Pernille Fischer Christensen (born 24 December 1969) is a

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film director and the older sister of actress

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. She started out in the movie business when she was 20 years old as an assistant to . During that time, Gislason was closely connected to

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, and she got to listen to Gislason and von Trier's discussions about movies. In 1993, she went to The European Film College where she met and collaborated with Nanna Arnfred. In 1999, she graduated from the

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with the movie ''India'', which later went on to win the

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s 3rd Prize at the Film festival in Cannes. After finishing

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she made a

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called ''Habibti My Love'', which won a

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in 2003 for ''best short subject''. Her first feature film, '' En Soap'' (English title: ''A Soap''), came out in 2006 and centered on the relationship between a female beauty shop owner and the transsexual living downstairs. The movie starred

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as the beauty shop owner and

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as the transsexual Veronica, and was written as a collaboration between Pernille Fischer Christensen and

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. The movie opened at the Berlin Film Festival and won a

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Jury Grand Prix Award, and was the first ever winner of the Best First Feature Award. Later the movie also won several prizes in Denmark, including a Bodil for best movie. The movie was also nominated for 15 Robert Awards, including Best Movie and Best Screenplay. It did however only win only four awards, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Editor and Best Make-up. Her next feature film is called ', and the writing has again been a collaboration between Pernille Fischer Christensen and Kim Fupz Aakeson. The movie is "centred round a dance school run by the bright and lively Annika and her no-nonsense mother". As was the case in ''A Soap'', the movie starred

. The movie also starred

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and

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. The Danish newspaper

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has listed ''Dancers'' as one of the 10 most expected movies of 2008. Her 2010 film, '' A Family'', was presented at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival.

Filmography

Director

* ' (1997) aka ''The Girl Named Sister'' * ' (1999) * ' (2002) aka ''Habibti My Love'' * '' En Soap'' (2006) aka ''A Soap'' * ' (2008) aka ''Dansen'' * '' A Family'' (2010) * '' Someone You Love'' (2014) * '' Becoming Astrid'' ('' Becoming Astrid'') (2018)

Writer

* ' (1999) * ' (2002) aka ''Habibti My Love'' * '' En Soap'' (2006) aka ''A Soap'' * ' (2008) aka ''Dansen'' * '' En du elsker'' (2014) aka ''Someone you love''

Actress

* ' (1998) as the new waitress

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Christensen, Pernille Fischer 1969 births Danish women film directors Danish women screenwriters Living people