The 18th Robert Awards ceremony was held on 4 February 2001 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Organized by the Danish Film Academy, the awards honoured the best in Danish and foreign film of 2000.

Honorees

Best Danish Film

• Bænken – Per Fly^[1]

Best Director

• Per Fly – Bænken

Best Screenplay

• Lone Scherfig – Italiensk for begyndere

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Jesper Christensen – Bænken

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Björk – Dancer in the Dark

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Peter Gantzler – Italiensk for begyndere

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Ann Eleonora Jørgensen – Italiensk for begyndere

Best Cinematography

• Eric Kress – Flickering Lights

Production Design

• Karl Juliusson – Dancer in the Dark

Best Costume Design

• Louize Nissen – Bænken

Best Makeup

• Charlotte Laustsen – Bænken

Best Special Effects

• Thomas Borch Nielsen – Dykkerne [da]

Best Sound Design

• Per Streit – Dancer in the Dark

Best Editing

• Molly Marlene Steensgaard & Francois Gedigier [de; fr] – Dancer in the Dark

Best Score

• Björk & Mark Bell – Dancer in the Dark

Best Documentary Short

• Den højeste straf – Tómas Gislason

Best Short Featurette

• 2. juledag – Carsten Myllerup

Best Non-American Film

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Ang Lee

Best American Film

• American Beauty – Sam Mendes

Audience Award

• Flickering Lights

Special Jury Prize (Short)

• Pigen fra Oradour [da] – Ib Makwarth [da]