennerline, Marie Rønn & Jeppe Vig Find, Dir.: Marie Rønn & Jeppe Vig Find ● Sticks & Stones / Snowglobe, Producers: Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin & Katrin Pors, Dir.: Martin Skovbjerg ● Vitello / Ja Film A/S, Producer: Anders Berthelsen, Dir.: Dorte Bengtson ● Wildwitch / Good Company Films, Producers: Stinna Lassen & Anni Faurbye Fernandez, Dir.: Kaspar Munk

Best Director ● Bille August / A Fortunate Man ● Christoffer Boe / The Purity of Vengeance ● Gustav Möller / The Guilty ● Isabella Eklöf / Holiday ● Lars von Trier / The House That Jack Built Best Original Screenplay ● Ditte Hansen & Louise Mieritz / Ditte & Louise ● Gustav Möller & Emil Nygaard Albertsen / The Guilty ● Jakob Weis / That Time of Year ● Johanne Algren & Isabella Eklöf / Holiday ● Lars von Trier / The House That Jack Built

Best Adapted Screenplay ● Anders Matthesen / Checkered Ninja ● Bille August & / A Fortunate Man ● Bo Hr. Hansen, Nikolaj Arcel & Mikkel Nørgaard / The Purity of Vengeance ● Bo Hr. Hansen, Poul Berg & Kaspar Munk / Wildwitch ● Kim Fupz Aakeson & Dorte Bengtson / Vitello

Best Actor ● Baard Owe / Christian IV ● Esben Smed / A Fortunate Man ● Jakob Cedergren / The Guilty ● Matt Dillon / The House That Jack Built ● Rasmus Bjerg / The Way to Mandalay

Best Actress ● Ditte Hansen / Ditte & Louise ● Katrine Greis-Rosenthal / A Fortunate Man ● Louise Mieritz / Ditte & Louise ● / That Time of Year ● Victoria Carmen Sonne / Holiday

Best Supporting Actor ● Adam Brix / Ditte & Louise ● Anders W. Berthelsen / Ditte & Louise ● Benjamin Kitter / A Fortunate Man ● Fares Fares / The Purity of Vengeance ● Jacob Lohmann / That Time of Year

Best Supporting Actress ● Fanny Leander Bornedal / The Purity of Vengeance ● Jessica Dinnage / The Guilty ● Julie Christiansen / A Fortunate Man ● Karen-Lise Mynster / That Time of Year ● Sofie Gråbøl / That Time of Year Best Set Design ● Jette Lehmann / A Fortunate Man ● Josephine Farsø / Holiday ● Sabine Hviid / Wildwitch ● Simone Grau Roney / The House That Jack Built ● Søren Gam / Ditte & Louise

Best Cinematography ● Dirk Brüel / A Fortunate Man ● Jacob Møller / The Purity of Vengeance ● Jasper J. Spanning / The Guilty ● Manuel Alberto Claro / The House That Jack Built ● Nadim Carlsen / Holiday

Best Costume Design ● Charlotte Moe / The Way to Mandalay ● Manon Rasmussen / A Fortunate Man ● Manon Rasmussen / The House That Jack Built ● Pernille Holm & Emilie Bøge Dresler / The Purity of Vengeance ● Stine Gudmundsen-Holmgreen / That Time of Year

Best Makeup ● Bjørg Serup / The Way to Mandalay ● Cecilie Do / Christian IV ● Dennis Knudsen / The House That Jack Built ● Dennis Knudsen & Tina Helmark / A Fortunate Man ● Sofie de Mylius / Ditte & Louise

Best Editor ● Anne Østerud & Janus Billeskov Jansen / A Fortunate Man ● Carla Luffe / The Guilty ● Molly Malene Stensgaard & Jacob Schulsinger / The House That Jack Built ● My Thordal & Janus Billeskov Jansen / The Purity of Vengeance ● Olivia Neergaard-Holm / Holiday

Best Sound Design ● Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen / The House That Jack Built ● Morten Green & Eddie Simonsen / The Purity of Vengeance ● Niels Arild & Kim Dalum / A Fortunate Man ● Oskar Skriver / The Guilty ● Oskar Skriver & Bo Asdal / Checkered Ninja Best Score ● Av Av Av / Sticks & Stones ● Flemming Nordkrog / Wildwitch ● Jomi Massage / Ditte & Louise ● Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen & Nicklas Schmidt / Lucia’s Christmas ● Lorenz Dangel / A Fortunate Man ● Mikkel Maltha & Anthony Lledo / The Purity of Vengeance

Best Original Song ● 'Skubber det sne' - Anders Matthesen, Composers.: Anders Matthesen & #KewanLiggerBeatetNormal / Checkered Ninja ● 'Sut min klit' - Nikoline, Composer.: Nikoline / Ditte & Louise ● 'Under solen' - Wafande, Søren Schou & Andreas Keilgaard, Composers.: Wafande, Søren Schou & Andreas Keilgaard / Iqbal & the Jewel of India ● 'Vild' - Lydmor, Composers.: Jenny Rosander, Lasse Lyngbo, Mads Møller & Thor Nørgaard / Wildwitch ● 'Vitello' - Peter Sommer, Jøden & DJ Static, Composers.: Peter Sommer, Jøden & DJ Static / Vitello

Best Visual Effects ● Jonas Ussing & Martin Madsen / Iqbal & the Jewel of India ● Martin Madsen & Thomas Øhlenschlæger / A Fortunate Man ● Peter Hjorth / The House That Jack Built ● Simon Sandin, Christian Sjöstedt & Christina Jæger / Wildwitch ● Toke Rude Trangbæk, Daniel French & Sammy Larsen / In Love & War

Best Short / Animation Film ● Birds / Nepenthe Film, Producer: Julie Hjorth, Dir.: Trine Nadia ● Dolphin / M&M Productions, Producers: Kim Magnusson & Tivi Magnusson, Dir.: Lauritz Munch-Petersen ● Maja / Hyæne Film, Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph, Dir.: Marijana Jankovic ● Next Stop / Meta Film, Producers: Johannes R. Nørregaard og Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen, Dir.: Daniel Kragh-Jacobsen ● November / Super8, Producer: Iben Søtang Jacobsen, Dir.: Kasper Møller Jensen

Best Short Documentary ● Either Or / Den Danske Filmskole, Producers: Karen Kristensen & Anna Malmkjær, Dir.: Thora Lorentzen ● Fantasy Fantasy / Sonntag Pictures, Producer: Sara Stockmann, Dir.: Kaspar Astrup Schröder ● Haunted / Norman Film, Producer: Christian Einshøj, Dir.: Christian Einshøj ● I, Witness / Den Danske Filmskole, Producer: Zire Schucany, Dir.: Louise Leth ● You are Still Somebody's Someone / Made in ApS, Producer: Mathilde Hvid Lippmann, Dir.: Esther Wellejus

Best Documentary ● Bobbi Jene / Sonntag Pictures, Producer: Sara Stockmann, Dir.: Elvira Lind ● Distant Barking of Dogs / Final Cut for Real, Producer: Monica Hellström, Dir.: Simon Lereng Wilmont ● The Night We Fell / Bullitt Film, Producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen, Dir.: Cille Hannibal ● The Return / Walenciak Film, Producer: Julie Friis Walenciak, Dir.: Malene Choi Jensen ● The Two Of Us / Wergeland Film, Producer: Emil Kramhøft Dinsen, Dir.: Emil Næsby Hansen

Best English Language Film ● A Star is Born / Dir.: Bradley Cooper, Distr.: SF Studios ● Call Me By Your Name / Dir.: Luca Guadagnino, Distr.: United International Pictures ● The Florida Project / Dir.: Sean Baker, Distr.: Scanbox Entertainment ● The Shape of Water / Dir.: Guillermo del Toro, Distr.: Nordisk Film Distribution A/S ● Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri / Dir.: Martin McDonagh, Distr.: Nordisk Film Distribution A/S

