27/01/2014 - Already bestowed with 18 international prizes, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg’s Oscar-nominated feature left the awards ceremony with seven trophies – while another frontrunner, Mikkel Nørgaard’s The Keeper of Lost Causes, left with none

With each 14 nominations, Danish directors Thomas Vinterberg’s The Hunt [+see also:
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Having already won 18 international prizes and earned an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Feature, The Hunt was awarded for Best Film and Best Original Screenplay (Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm); Mads Mikkelsen was named Best Actor and Susse Wold Best Supporting Actress for the drama about a 40-year-old man in a small provincial town, who has finally recovered from a tough divorce, when a five-year-old kindergartener drops a remark accusing him of abusing her.

Christoffer Boe’s Sex, Drugs & Taxation [+see also:
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FULL LIST OF ROBERT AWARDS 2014:

Best Film:
The Hunt by Thomas Vinterberg. Zentropa Entertainments

Best Film for Children and Young Audiences:
Antboy by Ask Hasselbalch. Nimbus Film

Best Director:
Thomas Vinterberg, for The Hunt

Best Screenplay:
Thomas Vinterberg, Tobias Lindholm, for The Hunt

Best Actor:
Mads Mikkelsen, for The Hunt

Best Actress:
Helle Fagralid, for Sorrow and Joy. Dir: Nils Malmros

Best Supporting Actor:
Nicolas Bro, for Sex, Drugs & Taxation. Dir: Christoffer Boe

Best Supporting Actress:
Susse Wold, for The Hunt

Best Set Design:
Thomas Greve, for Sex, Drugs & Taxation

Best Cinematography:
Larry Smith, for Only God Forgives [+see also:
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Best Costume Design:
Manon Rasmusssen, for Sex, Drugs & Taxation

Best Make-Up:
Thomas Foldberg, Morten Jacobsen, Lone Bidstrup Knudsen, for Sex, Drugs & Taxation

Best Editing:
Anne Østerup, Janus Billeskov Jansen, for The Hunt

Best Sound Design:
Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen, for Only God Forgives

Best Musical Score:
Cliff Martinez, for Only God Forgives

Best Visual Effects:
Hummer Højmark, Rikke Gjerlev Hansen, Thomas Øhlenschlæger, Jeppe Nygaard Christensen, for Antboy

Best Short Fiction/Animation:
2 Girls 1 Cake. Dir: Jens Dahl.

Best Long Fiction/Animation:
Weekend Dad. Dir: Johan Stahl Winthereik.

Best Short (Documentary):
Tal R: The Virgin. Dir: Daniel Dencik.

Best Documentary:
Dreaming of a Family. Dir: Mira Jargil.

Best Short TV Series:
Rytteriet II. Prod: Thomas Hedemann. Scr: Rasmus Botoft, Martin Buch, Peter Harton. Dir: Peter Harton. DR Fiktion

Best Danish TV Series:
Borgen/Government III. Prod: Camilla Hammerich. Scr: Adam Price. Dir: Charlotte Sieling. DR Fiktion

Best Actress (TV Series):
Sofia Helin, for The Bridge II

Best Actor (TV Series):
Kim Bodnia, The Bridge II

Best Supporting Actress (TV Series):
Camilla Bendix, for The Bridge II

Best Supporting Actor:
Christian Tafdrup, for Borgen/Government III

Best US Feature:
Gravity 3D [+see also:
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Best Non-US Feature:
Blue Is the Warmest Colour [+see also:
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Honorary Robert:
Line producer Karen Bentzon

The YouSee Audience Award (Drama):
The Hunt

The YouSee Audience Award (Comedy):
All for Two. Prods: Ronnie Fridthjof, Elisabeth Victoria Poulsen. Dir: Rasmus Heide. Fridthjof Film