55th Bodil Awards

55th Bodil Awards
Date3 March 2002
SiteImperial Cinema, Copenhagen
Hosted bySøren Østergaard and Louise Mieritz
Highlights
Best FilmKira's Reason: A Love Story
Best ActorJens Okking
One-Hand Clapping
Best ActressStine Stengade
Kira's Reason: A Love Story
Most awardsKira's Reason: A Love Story and One-Hand Clapping (2)

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.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners and nominees:[2]

Best Danish Film

Kira's Reason: A Love Story

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Jens OkkingOne-Hand Clapping

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Stine StengadeKira's Reason: A Love Story

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Tommy KenterFukssvansen

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Susanne JuhaszOne-Hand Clapping

Best American Film

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Best Non-American Film

Songs from the Second Floor

Bodil Special Award

  • Morten Piil and Peter Schepelern

Johan Ankerstjerne Award for Cinematography

See also

References

  1. ^ "Et ægte eventyr" (in Danish). Politiken. Retrieved 2012-03-02.
  2. ^ "Bodil på vej med priser" (in Danish). cinemazone.dk. Retrieved 2012-03-02.