The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is the funding body that administers the prize.
The first award was handed out in 2002 to celebrate the Nordic Council's 50th anniversary.
In 2023, Greenland submitted a film for the first time with The Edge Of The Shadow, directed by Malik Kleist.
[2] The Nordisk Film & TV Fond is secretariat to the Nordic Council.
It is funded by 22 partners: the Nordic Council of Ministers; five national film institutes; and 16 public and private media companies.