The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council since 2002. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize, and also awards the Nordic Series Awards, since 2017.
History
The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary.[1] Since 2005 the prize has been annual.[2]
In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist.[3][4]
In 2025, a film produced in the Faroe Islands was nominated for the first time.[5]
Description
The statutes of the award came into effect in 2003 and were amended in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2016.[6] The award is given to a film deeply rooted in Nordic culture, it is shared between the film's director, scriptwriter and producer, underlining the fact that film as an art form is the result of a close collaboration between these three main functions.[7] The award includes a cash prize of DKK 300,000 ($40,000).[8][5]
The Nordic Council Film Prize is administered by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, a secretariat to the Nordic Council. The Fond is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies. It also funds the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the annual Gothenburg Film Festival.[9][6]
One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. Requirements for films entering the competition are: duration of at least 72 minutes, Nordic production, high artistic quality, recent premiere, the film's main language should be Nordic.[6] According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles".[10]
Nordic Series Awards
In addition, since 2017 the Nordic Council has awarded the annual Nordic Series Awards, presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg, Sweden. These comprise:[11]
- The Nordic Series Script Award, which recognises outstanding screenwriting in Nordic drama, the successor to the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize
- The Creative Courage Award, introduced in 2025, recognises "the producer(s) and the commissioner(s) of a series that exemplifies bold, innovative, and risk-taking approaches in Nordic drama series".
Prize winners and nominees
See also
References
- Neiiendam, Jacob (30 October 2002). "Man Without A Past wins new Nordic prize, joins Oscar race". Screen International. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- "Seven exceptional films nominated for the 2025 Nordic Council Film Prize". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 18 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- Mitchell, Wendy (22 August 2023). "Nordic Council Film Prize nominates first Greenlandic film for $45,000 award". Screen International. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
- "Which films stand a chance of winning the 2023 Nordic Council Film Prize?". Norden.org. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- Ntim, Zac (18 August 2025). "Nordic Council Film Prize Expanded To Include Faroe Islands, Nominees Include Göran Hugo Olsson's Israel-Palestine Doc". Dealine. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- "Statutes for the Nordic Council Film Prize". Nordic Co-operation. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- "Submarino in the Run for Nordic award". Det Danske Filminstitut. 24 August 2010. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- Jensen Rossing, Jorn (28 October 2015). "Iceland wins the Nordic Council Film Prize for the second year in a row". Cineuropa. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
- "About us". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- The Nordic Council Film Prize Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine, Nordic Council of Ministers (2008)
- "Nordic Series Awards 2026". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 9 October 2025. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
- "Nordisk Film & TV Fond". Nordisk Film & TV Fond. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2022.
- Wendy Mitchell, "Nordic Council Film Prize reveals five nominees for $40,000 award". Screen Daily, 23 August 2022.