Yesterday the Danish Film Academy announced the nominations that honor Danish cinema and as expected, Nymphomaniac Director's Cut leads the pack with 16 nominations.Here are the nominations for some categories and if you wish to learn nominees in all categories go to Academy official site here, available only in Danish. For English suggest to use Chrome browser with easy-to-use translation.
In case you wonder why the movie that Denmark sent to the 2015 Oscars foreign-language film category, Sorg og glæde (Sorrow and Joy) has no nominations,then you will find the answer in last year awards where movie got several nominations including Best Film. Check post here.
BestFilm
Fasandræberne, Mikkel Nørgaard
Kapgang (Speed Walking), Niels Arden Oplev
Klumpfisken, Søren Balle
Nymphomaniac Director's Cut, Lars von Trier
Stille hjerte (Silent Heart), Bille August
Best Feature for Children and Youth Audiences
Antboy: Den røde furies hævn (Antboy: Revenge of the Red Fury), Ask Hasselbalch
Kapgang (Speed Walking), Niels Arden Oplev
Lev stærkt (On the Edge), Christian E. Christiansen
Når dyrene drømmer (When Animals Dream), Jonas Alexander Arnby
Ækte Vare, Fenar Ahmad
Best Director
Bille August for Stille hjerte (Silent Heart)
Lars von Trier for Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
Mikkel Nørgaard for Fasandræberne
Niels Arden Oplev for Kapgang (Speed Walking)
Søren Balle for Klumpfisken
Best Actress
Bodil Jørgensen in All Inclusive
Charlotte Gainsbourg in Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
Danica Curcic in Fasandræberne
Ghita Nørby in Stille hjerte (Silent Heart)
Sidse Babett Knudsen in Kapgang (Speed Walking)
Best Actor
Henrik Birch in Klumpfisken
Mikael Persbrandt in En du elsker (Someone You Love)
Morten Grunwald in Stille hjerte (Silent Heart)
Nikolaj Lie Kaas in Fasandræberne
Stellan Skarsgård in Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
Best Original Screenplay
Christian Torpe for Stille hjerte (Silent Heart)
Kim Fupz Aakeson & Pernille Fischer Christensen for En du elsker (Someone You Love)
Lars von Trier for Nymphomaniac Director's Cut
Mette Heeno for All Inclusive
Rasmus Birch for Når dyrene drømmer (When Animals Dream)
It is now up to the Danish Film Academy 1,650 members to vote on the final winners in all categories. The awards ceremony will take place on Sunday, February 1st at the Tivoli Hotel & Convention Center in Copenhagen.
There is one movie that I'm still looking forward to watch since Cannes 2014, When Animals Dream and only hope that can watch it soon.