Dragon Award Best Nordic Film Juries

Eight films compete for the Dragon Award Best Nordic Film. The award is 1.000.000 SEK (110 000 EUR) and a Dragon Award statuette. The Award is sponsored by the Region of Västra Götaland, City of Gothenburg and Ernströmgruppen. This year’s nominated films.



Members of the jury

Samira Makhmalbaf

Chairwoman of the jury. At age 17 she became the youngest director ever to be chosen for Cannes film festival with her debut, The Apple. GIFF has previously screened her films Blackboards (2000) At five in the afternoon (2003) and Two-Legged Horse (2008).



Manuel AlbertoClaro

Danish cinematographer. Has shot a number of features, among them Dark Horse (winner of GIFF’s Best Nordic Film in 2006), Limbo, Melancholia and Lars von Trier’s new feature film Nymphomaniac.



Thor Sigurjonsson

Producer from Iceland. Co-founder of Zik Zak Filmworks in Iceland and Profile Picture in Denmark. Has produced more than 20 movies. Resents projects includes the Icelandic box office hit Black game.



Andrea Östlund

Swedish director. Directed several shorts and TV series. As appointed consultant for the Rookie programme for first time filmmakers, she made a special call for women directors, resulting in She Monkeys (Apflickorna), winner of Best Nordic Film 2011.



Timo Malmi

Programme director of Midnight Sun Film Festival, ”The Kaurismäki brothers’ festival”. Film critic since the 1970’s.



Christin Berg

Christin Berg, director of programming Oslo Kino AS, the largest Cinema Company in Norway.