From Golden Bears in Berlin to Golden Pandas in Chengdu: Nordic titles have won big and small at international festivals, and here is an overview.

This 2025 overview of international awards are presented in alphabetical order. The list only mentions prizes that Nordic features, series and documentaries have won this year. For previous awards, see link below.

  • 100 Litres of Gold (100 litraa sahtia)
    Audience Award at European Film Festival Palić
  • A Better Man (Ølhunden Berit)
    Best Series at Canneseries High School Award at Canneseries
    Best Performance to Anders Baasmo at Canneseries
    Best Series Award at Serielizados Popitas
    Audience Award at Serielizados
  • Acts of Love (Kærlighedens gerninger)
    Special Mention at Oslo Pix Film Festival
  • Adorable Humans (Yndige Mennesker)
    Best Nordic Feature at Nordic International Film Festival in New York
  • After us, the Flood (Jälkeemme vedenpaisumus)
    Best Director to Arto Halonen at Fantsy Film Festival
    Best Film at Avant-Garde Horror & Fantasy Film Festival
    Best Feature Film at Ravenheart Film Festival
  • A New Kind of Wilderness (Ukjent landskap)
    Youth Award at CineEko Festival
    Best Documentary at the Golden Panda Awards
  • Armand
    Special Jury Prize at Scandi Fest
  • Brightly Shining (Stargate – en julefortelling)
    FIPRESCI Prize at Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
  • Cold (Kuldi)
    Best Film at Scandi Fest
  • Dancing Queen in Hollywood (Dancing Queen i Hollywood)
    Audience Award at Kristiansand International Film Festival
  • Dates in Real Life
    Creative Courage Award, presented by NFTVF, at Göteborg Film Festival
  • Days of Wonder (Päivien lumo)
    DOC@PÖFF International Best Documentary Film Award at Tallinn Black Nights Festival
  • Death is a Problem for the Living (Peluri - kuolema on elävien ongelma)
    Best Feature at FANT Bilbao Film Festival
  • Don’t Call me Mama (Se meg)
    Best Acress to Pia Tjelta at Karolovy Vary Film Festival
  • Dreams (Drømmer)
    Golden Bear at the Berlinale
    FIRESCI Prize from the International Critics at the Berlinale
    Prize of the Guild of German Arthouse at the Berlinale
    Best Nordic Children & Youth Film at Buster Film Festival
    Best Film at Haifa International Film Festival
  • Eagles of the Republic
    Amore e Psiche Award for Best Film at MedFilm Festival
  • Egghead Republic
    Peroni 0.0% Audience Award at Stockholm International Film Festival
  • Facing War
    Grand Jury Documentary Award at Movies that Matter Festival
    Special Mention to Tommy Gulliksen for the Docs Journalistic Relevence Award at DocsBarcelona
  • Fatherhood (Tre fedre)
    Audience Award at Oslo Pix Best Documentary at Mix Festival Milano
  • Fleak (Fleak: Kekseliäs ystäväni)
    Special Mention – Feature Film at Fredrikstad Animation Festival
  • Flophouse America
    Special Mention DOX:AWARD at CPH:DOXS
    Special Mention at Oslo Pix Film Festival
    Hera "Nuovi Talenti" Award to Monica Strømdahl at Biografilm Festival
    Best Documentary at Nordic/Docs
    Best Documentary Award at Cork International Film Festival
  • Fighter
    Special Honorary Mention at Nordic/Docs
  • Grindavik
    Best Web/TV Plot at Remember the Future World Film Festival
    Best Series – Pilot at Cannes Film Awards
    Reims Excellence Director to Gardar Orn Arnarson at Red Movie Awards
    Best Male Director to Gardar Orn Arnarson at Liverpool Indie Awards
  • Hammarskjöld: Fight for Peace (Hammarskjöld)
    Best Film by the jury of students at Scandi Film Festival
  • Hana Korea
    Audience Award at Busan International Film Festival
  • Henden – Requiem for a Photographer (Henden – rekviem for en fotograf)
    Special Mention at Nordic/Docs
  • Hercules Falling (Herkules falder)
    Best First Feature Film Award at Tallinn Black Nights Festival
    International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award at Tallinn Black Nights Festival
  • Home sweet Home (Hjem kære hjem)
    Third place of the Panorama Audience Award at the Berlinale
  • Honey
    Best European Film for Children at BUFF Film Festival
    Nordic Star to Selma Dali Pape for her acting at BUFF Film Festival
    Best Film Children's Jury at JEF Festival
    Best Film at JEF Festival
    Children’s Jury Award for
    Best Feature Film at Kristiansand International Children’s Film Festival
    Best Film at Zlín Film Festival Best Film by the youth jury at Youth Film Festival
    Antwerp Award of the Ecumenical Jury at Schlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
    CineKid Lion for Best Children’s Film at CineKid
    CJP Jury Award at CineKid Audience Award at CineKid
    Best Feature Film for Children at Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Children’s Jury Prize at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
