Antichrist wins Nordic Council Film prize of $70,000

MUMBAI: Lars Von Trier‘s feature film Antichrist has won this year‘s Nordic Council Film Prize. The prize, worth about $70,000, (DKK 350,000), will be shared between the winning film‘s director, screenwriter and producer.

The award will be presented at the Nordic Council‘s Session on October 27 in Stockholm.

Previous recipients of this prize include Roy Andersson for the Swedish film You, The Living (2008), Peter Sch?nau Fog for the Danish film The Art of Crying (2007) and Josef Fares for the Swedish film Zozo (2006).

Four other Nordic films competing for this year‘s prize were Sauna (Finland), The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (Iceland), Nord (Norway) and Light Year (Sweden).