10th Bodil Awards

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 10

| award = Bodil Awards

| date = 1957

| site = Copenhagen

| host =

| best_film = Be Dear to Me

| best_actor = Peter Malberg

| best_actor_film = Be Dear to Me

| best_actress = Birgit Sadolin

| best_actress_film = {{Interlanguage link multi|Tre piger fra Jylland|da}}

| most_wins = Be Dear to Me (2)

| most_nominations =

| last = 9th

| next = 11th

}}

The 10th Bodil Awards was held in 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark, honouring the best in Danish and foreign film of 1956.

The recipient of the Bodil Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Birgit Sadolin, arrived with from Sønderborg at the last minute to run onto stage and be hailed for her role in {{Interlanguage link multi|Tre piger fra Jylland|da}}.{{cite book |first=Morten |last=Piil |title=Danske filmskuespillere: 525 portrætter |publisher=Gyldendal |year=2003 |edition=2 |isbn=978-87-02-02104-2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uTfvg7es7VQC&pg=PA436 |language=da |access-date=February 19, 2018 |page=436}}

Be Dear to Me directed by Annelise Hovmand, and actor Peter Malberg for his role in the same film, each received an award.{{cite book |author1=Peter Schepelern |author2=Eva Jørholt |title=100 års dansk film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PWxZAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Rosinante |isbn=978-87-7357-948-0 |pages=173–}}

{{Interlanguage link multi|Jørgen Roos|da}} got a Bodil Award for Best Documentary for Ellehammerfilmen, and the neighbouring Sweden won Best European Film with Ingmar Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night.{{cite book |author=Morten Piil |title=Gyldendals danske filmguide |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=caRYl94i7xUC&pg=PT730 |year=2008 |publisher=Gyldendal A/S |isbn=978-87-02-06669-2 |pages=730–}}

For the first time, the critics had not been able to choose an American film – U.S. producers had boycotted the Danish market.