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33 articles available in total starting from 19/11/2002. Last article published on 14/04/2025.

Prisoners and Under the Tree split this year’s Edda Awards

Prisoners and Under the Tree split this year’s Edda Awards

Ragnar Bragason’s series and Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson’s film left no room for the competition, winning almost all of the Icelandic Film and Television Academy Awards  

26/02/2018 | Awards | Iceland

Heartstone melts the heart of the Icelandic Edda jury

Heartstone melts the heart of the Icelandic Edda jury

Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson’s first feature won ten national film prizes when they were presented last night by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy  

27/02/2017 | Awards | Iceland

Rams collects 11 Edda Awards

Rams collects 11 Edda Awards

Having already garnered 17 international prizes, Icelandic director Grímur Hákonarson has now cleaned the table at the Icelandic Film & TV Academy ceremony  

29/02/2016 | Awards | Iceland

Icelandic films won 102 awards at international festivals last year

Icelandic films won 102 awards at international festivals last year

The small country – with a population of 331,000 and an annual production of up to ten features – more than tripled its haul from 2014  

26/01/2016 | Awards | Iceland

Three Icelanders in a fishbowl clean up at the Eddas

Three Icelanders in a fishbowl clean up at the Eddas

Baldvin Z’s Life in a Fishbowl has collected 12 Eddas at the awards gala in Reykjavik  

23/02/2015 | Awards | Iceland

Life in a Fishbowl and Paris of the North are the frontrunners for Iceland's Edda

Life in a Fishbowl and Paris of the North are the frontrunners for Iceland's Edda

Baldvin Z and Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurdsson are both nominated in 12 categories for Iceland’s national film prize  

09/02/2015 | Awards | Iceland

Jóhannsson in the running for an Oscar, Flinckenberg for the Spotlight

Jóhannsson in the running for an Oscar, Flinckenberg for the Spotlight

The Icelandic composer scored UK contender The Theory of Everything, while the Finnish cinematographer filmed Concrete Night  

19/01/2015 | Awards | Iceland/Finland/USA

Of Horses and Men picks up six Edda awards

Of Horses and Men picks up six Edda awards

Having already won 12 international prizes, Benedikt Erlingsson’s feature debut receives six national film awards, including four in the main categories  

24/02/2014 | Awards | Iceland

Metalhead and Of Horses and Men lead Iceland’s Edda nominations

Metalhead and Of Horses and Men lead Iceland’s Edda nominations

Ragnar Bragason’s third feature and Benedikt Erlingsson’s first considered in 16 and 14 categories for the national film prize  

04/02/2014 | Awards | Iceland

11 Icelandic Edda awards go into The Deep

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

19/02/2013 | Awards | Iceland

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