# 42nd Robert Awards

The 42nd Robert Awards ceremony, was presented by Danish Film Academy on 1 February 2025, to honour the best in Danish film and television of 2024. It took place at the Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark and hosted by actor Nicolai Jørgensen.

## Nominees

The nominations were announced on 8 January 2025. Drama film Matters of the Heart led the nominations with thirteen, followed by thriller drama Way Home with eleven and psychological thriller Sons with ten.
Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).

### Film

| Best Danish Film Matters of the Heart – Producer: Jonas Frederiksen; Director and Screenwriter: Christina Rosendahl‡ Birthday Girl – Producers: Matilda Appelin and René Ezra; Director: Michael Noer; Screenwriters: Michael Noer and Jesper Fink Kalak – Producer: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard; Director: Isabella Eklöf; Screenwriters: Isabella Eklöf, Kim Leine, and Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen Sons – Producer: Lina Flint; Director: Gustav Möller; Screenwriters: Gustav Möller and Emil Nygaard Albertsen Way Home – Producers: Morten Kaufmann and Signe Leick Jensen; Director: Charlotte Sieling; Screenwriters: Charlotte Sieling, Jesper Fink, and Nagieb Khaja | Best Director Christina Rosendahl – Matters of the Heart‡ Isabella Eklöf – Kalak Frederik Louis Hviid – The Quiet Ones Gustav Möller – Sons Roja Pakari – The Son and the Moon Charlotte Sieling – Way Home |
| Best Children and Youth Film The Children of Silver Street – Producer: Stephanie Wiese; Director: Mehdi Avaz; Screenwriter: Renée Toft Simonsen‡ Kontra – Producer: Jasmine Hermann Naghizadeh; Director and Screenwriter: Jonas Risvig Mr. Freeman – Producer: Jonas Bagger; Director and Screenwriter: Mads Matthiesen ||
| Best Original Screenplay Matters of the Heart – Christina Rosendahl‡ Birthday Girl – Jesper Fink and Michael Noer The Quiet Ones – Anders August Sons – Emil Nygaard Albertsen and Gustav Möller Way Home – Charlotte Sieling, Jesper Fink, and Nagieb Khaja | Best Adapted Screenplay Kalak – Isabella Eklöf, Kim Leine, and Sissel Dalsgaard Thomsen‡ Børnene fra Sølvgade – Renée Toft Simonsen Boundless – Jakob Weis Kingmaker – Marie Østerbye Paranoia – Birgitte Lorentzen and Henrik Kristensen |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role Lars Ranthe – Matters of the Heart as Peter‡ Sebastian Bull – Sons as Mikkel Gustav Giese – The Quiet Ones as Kasper Kristian Halken – When in Rome as Kristoffer Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Way Home as Christian | Best Actress in a Leading Role Viilbjørk Malling Agger – Matters of the Heart as Sofia‡ Trine Dyrholm – Birthday Girl as Nanna Bodil Jørgensen – When in Rome as Gerda Sidse Babett Knudsen – Sons as Eva Hansen Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl – Madame Ida as Cecilia |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Nicolas Bro – Mr. Freeman as Father‡ Afshin Firouzi – Boundless as Assad Joachim Fjelstrup – Boundless as Atu Arian Kashef – Way Home as Abu Hassan Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt – Way Home as Adam | Best Actress in a Supporting Role Stine Stengade – Matters of the Heart as Helen‡ Asta Kamma August – Kalak as Lærke Christine Albeck Børge – Madame Ida as Ida Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl – Birthday Girl as Cille Karen-Lise Mynster – Madame Ida as Alma |
| Best Production Design Madame Ida – Amalie Skovhus Petersen‡ Eternal – Gustav Pontoppidan Kalak – Josephine Farsø Kingmaker – Thomas Greve Matters of the Heart – Rie Lykke | Best Cinematography Matters of the Heart – Louise McLaughlin‡ Eternal – Jacob Møller Kalak – Nadim Carlsen Kingmaker – Sine Vadstrup Brooker Madame Ida – Stroud Rohde Pearce Sons – Jasper J. Spanning |
| Best Costume Design Madame Ida – Nina Grønlund‡ Kalak – Sascha Valbjørn Matters of the Heart – Juan Bastias The Promise – Stine Gudmundsen-Holmgreen The Quiet Ones – Emilie Bøge Dresler | Best Makeup Madame Ida – Louise Weiland‡ Hunting Season 2 – Tina Helmark Kalak – Eija Hakkarainen and Saara Räisänen The Quiet Ones – Maria Engberg Refsgaard Sons – Kamilla Bjerglind |
