The Edda Awards, the annual awards for Icelandic film and television, were held last night, March 19.
By far the most decorated production of the evening was Verbúðin (English title: Blackport), a historical drama about the fishing quota system in Iceland. Nominated in 16 categories, Blackport took home 9 awards.
Winners in their categories are highlighted in bold.
Film of the Year
- Svar við bréfi Helgu (A Letter from Helga)
- Sumarljós og svo kemur nóttin (Summer Light, and then Comes the Night)
- Against the Ice
- Berdreymi (Beautiful Beings)
- Volaða Land (Godland)
Documentary of the Year
- Velkominn Árni (Welcome, Árni)
- Út úr myrkrinu (Out of the Dark)
- Sundlaugasögur (Swimming Pool Stories)
Television Series of the Year
- Trom
- Svörtu sandar (Black Sand)
- Randalín og Mundi: Dagar í desember (Randalín and Mundi: Days in December)
- Brúðkaupið mitt (My Wedding)
- Verbúðin (Blackport)
Director of the Year
- Heimir Bjarnason (Þrot)
- Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir (Svar við bréfi Helgu)
- Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson (Berdreymi)
- Hlynur Pálmason (Volaða Land)
- Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Gísli Örn Garðarsson & María Reyndal (Verbúðin)
See the full list of Edda Awards nominees here.
The Edda Prize was first awarded in 1999 for excellence in Icelandic film and television and is awarded annually. This year’s award ceremony was noteworthy as the final Edda Awards for both film and television. Future award ceremonies will split the two. In total, some 165 works were submitted for consideration this year. Of these, 117 were television productions, 10 were films, 9 were documentaries, and 22 were children- and youth media.
