# 38th Robert Awards

The 38th Robert Awards ceremony, presented by Danish Film Academy, took place on 6 February 2021 virtually to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2020.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 6 January 2021. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Film

| Best Danish Film Another Round – Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Kasper Dissing; Director: Thomas Vinterberg; Script: Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm‡ Enforcement – Producers: Morten Kaufmann and Signe Leick Jensen; Directors and Script: Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid The Good Traitor – Producer: Jonas Frederiksen; Director: Christina Rosendahl; Script: Kristian Bang Foss, Christina Rosendahl, and Dunja Gry Jensen A Perfectly Normal Family – Producers: Matilda Appelin and René Ezra; Director and Script: Malou Reymann Riders of Justice – Producers: Sisse Graum Jørgensen and Sidsel Hybschmann; Director and Script: Anders Thomas Jensen | Best Children's Film A Perfectly Normal Family – Producers: Matilda Appelin and René Ezra; Director and Script: Malou Reymann‡ All I Want for Christmas 2 – Producers: Morten Rasmussen and David C.H. Østerbøg; Director: Christian Dyekjær; Script: Uffe Rørbæk and Lars T. Therkildsen Blockhagen – Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph and Ulaa Salim; Directors: Malthe Emil Kibsgaard, Sorena Sanjari, and Troels Unneland; Script: Troels Unneland and Sorena Sanjari Dreambuilders – Producer: Nynne Selin Eidnes; Director: Kim Hagen Jensen; Script: Søren Grinderslev Hansen Malou's Christmas – Producer: Anders W. Berthelsen; Director: Claus Bjerre; Script: Claus Bjerre and Frederik Nørgaard |
| Best Director Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round‡ Anders Thomas Jensen – Riders of Justice Jeanette Nordahl – Wildland Malou Reymann – A Perfectly Normal Family Christina Rosendahl – The Good Traitor | Best Screenplay Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg and Tobias Lindholm‡ Enforcement – Anders Ølholm and Frederik Louis Hviid A Perfectly Normal Family – Malou Reymann Riders of Justice – Anders Thomas Jensen Wildland – Ingeborg Topsøe |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round as Martin‡ Mikkel Følsgaard – A Perfectly Normal Family as Thomas / Agnete Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Riders of Justice as Otto Jacob Ulrik Lohmann – Enforcement as Mike Andersen Mads Mikkelsen – Riders of Justice as Markus | Best Actress in a Leading Role Andrea Heick Gadeberg – Riders of Justice as Mathilde‡ Amanda Collin – The Exception as Malene Danica Ćurčić – The Exception as Iben Trine Dyrholm – Erna at War as Erna Jensen Bodil Jørgensen – Into the Darkness as Eva Skov |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Lars Brygmann – Riders of Justice as Lennart‡ Elliott Crosset Hove – Wildland as David Thomas Bo Larsen – Another Round as Tommy Magnus Millang – Another Round as Nikolaj Lars Ranthe – Another Round as Peter | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Özlem Sağlanmak – Enforcement as Abia‡ Maria Bonnevie – Another Round as Anika Lene Maria Christensen – The Exception as Camilla Sidse Babett Knudsen – The Exception as Anne-Lise Sidse Babett Knudsen – Wildland as Bodil |
| Best Production Design The Good Traitor – Rie Lykke‡ Another Round – Sabine Hviid Enforcement – Gustav Pontoppidan Erna at War – Jette Lehmann A Perfectly Normal Family – Sabine Hviid and Kristina Kovacs Riders of Justice – Nikolaj Danielsen | Best Cinematography The Good Traitor – Louise McLaughlin‡ Another Round – Sturla Brandth Grøvlen Enforcement – Jacob Møller The Mole: Undercover in North Korea – Jonas Berlin Riders of Justice – Kasper Tuxen |
| Best Costume Design The Good Traitor – Edit Szűcs‡ Into the Darkness – Anne-Dorthe Eskilden A Perfectly Normal Family – Camilla Nordbjerg Riders of Justice – Vibe Knoblauch Hededam Wildland – Emilie Bøge Dresler | Best Makeup A Perfectly Normal Family – Henrik Steen and Thomas Foldberg‡ Enforcement – Henrik Steen Erna at War – Anne Cathrine Sauerberg The Good Traitor – Szandra Gerő Riders of Justice – Louise Hauberg Lohmann |
