Benjamin Ree Biography

Awards

• 2016Festival Prize-Special Mention: nominated
• 2016Prize-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2016Nordic Documentary Film Award-Best Nordic Documentary: nominated
• 2016Ray of Sunshine-Best film: winner
• 2016Global Future Prize-Best Film Youth Competition: winner
• 2016Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2016Filmmaker Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2017Audience Award-: winner
• 2020International Documentary Award-Best Documentary: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-: winner
• 2020Audience Award-Documentary Feature: winner
• 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2020Best International Film - Honorable Mention-: winner
• 2020Best International Film-The International Competition: nominated
• 2020Jury Award-Best International Documentary: winner
• 2020Golden Kapok Award-Special Jury Prize: nominated
• 2020Audience Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020Golden Coconut-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2020Golden Firebird Award-Documentary: winner
• 2020Human Award - Honorable Mention-Honarary Mention: nominated
• 2020Best Feature Documentary-Best Feature Documentary (over 60 min): nominated
• 2020Special Jury Award-: winner
• 2020Nordic Documentary Film Award-Best Nordic Documentary: winner
• 2020Andreas Award-: winner
• 2020Grand Jury Prize-International Competition: nominated
• 2020World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award-Creative Storytelling: winner
• 2020Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2020Stefan Jarl International Documentary Award-Best International Documentary: nominated
• 2020Golden Alexander-International Competition: nominated
• 2020Big Stamp-International Competition: nominated
• 2020Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2021Amanda-Best Direction (Årets regi): nominated
• 2021Amanda-Best Screenplay (Årets filmmanuskript): nominated
• 2021Amanda-Best Documentary (Årets dokumentarfilm): winner
• 2021Amanda-Best Film (Årets norske kinofilm): winner
• 2021DGA Award-Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary: nominated
• 2021Grand Prix-Best International Documentary: nominated
• 2021Fagprisen-Best Director - Single Camera - Documentary: winner
• 2021Fagprisen-Best Cinematography - Single Camera - Documentary: nominated
• 2024Amanda-Best Film (Årets norske kinofilm): winner
• 2024Amanda-Best Direction (Årets regi): nominated
• 2024Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: nominated
• 2024Young Audience Award-: winner
• 2024Dragon Award-Best Nordic Documentary: winner
• 2024Best Documentary-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
• 2024The HUMAN award-: nominated
• 2024The HUMAN award-: nominated
• 2024IDA Award-Best Feature Documentary: nominated
• 2024Freedom Prize-: winner
• 2024Audience Award-World Cinema - Documentary: winner
• 2024Directing Award-World Cinema, Documentary: winner
• 2024Grand Jury Prize-World Cinema - Documentary: nominated
• 2024Audience Award-Best Film: winner
• 2024Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
• 2025Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
• 2025Cinema for Peace Award-Cinema for Peace Dove for The Most Valuable Documentary of the Year: nominated
• 2025Fagprisen-Best Director - Single Camera - Documentary: winner
• 2025Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated