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The Commune and Parents at the Fore in Bodil Awards

BODIL 2017. Of the five films running for best Danish film, no less than three are first features. Top scorer in this year's nominations for the Danish critics' Bodil Awards is Thomas Vinterberg's "The Commune," which is selected in five categories.

12. January 2017 Danish Film Institute

Thomas Vinterberg's "The Commune" leads the nominations for the Bodil Awards 2017, scoring five categories in this year's announcement of the candidates for Denmark's oldest film prize, which is handed out by the Danish Film Critics' Association.

See nominees for the Danish Film Academy's Robert Awards 2017

Vinterberg's drama, based on the director's childhood memories of growing up in a large communal house in the 1970s, is running for the title as Best Film as well as the awards in all four acting categories. Also selected in the Best Film category is Nicolas Winding Refn's "The Neon Demon."

Another film leading the competition is Christian Tafdrup's "Parents" with four nominations. Tafdrup's film, about a middle-aged couple whose attempt to make a fresh start takes an unexpected turn, is one of the three debuting directors vying for Best Film, with Ali Abassi's horror tale "Shelley" and Rasmus Heisterberg's drama "In the Blood" as the remaining two.

The Bodil Awards, celebrating their 70th anniversary in 2017, will take place on 4 March in Copenhagen. See more at bodilprisen.dk.  

Bodil Awards 2017 / Complete list of nominated films

Best Feature

    • The Commune (Thomas Vinterberg)
    • In the Blood (Rasmus Heisterberg)
    • Parents (Christian Tafdrup)
    • Shelley (Ali Abbasi)
    • The Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn)

    Best Actress

    • Trine Dyrholm (The Commune)
    • Danica Curcic (Across the Waters)
    • Elle Fanning (The Neon Demon)
    • Bodil Jørgensen (Parents)
    • Cecilie Lassen (Walk with Me)

    Best Actor

      • David Dencik (Across the Waters)
      • Søren Malling (Parents)
      • Mikkel Boe Følsgaard (Walk with Me)
      • Martin Buch (Swinger)
      • Ulrich Thomsen (The Commune)

      Best Supporting Actress

        • Sofie Gråbøl (The Day Will Come)
        • Martha Sofie Wallstrøm Hansen (The Commune)
        • Victoria Carmen Sonne (In the Blood)
        • Laura Bro (Across the Waters)
        • Miri Ann Beuschel (Parents)

        Best Supporting Actor

          • Lars Mikkelsen (The Day Will Come)
          • Elliott Crosset Hove (In the Blood)
          • Alexandre Willaume (Hundeliv)
          • Lars Ranthe (The Commune)
          • Lars Ranthe (Love and other Catastrophes)

          Best Documentary

          • The War Show (Andreas Dalsgaard, Obaidah Zytoon)
          • Who We Were (Sine Skibsholt)
          • BUGS (Andreas Johnsen)
          • Amateurs in Space (Max Kestner)
          • Vejen er lang (Mette Knudsen)

          Best Non-American Feature

            • Toni Erdmann (Maren Ade)
            • Son of Saul (László Nemes)
            • Ex Machina (Alex Garland)
            • Things to Come (Mia Hansen-Løve)
            • I, Daniel Blake (Ken Loach)

            Best American Feature

              • Arrival (Denis Villeneuve)
              • Spotlight (Thomas McCarthy)
              • The Revenant (Alejandro González Iñárritu)
              • Carol (Todd Haynes)
              • Captain Fantastic (Matt Ross)

              In addition to these categories, awards will be handed out for Best Script and Best Cinematographer as well as an Honorary Bodil, a Special Bodil and a production designer award.

              The Commune

              Thomas Vinterberg, 2016

              Erik and Anna are a couple of academics with a dream. With their daughter Freja, they set up a commune in Erik's huge villa in an upmarket district of Copenhagen. With the family at the centre of the story, we are invited into their dream of a real commune.

              The Neon Demon

              Nicolas Winding Refn, 2016

              When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

              Parents

              Christian Tafdrup, 2016

              When their son Esben moves out, Kjeld and Vibeke decide to relocate to a smaller home. They discover that the apartment they lived in back when they were students is up for sale and agree to buy it and make a new start. Kjeld furnishes the apartment the way it was back then, and for a while the two relive their sweet days of youth.

              Shelley

              Ali Abbasi, 2016

              Louise and Kasper, a Danish couple, live in an isolated villa in the middle of the forest away from modern life, technology and even electricity. Louise's biggest dream is to become a mother but she is unable to have children. She finally decides, out of desperation, to seal a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, who accepts to bear Louise's child as a surrogate mother in exchange of a large amount of money.

              In the Blood

              Rasmus Heisterberg, 2016

              It’s summer in Copenhagen. A time of endless days and carefree nights. Simon goes to medical school with his best friend Knud and they share an apartment with Søren and Esben, the last two friends in the group.