    Best Film at Castellinaria International Festival of Young Cinema
  • Kevlar Soul (Kevlarsjäl)
    Best Feature Film in the Children Section at Zlin International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Ecumenical Jury Award at Zlín International Film Festival for Children and Youth
    Youth Jury Prize at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
  • Laban the Little Ghost (Lilla spöket Laban spökar igen)
    Nordic Star to Silas Strand for her voice at BUFF Film Festival
  • Lars is LOL (Lars er LOL)
    Best European Children’s Film by the European Children's Film Association at the Berlinale
    Children Jury Award at Divercine Festival Internacional De Cine Para Niños Y Jóvenes
  • Life and Other Problems (Livet og andre problemer)
    ConScience Award at Docville
    Best Feature Doc at TerraLenta Film Fest
  • Live a Little (Leva lite)
    Children’s and Youth Film Prize at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
    Student Jury Prize at Le Biarritz Film Festival
    Culture Jury Prize at Le Biarritz Film Festival
  • Love (Kjærlighet)
    FIPRESCI Prize of the Fedération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique to Dag Johan Haugerud at Tromsø International Film Festival
    Dragon Award for Best Acting to Andrea Bræin Hovig at Göteborg Film Festival
  • Loveable (Elskling)
    Best Foreign Film at the Icelandic Edda Awards
    Best Feature Film at Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF)
    Best Director to Lilja Ingolfsdottir at BJIFF
    Best Leading Actress to Helga Guren at BJIFF
    Best Screenplay at BJIFF
    Best Screenplay at Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
    Angela Award at Subtitle Film Festival in Kilkenny
  • Mira
    European Children’s Film Association Award to Marie Limkilde at Tallinn Black Nights
  • Mr. Nobody Against Putin
    Documentary Special Jury Award at Sundance Film Festival
    Student Jury Award for Best film at One World International Human Rights Film Festival
    Special Mention at Movies that Matter Festival
    Best Topics at Docville Bydgoszcz
    ART.DOC Award at at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
    Audience Award at Ann Arbour Film Festival International
    Amnesty Catalunya Award at DocsBarcelona
    Big Stamp Award at ZagrebDox
    Audience Award at Biograf Film Festival
    Jury Award in A Different Tomorrow at Reykjavik International Film Festival
    Audience Award at Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
    Special Mention at Encounters South African International Documentary Festival
    Honourable Mention at Calgary International Film Festival
    Honourable Mention at DOC Aviff Film Festival
    Best Documentary at The Fort Meyer Film Festival
    Jury Award at Indie Street Film Festival
    Best Documentary at Festival du Film de Knowlton
    Best Documentary at Mountainfilm Audience Award at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
    Best Documentary at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
  • My Eternal Summer (Min Evige Sommer)
    Dragon Award Nordic Film Special Mention at Göteborg Film Festival
    Best Screenplay to Sylvia Le Fanu at Riviera International Film Festival
    Grand Prix Nordic Fiction at Oslo Pix Film Festival
    Nordic Talent Prize to Sylvia Le Fanu at Buster FIlmfestival
  • Nepobaby
    Best Screenplay at Canneseries
    Special Interpretation Award at Canneseries
  • No Comment (Ingen kommentar)
    Best Script to Ståle Stein Berg at Tallinn Black Nights
  • Odd Fish (Ljósvíkingar)
    Best Narrative Feature Award at KASHISH Pride Film Festival
    Best Actor to Arna Magnea Danks at KASHISH Pride Film Festival
    Special Mention for the screenplay at KASHISH Pride Film Festival
  • One of Us is Trembling (En af os ryster)
    Winner of short form competition at Series Mania
  • Only on Earth
    Best Nordic Documentary at Nordisk Panorama
    Best Feature Documentary at the XXVIII FICMEC – Canary Islands International Environmental Film Festival
    Best Cinematography at Millennium Docs Against Gravity Special Mention in Warsaw
    Green Award at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
    Film of the Year at Mirage
  • Pet Farm
    Special Mention in the Newcomers International Competition at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
  • Power Play (Makta)
    HARPA Nordic Film Composers Award to Kåre Christoffer Vestrheim, Andrea Louise Horstad, Kristoffer Lo and Eivind Helgerød during the Berlinale
  • Pressure Point (Smärtpunkten)
    Nordic Series Script Award, presented by NFTVF, at Göteborg Film Festival
  • Queen of Fucking Everything
    Best Director to Tiina Lymi at Venice TV Awards
