The Danish Film Academy () is a Danish organisation the promotes the film industry.
The Danish Film Academy was founded in 1982 by a number of people with professional connection to the
film industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production company, production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre- ...
. The Academy aims to promote film as an
independent art form, and its members are primarily people who work with film. The Academy's largest annual event is the
Robert Award
The Robert Award () is a Danish film prize awarded each year by the Danish Film Academy since 1984.
Description
The Robert-Prisen (Robert Award) is an annual award given by the Danish Film Academy, launched in 1984. It is the Danish equivalent ...
ceremony.
Jacob Neiiendam, former head of programming at
Copenhagen International Film Festival
Copenhagen International Film Festival (CIFF) was a film festival held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 2003 to 2008. The main prize, the Golden Swan, was awarded for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor, Best Script and Best C ...
from 2005 to 2007, Nordic correspondent for ''
Screen
Screen or Screens may refer to:
Arts
* Screen printing or ''silkscreening'', a printing method
* Big screen, a nickname for motion pictures
* Split screen (filmmaking), showing two or more images side by side
* Stochastic screening and Halftone ...
'' from 1999 until 2005, and founder-director of the
CPH PIX
CPH PIX was a film festival that took place annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. Created when the Copenhagen International Film Festival and the NatFilm Festival were merged in 2008, the festival ran from 2009 until 2021. It was run by Copenhagen F ...
film festival (2008-2018), became chair of the academy before or during 2018. He had run the Robert Awards from 2013.
References
External links
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Film organizations in Denmark
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