Joachim Trier’s Louder than Bombs topped Friday night’s national Amanda film awards in Haugesund with four statuettes. Trier’s First English-language film picked Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Editor.

Roar Uthaug’s disaster film The Wave won the Amanda for Best Norwegian Film, as well as Best Sound Design and Visual Effects. The film sold more than 830,000 tickets in Norway.

Welcome to Norway’s main actors Anders Baasmo Christiansen and newcomer Olivier Mukuta (real life refugee turned actor for the film) both received an Amanda for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively. “This award is for all refugees there who are trying everything they can to get a better life. This is for them, to show that anything is possible,” said Mukuta to the newspaper VG.

The full list of Amanda awards:

  • Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release: The Wave by Roar Uthaug, produced by  Fantefilm. 
  • Best Director Joachim Trier, Louder Than Bombs 
  • Best Screenplay Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Louder Than Bombs 
  • Best Children’s Film, Two Buddies and a Badger by Rasmus Sivertsen and Rune Spaans produced by Tordenfilm 
  • Best Documentary Dugma – the Button by Paul Refsdal 
  • Best Actor Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Welcome to Norway 
  • Best Actor in a Supporting Role Olivier Mukuta, Welcome to Norway
  • Best Actress Liv Bernoft Osa, Pyromaniac by Erik Skjoldbjærg
  • Best Actress in a Supporting Role Maria Bock, Revenge by Kjersti Steinsbø 
  • Best Cinematography Jakob Ihre, Louder Than Bombs 
  • Best Editing Olivier Bugge Coutté, Louder Than Bombs
  • Best Music Trond Bjerknæs, El Clásico by Halkawt Mustafa
  • Best Sound Design Christian Schaanning, The Wave
  • Best Production Design Karl Júliusson, Doctor Proctor-Bubble in the Bath
  • Best Visual Effects Lars Erik Hansen, The Wave
  • Best Short Film Cold Shivers directed and produced by Marius Myrmel
  • Best Foreign Film in Theatrical Release Virgin Mountain by Dagur Kári (Iceland
  • People's Amanda El Clásico,
  • Amanda Honorary Award to actress Anne Marit Jacobsen
  • The Amanda Committee's Golden Clapper (“Gullklapper”) Norsk Film Kostyme (Norwegian film costume). 

Nordisk Film & TV Fond was associated to 12 Amanda awards for the films The Wave, Louder than Bombs, Welcome to Norway, Doctor Proctor’s Bubble in the Bath, Pyromaniac, Two Buddies & a Badger and Virgin Mountain.