  • Raptures (Rörelser)
    Big Screen Award at Rotterdam International Film Festival
    Best Picture at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Director to Jon Blåhed at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Actor to Jakob Öhrman at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Acress to Jessica Grabowsky at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Film Editing to Nina Ijäs at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Sound Design to Robin Svensk Funck and Gabrielle Wikhede at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
    Best Cinemography to Mimmi Hildén at Anatomy Crime and Horror Film Festival
  • Redoubt (Värn)
    Baltic Film Prize for a Nordic Feature Film at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
  • Requiem for Selina (Rekviem for Selina)
    Best Series by the Student Jury at Series Mania Best Series at Geneva International Film Festival
  • Ronja the Robber’s Daughter (Ronja Rövardotter)
    Best Scripted at the Too Much TV: The Global Television Awards
    Best Scripted Nordic Countries at the Too Much TV: The Global Television Awards
    VES Award to Nicklas Andersson, David Allan, Gustav Åhren and Niklas Wallén for Outstanding Character in an Episode, Commercial, Game Cinematic, or Real-Time Project
  • Safe House (Før Mørket)
    Audience Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival
    Audience Prize to Eirik Svensson at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
    ICFT UNESCO Gandhi Medal at Goa’s International Film Festival of India
  • Second Victims (Det andet offer)
    Critics' Choice Award at Filmfest Hamburg
    NDR Film Prize at Nordic Film Days in Lübeck
  • Sentimental Value (Affeksjonsverdi)
    Grand Prize of the Jury at Cannes Film Festival
    Audience Award at Hamptons Film Festival
    Audience Award at Montclair Film Festival
    Emeric Pressburger Prize at CineFest - Miskolc International Film Festival Jury Award at Brussels International Film Festival
    International Audience Award at Munich Film Festival Discovery Award to Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas at SCAD Savannah Film Festival
    Puerta América Award at Sevilla International Film Festival
    Audience Award to Kasper Tuxen at EnergaCAMERIMAGE
    Best International Independent Film at British Independent Film Awards
    Top 5 Best International Film at National Board of Review
    Best Supporting Actress to Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas at National Board of Review
    Best Supporting Actor to Stellan Skarsgård at Los Angeles Film Critics Association
  • Shards (Skärvor)
    Jury Special Award at Nordic/Docs
  • Solomamma
    Ecumenical Jury Award at Locarno Film Festival
    Special Mention at Reyjavik International Film Festival
    Audience Award at Cork International Film Festival
  • Spermageddon
    Best Subtitle Translation at Scandi Fest
  • Super Charlie (Super-Charlie)
    Gryphon Award for Elements +6 at Giffoni Film Festival
    Miniminci Award at Valladolid International Film Festival
  • Surviving the Death Committee

    Documentary Award at Tempo Documentary Festival

  • Tale of the Sleeping Giants (Tunturin tarina)
    Best Film at the European Wildlife Film Awards
  • Teenage Life Interrupted (Uten synlige tegn)
    Tromsø Palm for Best Feature to Åse Svenheim Drivenes at Tromsø International Film Festival
    Best Photo from FNF at Nordic/Docs
    Special Mention at Nordisk Panorama
    Honourable mention at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
  • The Agent – The Life and Lies of My Father (Agenten - Pappas liv og løgner)
    Best Docuseries at Canneseries
  • The Children of Silver Street Take a Stand (Børnene i Sølvgade tager kampen op)
    Award of the Kids Jury atSchlingel International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience
  • The Dialogue Police (Dialogpolisen)
    Grand Prix Nordic Documentary at Oslo Pix Film Festival
    Docs Journalistic Relevance Award at DocsBarcelona
  • The Gardener, the Buddhist & the Spy (Gartneren, buddhisten og spionen)
    The Human Rights in Motion Award to Håvard Bustnes at Krakow Film Festival
  • The Girl With the Needle (Pigen med nålen)
    FIPRESCI Award at Göteborg Film Festival Directors to Watch to Magnus von Horn at Palm Spring International Film Festival
    Best Actress in a Supporting Role for a Motion Picture to Trine Dyrholm at Golden Panda Awards
    Best Film at Polish Film Awards Best Director to Magnus von Horn at Polish Film Awards
    Best Screenplay to Magnus von Horn and Line Langebek Knudsen at Polish Film Awards
    Best Actress to Vic Carmen Sonne at Polish Film Awards
    Best Supporting Actress to Trine Dyrholm at Polish Film Awards
