23/01/2006

Danish filmmaker Per Fly’s Manslaughter [+see also:
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Fly’s third film in his societal trilogy which has already won many international awards including the prestigious Nordic Film Council Prize, received 14 nominations in total. It will compete in the Best film category against Lars von Trier’s second part in his US trilogy Manderlay [+see also:
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In the acting categories, the five leading male nominees are Nikolaj Lie Kaas for Murk, Troels Lyby for Accused, Jesper Christensen for Manslaughter, Bjarne Henriksen for Chinaman and Ulrich Thomsen for Adam’s Apples. And the five lead actresses competing this year are Sofie Gråbol for Accused, Trine Dyrholm for Flies On The Wall, Lene Maria Christensen for Jesper W.Nielsen’s Big Plans, Birthe Neumann for The Sun King and the US Bryce Dallas Howard for Manderlay [+see also:
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In total, 31 Danish films are running for the Roberts Awards, and five foreign films for the Best Non-US feature film award including Oliver Hirschbiegel’s German hit Downfall [+see also:
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