4 times in history Danish film directors have won the Golden Palm film prize at the Cannes Film Festival:
2000 – Dancer in the Dark by Lars von Trier
1992 – The Best Intentions (Danish: Den gode vilje) by Bille August
1988 – Pelle the Conqueror (Danish: Pelle Erobreren) by Bille August
1946 – The Red Meadows (Danish: De røde enge) by Bodil Ipsen & Lau Lauritzen junior