    Best Cinematography to Michal Dymek at Polish Film Awards
    Best Music to Frederikke Hoffmeier at Polish Film Awards
    Best Editing to Agnieszka Glinska at Polish Film Awards
    Best Costume Design to Malgorzata Fudala at Polish Film Awards
    Best Production Design to Jagna Dobesz at Polish Film Awards
    Best Makeup to Anne Cathrine Sauerberg at Polish Film Awards
  • The Ground Beneath Our Feet (Jörðin undir fótum okkar)
    Grand Jury Prize at DMZ International Documentary Festival
    Special Mention at Zurich Film Festival
  • The Home (Hemmet)
    Silver Méliès at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
  • The Last Journey (Den sista resan)
    A3 Audience Award for Best Documentary at Sonoma International Film Festival
  • The Last Paradise on Earth (Seinasta paradís á jørð)
    Nordic Council Film Prize
  • The Last Viking (Den sidste viking)
    Best Feature at Image Film Festival
  • The Lions by the River Tigris (Løvene ved elven Tigris)
    Special Mention at Nordic/Docs
    Union of the Ukrainian Film Critics Price at the International Ethnographic Film Festival
  • The Love that Remains (Ástin sem eftir er)
    Palm Dog Award to Panda at Cannes Film Festival
    Best Director to Hlynur Pálmason at Bosphorus Film Festival
    Best Actress Saga Garðarsdóttir at Bosphorus Film Festival
    Best Cinematography Award at Lecce European Film Festival
    FIPRESI Award at Lecce European Film Festival Cineuropa Award at Lecce European Film Festival
    Special Mention at Filmfest Gent in Belgium
    Top 5 Best International Film at National Board of Review
  • The Magic Reindeer Saving Santa’s Sleigh aka Niko Beyond The Northern Lights (Niko ja myrskyporojen arvoitus)
    Best Feature Film or Special at Irish Animation Awards
  • The Nicest Men on Earth (Verdens sødeste mænd)
    Special Mention Nordic DOX:AWARD at CPH:DOX
  • The Swedish Torpedo (Den svenska torpeden)
    Grand Prize at Mons International Festival of Love Films
  • The Remarkable Life of Ibelin (Ibelin)
    Original Music Score to Uno Helmersson at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony
    Best Documentary Award at Utah Film Critics Association Awards
    Best Documentary Film at Critics Association of Central Florida Awards
    Best Documentary at the Chlotrudis Awards Peabody Documentary Prize at the 85th Peabody Awards
    Freedom Prize at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
  • The Tundra Within Me (Eallogierdu)
    Best Depiction of Scandinavian Culture at Scandi Fest
    Special Award by the Jury of Students at at Scandi Fest
  • The Ugly Stepsister (Den stygge stesøsteren)
    Director’s Award to Emilie Blinchfeldt at Boston Underground Film Festival
    Silver Raven at Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
    Best of Bucheon Award at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
    Audience Award at Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival
    Best Feature Film in the SOF at Sitges Fantastic Film Festival
    Best First Feature at FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards
  • Tight Lines (Strengur)
    Best Feature Length Documentary at Brooklyn Film Festival
    Best New Director Award to Gagga Jónsdóttir at Brooklyn Film Festival
  • Todd & Super-Stella
    Best European Children’s Documentary by the European Children's Film Association at the Berlinale
  • Touch (Snerting)
    Audience Award at at Tromsø International Film Festival
  • Trans Memoria
    Dragon Award for Best Nordic Documentary at Göteborg Film Festival
    Best International Documentary at the Tel Aviv International Film Festival
  • Ultras
    Best Youth Documentary at Bergen International Film Festival
  • Vanguard (Stenbeck)
    Golden Nymph for Best Series at Montecarlo TV Festival
    Best Actor to Jakob Oftebro at Montecarlo TV Festival
  • WALLS – Akinni Inuk
    Nordic Dox:Award at CPH:DOX
  • Weightless (Vægtløs)
    New Directors Award to Emilie Thaulund at San Sebastian Film Festival
  • When the Light Breaks (Ljósbrot)
    Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film at Göteborg Film Festival
  • Whiskey on the Rocks
    Best TV Drama at Prix Italy Best Nordic Series at THIS Aarhus
  • Woolly (Sau)
    Special Commendation for Video Documentary Series at Prix Europa

Other award-winning productions with Nordic involvement:

  • A Fox Under a Pink Moon
    Best Film in the International Competition at IDFA
  • Amilcar
    Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to Miguel Eek in the Envision Competition at IDFA
  • An Eye for an Eye
    Special Jury Mention for Documentary Feature at Tribeca Film Festival Best Editing in a Documentary Feature at Tribeca Film Festival
  • A poet (Un poeta)
