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From All of Us to All of You

Congratulations to all Nordic Short and Doc Award Winners 2012

DENMARK

1/2 Revolution by Omar Shargawi & Karim El Hakim
Golden Award for Best Long Documentary at Al Jazeera Documentary Film Festival in Qatar

A Light Breeze (En let brise) by Rania M. Tawfik
Best Short Film at Gulf Film Festival in the United Arab Emirates

A Normal Life by Mikala Krog
Audience Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark

Armadillo by Janus Metz
TV-Gold by Billed-Bladet in Denmark
Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Editing - Documentary Long Form to Per K. Kirkegaard at the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in the USA

As You Were by René Frelle Petersen
Youth Jury Prize at Aspen Shortsfest in the USA
BAFTA LA Certificate of Excellence at Aspen Shortsfest in the USA

Ballroom Dancer by Christian Bonke & Andreas Kofoed
Special Mention at Tribeca Film festival in the USA
Nordic Documentary Award at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

Blood in the Mobile (Blod i mobilen) by Frank Piasecki Poulsen
The Herbert Quandt Medien Preis in Germany

Creature (Dyret) by Malene Choi Jensen
Honorary mention at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

Girl in the Water by Jeppe Rønde
Best Short Fiction at the Robert Awards in Denmark

Kidd Life by Andreas Johnsen
Special Mention in Sound & Vision at CPH:DOX in Denmark

Law of the Jungle (Mord i junglen) by Michael Christoffersen
The Sheffield Green Award at Sheffield Doc/Fest in the UK

My Brother Karim (Min bror Karim) by Asger K. Kallesøe
Best Long Fiction at the Robert Awards in Denmark

Naked Love - Eas Garden by Sara Koppel
Special Mention at Odense Film Festival in Denmark

Putin's Kiss (Putins kys) by Lise Birk Pedersen
World Cinema Cinematography Award: Documentary to Lars Skree at Sundance Film Festival in the USA
Best Documentary at the TV-festival in Denmark
Honorary Mention at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

Searching for Bill by Jonas Poher Rasmussen
NORDIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark

Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto by Johan Oettinger
Special Distinction at Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France

Sleeping Bear (Bjørnen sover) by Mette Føns
The Youth Award at Huesca International Film Festival in Spain
Special Mention at Huesca Film Festival in Spain

Slug Invasion by Morten Helgeland
Special Mention of the Youth Jury at Odense Film Festival in Denmark

Svend by Anne Regitze Wivel
Best Documentary at the Sbvend Awards in Denmark

The Act of Killing by Joshua Oppenheimer
DOX:Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark

The Ambassador (Ambassadøren) by Mads Brügger
Best Long Documentary at the Robert Awards in Denmark
ConScience Award at Docville in Belgium

The Animation Tag Attack by Christen Bach
Animation Talent Award at Odense Film Festival in Denmark

The Kid & the Clown (Klovn for livet) by Ida Grøn
Silver Horn for Best Medium-Length Documentary at Krakow Film Festival in Poland
Best Film For Kids at Pärnu Film Festival in Estonia

The Record Breaker by Brian McGinn
Best Documentary Short at Palm Springs International ShortsFest in the USA

The Secret of the Ice Flower (Isblomstens hemmelighed) by Jacob Ley
Best Children's Film at Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway
Audience Award at Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway

The Time We Have (Den tid vi har) by Mira Jargil
Best Short Documentary at the Robert Awards in Denmark
Best Short at Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in the USA
The CILECT Prize at the yearly conference

The Will (Testamentet) by Christian Sønderby Jepsen
Doc Alliance Award at DOK Leipzig in Germany

Tigers & Tatoos (Tigre og Tatoveringer) by Karla von Bengtson
Audience Award at Lucas Film Festival in Germany

To All My Friends (Til alle mine venner) by Behrouz Bigdeli
Special Mention at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Venus by Tor Fruergaard
Grand Jury Sparky Award for Animation at Slamdance Film Festival in the USA

White Black Boy by Camilla Magid
SONIC:DOX Award at CPH:DOX in Denmark

Mads Brügger, filmmaker
The Carl Th. Dreyer Award in Denmark
The Ole Award for Best Actor (in The Ambassador) in Denmark

