Here are the nominees for the 2020 Nordic Council Film Prize

18.08.20 | News
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Which films stand a chance of winning this year’s Nordic Council Film Prize? Five Nordic films made up of four dramas and one documentary, along with three previously nominated filmmakers have been nominated by their respective national juries. The nominees will be presented on Tuesday evening at the opening of the New Nordic Films event during the Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund, Norway.

Since 2002, the Nordic Council Film Prize has been awarded to a full-length feature film that has roots in Nordic culture and displays high standards of artistic quality. Here are the nominees for the 2020 Nordic Council Film Prize

DENMARK

FINLAND

ICELAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN

The winner will be announced on 27 October (updated 15 October)

The winner of the 2020 Nordic Council Film Prize will be announced on 27 October during a special television broadcast that can be watched throughout the Nordic Region. COVID-19 has meant that the awards ceremony can no longer take place in Iceland. The winners of the five Nordic Council prizes will instead be revealed during a digital ceremony.

The winner will receive the Nordlys statuette and the prize money of DKK 350,000 is shared equally between the winning scriptwriter, director and producer, which underlines that film as an art form is the result of close co-operation between these three main functions.

About the Nordic Council Film Prize

The Nordic Council Film Prize is awarded to a Nordic-produced feature film of a high artistic quality. The film must have had its cinema premiere between 1 July and 31 December 2019, or 1 January and 30 June 2020.

The Nordic Council Film Prize was first awarded in 2002 and is now awarded each year along with the other Nordic prizes for literature, music, and the environment. Nordisk Film & TV Fond is responsible for the administration of the prize.