39th Robert Awards

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39th Robert Awards
Date5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
Organized by Danish Film Academy
Highlights
Best FilmPersona Non Grata
Most awardsFilm
Flee (4)
Television
The Chestnut Man (4)
Most nominationsFilm
Margrete: Queen of the North (13)
Television
The Chestnut Man (6)

The 39th Robert Awards ceremony, presented by Danish Film Academy, took place on 5 February 2022 at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2021. [1] [2]

Contents

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 4 January 2022. [3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Film

  • Persona Non Grata – Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph; Director: Lisa Jespersen; Screenplay: Lisa Jespersen and Sara Isabella Jønsson
    • Margrete: Queen of the North – Producers: Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek; Director: Charlotte Sieling; Screenplay: Jesper Fink, Maya Ilsøe and Charlotte Sieling
    • The Pact – Producers: Jesper Morthorst and Karin Trolle; Director: Bille August; Screenplay: Christian Torpe
    • The Shadow in My Eye – Producers: Jonas Allen and Peter Bose; Director and Screenplay: Ole Bornedal
    • The Venus Effect – Producers: Rikke Sasja Lassen and Lise Orheim Stender; Director and Screenplay: Anna Emma Haudal
  • Checkered Ninja 2 – Producers: Trine Heidegaard and Anders Mastrup; Director: Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen; Screenplay: Anders Matthesen
    • Busters World – Producers: Barbara Crone and Hans Bülow Ungfelt; Director: Martin Miehe-Renard; Screenplay: Jesper Nikolaj Christiansen
    • The Seekers – Producers: Sarita Christensen and Mette Valbjørn Skøtt; Director: Philip Th. Pedersen; Screenplay: Pelle Møller
  • The Shadow in My Eye – Elizabeth Bukkehave
    • Margrete: Queen of the North – AnnaCarin Lock
    • The Pact – Dennis Knudsen, Susanne Herredsbjerg Søbye and Morten Jacobsen
    • A Taste of Hunger – Christina Dahlin and Henrik Steen
    • The Venus Effect – Christina Vestergård Prip
  • Flee – Janus Billeskov Jansen
    • Kandis for Life – Denniz Göl Bertelsen
    • The Pact – Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen
    • The Shadow in My Eye – Anders Villadsen
    • The Venus Effect – Sofie Marie Kristensen
  • Wild Minds – Producers: Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard & Laura Valentiner-Bohse; Director: Hannah Elbke; Screenplay: Henrik Binger and Hannah Elbke
    • Amourteur – Producer: Jeppe Wowk; Director: Sylvia Le Fanu; Screenplay: Mads Lind Knudsen and Sylvia Le Fanu
    • BUFF COPS – Producer: Jenny Mattesen; Director and Screenplay: Camilla Kaufmann
    • Inherent – Producer: Anna Dammegaard Søllested; Director and Screenplay: Nicolai G. H. Johansen
    • It's so Charming – Producer: Miki Schack; Director: Svend Colding; Screenplay: Pernille Hyllegaard
  • The Shadow in My Eye – Nikolas D'Andrade, Sébastien Caudron and Mikael Windelin
    • The Blue Orchid – Birk Von Brockdorff and Gustav Pontoppidan
    • Margrete: Queen of the North – Thomas Dyg
    • The Marco Effect – Martin Madsen
    • A Taste of Hunger – Jeppe Bingestam
  • Love Bound – Producer: Vibeke Vogel; Director: Vibe Mogensen
    • Desire – Producer: Jenny Mattesen; Director: Anna Eline Friis-Rasmussen
    • From Your Mom – Producer: Bo Mortensen; Director: Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
    • Imagining My Father – Producers: Selma Jusufbegović and Mette Mikkelsen; Director: Emil Nørgaard Munk
    • Kraftenlos – Producer: Asser Bo Paludan; Director: Søren Brydesen
Best Non-English-language Feature
Best English-language Feature

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
13 Margrete: Queen of the North
12The Venus Effect
11 Persona Non Grata
The Shadow in My Eye
10The Pact
7Checkered Ninja 2
5A Taste of Hunger
4 Flee
3Kandis for Life
The Marco Effect
2The Blue Orchid
Busters World
Miss Osaka
The Penultimate
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
4 Flee
3 Margrete: Queen of the North
Persona Non Grata
2Checkered Ninja 2
The Pact
The Shadow in My Eye
The Venus Effect

Television

  • The Chestnut Man (Netflix) – Screenplay: Dorte W. Høgh, Søren Sveistrup and David Sandreuter; Producers: Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl and Stine Meldgaard Madsen; Director: Mikkel Serup
    • Absolute Beginners (DR) – Director and Screenplay: Thora Lorentzen; Producer: Rikke Tambo
    • Blinded: Those Who Kill (Viaplay) – Screenplay: Ina Bruhn; Producers: Jonas Allen, Peter Bose and Caroline Schlüter; Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby
    • Equinox (Netflix) – Screenplay: Tea Lindeburg; Producer: Dorthe Riis Lauridsen; Director: Søren Balle
    • Snow Angels (DR) – Screenplay: Mette Heeno; Producer: Georgie Mathew; Director: Anna Zackrisson
  • Outlaw (DR3) – Screenplay: Babak Vakili and Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard; Producer: Siri Bøge Dynesen; Director: Laurits Flensted-Jensen
    • 33 (Xee) – Director and Screenplay: Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag; Producer: Maj-Britt Landin
    • Elves (Netflix); Screenplay: Stefan Jaworski; Producer: Elise H. Lund; Director: Roni Ezra
    • Face to Face (Viaplay) – Screenplay: Christoffer Boe and Anna Juul; Producers: Peter Bose and Jonas Allen; Director: Christoffer Boe
    • Kamikaze (HBO Max) – Screenplay: Johanne Algren; Producer: Ditte Milsted; Director: Kaspar Munk
  • Danica Curcic as Naia Thulin on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)
    • Emma Sehested Høeg as Emma on Guilt (DR2+)
    • Maria Cordsen as Ida on Outlaw (DR3)
    • Maria Reuther as Julie on Kamikaze (HBO Max)
    • Trine Dyrholm as Susanne Egholm on Face to Face (Viaplay)
  • David Dencik as Simon Genz on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)
    • Afshin Firouzi as Abdallah on Outlaw (DR3)
    • Anders Matthesen as Psyko-Bo on Kamikaze (HBO Max)
    • Besir Zeciri as David on Phantom Feelings (Xee)
    • Esben Dalsgaard as Steen Hartung on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)
  • Iben Dorner as Rosa Hartung on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)
    • Amalie Lindegaard as Laura on 33 (Xee)
    • Danica Curcic as Louise on Face to Face (Viaplay)
    • Emma Sehested Høeg as Katrine on Limboland (Xee)
    • Fanny Leander Bornedal as Sapphire on Face to Face (Viaplay)

Shows with multiple nominations and awards

Shows that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
6 The Chestnut Man
4Face to Face
Outlaw
3Kamikaze
233
Shows that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
4 The Chestnut Man
2Outlaw

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