Lilja Ingolfsdottir’s Loveable [+leggi anche:
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Close behind was another debut feature, Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Cannes-premiered Armand [+leggi anche:
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The Sundance-premiered body-horror fairy tale The Ugly Stepsister [+leggi anche:
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Another highlight was Facing War [+leggi anche:
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The Best Foreign-language Film Amanda went to Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist [+leggi anche:
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Music was celebrated as well, with renowned singer-songwriter Thomas Dybdahl collecting his third Amanda for Best Original Score thanks to his work on Everything Must Go [+leggi anche:
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Here is the complete list of winners at the 41st Amanda Awards:

Best Film
Loveable [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Lilja Ingolfsdottir – Loveable

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Helga Guren – Loveable

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ellen Dorrit Petersen – Armand [+leggi anche:
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Best Debut Performance
Lea Myren – The Ugly Stepsister [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary Film
Facing War [+leggi anche:
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Best Children’s Film
The Polar Bear Prince – Mikkel Brænne Sandemose (Norway/Belgium)

Best Short Film
As We Forgive – Hedda Mjøen (Norway)

Best Foreign-language Film
The Brutalist [+leggi anche:
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Best Screenplay
Lilja Ingolfsdottir – Loveable

Best Cinematography
Pål Ulvik Rokseth – Armand

Best Editing
Jens Christian Fodstad – Dreams [+leggi anche:
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Best Sound Design
Mats Lid Støten – Armand

Best Original Score
Thomas Dybdahl – Everything Must Go [+leggi anche:
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Best Costume Design
Karen Fabritius Gram, Ingjerd Meland – Quisling – The Final Days [+leggi anche:
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Best Make-up Design
Thomas Foldberg, Anne Cathrine Sauerberg – The Ugly Stepsister

Best Production Design/Scenography
Kate Van Der Merwe – Safe House (Norway/Denmark/Sweden/Finland)

Best Visual Effects
Alf Martin Løvvold – No. 24 [+leggi anche:
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The People’s Amanda Audience Award
No. 24 – John Andreas Andersen

The Honorary Amanda
Hans Petter Moland

The Golden Clapper
Geir Bøhren, Bent Åserud