01/03/2013 - Danish director Tobias Lindholm's film came first in five categories and Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair in nine at the Danish Film Academy's Robert Awards ceremony last night

Danish director Nikolaj Arcel’s Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair [+see also:
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Still Arcel left Copenhagen’s Tivoli Hotel and Congress Centre last night with nine awards, including Best Director and Best Supporting Actor (for Mikkel Boe Følsgaard, who also received a Silver Bear in Berlin for his performance).

Best Actress went ex aequo to Trine Dyrholm (Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need [+see also:
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WINNERS

Best Film
A Hijacking. Nordisk Film Production
Producers: Thomas Radoor and René Ezra / Directors: Tobias Lindholm
Best Film for Children and Young Audiences
You & Me Forever
 [+see also:
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Best Actor
Søren Malling - A Hijacking
Best Actress(es)
Bodil Jørgensen - This Life / Trine Dyrholm - Love Is All You Need
Best Supporting Actor
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard - A Royal Affair
Best Supporting Actress
Trine Dyrholm - A Royal Affair
Best Director
Nikolaj Arcel - A Royal Affair
Best Original Screenplay
Tobias Lindholm - A Hijacking
Best Cinematography
Rasmus Videbæk - A Royal Affair
Best TV Series
The Killing (3). DR Fiktion - Mikkel Serup
Honorary Robert 2013
Danish actress Ghita Nørby
Best Documentary
The Act of Killing - Joshua Oppenheimer
Best US Feature
Argo - Ben Affleck
Best Non-US Feature
Amour [+see also:
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Audience Award (drama)
This Life - Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis
Audience Award (comedy)
Love Is All You Need
Audience Award (for children and young audiences)
Max Embarrassing Goes to the Festival - Lotte Svendsen
Audience Award (TV series)
The Killing (3)
The Ib Tardini Prize
Danish producer Ronnie Fridthjof