12/11/2008

Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding [+see also:
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The most successful domestic film of the year is nominated in all top Edda categories, including Best Film, Director and Screenplay, and has already secured one award for Best Supporting Actor, with all four nominees part of the film’s cast.

The second Edda favourite is Óskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam [+see also:
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The third feature with the most nominations (four) is Country Wedding [+see also:
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Ragnar Bragason, who got his international break for his twin features Children [+see also:
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Zik Zak Filmworks has Didda Jønsdóttir running for Best Actress in the French co-production Back Soon [+see also:
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The Edda Awards ceremony will be held on November 16 in Reykjavik.