Christina Rosendahl (born 5 January 1971) is a Danish film director. A nominee for several

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, she is known for her work on the films '' Supervoksen'' (2007), ''

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'' (2015), and '' The Good Traitor'' (2020).

Biography

Christina Rosendahl was born on 5 January 1971 in

Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a city on the island of Falster in southern Denmark. It has a population of 16,682 (1 January 2025). Including the satellite town Sundby (Lolland), Sundby on the Lolland side, with a populatio ...

, a city in

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. She was educated at the

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, where she was a student in Comparative Literary History and Film and Media Studies;

European Film College European Film College (Danish: Den Europæiske Filmhøjskole) is a film school and a Danish folk high school in Denmark, offering 1-year film foundation programme in practical filmmaking covering the fields of screenwriting, camera, sound, acting ...

(1995-1996), where she befriended

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(who would later become a sound designer and a long-time creative partner);

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; and Super16, a non-traditional film school in

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. In 2002, Rosendahl graduated from Super16 and directed her first film ''Stargazer'', a documentary on her sister

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and her band

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. In 2003, she directed ''Buddhas barn'', a documentary about Pia Rasmussen, the half-Danish reincarnation of Tibetan Buddhist teacher

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. In 2006, she directed her first feature film, '' Supervoksen''; the film was about a character whom ''

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'' called "the first lesbian teen in Danish film history". In 2007, she won the

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at the

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for ''Supervoksen''. In 2015, she was the director of ''

'', a thriller film about an investigation into health issues concerning workers in the

1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash On 21 January 1968, an aircraft accident, sometimes known as the Thule affair or Thule accident (; ), involving a United States Air Force (USAF) Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, B-52 bomber occurred near Thule Air Base in the Danish territory of Gre ...

cleanup effort; she was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Director (at the

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) and the

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(at the 69th Bodil Awards) for that film. In 2020, she directed and co-wrote '' The Good Traitor'', a period drama about the ambassador

Henrik Kauffmann Henrik Kauffmann (26 August 1888 – 5 June 1963) was the Danish ambassador to the United States during World War II, who signed over part of Greenland to the US. Career Kauffmann started his foreign career by serving as envoy in Rome, 1921� ...

; she was nominated for the Robert Award for Best Director (at the 38th Robert Awards) and the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film (at the 74th Bodil Awards) for that film. She was chairperson of the Danish Film Directors Association from 2014 until her resignation in 2022. As chairperson, she promoted female representation within the film director occupation. She won the 2017 Bodil Special Award for her work as chairperson. Rosendahl joined the European Film College's board in 2020. Her 2024 film '' Matters of the Heart'' was inspired by her childhood experiences and her father's struggle with alcoholism. It won the Best Danish Film and six other awards at the 42nd Robert Awards.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosendahl, Christina 1971 births Living people Danish film directors Danish women film directors People from Nykøbing Falster University of Copenhagen alumni New York Film Academy alumni