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

The Deep aims high with 16 nominations for Iceland's Edda Awards

Icelandic director Baltasar Kormákur's Oscar candidate and Óskar Þór Axelsson's Black's Game compete in 16 and 15 categories for Iceland's national film award  

15/02/2013 | Awards | Iceland

Strong on home lava, Volcano takes five Eddas

Already on the way to becoming Iceland’s most awarded film, Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano (2011), added five Eddas – Iceland’s national film prize – to the...  

21/02/2012 | Awards | Iceland

Runarsson’s Volcano still burning - nominated for 14 Icelandic Eddas

Launched in Directors’ Fortnight at last year’s Cannes International Film Festival and since then on an award-winning ride worldwide, Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano,...  

08/02/2012 | Awards | Iceland

Awards eruption: Icelandic Volcano takes No. 1 in Denver

Icelandic director Rúnar Rúnarsson’s feature debut, Volcano, which was launched in Directors’ Fortnight at this year’s Cannes and since has been on an award-winning festival ride, received the top...  

16/11/2011 | Awards | Iceland

Undercurrent, Good Heart dominate Eddas

Last Saturday evening, Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s Undercurrent was the top winner at Iceland’s annual Edda Film and Television Awards ceremony, with six statuettes, including Best Film and Best...  

21/02/2011 | Awards | Iceland

Edda nominations favor Undercurrent

Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson’s thriller Undercurrent leads the way at the Icelandic Film and Television Awards (Edda Awards), with 12 nominations, followed by Dagur Kári’s English-language film The Good...  

07/02/2011 | Awards | Iceland

Mr Bjarnfredarson tops EDDAs

Ragnar Bragason’s successful TV series The Prison Shift and its feature film spin-off Mr Bjarnfredarson scored at the Icelandic EDDA Film and Television Awards ceremony last Saturday by winning...  

02/03/2010 | Awards | Iceland

White Night Wedding sweeps up at Eddas

Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding and Oskar Jónasson’s Reykjavik Rotterdam, in which Kormákur stars, respectively swept up seven and five Eddas, Iceland’s annual film and television awards,...  

18/11/2008 | Awards | Iceland

Record Edda nominations for White Night Wedding

Baltasar Kormákur’s White Night Wedding, Iceland’s entry for the 2009 Oscars, received the highest number of nominations (14) for the country’s top film and television awards, the Eddas. The most...  

12/11/2008 | Awards | Iceland

Bragason sweeps Edda awards

Icelandic filmmaker Ragnar Bragason won six major Edda awards (Iceland’s top film honours) for his film Parents and another two for his television drama The Nightshift at the 9th Icelandic Film...  

13/11/2007 | Awards | Iceland

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