Established auteurs and emerging voices converged at this year’s Robert Awards, as Denmark’s film academy celebrated an exceptionally prolific year for national cinema and television. Held on 31 January at Copenhagen’s Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre, the gala was led by The Girl with the Needle [+leggi anche:
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The dark period drama secured major above- and below-the-line honours, including Best Actor for Besir Zeciri, Best Supporting Actress for Trine Dyrholm and Best Cinematography for Michal Dymek, alongside prizes for set design, costume design, make-up, original score and visual effects — highlighting its technical and artistic sweep across a slew of categories.

The night’s other major winner was Second Victims, the feature debut by Zinnini Elkington, which confirmed the strong presence of first-time filmmakers at this year’s ceremony. Produced by Meta Film, the drama walked away with six awards (out of six nominations), including Best Feature Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, marking one of the most decisive triumphs for a debut in recent Robert Awards history.

Breakthrough talent was further spotlighted by Sauna [+leggi anche:
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In the documentary categories, Mr. Nobody Against Putin [+leggi anche:
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Moreover, My Class in Greenland won Best Short Documentary, while Korean Bloom prevailed in the Best Short / Animation Film category.

International cinema was recognised with Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another receiving Best English-language Film and Walter Salles’ I'm Still Here [+leggi anche:
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On the television side, Secrets We Keep was named Best TV Series, while The Asset led the acting categories, racking up three awards, including Best Actor for Afshin Firouzi and Best Actress for Clara Dessau. The Nordisk Film Cinemas Audience Award went to the Venice and Toronto title The Last Viking [+leggi anche:
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The ceremony also honoured key industry figures, with Marianne Christensen receiving the Honorary Robert Award, while the IB Award was presented to Trine Heidegaard. Emerging talent was recognised with the Pluto TV Talent Award, bestowed upon Camilla Arlien.

Here is the list of this year’s winners:

Best Feature Film
Second Victims – Zinnini Elkington

Best Children & Youth Film
Honey – Natasha Arthy

Best Director
Zinnini Elkington – Second Victims

Best Original Screenplay
Zinnini Elkington – Second Victims

Best Adapted Screenplay
William Lippert, Mathias Bro – Sauna [+leggi anche:
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Best Actor
Besir Zeciri – The Girl with the Needle [+leggi anche:
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Best Actress
Özlem Saglanmak – Second Victims

Best Supporting Actor
Anders Mossling – My Eternal Summer [+leggi anche:
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Best Supporting Actress
Trine Dyrholm – The Girl with the Needle

Best Cinematography
Michal Dymek – The Girl with the Needle

Best Set Design
Jagna Dobesz – The Girl with the Needle

Best Costume Design
Malgorzata Fudala – The Girl with the Needle

Best Make-up
Anne Cathrine Sauerberg – The Girl with the Needle

Best Editor
Ania de Sá – Second Victims

Best Sound Design
Catrine le Dous, Jakob Strandgaard – Second Victims

Best Score
Frederikke Hoffmeier – The Girl with the Needle

Best Original Song
“Hey Honey” – Honey

Best Visual Effects
Peter Hjorth – The Girl with the Needle

Best Documentary
Mr. Nobody Against Putin [+leggi anche:
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Best Short Documentary
My Class in Greenland – Ulla Søe

Best Short / Animation Film
Korean Bloom – Lin Jo Skytte

Best English-language Film
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (USA)

Best Non-English-language Film
I’m Still Here [+leggi anche:
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Best TV Series
Secrets We Keep – Ingeborg Topsøe

Best Short TV Series
Clown X

Best Actor – TV Series
Afshin Firouzi – The Asset

Best Actress – TV Series
Clara Dessau – The Asset

Best Supporting Actor – TV Series
Jan Linnebjerg – Generations

Best Supporting Actress – TV Series
Maria Cordsen – The Asset

Honorary Robert Award
Marianne Christensen

IB Award
Trine Heidegaard

Pluto TV Talent Award
Camilla Arlien

Nordisk Film Cinemas Audience Award
The Last Viking [+leggi anche:
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