Acclaimed director Pernille Rose Grønkjær (born in 1973) has been working with documentary films for the past 10 years. Her latest feature documentary "The Monastery – Mr. Vig and the Nun" had its US premiere at the esteemed Sundance Film Festival 2007. Since then the film has travelled to about 60 festivals the world over. It has won 14 awards from Sydney to Moscow, including the prestigious Joris Ivens Award in Amsterdam, and recently The Cinema Eye Award in New York. The film was also nominated for best documentary at The Spirit Awards in Los Angeles, California 2008.
AWARD LIST:
THE MONASTERY – Mr. Vig and the Nun.
1st Prize - Best International Feature
Cinema Eye Award, New York (US) 2008
1st Prize - Best Documentary
Bodil Awards (Denmark) 2008
1st Prize - Full Frame Grand Jury Award
Full Frame Festival, Durham (US) 2007
1st Prize - The Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award
Full Frame Festival, Durham (US) 2007
1st Prize - Chicago Doc Grand Prix
Chicago International Doc Festival 2007 (US) 2007
1st Prize - Millennium Award
Planete Doc Review Film Festival (Poland) 2007
1st Prize - The Kino magazine Award
Planete Doc Review Film Festival (Poland) 2007
1st Prize - Canvas Award
Docville Film Festival (Belgium) 2007
1st Prize - FIPRESCI Award for Best Documentary
Sydney Film Festival (Australia) 2007
1st Prize - Audience Award
Moscow International Film Festival (Russia) 2007
1st Prize - The Joris Ivens Award
IDFA, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 2006
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