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The 68th Bodil Awards were held on 28 February 2015 in the Bremen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2014.

On 4 February 2015 it was announced that Danish American actor Viggo Mortensen would receive the 2015 Bodil Honorary Award.^[1]

Silent Heart directed by Bille August became the big winner at the Awards: It won the Best Danish Film Award, Augusts's third, and 27 years since he won his second Bodil for Pelle the Conqueror in 1988. 29-year-old Danica Curcic won her first Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role as little sister Sanne in the film, while Pilou Asbæk took home his second Bodil statuette for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as Sanne's hash fuming boyfriend. Danish Film Critics Association in collaboration with the Danish Writers Guild had instituted a new award for Best Screenplay,^[2] which went to Christian Torpe [da; de] also for Silent Heart.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Winners in bold

Best Danish Film

Silent Heart
- All Inclusive
- Speed Walking
- The Sunfish
- When Animals Dream

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Henrik Birch – The Sunfish
- Villads Bøye [af; da] – Speed Walking
- Uffe Rørbæk Madsen [da] - In Real Life [da]
- Mikael Persbrandt – Someone You Love

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Danica Curcic – Silent Heart
- Bodil Jørgensen – All Inclusive
- Ghita Nørby – Silent Heart
- Paprika Steen – Silent Heart
- Sonia Suhl – When Animals Dream

Best Non-American Film

Force Majeure
- Winter Sleep
- Ida
- Two Days, One Night
- The Past

Best Documentary

The Look of Silence
- The Circus Dynasty [da]
- 1989 [da]
- The Arms Drop [da]
- We Are Journalists [da]

Recipients

Cinematographer

Niels Thastum for When Animals Dream

Henning Bahs Award

Rie Lykke for Speed Walking

Best Screenplay

Christian Torpe [da; de] for Silent Heart

Special Award

Molly Malene Stensgaard [de], film editor, for editing Nymphomaniac and Nymphomaniac Director's Cut^[4]

Honorary Award

Viggo Mortensen^[5]

References

^ "Viggo Mortensen modtager Æres-Bodil for alsidig karriere". DR.
^ "NY MANUSKRIPTPRIS". dramatiker.dk.
^ Kim Kastrup (28 February 2015). "Bodilprisen 2015: Og vinderne er..." (in Danish). Ekstra Bladet. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ Nanna Jakobsgaard (28 February 2015). "Bodil-regn over "Stille hjerte"". www.bt.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 1 March 2015.
^ "Viggo Mortensen modtager Æres-Bodil". politiken.dk.