The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize.
The statutes of the award came into effect in 2003 and were amended in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2016. [1] The award is given to a film deeply rooted in Nordic culture, it is shared between the film's director, scriptwriter and producer, underlining the fact that film as an art form is the result of a close collaboration between these three main functions. [2] The award includes a cash prize of DKK 300,000 ($40,000). [3] [4]
The Nordic Council Film Prize is administered by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, a secretariat to the Nordic Council. The Fond is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies. It also funds the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the annual Gothenburg Film Festival. [5] [1]
One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. Requirements for films entering the competition are: duration of at least 72 minutes, Nordic production, high artistic quality, recent premiere, the film's main language should be Nordic. [1] According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles". [6]
The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. [7] Since 2005 the prize has been annual. [8]
In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist. [9] [10]
In 2025, a film produced in the Faroe Islands was nominated for the first time. [4]
