27/06/2003 - The winners of the local film industry’s top awards will be announced on 22 August. The 2003 best film nominations include Jens Lien, Bent Hamer and Pål Øien

The Amandas, Norway’s most important film and TV awards, will be handed out on the evening of 22 August during a gala event that national television will broadcast live. A total of 160 domestic titles (14 cinema features, 22 short films, 19 documentaries, 13 children’s films and 5 TV productions) will compete in 8 categories.
This year’s novelty is the first Amanda for Best Nordic Newcomer, sponsored by Canal+ and worth NKR50,000 (Euros6,000).

The Nominations

Best Norwegian Film
Jonny Vang by Jens Lien
Kitchen Stories by Bent Hamer
Wilderness by Pål Øie

Best Actress
Lena Endre for Music For Weddings & Funerals [+see also:
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Gitte Jørgensen for Falling Sky by Gunnar Vikene
Jorunn Kjellsby for Sejer - Djevelen holder lyset by Eva Isaksen

Best Actor
Eirik Junge Eliassen for Svidd neger by Erik Smith Meyer
Aksel Hennie for Jonny Vang
Kristoffer Joner for Villmark

Best Children’s Film
Disa flytter til Japan by Benedicte Maria Orvung
Houdinis hund by Sara Johnsen
Wolf Summer by Peder Norlund

Canal+ Amanda for Best Nordic Newcomer
Reconstruction by Christoffer Boe (Denmark)
Upswing by Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland)
Nói the Albino by Dagur Kári Pétursson (Iceland)
Buddy by Morten Tyldum (Norway)
Elina - som om jag inte fanns by Klaus Härö (Sweden)

Best Foreign Film
Chicago by Rob Marshall
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by Chris Columbus
Kopps by Josef Fares
The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers by Peter Jackson
The Hours by Stephen Daldry

(Translated from Italian)