Best Non-English Language Film ● Border / Dir.: Ali Abbasi, Distr.: Camera Film ● Burning / Dir.: Lee Chang-dong, Distr.: Camera Film ● Cold War / Dir.: Pawel Pawlikowski, Distr.: Scanbox Entertainment ● Roma / Dir.: Alfonso Cuarón, Distr.: Scanbox Entertainment ● Shoplifters / Dir.: Hirokazu Koreeda, Distr.: Filmbazar

TV-series

Best Short TV-series ● 30 / Drive Studios, Writers: Jesper Zuschlag & Julie Rudbæk, Producer: Mikkel Herforth, Dir.: Jesper Zuschlag & Julie Rudbæk ● Doggystyle / DR Ung, Writer: Anna Emma Haudal, Producer: Rikke Lassen, Dir.: Anna Emma Haudal ● The Magic Talisman / DR Drama, Writers: Trine Piil & Peter Gornstein, Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes, Dir.: Peter Gornstein ● The Stranger / Made in Copenhagen ApS, Writers: Krister Moltzen & Nicole N. Horanyi, Producer: Helle Faber, Dir.: Nicole N. Horanyi ● Vitello / Ja Film A/S, Writer: Kim Fupz Aakeson, Producer: Anders Berthelsen, Dir.: Dorte Bengtson

Best TV-series ● Liberty / DR Drama, Writer: Asger Leth, Producer: Karoline Leth, Dir.: Mikael Marcimain ● Ride Upon the Storm II / DR Drama, Writer: Adam Price, Producer: Camilla Hammerich, Dir.: Kaspar Munk ● The Bridge IIII / Nimbus Film & Filmlance, Writers: Hans Rosenfeldt & Camilla Ahlgren, Producers: Bo Ehrhardt & Anders Landstrøm, Dir.: Henrik Georgsson ● The Rain / Miso Film, Writer: Jannik Tai Mosholt, Producer: Christian Potalivo, Dir.: Kenneth Kainz ● Warrior / Miso Film, Writers: Christoffer Boe & Simon Pasternak, Producers: Jonas Allen & Peter Bose, Dir.: Christoffer Boe

Best Actor - TV-series ● Carsten Bjørnlund / Liberty ● Dar Salim / Warrior ● Lars Mikkelsen / Ride Upon the Storm II ● Lars Ranthe / Pros and Cons ● Thure Lindhardt / The Bridge IIII

Best Actress - TV-series ● / The Rain ● Ann Eleonora Jørgensen / Ride Upon the Storm II ● Danica Curcic / Warrior ● Lene Maria Christensen / Pros and Cons ● Sofia Helin / The Bridge IIII

Best Supporting Actor - TV-series ● Anton Hjejle / Liberty ● Elliott Crosset Hove / The Bridge IIII ● Jesper Groth / Klaphat ● Lars Ranthe / Warrior ● Simon Sears / Ride Upon the Storm II

Best Supporting Actress - TV-series ● Asta Kamma August / The New Nurses ● Camilla Lau / Ride Upon the Storm II ● Fanny Louise Bernth / Ride Upon the Storm II ● Josephine Park / Doggystyle ● Sofie Gråbøl / Liberty

