18/08/2008

Last Saturday’s Amanda Awards - Norway’s main national film awards, held at Haugesund’s Concert Hall - was a memorable evening for first time director Stian Kristiansen who received four top awards including Best Norwegian Film and Best Director for The Man Who Loved Yngve [+see also:
trailer
film profile].

The drama produced by Motlys Film also scooped Best Children and Youth Film and Best Editor (Vidar Flataukan). Nils Gaup’s epic film The Kautokeino Rebellion [+see also:
trailer
film profile], the biggest Norwegian hit of 2008 so far, took home the most awards (five), including the People’s Amanda Award. Both films are sold internationally by NonStop Sales.

Bent Hamer’s Cannes entry at Un Certain Regard, O’Horten [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile] was nominated in the most categories (7) with The Man Who Loved Yngve, but took home only two awards for Best Supporting Actor (Espen Skjønberg) and Sound Design (Petter Fladeby). The scriptwriting duo Thomas Moldestad and Stig Rajendram Eliassen were awarded for their joint efforts on Varg Veum-Fallen Angels, the fourth film of the successful series, while the film’s lead actor Trond Espen Seim also took an Amanda for his role as private eye Varg Veum.

The Amanda Ceremony shown live on TV2 Norway and attended by Norway’s biggest international star Liv Ullmann and Norway’s Culture Minister Trond Giske, kick started the Norwegian International Film Festival (August 17-23).

Full list of Amanda Awards:

Best Norwegian Film
The Man Who Loved Yngve, produced by Yngve Sætter (Motlys)

Best Children and Youth Film
The Man Who Loved Yngve by Stian Kristiansen

People’s Amanda Award
The Kautokeino Rebellion by Nils Gaup, produced by Rubicon

Best Direction
Stian Kristiansen, The Man Who Loved Yngve

Best Leading Actress
Anni-Kristiina Juuso, The Kautokeino Rebellion

Best Leading Actor
Trond Espen Seim, Varg Veum-Fallen Angels

Best Supporting Actress
Ane Dahl Torp, Lunch

Best Supporting Actor
Espen Skønberg, O’Horten

Best Script
Thomas Moldestad and Siv Rajendram Eliassen, Varg Veum-Fallen Angels

Best Photography
Philip Øgaard, The Kautokeino Rebellion

Best Set Decoration
Karl K. Juliusson, The Kautokeino Rebellion

Best Music
Mari Boine, Svein Schultz, Herman Rundberg, The Kautokeino Rebellion

Best Editing
Vidar Flataukan, The Man Who Loved Yngve

Best Sound Design
Petter Fladeby, O’Horten

Best Documentary
Big John by Håvard Bustnes, produced by Faction Film AS

Best Foreign Film
There Will Be Blood by Paul Thomas Anderson (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Amanda Committee Gullklapper
Director of Photography John Christian Rosenlund

Amanda Committee Ærespris
Director Knut Erik Jensen