The Nominated filmmakers in 2025, along with representatives from Nordisk Film & TV Fond, New Nordic Films and the Mayor of Haugesund. Photo: Grethe Nygaard.
One day ahead of the nomination ceremony in Haugesund, 21 filmmakers are officially announced as nominees for the prominent prize. This year’s titles are nationally and/or internationally recognised, with one film winning an Oscar.
Established in 2002 and awarded annually since 2005, the Nordic Council Film Prize is one of the region’s most esteemed cultural honours, awarded to a Nordic-produced feature film or documentary with cinema distribution. On Monday 24 August, the six nominated films for 2026 were announced by the Film Prize’s secretary Nordisk Film & TV Fond. The nomination ceremony takes place at the Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund Tuesday 25 August.
The 2026 nominees are:
Greenland did not submit a film for the 2026 Nordic Council Film Prize.
At the official nomination ceremony in Haugesund the nominated filmmakers meet each other and introduce their films to the festival audience.
The members of the Nordic Film Prize 2026 jury are Jacob Ludvigsen (DK), Jan Berg Jørgensen (FO), Marjo Pipinen (FI), Jóna Finnsdóttir (IS), Anne Gjelsvik (NO) and Jonas Holmberg (SE) .
Screenings of the nominated films will be arranged in the whole Nordic region as follows: Haugesund-Norway (25-27.08), Nuuk-Greenland (16-19.09), Helsinki-Finland (17-27.09) Aarhus-Denmark (01-08.10), Tórshavn-Faroe Islands (07-09.10), Stockholm-Sweden (08-10.10), and Reykjavik-Iceland (13-18.10). The screenings outside Haugesund are organised by Nuuk International Film Festival, Helsinki International Film Festival, Aarhus Series & Film Festival, the Nordic House in Tórshavn, Bio Skandia and Stockholm International Film Festival, and Bíó Paradis and Stockfish Film & Industry Festival.
Nordic Council Music Prize also has a film connection this year, as Norwegian composer Ola Kvernberg is nominated for his work on the animated feature Rally from Paris to the Pyramids (Flåklypa – fra Paris til Pyramidene).
The winners of the 2026 Film Prize, Music Prize, Literature Prize, Children & Young People’s Literature Prize, and Environment Prize will be announced on 20 October. During the Award Ceremony, hosted by the Nordic Council in the last week of October, the winners will receive the “Nordlys” prize statuette.
The Film Prize award of DKK 300,000 will be shared equally among the screenwriter(s), director(s), and producer(s), underscoring how film as an art form is brought about by the close collaboration of these three main contributors.
Meet the NCFP nominees in Haugesund!
The nominated films will be presented during the Opening of NEW NORDIC FILMS at The Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on Tuesday, August 25th. You can meet all the nominated filmmakers in a conversation about their film projects, moderated by Liselott Forsman, CEO at Nordisk Film & TV Fond, on Wednesday, August 26th at 18.00-19.00 at Haugesund Public Library. After the talk, there will be a Nordic reception.
Photo: Grethe Nygaard
The purpose: The purpose of the Film Prize is to promote the selection and circulation of Nordic films in the region to strengthen the Nordic cultural community and develop the Nordic region as a cultural domestic market. The nominated films are meant to benefit from the Film Prize, both culturally and commercially, in a Nordic and global perspective. The Nordic Council prizes aim to increase interest in culture and in collaboration on environmental issues, to recognise outstanding artistic and environmental initiatives, and to raise the profile and increase the visibility of Nordic co-operation.
The prize: The DKK 300,000 prize will be shared equally among the screenwriter, director, and producer.
Criteria for nomination: The nominated films must have deep roots in Nordic culture, be of high artistic quality, distinguish themselves by their artistic originality, and combine and elevate the many elements of film into a compelling and holistic work of art.The nominated films must have deep roots in Nordic culture, be of high artistic quality, distinguish themselves by their artistic originality, and combine and elevate the many elements of film into a compelling and holistic work of art.
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