Isabella Eklöf, director
The Bisseballe Award by the Bisseballe fund in Denmark

Michael Noer, filmmaker
The Roos Award by the Danish Film Institute in Denmark

Omar Sargawi, filmmaker
The Nordisk Film Award by Nordisk Film, Fonden at CPH:PIX in Denmark

FINLAND

All Hallows' Week (Hiljainen viikko) by Jussi Hiltunen
Best Fiction at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Prize of the Youth Jury for Finnish Film under 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway
Best International Short Film at Cork Film Festival in Ireland

Barzakh by Mantas Kvedaravicius
Best Human Rights Film at Ljubljana Documentary Film Festival in Slovenia

Battle for the River (Taistelu Turusta) by Jouko Aaltonen
Special Prize for Finnish Film over 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Burden of My Heart (Sydämeni taakka) by Iris Olsson & Yves Niyongabo
Best Finnish Film over 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Canned Dreams by Katja Gauriloff
Best Documentary at Nordic Film Days Lübeck in Germany

Five Fragments of the Extinct Empathy by Anna Nykyri
Best Short Documentary at Hot Docs in Canada

Five Star Existence by Sonja Lindén
Best Documentary at Seattle International Film Festival in the USA
Best Future Watch Documentary at Documentary Edge Festival in New Zealand
Jury Prize in the Human Image Competition at Baghdad International Film Festival in Iraq

Forever Yours (Ikuisesti sinun) by Mia Halme
Best Documentary at the Jussi Awards in Finland

Gates of Life by Pekka Veikkolainen & Hannes Vartiainen
Best Experimantal Short at Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico

Hypermarket Nation by Paula Korva
Best Finnish Film under 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Mothers (Äidit) by Elina Hyvärinen
Diploma of Merit to Finnish Film under 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

Raimo does not look like Kevin Costner (Raimo ei näytä Kevin Costnerilta) by Ville Rissanen
Third Prize at kaliber 35 Munich International Short Film Festival in Germany

Rigid Regime by Erkka Nissinen
Special Mention at Go Short in the Netherlands

So it Goes (Korsoteoria) by Antti Heikki Pesonen
Special Prize for Finnish Film under 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Youth Jury's Diploma of Merit to Finnish Film under 30 minutes at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Risto Jarva prize in the Finnish Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Young Talent Award at Munich International Festival of Film Schools in Germany
Best Film over 30 Minutes at Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in Germany
Best Acting at Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in Germany
Best Screenplay at International Film Schools Festival Recontres Henri Langlois in France

Soundbreaker by Kimmo Koskela
Best Creative Film at FIFA - Festival International du Film sur l'Art in Canada
Special Mention at the ITF Golden Prague TV Festival in the Czech Republic

Swarming (Kuhina) by Joni Männistö
Student Short Film Award at Anima - Brussels Animation and Cartoon Festival in Belgium
Animated Encounters UWE New European Talent Award at Encounters in the UK
Best School Award at Animafest in Hungary
Best Student Film Award at Anim'est in Romania
Best Animation Film at Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in Germany
Best School Film at Cinanima in Portugal
brain Tap Award at Animated Dreams in Estonia
Special Mention at Bradford Animation Festival in the UK
Grand Prix at Banja Luka International Animated Film Festival in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mention at Animatou International Animated Film Festival in Switzerland
High Risk Award at Fantoche International Animation Film Festival in Germany
Best in Show at Animation Block Party in the USA
Special Mention at Lago Film Fest in Italy
Grand Prize School & Graduation Short Films at SICAF in South Korea
Dusan Vukotic Award at Animafest Zagreb in Croatia
Peperbus Award at Zwolle Animation Film Festival in the Netherlands
Special Mention at Anifilm in the Czech Republic
Special Mention of the International Youth Jury at Filmfest Dresden in Germany
Best Nordic Baltic Student Film At Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway
FedEx Prize at PISAF in South Korea

The Annunciation (Marian Ilmestys) by Eija-Liisa Ahtila
ARTE Prize at International Short Film festival Oberhausen in Germany

The Punk Syndrome (Kovasikajuttu) by Jukka Kärkkäinen & J-P Passi
Audience Award in the Finnish Competition at Tampere Film Festival in Finland
Most Innovative Feature Film at Visions du Réel in Switzerland
The State Prize for Cinema 2012 from the National Art Council of Cinema in Finland
Best Film On Art at New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland

Iikka Vehkalahti, producer of YLE Dokumenttiprojekti
DocPoint Apollo Award at DocPoint in Finland

Sari Volanen, YLE producer
The prize of the Finnish Documentary Guild at The Finnish Film Week in Finland

ICELAND

Come to Harm (Skaði) by Borkur Sigthorsson
Best Short Film at the Edda Awards in Iceland

Last Days of the Arctic (Andlit Norðursins) by Magnus Vidar Sigurdsson
Best Documentary at the Edda Awards in Iceland
Best Music at the Edda Awards in Iceland

The Twisted Life of Elva (Snúid líf Elvu) by Egill Edvardsson
Special Mention at Nordic Film Days Lübeck in Germany

When Rabbits Fly (Þegar Kanínur Fljúga) by Helgi Jóhannsson & Halldór Ragnar Halldórsson
Audience Award at Encounters in the UK

NORWAY

A Balloon for Allah (En ballong til Allah) by Nefise Özkal Lorentzen
Best Documentary Award at International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality in Indonesia
Jury Award at International Film Festival for Peace, Inspiration and Equality in Indonesia

Allfader by Fredrik S. Hana
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

And the Going is Good (Og leken er god) by Vibeke Heide
The Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Short Film at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway
The Norwegian Film Workers Association's Technical Award to Marte Vold at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Back to the Square by Petr Lom
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Baldguy (Skallamann) by Maria Bock
Audience Award for Best Short at Films de Femmes in France
Audience Choice Award at Melbourne Queer Film Festival in Australia
Audience Award for Best Short Film at Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film and Video Festival in Canada
Audience Award at Perlen Film Fest in Germany
Best Short Film at Homochrome Film Festival in Germany

But Milk is Important by Eirik Grønmo Bjørnsen & Anna Mantzaris
Best Student Film at Frederikstad Animation festival in Norway

Byen som lekeplass by Malene Myrestrand
Best Norwegian Student Documentary at Bergen International Film festival in Norway

Dead Zone (Dødsone) by Christer Steffensen
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Everything Will Be OK by Jonas Matzow Gulbrandsen
Special Jury Award in the Norwegian competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
Honorary Mention at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

Fjord by Skule Eriksen
Jury Prize Mountain Film Competition at Mountain Film Festival in the USA
2nd Prize Sezione Paesaggio at Film Festival sul Paesaggio in Italy
Best Nordic Film at Wildlife Vaasa International Nature Film Festival in Finland

Flimmer by Line Klungseth Johansen
The Tromsø Palm at Tromsø International Film Festival in Norway

From This Day To Where by Mathias Eriksen & Matias Rygh
Amnesty International Award at Indie Lisboa in Portugal

Gulabi Gang by Nishta Jain
The Golden Chair for Best Norwegian Documentary at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Havets sølv by Are Pilskog
Best Norwegian Short Documentary at Bergen International Film Festival in Norway

Join their Game by Andre Chocron
Best Prerunner in the Norwegian competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Levi's Horse (Levis hest) by Torfinn Iversen
Youth Film Prize at International Short Film Festival Winterthur in Switzerland

Memories of Even (Ord etter Even) by Kristine Gausereide Jacobsen
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Nasseredin and His 84 Wives by Beate Petersen
Best Documentary Feature at Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival in the USA

North of the Sun (Nordfor sola) by Inge Wegge & Jørn Ranum
Honorary Mention at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway
Audience Award at the Norwegian Documentary Film Festival in Norway
Best Film At Canadian Surf Film Festival in Canada
Best Cinematography at Canadian Surf Film Festival in Canada
Best Documentary at London Surf Film Festival in the UK

Nowhere Home (De andre) by Margreth Olin
Best Norwegian Documentary at Bergen International Film festival in Norway

Paradox by Rolv Lyssand Bjørø
Honorable Mention in the Norwegian competition at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Premature (Prematur) by Gunhild Enger
Best Norwegian Film at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
Prix Européen at Brest European Short Film Festival in France
Prix des Passeurs de court at Brest European Short Film Festival in France
Prix Format Court at Brest European Short Film Festival in France
Brief Encounters Grand Prix at Encounters in the UK
Special Mention at Cork Film Festival in Ireland
Special Mention at Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden
Jury Award at International Short Film Festival of Leuven in Belgium