| Best Editing Another Round – Anne Østerud and Janus Billeskov Jansen‡ Enforcement – Anders Albjerg Kristiansen The Good Traitor – Janus Billeskov Jansen and Olivier Bugge Coutté A Perfectly Normal Family – Ida Bregninge Riders of Justice – Anders Albjerg Kristiansen and Nicolaj Monberg | Best Sound Design Enforcement – Morten Green‡ Another Round – Hans Møller and Jan Schermer The Good Traitor – Peter Albrechtsen I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die – Bo Asdal Andersen and Hans Christian Arnt Torp Riders of Justice – Eddie Simonsen |
| Best Score Riders of Justice – Jeppe Kaas‡ 7 Years of Lukas Graham – Jens Bjørnkjær Dreambuilders – Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen Enforcement – Martin Dirkov The Good Traitor – Jonas Struck | Best Song "Dage uden dig" from Dreambuilders – Music and Lyric: Alberte Winding and Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen; Performer: Alberte Winding‡ "Blokhavn" from Blockhagen – Music and Lyric: Kewan; Performer: Gigis "Hver for sig" from All I Want for Christmas 2 – Music and Lyric: Rasmus Bille Bahncke, Nicklas Schmidt, and Kristian Selin Eidnes Andersen; Performer: Alma Agger "Hvis ikke nu – så hvornår?" from The Food Club – Music and Lyric: Lis Sørensen, Elisabeth Gjerluff Nielsen, and Sylvester Sivertsen; Performer: Lis Sørensen "Louise" from Oh, To Be a Butterfly – Music and Lyric: Jacob Groth and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen; Performer: Theis Tequila |
| Best Short Fiction/Animation In the Blink of an Eye – Producers: Daniel Mühlendorph and Laura Sofie Frederikke Pedersen; Director: Katrine Brocks; Script: Marianne Lentz‡ 100,000 Acres of Pine – Producer: Michelle Ann Nardone; Director and Script: Jennifer Alice Wright Bleed – Producer: Caroline Steenberg Dam; Director: Hannah Elbke; Script: Henrik Binger A Calling – Producers: Trin Hjortkjær Thomsen and Laura Frederikke Kragholm; Director and Script: Christian Bengtson Pinkie's Funeral – Producer: Theis Nørgaard; Director: Simon Mortensen; Script: Malthe Jagd Miehe-Renard and Simon Mortensen | Best Visual Effects Riders of Justice – Hummer Højmark and Peter Hjorth‡ All I Want for Christmas 2 – Martin Madsen Enforcement – Jan Tvilling and Jonas Drehn Erna at War – Colin Journèe Into the Darkness – Peter Hjorth |
| Best Documentary Short A Writer Named Tove – Producer: Signe Leick Jensen; Directors: Sami Saif and Peter Lopes Andersson‡ Barnepigerne – Producer: Cæcilie Østerby Sørensen and Line Hvidtfeldt; Director: Signe Barvild Stæhr Dengang Danmark lukkede ned – Producer: Mariella Harpelunde Jensen; Director: Emil Nørgaard Munk It Takes a Family – Producer: Ulrik Gutkin; Director: Susanne Kovács Livet mens vi dør – Producer: Lise Saxtrup; Director: Christine Albeck Børge | Best Documentary Feature The Mole: Undercover in North Korea – Producers: Peter Engel and Bjarte Mørner Tveit; Director: Mads Brügger‡ 7 Years of Lukas Graham – Producer: Sara Stockmann; Director: René Sascha Johannsen The Fight for Greenland – Producer: Ulrik Gutkin; Director: Kenneth Sorento I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die – Producer: Julie Friis Walenciak; Director: Eva Marie Rødbro Songs of Repression – Producers: Signe Byrge Sørensen and Heidi Elise Christensen; Directors: Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga |
| Best Non-English-language Feature Portrait of a Lady on Fire in French – Directed by Céline Sciamma‡ The Farewell in Mandarin and English – Directed by Lulu Wang For Sama in Arabic and English – Directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão in Portuguese – Directed by Karim Aïnouz Weathering with You in Japanese – Directed by Makoto Shinkai | Best English-language Feature 1917 – Directed by Sam Mendes‡ A Hidden Life – Directed by Terrence Malick The Lighthouse – Directed by Little Women – Directed by Greta Gerwig Mank – Directed by David Fincher |

#### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 15 | Riders of Justice |
| 12 | Another Round |
| 11 | Enforcement |
| 9 | The Good Traitor |
| 9 | A Perfectly Normal Family |
| 5 | Wildland |
| 4 | Erna at War |
| 4 | The Exception |
| 3 | All I Want for Christmas 2 |
| 3 | Dreambuilders |
| 3 | Into the Darkness |
| 2 | 7 Years of Lukas Graham |
| 2 | Blockhagen |
| 2 | I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I Die |
| 2 | The Mole: Undercover in North Korea |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Another Round |
| 4 | Riders of Justice |
| 3 | The Good Traitor |
| 2 | Enforcement |
| 2 | A Perfectly Normal Family |

### Television

| Best Danish Television Series Cry Wolf (DR) – Head Writer: Maja Jul Larsen; Producer: Claudia Saginario; Concept Director: Pernille Fischer Christensen‡ The Investigation (TV2) – Creator: Tobias Lindholm; Producers: Jonas Allen, Caroline Blanco, Peter Bose, and René Ezra Scandinavian Star (DR) – Head Writers: Mikala Krogh, Lars Halskov, and Nikolaj Scherfig; Producers: Sigrid Dyekjær and Thomas Heinesen; Concept Director: Mikala Krogh When the Dust Settles (DR) – Head Writers: Dorte Warnøe Høgh and Ida Maria Rydén; Producer: Stinna Lassen; Concept Director: Milad Alami Wild and Wonderful Denmark (DR) – Head Writer: Mark Jessen; Producer and Concept Director: Henrik Zachariassen | Best Short Television Series Julefeber (DR) – Producers: Rikke Tørholm Kofoed, Caroline Schlüter Bingestam, and Camilla Hammerich; Director: Natasha Arthy; Writer: Rune Schjøtt-Wieth‡ 32 (Xee) – Producer: Maj-Britt Landin; Directors and Writers: Julie Rudbæk and Jesper Zuschlag Cold Hawaii (Xee) – Producers: Julie Lind-Holm and Jacob Oliver Krarup; Directors and Writers: Aske Bang and Allan Hyde Sex (TV2) – Producer: Marta Mleczek; Director: Amalie Næsby Fick; Writers: Clara Mendes and Amalie Næsby Fick Something About Emma (DR) – Producer: Anders N. Berg; Director: Mads Mengel; Writer: Christian Bengtson |
| Best Actor in a Leading Television Role Bjarne Henriksen as Lars Madsen on Cry Wolf (DR)‡ Jesper Groth as Bjørn Toft on The New Nurses (TV 2 Charlie) Andreas Jessen as Adam on ALFA (TV2) Søren Malling as Jens Møller on The Investigation (TV2) Lars Ranthe as Erik on Friheden (TV3) | Best Actress in a Leading Television Role Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl as Holly Mølgård on Cry Wolf (DR)‡ Asta Kamma August as Cathrine on Sex (TV2) Laura Christensen as Maibritt Porse on The Investigation (TV2) Lene Maria Christensen as Nina on Friheden (TV3) Karen-Lise Mynster as Elisabeth Hoffmann on When the Dust Settles (DR) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role Peter Plaugborg as Simon Hansen on Cry Wolf (DR)‡ Pilou Asbæk as Jakob Buch-Jeps on The Investigation (TV2) Joachim Fjelstrup as Kalle on Julefeber (DR) Peter Frödin as Balletmester on Julefeber (DR) Jens Jørn Spottag as Bent Neergaard on The New Nurses (TV 2 Charlie) | Best Actress in a Supporting Television Role Christine Albeck Børge as Dea Mølgård Hansen on Cry Wolf (DR)‡ Pernilla August as Ingrid Wall on The Investigation (TV2) Emma Sehested Høeg as Katrine on Limboland (Xee) Bodil Jørgensen as Rigmor on Julefeber (DR) Anette Støvelbæk as Ruth Madsen on The New Nurses (TV 2 Charlie) |

#### Shows with multiple nominations and awards

Shows that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 5 | Cry Wolf |
| 5 | The Investigation |
| 4 | Julefeber |
| 3 | The New Nurses |
| 2 | Friheden |
| 2 | Sex |
| 2 | When the Dust Settles |
Shows that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 5 | Cry Wolf |