The Bodil Special Award ( da, Sær-Bodil, Special Bodil) is one of the awards at the annual

Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given by the Danish Film Critics Association. The awards are presented annually at a ceremony in Copenhagen. Established in 1948, it is one of the oldest film awards in Europe. The awards are give ...

presented by the

Danish Film Critics Association Danish Film Critics Association ( da, Danske Filmkritikere, until 2013 ''Filmmedarbejderforeningen'') is a film critics association that annually since 1948 have handed out the Bodil Awards The Bodil Awards are the major Danish film awards given ...

. While the Bodil Awards as such were established in 1948, the Special Award was first presented in 2008, and has been given annually to a person or an organization who has done something special for

Danish cinema Denmark has been producing films since 1897 and since the 1980s has maintained a steady stream of product due largely to funding by the state-supported Danish Film Institute. Historically, Danish films have been noted for their realism, religiou ...

Recipients

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

: Ghost Digital Production House for the effects in '' Island of Lost Souls'' * 2009: for the score to '' What No One Knows'', '' Terribly Happy'', and ' * 2010:

Kristian Eidnes Andersen Kristian Eidnes Andersen (born 2 July 1966) is a Danish film audio engineer and composer. He heads the department of sound design at the National Film School of Denmark. Eidnes Andersen got a degree from the National Film School of Denmark, and ...

for sound design in ''

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'' * 2011:

Tobias Lindholm Tobias Lindholm (born 5 July 1977) is a Danish screenwriter and film director. His 2015 directed film ''A War'' was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In addition to ''A War'', he has directed the films '' R'' (2010), ...

for the scripts for '' R'' and '' Submarino'' *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

: Distributor Jes Graversen from Miracle Film *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

Joshua Oppenheimer Joshua Lincoln Oppenheimer (born September 23, 1974) is an American-British film director based in Copenhagen, Denmark. He is known for his Oscar-nominated films ''The Act of Killing'' (2012) and ''The Look of Silence'' (2014), Oppenheimer was ...

for the hybrid film '' The Act of Killing'' *

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

: Copenhagen International Documentary Festival headed by Tine Fischer * 2015: ,

film editor Film editing is both a creative and a technical part of the post-production process of filmmaking. The term is derived from the traditional process of working with film which increasingly involves the use of digital technology. The film ed ...

, for editing ''

Nymphomaniac Hypersexuality is extremely frequent or suddenly increased libido. It is controversial whether it should be included as a clinical diagnosis used by mental healthcare professionals. Nymphomania and satyriasis were terms previously used for the c ...

'' and ''Nymphomaniac Director's Cut'' *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

Tonmeister Tonmeister is most often found as a job description in the music and recording industries. It describes a person who is a sound master (a literal translation of the German word): a person who creates recordings or broadcasts of music who is both d ...

Peter Albrechtsen *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

: Christina Rosendahl for her film work as chairman of the Danish Film Directors * 2018: The Animation Workshop, Copenhagen Bombay, and VOID – International Animation Film Festival * 2019: Translator Henrik Thøgersen * 2020: Stumfilm.dk, the silent movie streaming service of the

Danish Film Institute The Danish Film Institute ( da, Det Danske Filminstitut) is the national Danish agency responsible for supporting and encouraging film and cinema culture, and for conserving these in the national interest. Also known as ''Filmhuset'' ("the film ...

* 2021: Director and Producer Katja Adomeit for her innovation and for bringing New Zealander Daniel Borgman, Swedish Anna Eborn, Afghan Shahrbanoo Sadat, and Danish to light.

References

External links

* {{Bodil Awards

Special Award Special or specials may refer to: Policing * Specials, Ulster Special Constabulary, the Northern Ireland police force * Specials, Special Constable, an auxiliary, volunteer, or temporary; police worker or police officer Literature * ''Specia ...