It’s been another strong year for Nordic film and television. The Swedish film A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove) almost won an ‘Oscar’ for Best Foreign Language Film, and Finland celebrated its hundredth anniversary of its independence with a no-expense-spared war movie…
Alexander Brett
Best Norwegian Film (co-production with Ireland)
The King’s Choice (Kongens nei)
Director: Erik Poppe
As the Nazis roll into Oslo, Norwegian King Haakon VII faces an unparalleled dilemma: to give his country up, or keep fighting for as long as possible.
Best Danish Film (co-production with Germany)
Land of Mine (Under sandet)
Director: Martin Zandvliet
Inspired by real events, the film follows Nazi prisoners of war sent to clear landmines along the Danish coast.
Best Swedish Film
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)
Director: Hannes Holm
Rolf Lassgård plays Ove, a grumpy pensioner determined to commit suicide after the death of his wife. When a new family moves into the street he controls so pedantically, Ove, through them, rediscovers compassion and reconsiders.
Best Finnish Film
The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas / Okänd soldat)
Director: Aku Louhimies
Previously a novel, The Unknown Soldier is based on the author, Väinö Linna’s, experiences in the Finnish army fighting the Soviets.
Best Icelandic Film
Under the Tree (Undir trénu)
Director: Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson
A feud between two neighbours turns un-expectantly violent and out of control.
Best Nordic Film
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)
Country: Sweden
Director: Hannes Holm
Best Series
Below the Surface (Gidseltagningen)
Country: Denmark
Creator: Kasper Barfoed (based on an idea from Adam Price and Søren Sveistrup)
Fifteen people travelling on the Copenhagen Metro are taken hostage, evoking a national crisis. A taskforce, hastily arranged, is headed by Louise Falck and Philip Norgaard and assisted by reporter Naja Toft, who acts as a go-between.
Best Documentary
Out of Thin Air
Country: Iceland (in collaboration with the United Kingdom)
Director: Dylan Howitt
Following a double murder in 1974, succeeded by an investigation that rocked Iceland’s close-knit society to its core, eventually leading to one of the most shocking miscarriages of justice Europe has ever seen.
Best Actress
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen
Film: Three Things (Tre ting)
Best Actor
Rolf Lassgård
Film: A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)
Best Director
Charlotte Sieling
Film: The Man (Mesteren)
