Open Hearts(Elsker dig for evigt)

Achieving an authenticity which epitomises Dogme’s promise of emotional immediacy, Bier’s profoundly human drama is one of its final grace before the movement dissolved. Shot through coincidence and irony, the story elicits achingly true insights into human relationships, exploring how people deal with the aftermath of a catastrophe – an accident that leaves a young man paralysed and his fiancée to a painful infidelity, which subsequently upends the lives of a doctor and his family. In equal doses of austerity and sympathy, Bier casts an empathetic eye on all characters, making up for the lack of warmth that underlines Dogme.

Danish Film Awards: Best Film, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress