The 69th Bodil Awards were held on 5 March 2016 in the Bremen Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, honoring the best national and foreign films of 2015.
On 11 February 2016 it was announced that 75-year-old Danish-French actress Anna Karina would receive the 2016 Bodil Honorary Award as "one of the most iconic" actresses of the French New Wave.
Land of Mine directed by Martin Zandvliet was the big winner at the Awards: It won the Best Danish Film Award, Roland Møller won his first Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role as Sgt. Carl Rasmussen in the film, while Louis Hofmann took home the statuette for Best Actor in a Supporting Role as a young German POW. Peter Albrechtsen received a special Bodil for sound design in the film The Idealist and Mia Stensgaard won the Henning Bahs Prize for her production design on Mænd og Høns.
Winners and nominees
Winners in bold
Best Danish Film
Land of Mine
The Idealist
Bridgend
Krigen
Sommeren '92
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Roland Møller – Land of Mine
Joachim Fjelstrup – Steppeulven
Ulrich Thomsen – Sommeren '92
Pilou Asbæk – Krigen
Peter Plaugborg – The Idealist
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Mille Lehfeldt – Lang historie kort
Ghita Nørby – Nøgle hus spejl
Tuva Novotny for Krigen
Hannah Murray for Bridgend
Bodil Jørgensen for People Get Eaten
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Louis Hofmann – Land of Mine
Søren Malling – The Idealist
Henning Jensen – Sommeren '92
Dulfi al-Jabouri – Krigen
Esben Smed – Sommeren '92
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Trine Pallesen – Nøgle hus spejl
Trine Dyrholm – Lang historie kort
Dya Josefine Hauch – Lang historie kort
Lene Maria Christensen – Sommeren '92
Ruth Brejnholm – Skyggen af en helt
Best American Film
Birdman
Inside Out
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Whiplash
Best Non-American Film
Mommy
Leviathan
Mad Max: Fury Road
Amy
Marshland
Best Documentary
The Man Who Saved the World
Et hjem i verden
Misfits
Fassbinder – at elske uden at kræve
Naturens uorden
Recipients
Bodil Honorary Award
Anna Karina
Bodil Special Award
Peter Albrechtsen, Sound editor, for editing The Idealist among other films.