Five fantastic films nominated for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2009
Lars von Trier's film ’Antichrist’ in fierce competition for the Nordic Council Film Prize 2009 with four other Nordic cinematic masterpieces.
The Nordic Council Film Prize 2009 5 Nominated Nordic films Announced
The Nordic Council Film Prize will be awarded for the 6th time in October, and this year's Danish entry is Lars von Trier's controversial film 'Antichrist' - in tough competition with four of the Nordic region's best films - one film is nominated from each of the Nordic countries; Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark.
The Prize, worth DKK 350,000, is awarded to the director, the scriptwriter and the producer.
This year's five nominees are:
Antichrist
Denmark
Director and scriptwriter: Lars von Trier
Producer: Meta Louise Foldager
Sauna
Finland
Scriptwriter: Liro Küttner
Director: Aj Annila
Producer: Tero Kaukomaa & Jesse Fryckman
The Amazing Truth about Queen Raquela
Iceland
Scriptwriter: Olaf de Fleur & Stefan Schaefer
Director: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson
Producer: Olaf de Fleur Johannesson, Stefan Schaefer, Helgi Sverrison & Arleen Cuevas
North (Original Title – Nord)
Norway
Scriptwriter: Erlend Loe
Director: Rune Denstad Langlo
Producer: Sigve Endresen & Brede Hovland
Light Year (Original Title – Ljusår)
Sweden
Scriptwriter: Mikael Kristersson
Director: Mikael Kristersson
Producer: Lisbet Gabrielsson
Five fantastic Nordic feature films.
"All five films are of a high international standard and demonstrate the incredible scope of Nordic film these days.
Several of the nominated films have only been shown in their respective home country despite the fact that they stand out as the best of Nordic cinematic art. They deserve to be seen by a wider cinema audience in the other Nordic countries and I am therefore delighted that the films will be shown again during the autumn in cinemas in the Nordic capital cities," says Hanne Palmquist, CEO of Nordisk Film & TV Fond, which administers the prize for the Nordic Council.
In Copenhagen the films can be seen in the Grand Teatret during Nordic Film Week from Sunday 4 - Friday 9 October in co-operation with Camera Film.
About the Nordic Film Prize
The film prize was awarded for the first time in conjunction with the Council's 50th anniversary in 2002 and went to the Aki Kaurismäki for the Finnish film The Man without a Past. The Nordic Film Prize has been an annual recurrent event since 2005 and has gone to Per Fly (2005) for the film Manslaughter, Josef Fares (2006) for the Swedish film Zozo, Peter Schønau Fog (2007) for The Art of Crying, and was awarded last year to Roy Andersson for the Swedish film You, the Living.
The Nordic Council Film Prize Jury 2009: Senior lecturer Anne Jerslev (Denmark), editor Johanna Grönqvist (Finland), author Sjon (Iceland), film critic Le LD Nguyen (Norway), film critic Eva af Geijerstam (Sweden).
The winner of the Nordic Film Prize will be announced on 21 October and presented with the other prizes at the Nordic Council Session on 27 October in Stockholm.
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