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Cannes Film Festival — Jury Prize Bodil Awards — Best Film Rotterdam Film Festival — Audience Award |
"Vinterberg...[succeeds] dizzyingly well in making this a party to remember." — The New York Times

(Avg. 3.5)The Celebration is a 1998 Danish film whose plot was inspired by a hoax which was broadcast on a Danish radio station. Hearing it inspired director Thomas Vinterberg and Mogens Rukov to write the script. Its original Danish title is Festen, and it was released under this title in the UK. The film tells the story of a family gathering to celebrate their father's 60th birthday. At the birthday dinner, his eldest son publicly accuses him of sexually abusing and raping both him and his twin sister (who had just recently committed suicide).