AWARD HIGHLIGHTS
Før mørket was the opening film of the 48th Gotenberg Film Festival (2025).
Audience Dragon Award for Best Nordic Film.
Amanda Awards: Best Production Design for Kate van der Merwe and Best Visual Effects for Alf Martin Løvvold
Awards nominations:
The film received multiple nominations for the 2025 Norwegian Amanda Awards.
Best Feature Film Adaptation
– Australian Writers Guild Awards
International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI)
– Toronto International Film Festival
Black Pearl Award for Best Picture
– Middle East International Film Festival.
German Critics Association Award (2003)
Jury Award at the Bermuda International Film Festival (2002)
Munich Starter Prize for Best First Time Director (2002)
Golden Needle Award at the Seattle Film Festival (2002)
And many more...
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German Critics Association Award (2003)
Jury Award at the Bermuda International Film Festival (2002)
Munich Starter Prize for Best First Time Director (2002)
Golden Needle Award at the Seattle Film Festival (2002)
Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor (x 2 shared) Best Cameo Role; Best Cinematography at the Avanti South African Awards (2001)
Critics Pick of the Toronto Film Festival (2001)
Best Independent Mini Film
– Independents Film Festival 2004 (USA)
Merit - Brett Kebble Award 2004
Best South African Short Film
– Durban International Film Festival 2005
Best Short Film
– African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival of Milan, Italy 2006
Best Writer, Best Cinematographer and Best Short Film at the 2006 South African Film and Television Golden Horn Awards
Special Mention in the International Competition "Confrontations
and many more..
Diploma for contribution by the Young Audiences of the Festival, Polish Film Festival
CIFEJ Prize
– 29th Annual Rimouski International Festival of Youth Cinema, Canada
Aichi Cinema & Theatre Association Award
– Aichi International Women’s Film Festival, Japan
Grand Prix for Best Film, & a Special Mention from the International Youth Jury
– Ciné-Jeune Festival, France
Audience Award for Best Film - Bermuda International Film Festival
Honorary Award 2011
– Cinema for Peace UNICEF Child Rights Award for Film Award
Best World Cinema
– San Francisco Black Film Festival
Best Feature
– Pan African Film Festival, Los Angeles
Best Director for a Narrative Feature, Best Cinematography for a Narrative Feature, Special Jury Prize for Original Creative Vision
– River Run International Film Festival, Carolina, USA
Founders Awards
– Traverse City Film Festival, USA
