19/02/2013 - Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur’s real-life drama about a historical shipwreck that one man miraculously survived, swept the Icelandic national film awards

Baltasar Kormákur’s The Deep [+see also:
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The real-life drama - "an iconic moment in the country’s history, which everyone over 35 remembers", when in March 1984 a fishing boat sank with its entire crew a few miles off the South Coast of Iceland, and one man miraculously survived – cashed in on 16 nominations, including main categories Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor.

Considered for 15 trophies, Icelandic director Óskar Þór Axelsson’s crime drama Black’s Game [+see also:
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FULL LIST OF EDDA WINNERS 2013

Best Film
The Deep - Baltasar Kormákur

Best TV Drama
The Press 3 - Óskar Jónasson

Best Documentary
A Boy Like Her – A Personal Story About an Unavoidable Journey - Ragnhildur Steinunn Jónsdótti

Best Short
Sailcloth - Elfar Adalsteins

Best Director
Baltasar Kormákur for The Deep

Best Actor
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, for The Deep

Best Actress of the Year
Sara DöggÁsgeirsdóttir, for The Press 3

Best Supporting Actress
María Birta Bjarnadóttir, for Black‘s Game

Best Supporting Actor
Damon Younger, for Black‘s Game 

Best Original Screenplay
Óskar Thór Axelsson, for Black‘s Game

Best Sound Design
Kjartan Kjartansson, Ingvar Lundberg, for The Deep

Best Make-Up
Ragna Fossberg, for The Deep

Best Costume Design
Helga I Stefánsdóttir, for The Deep

Best Set Design
Atli Geir Grétarsson, for The Deep

Best Cinematography
Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, for The Deep

Best Editors
Sverrir Kristjánsson, Elísabet Rónaldsdóttir, for The Deep

Best Special Effects
Dadi Einarsson, for The Deep

Best Musical Score
Ben Frost, Daníel Bjarnason, for The Deep

Best TV Entertainment Programme
Andraland (Icelandic pubcaster RUV)

Best Children’s Film
Björn Bragi Arnarsson

Best Children’s Programme
The Basket of Fruits

BestTV Culture/Lifestyle Programme
Hljómskálinn (RUV)

Best TV News/Interview Programme
Kastljós (RUV)

Honorary Edda Award
Icelandic director Kristín Jóhannesdóttir