14/01/2015 - The Danish director is competing with Mikkel Nørgaard, Niels Arden Oplev, Bille August and Søren Balle for Best Film and Best Director

Danish director Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac [+see also:
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“Nineteen features in the awards race demonstrate a film year of variety and quality – there is much to celebrate in Danish film and TV,” said Academy chairman Kim Magnusson. Best Danish Film will be chosen from among Nymphomaniac: Director’s Cut, Mikkel Nørgaard’s The Absent One [+see also:
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Newcomer Danica Curcic (The Absent One) is up for Best Actress, together with Bodil Jørgensen (Hella Joof’s Malta - All Inclusive [+see also:
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For Best US Film, the Academy’s 1,650 members can cast their votes for Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave [+see also:
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interview: Michael Fassbender
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film profile]. And for Best Non-US Film, they can opt for Swedish director Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure [+see also:
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interview: Ruben Östlund
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interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
interview: Pawel Pawlikowski
film profile], Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s Like Father, Like Son, UK directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard’s 20,000 Days on Earth [+see also:
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interview: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne
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interview: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
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