Blockbuster Audience Award - nominees ● A Fortunate Man / Nordisk Film Production A/S, Producers: Thomas Heinesen & Karin Trolle, Dir.: Bille August ● Backstabbing for Beginners / Creative Alliance, Producers: Malene Blenkov, Nikolaj Vibe Michelsen, Lars Knudsen & Dan Bekerman, Dir.: Per Fly ● Checkered Ninja / A Film Production, Sudoku & Pop Up Production, Producers: Trine Heidegaard & Anders Mastrup, Dir.: Anders Matthesen & Thorbjørn Christoffersen ● Christian IV / Good Company Films, Producer: Claudia Saginario, Dir.: Kasper Kalle ● Ditte & Louise / Nordisk Film Production A/S, Producer: Thomas Heinesen, Dir.: Niclas Bendixen ● Happy Ending / Happy Ending Film & TV ApS, Producer: Mie Andreasen, Dir.: Hella Joof ● Holiday / Apparatur, Producer: David B. Sørensen, Dir.: Isabella Eklöf ● In Love & War / Fridthjof Film, Producer: Ronnie Fridthjof, Dir.: Kasper Torsting ● Iqbal & the Jewel of India / Miso Film, Producers: Christian Potalivo & Mikael Olsen, Dir.: Oliver Zahle ● Land of Glass / Pilot Film ApS, Producers: Egil Dennerline, Marie Rønn & Jeppe Vig Find, Dir.: Marie Rønn & Jeppe Vig Find ● Lovers / Tambo Film, Producer: Rikke Tambo Andersen, Dir.: Niels Holstein Kaa ● Lucia’s Christmas / Deluca Film, Producers: Morten Rasmussen & David Østerbøg, Dir.: Christian Dyekjær ● Moonfire / Dæmon Film, Producer: Max Christensen, Dir.: Kasper Juhl ● Sticks & Stones / Snowglobe, Producers: Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin & Katrin Pors, Dir.: Martin Skovbjerg ● Team Albert / Regner Grasten Filmproduktion A/S, Producer: Regner Grasten, Dir.: Frederik Meldal Nørgaard ● That Time of Year / Nordisk Film Production A/S, Producer: Mikael Rieks, Dir.: Paprika Steen ● The Charmer / Good Company Films, Producer: Stinna Lassen, Dir.: Milad Alami ● The Guilty / Nordisk Film Spring, Producer: Lina Flint, Dir.: Gustav Möller ● The House That Jack Built / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Lars von Trier ● The Purity of Vengeance / Zentropa, Producer: Louise Vesth, Dir.: Christoffer Boe ● The Saint Bernard Syndicate / Meta Film, Producers: Emilie Lebech Kaae & Jakob Kirstein Høgel, Dir.: Mads Brügger ● The Way to Mandalay / Miso Film, Producers: Jonas Allen & Peter Bose, Dir.: Ole Bornedal ● Up and Away / M&M Productions, Producers: Tivi Magnusson, Kim Magnusson & Anders Mastrup, Dir.: Karsten Kiilerich ● Vitello / Ja Film A/S, Producer: Anders Berthelsen, Dir.: Dorte Bengtson ● Whispers From the Grave / Pure Fiction, Producer: Jannick Raunow, Dir.: Sohail A. Hassan ● Wildwitch / Good Company Films, Producers: Stinna Lassen & Anni Faurbye Fernandez, Dir.: Kaspar Munk ● Wonderful Copenhagen / Tengberg Film, Producer: Jeppe Wowk, Dir.: Bo Tengberg

ROBERT - NOMINEES 2019 - FACTS - FILM A Fortunate Man 16 nominations The House That Jack Built 12 nominations The Purity of Vengeance 11 nominations Ditte & Louise 11 nominations The Guilty 9 nominations Holiday 7 nominations That Time of Year 7 nominations Wildwitch 7 nominations Checkered Ninja 5 nominations The Way to Mandalay 4 nominations Vitello 4 nominations Christian IV 3 nominations Iqbal & the Jewel of India 3 nominations Sticks & Stones 3 nominations In Love & War 2 nominations Land of Glass 2 nominations Lucia’s Christmas 2 nominations Backstabbing for Beginners 1 nomination Happy Ending 1 nomination Lovers 1 nomination Moonfire 1 nomination Team Albert 1 nomination The Charmer 1 nomination The Saint Bernard Syndicate 1 nomination Up and Away 1 nomination Whispers From the Grave 1 nomination Wonderful Copenhagen 1 nomination

ROBERT - NOMINEES 2019 - FACTS - TV-SERIES Ride Upon the Storm II 6 nominations Liberty 4 nominations The Bridge IIII 4 nominations Warrior 4 nominations Doggystyle 2 nominations Pros and Cons 2 nominations The Rain 2 nominations 30 1 nomination Klaphat 1 nomination The Magic Talisman 1 nomination The New Nurses 1 nomination The Stranger 1 nomination Vitello 1 nomination