40th Robert Awards

Last updated
40th Robert Awards
Date4 February 2023 (2023-02-04)
Organized by Danish Film Academy
Highlights
Best Film Holy Spider
Most awardsFilm
Holy Spider (11)
Television
Carmen Curlers and The Orchestra (3)
Most nominationsFilm
Holy Spider (16)
Television
Carmen Curlers (7)

The 40th Robert Awards ceremony, presented by Danish Film Academy on 4 February 2023, to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2022. [1] The ceremony took place at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark and was hosted by actor and comedian Frederik Cilius. [2]

Contents

Crime drama film Holy Spider won eleven awards out of sixteen nominations, including Best Danish Film. It was followed by A Lucky Man with two awards. [3]

Historical drama series Carmen Curlers and workplace comedy series The Orchestra won three awards each in the television field, the former received the most nominations with seven. [3]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 6 January 2023. [4] [5] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Film

  • Little Allan: The Human Antenna – Thomas Heinesen, Trine Heidegaard, and Amalie Næsby Fick
    • All I Want for Christmas: The Magic Time Machine – Christian Dyekjær, Lars T. Therkildsen, and Morten Rasmussen
    • Mugge og hans mærkelige hjerneMikael Wulff, Anders Morgenthaler, Pernille Bønløkke Toustrup, Julie Lind-Holm, and Jonas Bagger
    • My Robot Brother – Frederik Nørgaard and Jasmine Hermann Naghizadeh
    • Nothing – Trine Piil, Seamus McNally, Thomas Lydholm, Janine Jackowski, and Mette Hesthaven
    • Pretty Young Thing – Tilde Harkamp, Line Mørkeby, and Marcella Dichmann
  • As in Heaven – Tea Lindeburg
    • Little Allan: The Human Antenna – Amalie Næsby Fick and Thomas Porsager
    • A Matter of TrustAnnette K. Olesen and Maren Louise Käehne
    • Mugge og hans mærkelige hjerne – Mikael Wulff and Pernille Bønløkke Toustrup
    • My Robot Brother – Frederik Nørgaard
    • Nothing – Trine Piil
  • Lene Maria Christensen – Rose as Ellen
    • Alice Rahimi – Holy Spider as Somayeh
    • Christine Albeck Børge – Baby Pyramid as Gry
    • Forouzan Jamshidnejad – Holy Spider as Fatima Hanaei
    • Ida Cæcilie Rasmussen – As in Heaven as Mor Anna
    • Johanne Louise SchmidtA Lucky Man as Käte Jørgensen
  • Holy Spider – Lina Nordqvist
    • As in Heaven – Jesper Clausen
    • Chrysanthemum – Josefine Else Larsen
    • A Lucky Man – Heidi Plugge
    • Rose – Knirke Madelung
    • Speak No Evil – Sabine Hviid
  • Holy Spider – Nadim Carlsen
    • As in Heaven – Marcel Zyskind
    • Baby Pyramid – Sine Vadstrup Brooker
    • Chrysanthemum – David Bauer
    • Godland – Maria von Hausswolff
    • A Lucky Man – Jørgen Johansson
  • Godland – Nina Grønlund
    • As in Heaven – Nina Grønlund
    • Forever – Rebecca Richmond
    • Holy Spider – Hanadi Khurma
    • A Lucky Man – Manon Rasmussen
    • Out of the Darkness – Grith Holm Deleuran
  • A Lucky Man – Anita Anderson and Morten Jacobsen
    • As in Heaven – Christina Dahlin
    • Godland – Katrine Tersgov
    • Holy Spider – Farah Jadaane
    • Speak No Evil – Robert Stouthamer
    • This Life 2: Those Left Behind – Charlotte Hertz and Tina Helmark
  • Holy Spider – Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Hayedeh Safiyari
    • As in Heaven – Åsa Mossberg
    • Godland – Julius Krebs Damsbo
    • A Lucky Man – Martin Schade
    • Rose – Anne Østerud and Lars Therkelsen
    • Speak No Evil – Nicolaj Monberg
  • Holy Spider – Rasmus Winther Jensen
    • As in Heaven – Peter Albrechtsen
    • Chrysanthemum – Andreas Sandborg
    • A House Made of Splinters – Heikki Kossi and Peter Albrechtsen
    • A Lucky Man – Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen
    • Speak No Evil – Marco Vermaas
  • "En drømmer mere" from Esther's Orchestra – Music and Lyric: Annika Aakjær and Aske Bode; Performer: Annika Aakjær
  • Nest Hlynur Pálmason, Eva Jakobsen, Mikkel Jersin, and Katrin Pors
    • Det ottende sakramente – Asta Stuhr, Julie Carla Mortensen, and Jahfar Muataz
    • Hungud – Maria Møller Christoffersen, Penelope Bjerregaard, and Sara Hjort Ditlevsen
    • Katastrofer – Asser Bo Paludan and Tone Ottilie
    • Middagen – Ditte Juel and Marco Lawson
  • Holy Spider – Peter Hjorth
    • All I Want for Christmas: The Magic Time Machine – Jonas Ussing, Stine Sørensen, and Dagmara Kaczmarek
    • As in Heaven – Esben Syberg
    • Chrysanthemum – Alexander Schepelern
    • Out of the Darkness – Peter Hjorth and Hummer Højmark
    • This Life 2: Those Left Behind – Martin Madsen
  • A House Made of Splinters Monica Hellström and Simon Lereng Wilmont
    • Into the Ice – Malene Flindt Pedersen and Lars Henrik Ostenfeld
    • The Last Human – Rikke Tambo Andersen, Rie Hougaard, and Ivalo Frank
    • The Lost Leonardo – Andreas Dalsgaard, Christoph Jörg, and Andreas Koefoed
    • Mr. Graversen – Mathilde Hvid Lippmann and Michael Graversen
  • En film, der måske handler om fremtiden – Mads-August Hertz and Josefine Exner
    • Ghosts of Moria – Michael Graversen, Michael Graversen, and Florian Elabdi
    • Organiseret vildskab – Malene Flindt Pedersen and Phie Ambo
    • Under havet – Mette Mikkelsen and Jannik Splidsboel
    • Vores børnehjem – Mette Mailand and Ulla Søe
Best Non-English-language Feature
Best English-language Feature

