13 December 2020
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Thomas Vinterberg s acclaimed new movie Another Round has swept the European Film Awards, landing three prizes, including Best Actor for Mads Mikkelsen.
Vinterberg also picked up Best European Film and Best Screenwriter, alongside Tobias Lindholm.
The win cements the Danish movie as a favourite for the Foreign Language film Oscar next year. The project, about a group of teachers who pledge to stay drunk to test a theory that modest inebriation opens minds, has been a favourite at this year s film festivals.
Accepting the Best Film honour at the virtual EFA ceremony on Saturday, Vinterberg said, My first film was about child abuse, my second one about the same and now we ve made a film about four heterosexual white males teaching youngsters to drink. It could never have been possible outside of this continent and I m super proud to be awarded in this continent.
Thomas Vinterberg’s
Another Round swept the European Film Awards on Saturday (December 12), winning four awards including best film, director, screenplay and actor for Mads Mikkelsen.
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Accepting the best screenplay prize via video link, sat alongside co-writer Tobias Lindholm, Danish filmmaker Vinterberg said: “In a time of confinement, financial crisis and death, our attempt to make a life-affirming film has somehow succeeded.”
Best actor winner Mikkelsen dedicated his award to “a shining light who is not here anymore”, Ida Vinterberg – the daughter of
Another Round’s director – who died in a car accident in 2019.