| Best Editing The Quiet Ones – Anders Albjerg Kristiansen‡ Kingmaker – Martin Schade Matters of the Heart – Mark Bukdahl and Olivier Bugge Coutté The Son and the Moon – Denniz Göl Bertelsen Sons – Rasmus Stensgaard Madsen Way Home – Sverrir Kristjánsson | Best Sound Design Way Home – Rune Palving‡ Boundless – Bo Asdal Andersen and Oskar Skriver Kingmaker – Claus Lynge and Hans Christian Kock Matters of the Heart – Peter Albrechtsen The Quiet Ones – Morten Green Sons – Hans Christian Arnt Torp and Oskar Skriver |
| Best Score Mulm – Josefine Skov‡ Kingmaker – Alexander Westlund, Aramis Silvereke, and Elvin Matz Matters of the Heart – Jonas Struck The Quiet Ones – Martin Dirkov Sons – Jon Ekstrand Way Home – Alex Vargas and Goran Obad | Best Song "Børnene fra Sølvgade" from The Children of Silver Street – Writer: Thomas Helmig; Performers: Vesterbro Ungdomsgård and Karui featuring Thomas Helmig‡ "Deep Sleep" from Eternal – Writers: Adi Zukanović and Nanna Øland Fabricius; Performer: Oh Land "Matters of the Heart" from Matters of the Heart – Writers: Emil Jørgensen, Jonas Struck, Pernille Rosendahl, and Teitur Lassen; Performer: Swan Lee "Snowdrop" from Boundless – Writers: Emma Grankvist and Lasse Ziegler; Performer: Eee Gee "Too Strange for the Air" from Way Home – Writer and Performer: Alex Vargas |
| Best Short Fiction/Animation Wild Child – Producer: Christian Lønhart; Director: Sif Lina Lambæk; Screenwriters: Kristine Plechinger Tüchsen & Sif Lina Lambæk‡ Companion – Producer: Maja Bolette Klit; Director and Screenwriter: Nivetha Balasubramaniam En anden uden mig – Producers: Valdemar Guldbrandsen and Signe Borrevang; Director and Screenwriter: Emilie Fabricius Hacke Seeking Hwa Sun – Producer: Line Aas Sørensen; Director and Screenwriter: Sandra Yi Sencindiver A Study of Empathy – Producer: Asbjørn H. Kelstrup; Director and Screenwriter: Hilke Rönnfeldt | Best Visual Effects Eternal – Alexander Schepelern, Christian Sjöstedt, and Lea Benjovitz‡ Boundless – Simon Sandin Kalak – Peter Hjorth The Quiet Ones – Hummer Højmark, Katja Glæsner, and Jacob Thorndahl Way Home – Peter Hjorth |
| Best Documentary Feature The Son and the Moon – Producer: Sara Stockmann; Director: Roja Pakari‡ Afterwar – Producer: Lise Lense-Møller; Director: Birgitte Stærmose Balomania – Producers: Jesper Jack and Marie Schmidt Olesen; Director: Sissel Morell Dargis Echo of You – Producer: Maria Møller Kjeldgaard; Director: Zara Zerny Før stormen – Producers: Andreas Dalsgaard and Kasper Lykke Schultz; Directors: Juan Palacios and Sofie Husum Johannesen | Best Documentary Short Our Father Wears a Sun – Producers and Directors: Jasper J. Spanning and Rosalinde Mynster‡ Growing Pains – Producer: Sofie Bergstein; Director: Mikkel Kruse Om sorg – Producer: Signe Leick Jensen; Director: Sami Saif Trans Hero – Producer: Ane Vennize Andersen; Directors: Evo Smilla S. Sidney and Sol Amanda Wendel Tør du drømme om døden? – Producers: Anna Trosko and Smilla Dreinø Khonsari; Director: Smilla Dreinø Khonsari |
| Best Non-English Language Film The Zone of Interest in German – Director: Jonathan Glazer; Distributor: SF Studios‡ Anatomy of a Fall in French – Director: Justine Triet; Distributor: Filmbazar The Boy and the Heron in Japanese – Director: Hayao Miyazaki; Distributor: Camera Film La chimera in Italian – Director: Alice Rohrwacher; Distributor: Filmbazar No Other Land in Arabic and Hebrew – Directors: Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor; Distributor: CPH:DOX Perfect Days in Japanese – Director: Wim Wenders; Distributor: Camera Film | Best English Language Film The Apprentice – Director: Ali Abbasi; Distributor: Nordisk Film Distribution‡ All of Us Strangers – Director: Andrew Haigh; Distributor: The Walt Disney Company Anora – Director: Sean Baker; Distributor: United International Pictures Past Lives – Director: Celine Song; Distributor: Scanbox Entertainment Poor Things – Director: Yorgos Lanthimos; Distributor: The Walt Disney Company |

