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Robert Award For Best Documentary Feature
The Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature ( da, Robert Prisen for årets lange dokumentarfilm) is one of the merit awards presented by the Danish Film Academy at the annual Robert Awards ceremony. The award has been handed out since 2002. Honorees 2000s * 2002: ' by Sami Saif & * 2003: ' by Camilla Hjelm Knudsen & Martin Zandvliet * 2004: ' by Morten Henriksen & * 2005: ' by Jeppe Rønde * 2006: ' by Ove Nyholm * 2007: ' by * 2008: '' Milosevic on Trial'' by Michael Christoffersen * 2009: ''Burma VJ'' by 2010s * 2010: ' by * 2011: ''Armadillo'' by Janus Metz Pedersen * 2012: '' The Ambassador'' by Mads Brügger * 2013: '' The Act of Killing'' by Joshua Oppenheimer * 2014: ' by Mira Jargil * 2015: ''The Look of Silence'' by Joshua Oppenheimer * 2016: ''The Man Who Saved the World'' by Peter Anthony * 2017: ' by Sine Skibsholt * 2018: ''Last Men in Aleppo'' by Feras Fayyad * 2019: ' by See also * Robert Award for Best Documentary Short The Robert Award for Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Film Academy
The Danish Film Academy was founded in 1982 by a number of people with professional connection to the film industry. The Academy aims to promote the film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... as an independent art form, and its members are primarily people who work with film. The Academy's largest annual event is the Robert Award ceremony. References External links * Film organizations in Denmark {{film-org-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armadillo (2010 Film)
''Armadillo'' is a 2010 Danish documentary film about Danish soldiers in the War in Afghanistan directed by Janus Metz. The film follows a group of soldiers from the Guard Hussars Regiment who are on their first mission in Helmand Province at a forward operating base near Gereshk named FOB Armadillo. The film premièred at the Cannes Film Festival in 2010. It was awarded the ''Grand Prix de la Semaine de la Critique''. The Semaine de la Critique screening described the film as "a journey into the soldiers' minds and a unique film on the mythological story of man and war staged in its contemporary version in Afghanistan". Synopsis The film starts with the soldiers' last days in Denmark before leaving for Afghanistan. Scenes include their emotional goodbyes as well as a party with a striptease dancer. They are posted for a six-month tour at FOB Armadillo, a forward operating base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where some 270 Danish and British soldiers are based. The film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Saved The World
''The Man Who Saved the World'' is a 2013 feature-length Danish documentary film by filmmaker Peter Anthony about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces and his role in preventing the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident from leading to nuclear holocaust. The film premiered in October 2014 at the Woodstock Film Festival in Woodstock, New York, winning; "Honorable Mention: Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature" and "Honorable Mention: James Lyons Award for Best Editing of a Narrative Feature." On 22 February 2018 the film premiered in Russia at the Documentary Film Center in Moscow. Synopsis On 26 September 1983, the computers in the Serpukhov-15 bunker outside Moscow, which housed the command centre of the Soviet early warning satellite system, twice reported that U.S. intercontinental ballistic missiles were heading toward the Soviet Union. Stanislav Petrov, who was duty officer that night, suspected that the system w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
32nd Robert Awards
The 32nd Robert Awards ceremony was held on 1 February 2015 in Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2014. Honorees Best Danish Film * '' Nymphomaniac Director's Cut'' – Lars von Trier Best Children's Film * '' Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury'' – Ask Hasselbalch Best Director * Lars von Trier – ''Nymphomaniac Director's Cut'' Best Screenplay * Lars von Trier – '' Nymphomaniac Director's Cut'' (Best original screenplay) * Lærke Sanderhoff & Søren Balle – ''The Sunfish'' (Best adapted script) Best Actor in a Leading Role * Henrik Birch – ''The Sunfish'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Bodil Jørgensen – ''All Inclusive'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Fares Fares – '' The Absent One (2014 film)'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Danica Curcic – ''Silent Heart'' Best Production Design * Sabine Hviid – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Look Of Silence
''The Look of Silence'' (, "Silence") is a 2014 internationally co-produced documentary film directed by Joshua Oppenheimer about the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66. The film is a companion piece to his 2012 documentary ''The Act of Killing''. Executive producers were Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, and Andre Singer. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 88th Academy Awards. Overview A middle-aged Indonesian man, whose brother was brutally murdered in the 1965 Indonesian Communist Purge, confronts the men who carried out the killings. Out of concern for his safety, the man is not fully identified in the film and is credited only as "anonymous," as are many of the film's crew positions. Some shots consist of the man watching (what seems to be) extra footage from ''The Act of Killing'', which includes video of the men who killed his brother. He visits and interviews some of the killers and their collaborators—including his uncle—under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
31st Robert Awards
The 31st Robert Awards ceremony was held on 26 February 2014 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2013. Honorees Best Danish Film * '' The Hunt'' Best Children's Film * ' – Ask Hasselbalch Best Director * Thomas Vinterberg – '' The Hunt'' Best Screenplay * Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm – '' The Hunt'' Best Actor in a Leading Role * Mads Mikkelsen – '' The Hunt'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Helle Fagralid – ''Sorrow and Joy'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Nicolas Bro – ' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Susse Wold – '' The Hunt'' Best Production Design * Thomas Greve – ' Best Cinematography * Larry Smith – ''Only God Forgives'' Best Costume Design * Manon Rasmussen – ' Best Makeup * Thomas Foldberg, Morten Jacobsen, and Lone Bidstrup Knudsen – ' Best Editing * Anne Østerud and - '' The Hunt'' Best So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Jargil
