38th Robert Awards

Last updated
38th Robert Awards
Date6 February 2021 (2021-02-06)
Organized by Danish Film Academy
Highlights
Best Film Another Round
Most awardsFilm
Another Round and Riders of Justice (4)
Television
Cry Wolf (5)
Most nominationsFilm
Riders of Justice (15)
Television
Cry Wolf (5)

The 38th Robert Awards ceremony, presented by Danish Film Academy, took place on 6 February 2021 virtually to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2020. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 6 January 2021. [3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Film

  • A Perfectly Normal Family – Producers: Matilda Appelin and René Ezra; Director and Script: Malou Reymann
    • All I Want for Christmas 2 – Producers: Morten Rasmussen and David C.H. Østerbøg; Director: Christian Dyekjær; Script: Uffe Rørbæk and Lars T. Therkildsen
    • Blockhagen – Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph and Ulaa Salim; Directors: Malthe Emil Kibsgaard, Sorena Sanjari, and Troels Unneland; Script: Troels Unneland and Sorena Sanjari
    • Dreambuilders – Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes; Director: Kim Hagen Jensen; Script: Søren Grinderslev Hansen
    • Malou's Christmas – Producer: Anders W. Berthelsen; Director: Claus Bjerre; Script: Claus Bjerre and Frederik Nørgaard
  • "Dage uden dig" from Dreambuilders – Music and Lyric: Alberte Winding and Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen; Performer: Alberte Winding
    • "Blokhavn" from Blockhagen – Music and Lyric: Kewan; Performer: Gigis
    • "Hver for sig" from All I Want for Christmas 2 – Music and Lyric: Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Nicklas Schmidt, and Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen; Performer: Alma Agger
    • "Hvis ikke nu – så hvornår?" from The Food Club – Music and Lyric: Lis Sørensen, Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen, and Sylvester Sivertsen; Performer: Lis Sørensen
    • "Louise" from Oh, To Be a Butterfly – Music and Lyric: Jacob Groth and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen; Performer: Theis Tequila
  • In the Blink of an Eye – Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph and Laura Sofie Frederikke Pedersen; Director: Katrine Brocks; Script: Marianne Lentz
    • 100,000 Acres of Pine – Producer: Michelle Ann Nardone; Director and Script: Jennifer Alice Wright
    • Bleed – Producer: Caroline Steenberg Dam; Director: Hannah Elbke; Script: Henrik Binger
    • A Calling – Producers: Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen and Laura Frederikke Kragholm; Director and Script: Christian Bengtson
    • Pinkie's Funeral – Producer: Theis Nørgaard; Director: Simon Mortensen; Script: Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard and Simon Mortensen
  • Riders of Justice – Hummer Højmark and Peter Hjorth
    • All I Want for Christmas 2 – Martin Madsen
    • Enforcement – Jan Tvilling and Jonas Drehn
    • Erna at War – Colin Journèe
    • Into the Darkness – Peter Hjorth
  • A Writer Named Tove – Producer: Signe Leick Jensen; Directors: Sami Saif and Peter Lopes Andersson
    • Barnepigerne – Producer: Cæcilie Østerby Sørensen and Line Hvidtfeldt; Director: Signe Barvild Stæhr
    • Dengang Danmark lukkede ned – Producer: Mariella Harpelunde Jensen; Director: Emil Nørgaard Munk
    • It Takes a Family – Producer: Ulrik Gutkin; Director: Susanne Kovács
    • Livet mens vi dør – Producer: Lise Saxtrup; Director: Christine Albeck Børge
  • The Mole: Undercover in North Korea – Producers: Peter Engel and Bjarte Mørner Tveit; Director: Mads Brügger
    • 7 Years of Lukas Graham – Producer: Sara Stockmann; Director: René Sascha Johannsen
    • The Fight for Greenland – Producer: Ulrik Gutkin; Director: Kenneth Sorento
    • I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die – Producer: Julie Friis Walenciak; Director: Eva Marie Rødbro
    • Songs of Repression – Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen and Heidi Elise Christensen; Directors: Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga
Best Non-English-language Feature
Best English-language Feature

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
15 Riders of Justice
12 Another Round
11 Enforcement
9 The Good Traitor
A Perfectly Normal Family
5Wildland
4Erna at War
The Exception
3All I Want for Christmas 2
Dreambuilders
Into the Darkness
27 Years of Lukas Graham
Blockhagen
I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die
The Mole: Undercover in North Korea
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
4 Another Round
Riders of Justice
3 The Good Traitor
2 Enforcement
A Perfectly Normal Family

Television

  • Cry Wolf (DR) – Head Writer: Maja Jul Larsen; Producer: Claudia Saginario; Concept Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen
    • The Investigation (TV2) – Creator: Tobias Lindholm; Producers: Jonas Allen, Caroline Blanco, Peter Bose, and René Ezra
    • Scandinavian Star (DR) – Head Writers: Mikala Krogh, Lars Halskov, and Nikolaj Scherfig; Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær and Thomas Heinesen; Concept Director: Mikala Krogh
    • When the Dust Settles (DR) – Head Writers: Dorte Warnøe Høgh and Ida Maria Rydén; Producer: Stinna Lassen; Concept Director: Milad Alami
    • Wild and Wonderful Denmark (DR) – Head Writer: Mark Jessen; Producer and Concept Director: Henrik Zachariassen
  • Julefeber (DR) – Producers: Rikke Tørholm Kofoed, Caroline Schlüter Bingestam, and Camilla Hammerich; Director: Natasha Arthy; Writer: Rune Schjøtt-Wieth
    • 32 (Xee) – Producer: Maj-Britt Landin; Directors and Writers: Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag
    • Cold Hawaii (Xee) – Producers: Julie Lind-Holm and Jacob Oliver Krarup; Directors and Writers: Aske Bang and Allan Hyde
    • Sex (TV2) – Producer: Marta Mleczek; Director: Amalie Næsby Fick; Writers: Clara Mendes and Amalie Næsby Fick
    • Something About Emma (DR) – Producer: Anders N. Berg; Director: Mads Mengel; Writer: Christian Bengtson

Shows with multiple nominations and awards

Shows that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
5Cry Wolf
The Investigation
4Julefeber
3The New Nurses
2Friheden
Sex
When the Dust Settles
Shows that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
5Cry Wolf

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