    Jury Award to Simón Mesa Soto in Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festiva
    CineCoPro Award at Munich Film Festival
    Make & Mark Horizontes Award at San Sebastian Film Festival
    Best Actor to Ubeimar Rios at Goa’s International Film Festival of India
  • As We Breathe
    Bronze Pyramid Special Jury Prize at Cairo International Film Festival
  • Bugboy
    Onassis Film Award at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF)
    Special Mention at TiDF
  • Celtic Utopia
    Grand Prix Semaine de la Critique at Locarno Film Festival
  • Habibi Hussein
    Shadi Abdel Salam Award for Best Film at Cairo International Film Festival
  • MA - Cry of Silence
    Amnesty International Film Prize at Exground FIlmfest Wiesbaden
    Grand Prix at Bishek International Film Festival
    New Current Awards at Busan International FIlm Festival
    Espiga de Trigo de Ouro at Maia International Film Festival
    Best Original Film at Asian FIlm Festival
    Best Feature Fiction Award at Eikhoigi Imphal International Film Festival
  • Milk Teeth
    Human Values Award at Thessaloniki International Film Festival
  • My Father's Scent
    Best Actor to Ahmed Malek at El Gouna Film Festival
    Grand Prize at Cinéma Méditerranéen á Bruxelles
    Cineuropa Prize at Cinéma Méditerranéen á Bruxelles
    Audience Award for Best Non-Saudi Film at Red Sea International Film Festival
  • No Other Land
    Nonfiction Feature to Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, Julius Pollux Rothlaender and Bård Harazi Farbu at the Cinema Eye Honors
    Awards Ceremony
    Debut Feature at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony
    The Unforgettables at the Cinema Eye Honors Awards Ceremony
    Documentary of the Year at London Critics' Circle Film Awards
    Best Documentary at the Film Independent Spirit Award
    Best Documentary Feature Film at the Oscar Academy Awards
    Best Documentary at Palm Springs International Film Festival
    Audience Choice at Available Light Film Festival
    DFCA Award at DiscussingFilm Critics Awards
    Best Documentary at Dias de Cine Awards
    NDFS Award at North Dakota Film Society
    Best Documentary at Colombus Film Critics Association
  • Palestine 36
    Best Film at Tokyo International Film Festival Audience Award at Arab Film Festival
  • Past Future Continuous
    Best Film in the Envision Competition at IDFA
  • Qajaq Man
    Best Documentary Feature to Joe Derrick at NUUK International Film Festival
  • Silver
    Best Documentary Film in the Visegrad Region at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
    Best Documentary Film 2025 (Opus Bonum) at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
    Best Cinematography at Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival
    The Silver Horn at Krakow Film Festival
    Audience Award at Krakow Film Festival Award for best cinematography at Krakow Film Festival
    Award for best producer of Polish documentary and short films at Krakow Film Festival
    FIPRESCI Award at Krakow Film Festival
    Maciej Szumowski Award at Krakow Film Festival
  • Songs of Slow Burning Earth
    Jury Award for Best Film at the International Competition at One World International Human Rights Film Festival
    Best International Documentary at Docville Amnesty International
    Poland Award at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
    First Appearance Award at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
    Special Mention for Best Cinematography at Millennium Docs Against Gravity
    Best Feature Documentary Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
    RIGA IFF Award at Riga International Film Festival
    Best International Film at Filmfest Bremen
    Doc Feature Award at Verzió International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
  • The Visitor
    Best Director to Vytautas Katkus at Karlovy Vary Film Festival Best Baltic Film Award at Tallinn Black Nights
  • The Visual Feminist Manifesto
    Youth Jury Award at Rotterdam International Film Festival
  • Victor
    Alpha Bank Accessibility Award in the Film Forward International Competition at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival
  • Yalla Parkour
    Second place for the Panorama Audience Award for Documentary at the Berlinale
    Audience Award at Nordisk Panorama
    Golden Firebird Award at Hong Kong International Film Festival
    Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC
    Best Documentary Film Award at Tirana International FIlm Festival

Please inform NFTVF in case of any essential international awards missing, by mailing IT Officer Mathias Kallum Ferre and the News Coordinator Ulrik Bolt Jørgensen.

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