NEWS
THE EDDA AWARDS 2008
It was a good night last night for Blue Eyes, Baltasar Kormakur´s production company, where White Night Wedding (directed by Baltasar Kormakur) received seven awards and Reykjavik-Rotterdam (produced by Baltasar´s production company and starring Baltasar Kormakur) received five awards at the the Edda awards ceremony last night.
It was a good night last night for Blue Eyes, Baltasar Kormakur´s production company, where White Night Wedding (directed by Baltasar Kormakur) received seven awards and Reykjavik-Rotterdam (produced by Baltasar´s production company and starring Baltasar Kormakur) received five awards at the the Edda awards ceremony last night. The event, held in Háskólabíó, where over 500 members of the Icelandic Film and Television Academy attended the star studded celebration which was the 10th aniversary of the Edda awards.
The list of the winners:
Feature film of the year:
White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Short film of the year:
2 Birds (Zik Zak Productions)
Director: Runar Runarsson
Documentary of the year:
Cornershop (Þorfinnur Guðnason)
Directors: Helga Rakel Rafnsdóttir and Hulda Rós Guðnadóttir
Performance by an actor in a leading role:
Hilmir Snær Guðnason for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Performance by an actress in a leading role:
Solveig Arnarsdottir for Black Angels (Saga Film)
Performance by an actor in a supportive role:
Þröstur Leo Gunnarsson for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Performance by an acress in a supportvie role:
Ólafía Hrönn Jónsdóttir for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Editor of the year:
Elísabet Rónaldsdóttir for Reykjavik-Rotterdam (Blueeyes)
Cinematographer of the year:
Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Director of the year:
Óskar Jónasson for Reykjavik-Rotterdam (Blueeyes)
Screenplay of the year:
Arnaldur Indriðason and Óskar Jónasson for Reykjavík-Rotterdam (Blueeyes)
Costume design of the year:
Helga I. Stefánsdóttir for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Make-up achievement of the year:
Ragna Fossberg for Spaugstofan (RÚV)
Set desgin of the year:
Atli Geir Grétarsson and Grétar Reynisson for White Night Wedding (Blueeyes)
Achievement in Music for film/television:
Barði Jóhannsson for Reykjavík-Rotterdam (Blueeyes)
Sound design of the year
Kjartan Kjartansson for Reykjavík-Rotterdam (Blueeyes)
TV news/ interview programme of the year:
Silfur Egils hosted by Egill Helgason (RÚV)
TV culture and lifestyle program of the year:
Kiljan presented by Egill Helgason (RÚV)
TV entertainment programme of the year:
Útsvar presented by Sigmar Guðmundsson and Þóra Arnórsdóttir (RÚV)
TV personality of the year:
Egill Helgason
TV drama/sitcom series of the year:
The Dayshift (Saga Film)
IKSA honorary award:
Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, director