65th Bodil Awards

65th Bodil Awards
Date	3 March 2012
Site	Bremen Theater, Copenhagen
Hosted by	Ditte Hansen and Louise Mieritz
Highlights
Best Film	Melancholia
Best Actor	Nikolaj Lie Kaas A Funny Man
Best Actress	Lena Maria Christensen A Family
Most awards	A Funny Man (4)

The 65th Bodil Awards were held on 3 March 2012 in the Bremen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. Lars von Trier's Melancholia won the awards for Best Danish Film and Best Cinematography (Alberto Claro). The only other multiple winner was A Funny Man, which took the awards for Best Actor (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), Best Supporting Actor (Lars Ranthe) and Best Set Design (Charlotte Bay Garnov and Peter Grant). It also won the new Audience Award which was introduced this year in collaboration with Blockbuster. The awards for Best Leading and Supporting Actresses went to Lena Maria Christensen won the award for Best Actress for her performance in A Family and Paprika Steen won Best Supporting Actress for SuperClásico. The Testament earned the award for Best Documentary. Winter's Bone was named Best American Film while the Iranian A Separation was selected as Best Non-American Film.

The actress Ghita Nørby received a Bodil Honorary Award and the producer Jes Graversen received a Special Award.

Winners

Best Danish Film

• Melancholia
  • A Family
  • A Funny Man
  • Rebounce
  • SuperClásico

Best Documentary

• The Testament
  • Ambassadøren
  • Svend
  • ½ Revolution
  • Præsidenteno

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Nikolaj Lie Kaas – A Funny Man
  • Jesper Christensen – A Family
  • Anders W. Berthelsen – SuperClásico

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Lena Maria Christensen – A Family
  • Frederikke Dahl Hansen – Rebounce
  • Kirsten Dunst – Melancholia
  • Malou Reymann – Love Is in the Air

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Lars Ranthe – A Fummy Man
  • Pilou Asbæk – A Family
  • David Dencik – Room 304
  • John Hurt – Headhunter
  • Kiefer Sutherland – Melancholia

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Paprika Steen – SuperClásico

• Anne Sofie Espersen – Rebounce
• Charlotte Gainsbourg – Melancholia
• Anne Louise Hassing – A Family
• Charlotte Rampling – Melancholia

Best Cinematography

• Manuel Alberto Claro – Melancholia'

Best American Film

• Winter's Bone
  • Drive
  • Black Swan
  • True Grit
• Tree of Life

Best Non-American Film

• A Separation
  • Another Year
  • Of Gods and Men
  • Oslo, August 31st
  • The King's Speech

Bodil Special Award

• Jes Graversen (film distributor, Miracle Film)

Bodil Honorary Award

• Ghita Nørby

Audience Award

• A Funny Man (actress)

Henning Bahs Award

• Charlotte Garnov and Peter Grant, scenography (A Funny Man)