The Film Prize was first awarded in 2002 as a one-off to mark the 50th anniversary of the Nordic Council. It was made a permanent, annual prize in 2005 and is awarded along with the prizes for music, literature and the environment.
Meet the winners of the Nordic Council prizes 2024 when they are announced on a TV special, which will be broadcast on norden.org and TV channels in all the Nordic countries on 22 October.
The 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize goes to the Danish film “Empire” by director Frederikke Aspöck, screenwriter Anna Neye, and producers Pernille Munk Skydsgaard, Nina Leidersdorff, and M...
The 2022 Nordic Council Film Prize goes to the Icelandic film “Lamb” by director and screenwriter Valdimar Jóhannsson, screenwriter Sjón and producers Hrönn Kristinsdóttir and Sara Nassim...
The 2021 Nordic Council Film Prize goes to the Danish film “Flee” by screenwriter and director Jonas Poher Rasmussen, screenwriter Amin, and producers Monica Hellström, Charlotte de la Go...
The 2020 Nordic Council Film Prize goes to the Norwegian film “Beware of Children” by screenwriter and director Dag Johan Haugerud and producer Yngve Sæther.
The Nordic Council Film Prize 2017 has been awarded to Little Wing by the Finnish director and screenwriter Selma Vilhunen and producers Kaarle Aho and Kai Nordberg.
The Nordic Council Film Prize 2016 is awarded to “Louder Than Bombs” from Norway by Joachim Trier (director and screenwriter), Eskil Vogt (screenwriter), and Thomas Robsahm (producer) fro...
Den islandske instruktør og manuskriptforfatter Benedikt Erlingsson og producer Friðrik Þór Friðriksson modtog Nordisk Råds filmpris 2014 for filmen ”Om heste og mænd” ved Nordisk Råds pr...
Play is an astute observation based on real cases of bullying. In central Gothenburg, a group of 12-14 year-old boys, bullied other children on about 40 occasions between 2006 and 2008. T...
The winner of the Nordic Council Film Prize 2011 is the Swedish film Svinalängorna (Beyond). The prize is shared between the film director and scriptwriters Pernilla August and Lolita Ray...
The Danish film director Thomas Vinterberg, scriptwriter Tobias Lindholm and film producer Morten Kaufmann win the Nordic Region’s most prestigious film prize.
The Nordic Council Film Prize 2008 this year goes to the Swedish film director Roy Andersson and producer Pernilla Sandstrom for the film 'Du Levande' ('You, the Living...
The Danish film 'The Art of Crying' won the Nordic Film Prize 2007. The prize was shared between Peter Schønau Fog, director, Bo hr. Hansen, scriptwriter and Thomas Stenderup, p...
The winner of the Nordic Council Film Prize 2006 was the Swedish film ’Zozo’. The prize was shared between Josef Fares, director and scriptwriter, and producer Anna Anthony.
The Nordic Council Film Prize 2005 goes to Per Fly's film 'Drabet' ('Manslaughter'), an Ib Tardini production for Zentropa Entertainments scripted by Kim Leona, D...
The feature film “The Edge of the Shadows” is nominated for the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize. This is the first time that Greenland has put forward a candidate for the prestigious award...