Mira (), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–400 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a variable red giant (Mira A) along with a white dwarf companion (Mira B). Mira A is a pulsating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable star discovered, with the possible exception of Algol. It is the prototype of the Mira variables. Nomenclature ο Ceti ( Latinised to ''Omicron Ceti'') is the star's Bayer designation. It was named Mira (Latin for 'wonderful' or 'astonishing') by Johannes Hevelius in his ''Historiola Mirae Stellae'' (1662). In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN, which included Mira for this s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th Robert Awards
The 30th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 28 February 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2012. Honorees Best Danish Film * ''A Hijacking'' Best Children's Film * '' You & Me Forever'' - Kaspar Munk Best Director * Nikolaj Arcel – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Screenplay * Tobias Lindholm – ''A Hijacking'' Best Actor in a Leading Role * Søren Malling – ''A Hijacking'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Bodil Jørgensen for '' Hvidsten gruppen'' & Trine Dyrholm for ''Love Is All You Need'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Mikkel Boe Følsgaard – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Trine Dyrholm – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Production Design * Niels Sejer – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Cinematography * Rasmus Videbæk – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Costume Design * Manon Rasmussen – ''A Royal Affair'' Best Makeup * Ivo Strangm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joshua Oppenheimer
Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974) is an American-British film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for his Oscar-nominated films '' The Act of Killing'' (2012) and ''The Look of Silence'' (2014), Oppenheimer was a 2014 recipient of the MacArthur fellowship and a 1997 Marshall Scholar. Life and career Oppenheimer was born to a Jewish family, in Austin, Texas, and grew up in and around Washington, D.C., and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Oppenheimer received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) ''summa cum laude'' in film-making from Harvard University and a PhD from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, University of the Arts London, while studying on a Marshall Scholarship. He is Professor of Film at the University of Westminster. His first film ''The Entire History of the Louisiana Purchase'' (1997) won a Gold Hugo from the Chicago International Film Festival (1998). From 2004 to 2012, he produced a series of films in Indonesia. His debut feature film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Act Of Killing
''The Act of Killing'' ( id, Jagal, meaning "Butcher") is a 2012 documentary film about individuals who participated in the Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966. The film is directed by Joshua Oppenheimer and co-directed by Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian. It is a Danish-British-Norwegian co-production, presented by Final Cut for Real in Denmark and produced by Signe Byrge Sørensen. The executive producers were Werner Herzog, Errol Morris, Joram ten Brink, and Andre Singer. It is a Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media (CREAM) project of the University of Westminster. ''The Act of Killing'' won the 2013 European Film Award for Best Documentary, the Asia Pacific Screen Award, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 86th Academy Awards. It also won best documentary at the 67th BAFTA awards. In accepting the award, Oppenheimer said that the United States and the United Kingdom have "collective responsibility" for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
29th Robert Awards
The 29th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 5 February 2012 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2011. Honorees Best Danish Film * ''Melancholia'' Best Children's Film * ''Rebounce'' – Heidi Maria Faisst Best Director * Lars von Trier – ''Melancholia'' Best Screenplay * Lars von Trier – ''Melancholia'' Best Actor in a Leading Role * Nikolaj Lie Kaas – ''A Funny Man'' Best Actress in a Leading Role * Kirsten Dunst – ''Melancholia'' Best Actor in a Supporting Role * Lars Ranthe – ''A Funny Man'' Best Actress in a Supporting Role * Charlotte Gainsbourg – ''Melancholia'' Best Production Design * Jette Lehmann – ''Melancholia'' Best Cinematography * Manuel Alberto Claro – ''Melancholia'' Best Costume Design * Stine Gudmundsen-Holmgreen – ''A Funny Man'' Best Makeup * Lis Kasper Bang – ''A Funny Man'' Best Editing * Molly Malene Stensg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mads Brügger
Mads Brügger (; born 24 June 1972) is a Danish filmmaker and TV host. Career Film Brügger's first two projects, the documentary series '' Danes for Bush'' and the feature ''The Red Chapel'', filmed in the United States and North Korea, respectively, are satirical looks at each of the two nations. In October 2011, he released a new documentary, '' The Ambassador'', about the trading of diplomatic titles in Africa. Brügger impersonated a Liberian ambassador by purchasing a new identity on the black market and then proceeded to expose the ease with which people holding diplomatic titles can exploit the gem trade. As result of the revelations in the documentary, the government of Liberia took legal steps to prosecute Brügger and other people involved in the project, due to the embarrassment his work was perceived to have been caused to the nation. However, as of July 2012, the Danish government has not been presented with a formal demand for Brügger's extradition. Brügger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
