Danish Film Academy

The Danish Film Academy (FilmAkademiet) is a Danish organisation the promotes the film industry.

The Danish Film Academy was founded in 1982 by a number of people with professional connection to the film industry. The Academy aims to promote film as an independent art form, and its members are primarily people who work with film. The Academy's largest annual event is the Robert Award ceremony.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jacob Neiiendam, former head of programming at Copenhagen International Film Festival from 2005 to 2007, Nordic correspondent for Screen from 1999 until 2005, and founder-director of the CPH PIX film festival (2008-2018), became chair of the academy before or during 2018. He had run the Robert Awards from 2013.[6]

  1. ^ Kosmorama (in Danish). Vol. 171–178. Danske Filmmuseum. 1985. p. 7.
  2. ^ ""Drømmen" blev Robert-topscorer". tv2.dk.
  3. ^ "En film løb med otte Robert-priser". DR.
  4. ^ "'Drømmen' årets film og Robert-topscorer". politiken.dk.
  5. ^ "Drømmen gik i opfyldelse".
  6. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (6 September 2018). "Jacob Neiindam stepping down from CPH PIX after 10th edition (exclusive)". Screen. Retrieved 13 May 2024.