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
16 Holy Spider
12As in Heaven
11 Speak No Evil
10 Godland
9Chrysanthemum
A Lucky Man
8Rose
4Forever
3 Attachment
Baby Pyramid
A House Made of Splinters
Little Allan: The Human Antenna
2All I Want for Christmas: The Magic Time Machine
Mugge og hans mærkelige hjerne
My Robot Brother
Nothing
Out of the Darkness
This Life 2: Those Left Behind
Films that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
11 Holy Spider
2A Lucky Man

Television

Shows with multiple nominations and awards

Shows that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
7Carmen Curlers
5 The Kingdom: Exodus
4 Borgen – Power & Glory
The Orchestra
2Baby Fever
Dag & nat
Doggystyle
Shows that received multiple awards
AwardsFilm
3Carmen Curlers
The Orchestra

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nikolaj Coster-Waldau</span> Danish actor (born 1970)

Nikolaj William Coster-Waldau is a Danish actor. He graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts in Copenhagen in 1993, and had his breakthrough role in Denmark with the film Nightwatch (1994). He played Jaime Lannister in the HBO fantasy drama series Game of Thrones, for which he received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zar Amir Ebrahimi</span> Iranian-French actress (born 1981)

Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, known professionally as Zar Amir Ebrahimi, is an Iranian-French actress, producer and director. She rose to international prominence for her performance as journalist Arezoo Rahimi in the crime thriller Holy Spider (2022), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress and Robert Award for Best Actress.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sidse Babett Knudsen</span> Danish actress (born 1968)

Sidse Babett Knudsen is a Danish actress who works in theatre, television, and film. Knudsen made her screen debut in the 1997 improvisational comedy Let's Get Lost, for which she received both the Robert and Bodil awards for Best Actress.

