# 39th Robert Awards

The 39th Robert Awards ceremony, presented by Danish Film Academy, took place on 5 February 2022 at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2021.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 4 January 2022. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Film

| Best Danish Film Persona Non Grata – Producer: Daniel Mühlendorph; Director: Lisa Jespersen; Screenplay: Lisa Jespersen and Sara Isabella Jønsson‡ Margrete: Queen of the North – Producers: Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek; Director: Charlotte Sieling; Screenplay: Jesper Fink, Maya Ilsøe and Charlotte Sieling The Pact – Producers: Jesper Morthorst and Karin Trolle; Director: Bille August; Screenplay: Christian Torpe The Shadow in My Eye – Producers: Jonas Allen and Peter Bose; Director and Screenplay: Ole Bornedal The Venus Effect – Producers: Rikke Sasja Lassen and Lise Orheim Stender; Director and Screenplay: Anna Emma Haudal | Best Children's Film Checkered Ninja 2 – Producers: Trine Heidegaard and Anders Mastrup; Director: Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen; Screenplay: Anders Matthesen‡ Busters World – Producers: Barbara Crone and Hans Bülow Ungfelt; Director: Martin Miehe-Renard; Screenplay: Jesper Nikolaj Christiansen The Seekers – Producers: Sarita Christensen and Mette Valbjørn Skøtt; Director: Philip Th. Pedersen; Screenplay: Pelle Møller |
| Best Director Lisa Jespersen – Persona Non Grata‡ Anders Matthesen and Thorbjørn Christoffersen – Checkered Ninja 2 Anna Emma Haudal – The Venus Effect Bille August – The Pact Charlotte Sieling – Margrete: Queen of the North ||
| Best Original Screenplay Persona Non Grata – Lisa Jespersen and Sara Isabella Jønsson‡ Margrete: Queen of the North – Jesper Fink, Maya Ilsøe and Charlotte Sieling The Shadow in My Eye – Ole Bornedal A Taste of Hunger – Christoffer Boe and Tobias Lindholm The Venus Effect – Anna Emma Haudal | Best Adapted Screenplay Checkered Ninja 2 – Anders Matthesen; based on the novel of the same name by Matthesen‡ The Marco Effect – Anders F. August, Thomas Porsager and Martin Zandvliet; based on the novel of the same name by Jussi Adler-Olsen The Pact – Christian Torpe; based on the memoir The Pact: My Friendship with Isak Dinesen by Thorkild Bjørnvig |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Simon Bennebjerg – The Pact as Thorkild Bjørnvig‡ Anders Matthesen – Checkered Ninja 2 as TN / Onkel Stewart / Sirene / Jørn / Sune / Various (voice) Joachim Fjeldstrup – The Blue Orchid as Casper Nikolaj Coster-Waldau – A Taste of Hunger as Carsten Søren Malling – Margrete: Queen of the North as Peder Jensen Lodehat | Best Actress in a Leading Role Birthe Neumann – The Pact as Karen Blixen‡ Johanne Milland Pedersen – The Venus Effect as Liv Rosalinde Mynster – Persona Non Grata as Laura Trine Dyrholm – Margrete: Queen of the North as Queen Margrete Victoria Carmen Sonne – Miss Osaka as Ines |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jakob Oftebro – Margrete: Queen of the North as Man from Graudenz‡ Adam Ild Rohweder – Persona Non Grata as Jannik Alex Høgh Andersen – The Shadow in My Eye as Frederik Jesper Groth – Persona Non Grata as David Lars Mikkelsen – The Venus Effect as Klaus | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Josephine Park – The Venus Effect as Andrea‡ Anne Sofie Wanstrup – Persona Non Grata as Catrine Asta Kamma August – The Pact as Benedicte Bodil Jørgensen – Persona Non Grata as Jane Fanny Leander Bornedal – The Shadow in My Eye as Teresa |
| Best Production Design Margrete: Queen of the North – Søren Schwarzberg‡ The Pact – Jette Lehmann The Penultimate – Sabine Hviid and Kristina Kovacs The Shadow in My Eye – Sabine Hviid The Venus Effect – Sabine Hviid and Helle Lygum Justesen | Best Cinematography Kandis for Life – Stroud Rohde Pearce‡ Margrete: Queen of the North – Rasmus Videbæk The Penultimate – Jacob Sofussen Persona Non Grata – Manuel Alberto Claro The Shadow in My Eye – Lasse Frank |
| Best Costume Design Margrete: Queen of the North – Manon Rasmussen‡ The Pact – Anne-Dorthe Eskildsen Persona Non Grata – Juan Bastias The Shadow in My Eye – Manon Rasmussen The Venus Effect – Sascha Valbjørn | Best Makeup The Shadow in My Eye – Elizabeth Bukkehave‡ Margrete: Queen of the North – AnnaCarin Lock The Pact – Dennis Knudsen, Susanne Herredsbjerg Søbye and Morten Jacobsen A Taste of Hunger – Christina Dahlin and Henrik Steen The Venus Effect – Christina Vestergård Prip |