Pushwagner by Even Benestad & August B. Hanssen
Best Visual Effects to Eirik Aanonsen & Christer Engström at the Amanda Awards in Norway

Reconstructing a Family (Rekonstruksjon av en familie) by Charlotte Røhder Tvedt
Special Mention at Bergen International Film Festival in Norway

Salt Water Fruit (Saltvannsfrukt) by Erik Forus
The Hourglass Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

The Betrayal by Karen Winther
New Nordic Voices Award at Nordisk Panorama in Finland
Honorary Mention for student film at Bergen International Film Festival in Norway

The Devil's Ballroom by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken
Best Live Action Short 15 Minutes and Under at Palm Springs International ShortsFest in the USA

The First Cut (De eerste Snee) by Tallulah H. Schwab
The Norwegian Film Critics' Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

The People by the Fjord (Folk ved fjorden) by Øyvind Sandberg
Best Documentary at the Amanda Awards in Norway

The Wall by Lars Klevberg
Honorary Mention (x2) at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

To Guard a Mountain (Å vokte fjellet) by Izer Aliu
Best Short Film at the Amanda Awards in Norway
Best Norwegian Short Film at Bergen International Film Festival in Norway

The Last Song (Høstreise) by Ina Therese Lerner Grevstad
Honorary mention at Bergen International Film Festival in Norway

To Open, to See (Å åpne, å se) by Camilla Figenschou
The Terje Vigen Award at the Norwegian Short Film Festival in Norway

Tuba Atlantic by Hallvar Witzø
Nomination for Best Short Film (Live Action) at the Oscars in the USA
Mediatheques Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
Don Quichote Award at Krakow Film Festival in Poland
Audience Award at Curtocircuito in Spain

Videoboy (Videogutten) by Stian Kristiansen
Nordic Short Film Award at Nordisk Panorama in Finland
Best International Short at Fantasia Film Festival in Canada

Winter Light (Vinterlys) by Skule Eriksen
Best Short Documentary at Docuemntary Edge in New Zealand
Lessinia d'Oro at Lessinia Film Festival in Italy

Zakariassen Must Die (Zakariassen må dø) by Magne Pettersen
Diploma of Merit at Tampere Film Festival in Finland

SWEDEN

9 Scenes of Violence by Michael Krotkiwski
Best Student Film at Go Short in the Netherlands

Applied Theories of Expanding Minds by Lena Bergendahl, Jennifer Rainsford & Rut Karin Zettergren
Special Mention at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

At Night I Fly by Michel Wenzer
Guldbagge for Best Documentary Film at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Tempo Documentary Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Beaverhat (Bäverhatt) by Malin Skjöld
Best Swedish Short Film at Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden

Big Boys Gone Bananas!* by Fredrik Gertten
Best Documentary Feature at Sarasota Film Festival in the USA
Audience Award at Cambridge Film Festival in tne UK
The Rudolf Vrba Award at One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in the Czech Republic
Audience Award at One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival in the Czech Republic

Bird High Up (Fågel däruppe) by Mårten Nilsson
Honorable Mention at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Claes by Martina Carlstedt
Best European Short Film Documentary at Go Short in the Netherlands

Colombianos by Tora Mårtens
Special Mention at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
Golden Dove/Long Metrage at DOK Leipzig in Germany

Don't Mention the Music by Magdalena Dziurlikowska
Special Mention at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Enclosed Moments (En värld av kalk) by Jens Klevje & Fabian Svensson
FEDEORA Award at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

For You Naked (För dig naken) by Sara Broos
Best Swedish Documentary at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Harbour of Hope (Hoppets hamn) by Magnus Gertten
Special Mention at Krakow Film Festival in Poland

Heat Wave (Rekordsommar) by Adina Belin
Honorary Mention at Nordisk Panorama in Finland

I Was Worth 50 Sheep (Jag var värd 50 lamm) by Nima Sarvestani
Best Documentary Feature Film at Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Australia

