08/02/2016 - The Danish director’s historical epic was the big winner at the Danish Film Academy awards ceremony held last night

Producer Mikael Rieks and director Martin Zandvliet, receiving their Robert for Land of Mine

Danish director Martin Zandvliet's Land of Mine [+see also:
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interview: Louis Hofmann
interview: Martin Zandvliet
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After World War II and the end of Nazi Germany's occupation, 2,000 German troopers refused to leave – and as prisoners of war, they "volunteered" to clear the Danish coast of the 2.2 million landmines that their fellow countrymen had left. Half of them lost their lives or were severely mutilated. Zandvliet's depiction won the Roberts for Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay – and it was not only the critics that liked it: Danish audiences also gave it their prize.

The acting prizes were shared by four different films – Sweden's Tuva Novotny took home Best Actress for Tobias Lindholm's A War [+see also:
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interview: Esben Smed
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film profile]. Meanwhile, Danish director Kenneth Kainz's The Shamer's Daughter [+see also:
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Danish pubcaster DR's second season of The Legacy – a family drama written by Maya Ilsøe about the death of a matriarch, which brings forgotten secrets into the open and causes a prolonged battle for the inheritance – collected not only the Robert for Best TV Series, but also all of the acting prizes (Trine Dyrholm and Carsten Bjørnlund in the leads, and Lene Maria Christensen and Jesper Christensen in the supporting roles).

Here is the full list of the winners of the 2016 Danish Robert Awards: 

Best Film
Land of Mine [+see also:
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interview: Louis Hofmann
interview: Martin Zandvliet
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Best Film for Children and Youth Audiences
The Shamer's Daughter [+see also:
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Best Director
Martin Zandvliet – Land of Mine

Best Original Screenplay
Martin Zandvliet – Land of Mine

Best Adapted Screenplay
Anders Thomas Jensen – The Shamer's Daughter

Best Actor
Ulrich Thomsen – Summer of '92 [+see also:
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interview: Esben Smed
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Best Actress
Tuva Novotny – A War [+see also:
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interview: Tobias Lindholm
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Best Supporting Actor
Nicolas Bro – Men & Chicken [+see also:
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Best Supporting Actress
Trine Dyrholm – Long Story Short [+see also:
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Best Set Design
Mia Steensgaard – Men & Chicken

Best Cinematographer
Camilla Hjelm Knudsen – Land of Mine

Best Costume Design
Kicki Ilander – The Shamer's Daughter

Best Make-up
Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, Morten Jacobsen and Thomas Foldberg – Men & Chicken

Best Editing
Per Sandholt and Molly Malene Stensgaard – Land of Mine

Best Sound Design
Peter Albrechtsen – The Idealist [+see also:
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Best Musical Score
Jeppe Kaas – The Shamer's Daughter

Song of the Year
'Svæver over byen' – Wafande, Andreas Keilgaard and Søren Schou – Iqbal Farooq [+see also:
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Best Visual Effects
Martin Madsen and Morten Jacobsen – The Shamer's Daughter

Best Short Documentary
Home Sweet Home – Katrine Philip

Best Short (Fiction)
Mommy – Milad Alami

Best Documentary
The Man Who Saved the World – Peter Anthony

Best US Feature
Birdman – Alejandro González Iñárritu

Best Non-US Feature
Mommy (Canada) – Xavier Dolan

Blockbuster Audience Award
Land of Mine – Martin Zandvliet