| Best Editing Flee – Janus Billeskov Jansen‡ Kandis for Life – Denniz Göl Bertelsen The Pact – Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen The Shadow in My Eye – Anders Villadsen The Venus Effect – Sofie Marie Kristensen | Best Sound Design Flee – Edward Björner and Tormod Ringnes‡ Checkered Ninja 2 – Oskar Skriver and Bo Asdal Margrete: Queen of the North – Rune Palving The Shadow in My Eye – Nino Jacobsen A Taste of Hunger – Eddie Simonsen and Morten Green |
| Best Score Flee – Uno Helmersson‡ Checkered Ninja 2 – Christian Vinten Miss Osaka – Yasuaki Shimizu, Johan Carøe and Kwamie Liv Persona Non Grata – Mike Sheridan The Venus Effect – Jenny Rossander | Best Song "The Last Call" from The Venus Effect – Music and Lyric: Jenny Rossander and Christian Schousboe Vium; Performer: Lydmor‡ "Bad Boy" from Checkered Ninja 2 – Music and Lyric: KewanLiggerBeatetNormal; Performer: Anders Matthesen "Hey Buster" from Busters World – Music and Lyric: Kasper Holm Larsen, Mich Hedin Hansen, Alex Stacy and Ingrid Andress; Performer: Joey Moe "Lullaby for Oluf" from Margrete: Queen of the North – Music, Lyric and Performer: Rebekka Karijord and Jon Ekstrand "Traitors" from The Marco Effect – Music, Lyric and Performer: SAVEUS |
| Best Short Fiction/Animation Wild Minds – Producers: Johannes Rothaus Nørregaard & Laura Valentiner-Bohse; Director: Hannah Elbke; Screenplay: Henrik Binger and Hannah Elbke‡ Amourteur – Producer: Jeppe Wowk; Director: Sylvia Le Fanu; Screenplay: Mads Lind Knudsen and Sylvia Le Fanu BUFF COPS – Producer: Jenny Mattesen; Director and Screenplay: Camilla Kaufmann Inherent – Producer: Anna Dammegaard Søllested; Director and Screenplay: Nicolai G. H. Johansen It's so Charming – Producer: Miki Schack; Director: Svend Colding; Screenplay: Pernille Hyllegaard | Best Visual Effects The Shadow in My Eye – Nikolas D'Andrade, Sébastien Caudron and Mikael Windelin‡ The Blue Orchid – Birk Von Brockdorff and Gustav Pontoppidan Margrete: Queen of the North – Thomas Dyg The Marco Effect – Martin Madsen A Taste of Hunger – Jeppe Bingestam |
| Best Documentary Feature Flee – Producers: Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte de la Gournerie; Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen‡ Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest – Producer: Katrine A. Sahlstrøm; Director: Mads Hedegaard Dark Blossom – Producer: Mathilde Hvid Lippmann; Director: Frigge Fri Kandis for Life – Producer: Maria Møller Christoffersen; Director: Jesper Dalgaard President – Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen and Joslyn Barnes; Director: Camilla Nielsson | Best Documentary Short Love Bound – Producer: Vibeke Vogel; Director: Vibe Mogensen‡ Desire – Producer: Jenny Mattesen; Director: Anna Eline Friis-Rasmussen From Your Mom – Producer: Bo Mortensen; Director: Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis Imagining My Father – Producers: Selma Jusufbegović and Mette Mikkelsen; Director: Emil Nørgaard Munk Kraftenlos – Producer: Asser Bo Paludan; Director: Søren Brydesen |
| Best Non-English-language Feature The Innocents in Norwegian – Directed by Eskil Vogt; Distributed by Camera Film‡ The Hand of God in Italian – Directed by Paolo Sorrentino; Distributed by Angel Films A/S and Netflix Minari in Korean and English – Directed by Lee Isaac Chung; Distributed by Scanbox Entertainment Quo Vadis, Aida? in Bosnian – Directed by Jasmila Žbanić; Distributed by Angel Films A/S The Truffle Hunters in Italian – Directed by Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw; Distributed by Camera Film | Best English-language Feature Nomadland – Directed by Chloé Zhao; Distributed by The Walt Disney Company Nordic‡ Dune – Directed by Denis Villeneuve; Distributed by SF Studios The Father – Directed by Florian Zeller; Distributed by Angel Films A/S The Power of the Dog – Directed by Jane Campion; Distributed by Angel Films A/S and Netflix Promising Young Woman – Directed by Emerald Fennell; Distributed by United International Pictures Sound of Metal – Directed by Darius Marder; Distributed by Camera Film |

#### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Margrete: Queen of the North |
| 12 | The Venus Effect |
| 11 | Persona Non Grata |
| 11 | The Shadow in My Eye |
| 10 | The Pact |
| 7 | Checkered Ninja 2 |
| 5 | A Taste of Hunger |
| 4 | Flee |
| 3 | Kandis for Life |
| 3 | The Marco Effect |
| 2 | The Blue Orchid |
| 2 | Busters World |
| 2 | Miss Osaka |
| 2 | The Penultimate |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Flee |
| 3 | Margrete: Queen of the North |
| 3 | Persona Non Grata |
| 2 | Checkered Ninja 2 |
| 2 | The Pact |
| 2 | The Shadow in My Eye |
| 2 | The Venus Effect |

### Television

| Best Danish Television Series The Chestnut Man (Netflix) – Screenplay: Dorte W. Høgh, Søren Sveistrup and David Sandreuter; Producers: Morten Kjems Hytten Juhl and Stine Meldgaard Madsen; Director: Mikkel Serup‡ Absolute Beginners (DR) – Director and Screenplay: Thora Lorentzen; Producer: Rikke Tambo Blinded: Those Who Kill (Viaplay) – Screenplay: Ina Bruhn; Producers: Jonas Allen, Peter Bose and Caroline Schlüter; Director: Jonas Alexander Arnby Equinox (Netflix) – Screenplay: Tea Lindeburg; Producer: Dorthe Riis Lauridsen; Director: Søren Balle Snow Angels (DR) – Screenplay: Mette Heeno; Producer: Georgie Mathew; Director: Anna Zackrisson | Best Short Television Series Outlaw (DR3) – Screenplay: Babak Vakili and Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard; Producer: Siri Bøge Dynesen; Director: Laurits Flensted-Jensen‡ 33 (Xee) – Director and Screenplay: Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag; Producer: Maj-Britt Landin Elves (Netflix); Screenplay: Stefan Jaworski; Producer: Elise H. Lund; Director: Roni Ezra Face to Face (Viaplay) – Screenplay: Christoffer Boe and Anna Juul; Producers: Peter Bose and Jonas Allen; Director: Christoffer Boe Kamikaze (HBO Max) – Screenplay: Johanne Algren; Producer: Ditte Milsted; Director: Kaspar Munk |
| Best Actor in a Leading Television Role Besir Zeciri as Mohammed on Outlaw (DR3)‡ Carsten Bjørnlund as Thomas Beckmann on White Sands (TV 2) Mikkel Boe Følsgaard as Mark Hess on The Chestnut Man (Netflix) Simon Bennebjerg as Noah on Lover (DR3) Simon Kvamm as Andreas on Guru (DR) | Best Actress in a Leading Television Role Danica Curcic as Naia Thulin on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)‡ Emma Sehested Høeg as Emma on Guilt (DR2+) Maria Cordsen as Ida on Outlaw (DR3) Maria Reuther as Julie on Kamikaze (HBO Max) Trine Dyrholm as Susanne Egholm on Face to Face (Viaplay) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role David Dencik as Simon Genz on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)‡ Afshin Firouzi as Abdallah on Outlaw (DR3) Anders Matthesen as Psyko-Bo on Kamikaze (HBO Max) Besir Zeciri as David on Phantom Feelings (Xee) Esben Dalsgaard as Steen Hartung on The Chestnut Man (Netflix) | Best Actress in a Supporting Television Role Iben Dorner as Rosa Hartung on The Chestnut Man (Netflix)‡ Amalie Lindegaard as Laura on 33 (Xee) Danica Curcic as Louise on Face to Face (Viaplay) Emma Sehested Høeg as Katrine on Limboland (Xee) Fanny Leander Bornedal as Sapphire on Face to Face (Viaplay) |

#### Shows with multiple nominations and awards

Shows that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 6 | The Chestnut Man |
| 4 | Face to Face |
| 4 | Outlaw |
| 3 | Kamikaze |
| 2 | 33 |
Shows that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | The Chestnut Man |
| 2 | Outlaw |