69th Bodil Awards

The 69th Bodil Awards were held on 5 March 2016 in the Bremen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, honoring the best national and foreign films of 2015.

On 11 February 2016 it was announced that 75-year-old Danish-French actress Anna Karina would receive the 2016 Bodil Honorary Award as "one of the most iconic" actresses of the French New Wave.

Land of Mine directed by Martin Zandvliet was the big winner at the Awards: It won the Best Danish Film Award, Roland Møller won his first Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role as Sgt. Carl Rasmussen in the film, while Louis Hofmann took home the statuette for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as a young German POW. Peter Albrechtsen received a special Bodil for sound design in the film The Idealist and Mia Stensgaard won the Henning Bahs Prize for her production design on Mænd og Høns.

Winners and nominees
Winners in bold

Best Danish Film

 * Land of Mine
 * The Idealist
 * Bridgend
 * Krigen
 * Sommeren '92

Best Actor in a Leading Role

 * Roland Møller – Land of Mine
 * Joachim Fjelstrup – Steppeulven
 * Ulrich Thomsen – Sommeren '92
 * Pilou Asbæk – Krigen
 * Peter Plaugborg – The Idealist

Best Actress in a Leading Role

 * Mille Lehfeldt – Lang historie kort
 * Ghita Nørby – Nøgle hus spejl
 * Tuva Novotny for Krigen
 * Hannah Murray for Bridgend
 * Bodil Jørgensen for People Get Eaten

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

 * Louis Hofmann – Land of Mine
 * Søren Malling – The Idealist
 * Henning Jensen – Sommeren '92
 * Dulfi al-Jabouri – Krigen
 * Esben Smed – Sommeren '92

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

 * Trine Pallesen – Nøgle hus spejl
 * Trine Dyrholm – Lang historie kort
 * Dya Josefine Hauch – Lang historie kort
 * Lene Maria Christensen – Sommeren '92
 * Ruth Brejnholm – Skyggen af en helt

Best American Film

 * Birdman
 * Inside Out
 * Sicario
 * Star Wars: The Force Awakens
 * Whiplash

Best Non-American Film

 * Mommy
 * Leviathan
 * Mad Max: Fury Road
 * Amy
 * Marshland

Best Documentary

 * The Man Who Saved the World
 * Et hjem i verden
 * Misfits
 * Fassbinder – at elske uden at kræve
 * Naturens uorden

Bodil Honorary Award

 * Anna Karina

Bodil Special Award

 * Peter Albrechtsen, Sound editor, for editing The Idealist among other films.

Best Cinematography

 * Magnus Nordenhof Jønck for Nøgle hus spejl, Krigen and Bridgend

Henning Bahs Award

 * Mia Stensgaard for Mænd og Høns

Danish Writers Guild Best Screenplay Award

 * May el-Toukhy and Maren Louise Käehne for Lang historie kort