No Rest for the Wicked wins Lübeck’s NDR Film Prize
Kasper Kalle’s No Rest for the Wicked won the NDR Film Prize at Germany’s Nordic Film Days Lübeck. The Danish director received the festival’s largest individual award, worth 12,500 euros. Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart won both the audience and INTERFILM prizes at the ceremony, which distributed eleven awards worth a combined 70,000 euros.
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Kasper Kalle receives the festival’s largest individual award
No Rest for the Wicked, by Danish director Kasper Kalle, won the NDR Film Prize at the 68th Nordic Film Days Lübeck in Germany. The award was presented at the festival’s ceremony on the evening of November 7. Worth 12,500 euros, it was the largest individual prize in the programme.[1], [2]
The same jury gave a special mention to Ulya, directed by Viesturs Kairišs. The awards night took place at Theater Lübeck, with Loretta Stern hosting.[1]
Brace Your Heart wins audience and INTERFILM prizes
Amanda Kernell’s Brace Your Heart won two prizes: the audience award, worth 7,500 euros, and the INTERFILM award, worth 5,000 euros. Mads Mengel’s The Guest received the feature debut award. The festival’s friends association donated that prize, worth 7,500 euros, which actor Jürgen Vogel presented at the ceremony.[1]
Documentary and short-film prizes complete the ceremony
Håvard Bustnes’s Let Our Mountains Live received the documentary prize. The End, directed by Niki Lindroth von Bahr, won best Nordic and Baltic short film; Arnas Balčiūnas’s Class Photo received a special mention. Eleven awards carried a combined 70,000 euros. The festival ends on November 8, with an online selection scheduled to remain available until November 15.[1]
