55th Bodil Awards

The 55th Bodil Awards  were held on 3 March 2002 in the Imperial Cinema in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2001. Søren Østergaard and Louise Mieritz hosted the event which was broadcast live on DR2. Ole Christian Madsen's Kira's Reason: A Love Story won the awards for Best Film and Best Actress in a Leading Role (Stine Stengade). Jens Oking and Susanne Juhasz, both from One-Hand Clapping, won the awards for Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively, and Tommy Kenter in Fukssvansen received the Best Supporting Actor award. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was named Best American Film and Swedish Songs from the Second Floor Best Non-American Film.

Morten Piil and Peter Schepelern both received a Bodil Special Award for their contribution to increasing the knowledge of and interest in Danish film. Piil is a film critic for Dagbladet Information and Schepelern a scholar from University of Copenhagen, Institute for Film and Media Sciences, and both have edited large encyclopaedic works. Dan Laustsen was honoured with the Johan Ankerstjernes Award for Cinematography.

Winners and nominees
Winners and nominees:

Best Danish Film
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
 * A Song for Martin
 * Family
 * One-Hand Clapping 
 * Truly Human 

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jens Okking – One-Hand Clapping
 * Lars Mikkelsen – Kira's Reason: A Love Story
 * Troels Lyby – Truly Human
 * Nikolaj Lie Kaas – Truly Human
 * Sven Wollter – A Song for Martin

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Stine Stengade – Kira's Reason: A Love Story
 * Sidse Babett Knudsen – Mona's World
 * Charlotte Munck – Hush Little Baby
 * Viveka Seldahl – A Song for Martin

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Tommy Kenter – Fukssvansen
 * Troels II Munk – Truly Human

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Susanne Juhasz – One-Hand Clapping
 * Birthe Neumann – Fukssvansen

Best American Film
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 
 * Traffic
 * Shrek
 * You Can Count on Me
 * The Pledge

Best Non-American Film
Songs from the Second Floor
 * In the Mood for Love
 * Love is a Bitch
 * The Circle
 * Moulin Rouge

Bodil Special Award

 * Morten Piil and Peter Schepelern

Johan Ankerstjerne Award for Cinematography

 * Dan Laustsen