Nordic Council Film Prize
The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council since 2002. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize, and also awards the Nordic Series Awards, since 2017.
History
[edit]The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary.[1] Since 2005 the prize has been annual.[2]
In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist.[3][4]
In 2025, a film produced in the Faroe Islands was nominated for the first time.[5]
Description
[edit]The statutes of the award came into effect in 2003 and were amended in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2016.[6] 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.[7] The award includes a cash prize of DKK 300,000 ($40,000).[8][5]
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.[9][6]
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.[6] According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles".[10]
Nordic Series Awards
[edit]In addition, since 2017 the Nordic Council has awarded the annual Nordic Series Awards, presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg, Sweden. These comprise:[11]
- The Nordic Series Script Award, which recognises outstanding screenwriting in Nordic drama, the successor to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize
- The Creative Courage Award, introduced in 2025, recognises "the producer(s) and the commissioner(s) of a series that exemplifies bold, innovative, and risk-taking approaches in Nordic drama series".
Prize winners and nominees
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References
[edit]- ↑ Neiiendam, Jacob (30 October 2002). "Man Without A Past wins new Nordic prize, joins Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ↑ "Seven exceptional films nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Film Prize". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ↑ Mitchell, Wendy (22 August 2023). "Nordic Council Film Prize nominates first Greenlandic film for $45,000 award". Screen International. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- ↑ "Which films stand a chance of winning the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize?". Norden.org. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- 1 2 Ntim, Zac (18 August 2025). "Nordic Council Film Prize Expanded To Include Faroe Islands, Nominees Include Göran Hugo Olsson's Israel-Palestine Doc". Dealine. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Statutes for the Nordic Council Film Prize". Nordic Co-operation. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "Submarino in the Run for Nordic award". Det Danske Filminstitut. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ Jensen Rossing, Jorn (28 October 2015). "Iceland wins the Nordic Council Film Prize for the second year in a row". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- ↑ "About us". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ↑ The Nordic Council Film Prize Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Nordic Council of Ministers (2008)
- ↑ "Nordic Series Awards 2026". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- ↑ "Nordisk Film & TV Fond". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- ↑ Wendy Mitchell, "Nordic Council Film Prize reveals five nominees for $40,000 award". Screen Daily, 23 August 2022.
