Bodil Award for Best Documentary

Honorees

1940s and 1950s

• 1948: ' directed by
• 1956: Hvor bjergene sejler directed by Bjarne Henning-Jensen
• 1957: ' directed by

1960s

• 1961: ' directed by
• 1964: ' directed by Børge Høst
• 1965: ' and ' directed by
• 1966: ' directed by
• 1968: ' directed by Claus Ørsted
• 1969: directed by Peter Refn

1970s

• 1970: ' directed by Per Holst
• 1972: ' directed by Jørgen Leth
• 1976: ' directed by Solvognen
• 1978: ' directed by

1980s

• 1981: ' directed by Lone Hertz
• 1982: ' directed by Hans-Henrik Jørgensen
• 1984: ' directed by
• 1986: ' directed by Jytte Rex

1990s

• 1996: Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier directed by

2000s

• 2005: Tintin and I directed by
• 2007: Gasolin' directed by Anders Østergaard
• 2008: The Monastery: Mr. Vig and the Nun directed by Pernille Rose Grønkjær
• 2009: Burma VJ directed by Anders Østergaard

2010s

• 2010: ' directed by Anders Riis-Hansen
• 2011: Armadillo directed by Janus Metz
• 2012: ' directed by
• 2013: Putin's Kiss directed by
• 2014: Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case directed by Andreas Johnsen
• 2015: The Look of Silence directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
• 2016: The Man Who Saved the World directed by Peter Anthony
• 2017: The War Show directed by Obaidah Zytoon and
• 2018: Last Men in Aleppo directed by Feras Fayyad
• : ' directed by
• * ' directed by Elvira Lind
• * Fanget i de fries land directed by Camilla Magid
• * ' directed by Janus Metz &
• * ' directed by Emil Næsby Hansen

2020s

• : ' directed by Emil Langballe
• * Et ægte par directed by Emil Langballe
• * Forglem mig ej directed by Sun Hee Engelstoft
• * ' directed by Sidse Torstholm Larsen and Sturla Pilskog
• * Western Arabs directed by
• 2021: En splittet familie directed by Mira Jargil
• * The Cave directed by Feras Fayyad
• * ' directed by
• * ' directed by Erlend E. Mo
• * Undertrykkelsens sang directed by Estephan Wagner and Marianne Hougen-Moraga