Lamb leads Edda Film Nominations, Sisterhood and Katla Ex Aequo in TV categories

Valdimar Jóhannsson’s supernatural drama Lamb is leading the film categories with 13 nominations, notably for best film, director and screenplay. Hilmir Snær Guðnason gets a nod for best actor and Björn Hlynur Haraldsson for best supporting actor, but surprisingly, Noomi Rapace fails to secure a nomination for best actress. The film produced by Go to Sheep picked up the ‘Prize of Originality’ at the last Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard.

The other two titles vying for best film are the Icelandic/Polish drama Wolka by the late Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson, and the 2021 B.O. hit Cop Secret by first-time director Hannes Thór Halldórsson. The Sagafilm production Wolka and Pegasus Film’s Cop Secret are running in 8 and 7 categories respectively, including best director.

Among drama series, Netflix’s sci-fi thriller Katla produced by RVK Studios, and Síminn/Viaplay’s Sisterhood produced by Sagafilm, are competing in 10 categories each, including series of the year.

Sisterhood’s leading female trio Ilmur Kristjánsdóttir, Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir and Lilja Nótt Þórarinsdóttir are all nominated for best actress, alongside Katla’s Íris Tanja Flygenring and Wolka’s Polish actress Olga Boladz. Sisterhood was 2021 nominated for the Nordisk Film & TV Fond Prize-best screenplay of a Nordic drama series.

Channel 2 Iceland’s Journey produced by Glassriver, is vying for series of the year, while its acting duo Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Vikingur Kristjángson who play exaggerated versions of themselves in the road trip comedy show, are both running for best actor.

Meanwhile the Danish/Icelandic film Oh to be a Butterfly by Søren Kragh-Jacobsen is nominated for best costumes and sound.

Nordisk Film & TV Fond is associated to 15 Edda nominations for Lamb and Oh to Be a Butterfly.

For the full list of Edda nominations, check: https://www.kvikmyndamidstod.is/frettir/tilnefningar-til-edduverdlauna-2022