A White, White Day, Agnes Joy even winners at Eddas

Silja Hauksdóttir’s Agnes Joy produced by Vintages Pictures also won Best Screenplay, Actress, Supporting Actor, Sound, and Editing.

The mother/daughter relationship drama was the biggest domestic hit of 2019 and travelled to a dozen film festivals following its world premiere at Busan’s World Cinema Section 2019.  

Hlynur Pálmason’s A White, White Day which was the Edda favourite with 12 nominations, turned 6 of them into awards for Best Director, Actor, Cinematography, Supporting Actress, Production Design and Original Score.

The film produced by Join Motion Pictures had its world premiere at Cannes’ Critics Week in 2019, where Ingvar Sigurdsson picked up the first of several acting recognitions for his role as an off-duty policeman who goes off the rails following the death of his wife.

The film was nominated for last year’s Nordic Council Film Prize.

The live-action adventure film Valhalla by Fenar Ahmad, produced by Denmark’s Profile Pictures with Iceland’s Netop Films, was awarded Best Children & Youth Film and Best Costume.

Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir’s docu biopic The Vasulka Effect, which world premiered at Nordisk Panorama in 2019, was awarded Best Documentary of the year. The film was produced by Sagafilm and Krumma Films.

In the TV category, the Edda for Best TV Fiction went to the series Happily, Never After. The drama for which writer/co-director Nanna Kristin Magnusdóttir was nominated for Best Screenplay at this year’s Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize was produced by Zik Zak Filmworks, CUBS Productions for RÚV.

Meanwhile Baltasar Kormákur’s Trapped season 2 won Best Visual Effects and Make-Up.

Nordisk Film & TV Fond was associated to nine Edda awards for A White, White Day, Valhalla and The Vasulka Effect.

Iceland’s Edda Film & TV Awards were transmitted on RÚV. The awards ceremony was originally due to unfold in March but was delayed due to Covid-19.

Selected list of winners:

• Best Feature Film Agnes Joy (Vintage Pictures)
• Best Children and Youth Valhalla (Netop Films, Profile Pictures)
• Best Documentary The Vasulka Effect (Saga Film, Krumma films)
• Best TV fiction Happily Never After (Zik Zak,Cubs Productions)
• Best Director Hlynur Pálmason for A White, White Day
• Best Screenplay Silja Hauksdóttir, Gagga Jónsdóttir, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir for Agnes Joy
• Best Actor in a Leading Role Ingvar E. Sigurðsson for A White, White Day
• Best Actress in a Leading Role Katla Margrét Þorgeirsdóttir for Agnes Joy
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ída Mekkín Hlynsdóttir for A White, White Day
• Best Actor in a Supporting Role Björn Hlynur Haraldsson for Agnes Joy
• Best Short Film Paperboy (Hero Productions Iceland)
• Best Visual Effects Pétur Karlsson, Eva Sólveig Þórðardóttir, Haukur Karlsson for Trapped 2
• Best Costumes Margrét Einarsdóttir for Valhalla
• Best Make-Up Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir for Trapped 2
• Best Sound Gunnar Árnason for Agnes Joy
• Best Editing Kristján Loðmfjörð, Lína Thoroddsen for Agnes Joy
• Best Cinematography Maria von Hausswolff for A White, White Day
• Best Production Design Hulda Helgadóttir for A White, White Day
• Best Original Score Edmund Finnis for A White, White Day
• ÍKSA Honorary Award Spaugstofa