Inbetweener (Dagar emellan) by Erik Bäfving
Best European Short Art Film at Go Short in the Netherlands
NIFA Best Documentary at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Just Like Zorro (Som en Zorro) by Linda-Maria Birbeck
The Short Feature Film Prize by SFI & SVT at Göteborg Interntaional Film Festival in Sweden
Audience Award at Göteborg Interntaional Film Festival in Sweden

Killing the Chickens to Scare the Monkeys by Jens Assur
Special Mention at Prague Short Film Festival in the Czech Republic
Special Jury Mention Labo at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
NIFA Best Film at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
NIFA Best Fiction at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
García de Paso Award at Huesca International Film Festival in Spain
Special Mention at Odense Film Festival in Denmark
Grand Prize at Rio De Janeiro International Short Film festival in Brazil

La Viande + L'amour by Johanna Rubin
Honorary Mention in the Swedish Competition at Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden

Las Palmas by Johannes Nyholm
Guldbagge for Best Short Film at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Award for Best Use of Digital Technology in a Short Film at Flickerfest in Australia
NIFA Best Animation at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway
Best Editing at Sapporo Short Fest in Japan

Life, Lust & Longing (Liv, lust & längtan) by Lisa James Larsson
Honorary Mention at Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden

Next Door Letters by Sascha Fülscher
OutLook Award for Best LGBT Short Film at Cork Film Festival in Ireland

Once There Was Love (Vi som älskade) by Håkan Pieniowsky & Kåge Jonsson
Best Film on Life in Russia at Pärnu Film Festival in Estonia

Out of Erasers (Sudd) by Erik Rosenlund
Best Experimental Film at Mediawave in Hungary
Special Jury Recognition at Aspen Shortsfest in the USA

Pinnochio utan näsa by Irene Lopez
New Doc Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden

Searching for Sugar Man by Malik Bendjelloul
World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary at Sundance Film Festival in the USA
World Cinema Special Jury Prize for its Celebration of the Artistic Spirit at Sundance Film Festival in the USA
Best Documentary by the National Board of Review in the USA
Audience Award at IDFA in the Netherlands
Best Music Documentary at IDFA in the Netherlands

She Male Snails (Pojktanten) by Ester Martin Bergsmark
Audience Award for Best Nordic Film At Gothenburg International Film Festival in Sweden
Diploma 'For the Bold Visual and Directotial Style which Challenges the Boundaries Between Fiction and Documentary' at Message to Man in the Russian Federation
Special Diploma of the Student Jury at Message to Man in the Russian Federation

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 by Göran Olsson
Guldbagge for Best Editing (Göran Olsson & Hanna Lejonqvist) at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden
Guldbagge for Best Music (Ahmir Questlove Thompson & Om'Mas Keith) at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden

The Clearing (Gläntan) by Peter Grönlund
The Special Award of the Jury to the Film with Best Cinematography at Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden

The Quiet One by Emelie Wallgren & Ina Holmqvist
Tempo Short Award at Tempo Documentary Festival in Sweden
Honorary mention at Nordisk Panorama in Finland
Audience Award at Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden

The Twin (Tvillingen) by Gustav Danielsson
Grand Prix at Odense Film Festival in Denmark

The Unliving (Återfödelsen) by Hugo Lilja
Canal+ Award at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France
Special Mention at Go Short in the Netherlands

Two (Dwie) by Lucia von Horn Pagano
Certificate of the Ecumenical Jury for a film in the International Children's and Youth Competition
at International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany

While You Were Gone (Medan du var borta) by Frida Kempff
Honorable Mention at Minimalen Short Film Festival in Norway

Women with Cows (Kokvinnorna) by Peter Gerdehag
Golden Horn for Best Film at Krakow Film Festival in Poland

Jens Assur, filmmaker
The Sundance/NHK International Filmmaker Award at Sundance Film Festival in the USA

Helena Danielsson, producer
Prix Eurimages at the European Film Awards in Malta

Ylva-Li Gustavsson & Lennart Gustafsson, filmmakers
The Gullspira Award for extraordinay contributions in films for children at the Guldbagge Awards in Sweden

Jessica Laurén & Stina Wirsén, director & animators
Honorary Award at BUFF in Sweden

Johannes Nyholm, filmmaker
Filmmaker's Section Grand Prix at Sapporo Short Fest in japan