18/03/2013 - Tobias Lindholm's pirate thriller is voted Best Feature by the Danish Critics' Association, which gave its top awards to five different films

Danish director Tobias Lindholm‘s pirate thriller A Hijacking [+see also:
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A Hijacking cashed in from four nominations, but the critics give their top awards to five different films – only Nikolaj Arcel’s A Royal Affair [+see also:
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interview: Mikkel Boe Følsgaard
interview: Nikolaj Arcel
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Lindholm’s second feature also scooped five Robert prizes from the Danish Film Academy, adding to the Golden Alexander and the international critics’ FIPRESCI prize from Thessaloniki and the Directors to Watch label from Palm Springs.

FULL LIST OF BODIL WINNERS 2013:

Best Film
A Hijacking - Tobias Lindholm

Best Actress
Sara Hjort Ditlevsen - Excuse Me

Best Actor
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - A Royal Affair

Best Supporting Actress
Frederikke Dahl Hansen - You and Me Forever

Best Supporting Actor
Tommy Kenter - Marie Krøyer [+see also:
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Best Cinematographer
Rasmus Videbæk - A Royal Affair

Best Documentary
Putin’s Kiss - Lise Birk Pedersen

Best Non-US Film
Amour [+see also:
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Best US Film
Martha Marcy May Marlene - Sean Durkin

Special Bodil
The Act of Killing [+see also:
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Honorary Bodil
Danish composer Bent Fabricius-Bjerre

The Henning Bahs Award
Niels Sejer - A Royal Affair

The Viasat Audience Award
This Life [+see also:
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interview: Anne Grethe Bjarup Riis
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