<i>Gaffa</i> (magazine) Monthly music magazine in Denmark

Gaffa is a free Nordic music magazine with local editions in Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Gaffa is Denmark's largest and oldest music magazine. It has been published since 1983 and has 320,000 print readers and 750,000 online readers each month.

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is a Danish Film Academy award presented at the annual Robert Award ceremony to recognize an actress who has delivered an outstanding leading performance in a Danish film.

The Robert Honorary Award has been given occasionally since 1986 as one of the Robert Awards by the Danish Film Academy. It is the Danish equivalent of the American Academy Honorary Award.

The Henning Bahs Award is a film award established in 2012 by the Danish Film Critics Association in collaboration with the Association of Danish Scenographers in honour of the Danish screenwriter and special effects designer Henning Bahs. It is given for excellence in production design and presented at the annual Bodil Awards-ceremony.

The Bodil Award for Best Screenplay is a film award established in 2015 by the Danish Film Critics Association in collaboration with the Danish Writers Guild for the best screenplay that was handed out for the first time as an external award at the 68th Bodil Awards-ceremony.

The Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2002.

The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1984.

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 1984.

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Leading Television Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2013.

The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Leading Television Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2013.

The Robert Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2013.

The Robert Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Television Role is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2013.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Claes Bang</span> Danish actor and musician (born 1967)

Claes Kasper Bang is a Danish actor and musician. He is best known for playing the leading role of Christian in Ruben Östlund's 2017 film The Square, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and for the role of Fjölnir in Robert Eggers's 2022 film The Northman. In 2019, he played the role of Sasha Mann for the final season of The Affair, and he rose to further international recognition by starring as Count Dracula in the BBC/Netflix series Dracula (2020). For his role in The Square, he became the first Dane to win the European Film Award for Best Actor. Bang has also developed a music career under the moniker of This Is Not America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ali Abbasi (director)</span> Iranian-Danish filmmaker (born 1981)

Ali Abbasi is an Iranian-Danish filmmaker. He is known for his films Shelley (2016), Border (2018), Holy Spider (2022), and The Apprentice (2024). Abbasi also directed the last two episodes of the first season of the series The Last of Us. He has received various accolades, including an Un Certain Regard award, four Robert Awards, and a German Film Award, in addition to nominations for seven European Film Awards, a Goya Award, and two Guldbagge Awards.

<i>Holy Spider</i> 2022 film by Ali Abbasi

Holy Spider is a 2022 Persian-language crime thriller film co-produced, co-written and directed by Ali Abbasi, starring Mehdi Bajestani and Zar Amir Ebrahimi. Based on the true story of Saeed Hanaei, a serial killer who targeted street prostitutes and killed 16 women from 2000 to 2001 in Mashhad, Iran, the film depicts a fictional female journalist investigating a serial killer.

Christina Rosendahl is a Danish film director. A nominee for several Robert Awards, she is known for her work on the films Supervoksen (2007), The Idealist (2015), and The Good Traitor (2020).

References

  1. "Robert Prisen 2023: Her er alle vinderne". Se og Hør . 5 February 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  2. Hansen, Laura Dalgård (5 February 2023). "Frederik Cilius til Robert-prisen: Min mor kommer til at gå amok!". Billed Bladet . Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  3. 1 2 Pham, Annika (6 February 2023). "Holy Spider sweeps Robert Film Awards - Carmen Curlers, The Orchestra score in TV". Nordisk Film & TV Fond . Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  4. Larsen, Martin Riis (8 January 2023). "Årets nominerede til "de danske Oscars" er netop blevet offentliggjort". Filmsiden. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
  5. "Robert-nomineringer 2023". Danish Film Institute . 6 January 2023. Retrieved 9 March 2023.