The Bodil Award for Best Documentary is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the

Danish Film Critics Association Danish Film Critics Association ( da, Danske Filmkritikere, until 2013 ''Filmmedarbejderforeningen'') is a film critics association that annually since 1948 have handed out the Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given ...

. It was created in 1948 but has only been presented annually since 2007.

Honorees

1940s and 1950s

* 1948: ' directed by *

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, ar ...

: '' Hvor bjergene sejler'' directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen *

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year ...

: ' directed by

1960s

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (K ...

: ' directed by *

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

: ' directed by Børge Høst * 1965: ' and ' directed by * 1966: ' directed by *

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

: ' directed by Claus Ørsted *

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

: ' directed by Peter Refn

1970s

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

: ' directed by Per Holst *

1972 Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using mean solar tim ...

: ' directed by

Jørgen Leth Jørgen Leth (; born 14 June 1937) is a Danish poet and film director who is considered a leading figure in experimental documentary film making. Most notable are his documentary ''A Sunday in Hell'' (1977) and his surrealistic short film '' Th ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

: ' directed by Solvognen * 1978: ' directed by

1980s

1981 Events January * January 1 ** Greece enters the European Economic Community, predecessor of the European Union. ** Palau becomes a self-governing territory. * January 10 – Salvadoran Civil War: The FMLN launches its first major offensiv ...

: ' directed by

Lone Hertz Lone Hertz (born 23 April 1939) is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in more than 40 films since 1951. Filmography * ' (1996) * ' (1985) * ' (1976) * ''Me, Too, in the Mafia'' (1974) * ''Erasmus Montanus'' (1973) * ''Takt og tone i him ...

* 1982: ' directed by Hans-Henrik Jørgensen *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

: ' directed by *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

: ' directed by

Jytte Rex Jytte Rex (born 19 March 1942) is a Danish artist, writer and film director. Her work includes paintings, fiction, biographies, and pioneering artistic activities in support of women's rights. Biography Born in Frederiksberg, after qualifying as ...

1990s

* 1996: '' Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier'' directed by

2000s

* 2005: ''

Tintin and I ''Tintin and I'' (French: ''Tintin et moi'', also known as ''Tintin and Me'') is a 2003 documentary by Anders Høgsbro Østergaard, about Belgian writer-artist Georges Remi, better known as Hergé, and his creation Tintin. The film is a co-produc ...

'' directed by * 2007: ''

Gasolin' Gasolin' were a Danish rock band from Christianshavn, Copenhagen, formed by Kim Larsen, Franz Beckerlee, and Wili Jønsson in 1969. Their first drummer was the late Bjørn Uglebjerg. He was replaced by Søren Berlev in 1971. At their formatio ...

'' directed by Anders Østergaard *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: '' The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun'' directed by

Pernille Rose Grønkjær Pernille Rose Grønkjær (born in 1973 in Denmark) is a Danish film director. Grønkjær graduated from the National Film School of Denmark in 1997. She is the director of various documentary films for the screen and for television including ', ...

* 2009: ''

Burma VJ ''Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country'' is a 2008 Danish documentary film directed by Anders Østergaard. It follows the Saffron Revolution against the military regime in Burma. The "VJ" in the title stands for "video journalists." Some of ...

'' directed by Anders Østergaard

2010s

* 2010: ' directed by Anders Riis-Hansen * 2011: '' Armadillo'' directed by Janus Metz *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: ' directed by *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

: ''

Putin's Kiss ''Putin's Kiss'' is a 2012 documentary, directed by Lise Birk Pedersen, about Russian youth activist Masha Drokova (Maria Alexandrovna Drokova, married name: Masha Bucher * * * * * * ) and her experiences with the youth organisation Nashi. Plot ...

'' directed by *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: '' Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case'' directed by Andreas Johnsen * 2015: '' The Look of Silence'' directed by

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 ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

: '' The Man Who Saved the World'' directed by Peter Anthony *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: '' The War Show'' directed by Obaidah Zytoon and *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

: ''

Last Men in Aleppo ''Last Men in Aleppo'' (in Arabic آخر الرجال في حلب) is a 2017 documentary film about the Syrian Civil War. Written and directed by Feras Fayyad, produced by Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen, it documents the life in Aleppo ...

'' directed by

Feras Fayyad Feras Fayyad (born September 20, 1984) is a Syrian film director, producer, and writer. Fayyad best known for his 2017 documentary '' Last Men in Aleppo and his 2019 documentary The Cave,'' both films earned him critical acclaim and numerous a ...

* : ' directed by ** ' directed by

Elvira Lind Elvira Lind (born October 28, 1981) is a Danish film director based in New York City. Career In 2014, Lind's first documentary feature ''Songs for Alexis'' premiered at Hot Docs in Toronto and won many international film festivals across the ...

** '' Fanget i de fries land'' directed by Camilla Magid ** ' directed by Janus Metz & ** ' directed by Emil Næsby Hansen

2020s

* : ' directed by Emil Langballe ** '' Et ægte par'' directed by Emil Langballe ** '' Forglem mig ej'' directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft ** ' directed by Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog ** '' Western Arabs'' directed by *

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

: '' En splittet familie'' directed by Mira Jargil ** '' The Cave'' directed by

** ' directed by ** ' directed by Erlend E. Mo ** '' Undertrykkelsens sang'' directed by Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga

References

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External links

* {{Bodil Awards 1948 establishments in Denmark Awards established in 1948 Documentary Documentary film awards

Honorees

1940s and 1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

See also

References

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Further reading

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