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Danish Bodil Awards 2008

25 February 2008
“The Art of Crying” by Peter Schønau Fog was honoured with Best Danish Film at the Film Critics’ Bodil Awards. In all, these awards were presented at the prizegiving ceremony on Sunday 24 February:

Best Danish Film
“The Art of Crying” by Peter Schønau Fog

Best Actress
Noomi Rapace in “Daisy Diamond”

Best Actor
Jesper Asholt in “The Art of Crying”

Best Supporting Actress
Charlotte Fich in “Just Another Love Story”

Best Supporting Actor
Morten Grunwald in “White Night”

Best Director of Photography
Dan Laustsen for “The Substitute” and “Just Another Love Story”

Best Documentary Film
“The Monastery” by Pernille Rose Grønkjær

Best American Film
“Letters from Iwo Jima” by Clint Eastwood

Best Foreign Film (other than USA)
“Pan’s Labyrinth” by Guillermo del Toro

Special Bodil
Ghost Digital Production House for special effects in “Island of Lost Souls”

Honorary Bodil
Marguerite Engberg, Ib Monty and Niels Jensen for their important role in film education.

For further information:

Danish Association of Film Critics
www.filmkritik.dk (in Danish)

Danish Film Institute’s Factsheets
Danish Films

Source DFI