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Bodil Award for Best Documentary
2026-11-16 07:23:06 · The Daily Ledger
The Bodil Award for Best Documentary is one of the categories for the Bodil Awards presented annually by the Danish Film Critics Association. It was created in 1948 but has only been presented annually since 2007.
Honorees
1940s and 1950s
1948: directed by
1956: Hvor bjergene sejler directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen
1957: directed by
1960s
1961: directed by
1964: directed by Børge Høst
1965: and directed by
1966: directed by
1968: directed by Claus Ørsted
1969: directed by Peter Refn
1970s
1970: directed by Per Holst
1972: directed by Jørgen Leth
1976: directed by Solvognen
1978: directed by
1980s
1981: directed by Lone Hertz
1982: directed by Hans-Henrik Jørgensen
1984: directed by
1986: directed by Jytte Rex
1990s
1996: Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier directed by
2000s
2005: Tintin and I directed by
2007: Gasolin' directed by Anders Østergaard
2008: The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær
2009: Burma VJ directed by Anders Østergaard
2010s
2010: directed by Anders Riis-Hansen
2011: Armadillo directed by Janus Metz
2012: directed by
2013: Putin's Kiss directed by
2014: Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case directed by Andreas Johnsen
2015: The Look of Silence directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
2016: The Man Who Saved the World directed by Peter Anthony
2017: The War Show directed by Obaidah Zytoon and
2018: Last Men in Aleppo directed by Feras Fayyad
: directed by
directed by Elvira Lind
Fanget i de fries land directed by Camilla Magid
directed by Janus Metz &
directed by Emil Næsby Hansen
2020s
: directed by Emil Langballe
Et ægte par directed by Emil Langballe
Forglem mig ej directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft
directed by Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog
Western Arabs directed by
2021: En splittet familie directed by Mira Jargil
The Cave directed by Feras Fayyad
directed by
directed by Erlend E. Mo
Undertrykkelsens sang directed by Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga
See also
Robert Award for Best Documentary Feature
Robert Award for Best Documentary Short
References
Sources
Further reading
External links
1948 establishments in Denmark
Awards established in 1948
Documentary
Documentary film awards