#### Films with multiple nominations

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 13 | Matters of the Heart |
| 11 | Way Home |
| 10 | Sons |
| 9 | Kalak |
| 8 | The Quiet Ones |
| 7 | Madame Ida |
| 6 | Boundless |
| 6 | Kingmaker |
| 4 | Birthday Girl |
| 4 | Eternal |
| 3 | Børnene fra Sølvgade |
| 3 | The Son and the Moon |
| 2 | Mr. Freeman |
| 2 | When in Rome |
Films that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Matters of the Heart |
| 3 | Madame Ida |

### Television

| Best Danish Television Series The Black Swan (TV 2)‡ Bullshit (Prime Video) Dark Horse (TV 2) Families like Ours (TV 2) Velkommen til frontlinjen (DR) | Best Short Television Series The Orchestra (season 2) (DR)‡ Baby Fever (season 2) (Netflix) The Best Years (TV 2) Prinsesser fra blokken - otte år sener (DR) Ungeren (DR) |
| Best Actor in a Leading Television Role Marco Ilsø – Bullshit as Henning (Prime Video)‡ Rasmus Bruun – The Orchestra as Jeppe Nygren (DR) Elias Budde Christensen – Ungeren as Alex (DR) Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Families like Ours as Jacob (TV 2) Magnus Millang – The Best Years as Mathias (TV 2) | Best Actress in a Leading Television Role Alba August – Bullshit as Pia (Prime Video)‡ Thit Aaberg – Ungeren as Iben (DR) Frederikke Dahl Hansen – En af os ryster as Silvia (DR) Josephine Park – Baby Fever as Nana (Netflix) Stephania Potalivo – The Best Years as Louise (TV 2) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Television Role Clint Ruben – Bullshit as (Prime Video)‡ Frederik Cilius – The Orchestra as Bo (DR) Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt – Families like Ours as Elías (TV 2) Caspar Phillipson – The Orchestra as Simon (DR) Besir Zeciri – Justice: Those Who Kill as Kim Jensen (Prime Video / Viaplay) | Best Actress in a Supporting Television Role Vic Carmen Sonne – Bullshit as Bettina (Prime Video)‡ Ditte Hansen – The Best Years as Sanne (TV 2) Neel Rønholt – The Orchestra as Regitze (TV 2) Ina-Miriam Rosenbaum – The Orchestra as Vibeke (TV 2) Paprika Steen – Families like Ours as Fanny (TV 2) |

#### Shows with multiple nominations

Shows that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 6 | The Orchestra |
| 5 | Bullshit |
| 4 | The Best Years |
| 4 | Families like Ours |
| 3 | Ungeren |
| 2 | Baby Fever |
Shows that received multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 4 | Bullshit |

### Special awards

* Audience Award
* Way Home‡
* Børnene fra Sølvgade
* Boundless
* Hunting Season 2
* Kingmaker
* Kontra
* Matters of the Heart
* The Quiet Ones
* Sons
* When in Rome
* Fear Nothing Talentprisen
* Louis Emil Ramm Seeberg (Editor) – Englemord and Madame Ida‡
* Patrick A. Hansen (Actor) – Kingmaker
* Roja Pakari (Director) – The Son and the Moon
* Pernille Tornøe and Victor Cunha (Producers) – Englemord and Dark Horse
* Zara Zerny (Director) – Echo of You