The Nordic Council Film Prize is an annual film prize administered by the Nordic Council since 2002. The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize, and also awards the Nordic Series Awards, since 2017.
The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary. Since 2005 the prize has been annual.
In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist.
In 2025, a film produced in the Faroe Islands was nominated for the first time.
The statutes of the award came into effect in 2003 and were amended in 2007, 2009, 2011, and 2016. The award is given to a film deeply rooted in Nordic culture, it is shared between the film's director, scriptwriter and producer, underlining the fact that film as an art form is the result of a close collaboration between these three main functions. The award includes a cash prize of DKK 300,000 ($40,000).
The Nordic Council Film Prize is administered by the Nordisk Film & TV Fond, a secretariat to the Nordic Council. The Fond is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies. It also funds the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize at the annual Gothenburg Film Festival.
One winner is chosen from submissions from the five Nordic countries. Requirements for films entering the competition are: duration of at least 72 minutes, Nordic production, high artistic quality, recent premiere, the film's main language should be Nordic. According to the Nordic Council, the prize is given for "the creation of an artistically original film that is rooted in Nordic cultural circles".
In addition, since 2017 the Nordic Council has awarded the annual Nordic Series Awards, presented at TV Drama Vision in Göteborg, Sweden. These comprise: