79 international awards for Icelandic films in 2017
In total, Icelandic films won 79 international awards in 2017. Below you can see a complete list of all the awards.
Features:
I Remember You (dir. Óskar Þór Axelsson)
Fantasy Film Fest, tours all over Germany, September. Winner of Fresh Blood Award.
Heartstone (dir. Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson) - also won awards in 2016
Tromsö International Film Festival, Tromsö, Norway, January 16 - 22. The Don Quixote Prize.
Premiers Plans - Festival D'Angers, Angers, France, January 20 - 29. Won the Grand Prize for Best Film, the Audience Award and the Erasmus Award.
Göteborg Film Festival, Sweden, January 27 - February 6. Won the Lorens Award for Best Producer, the Scope100 distribution competition in Portugal and Sweden.
Annonay International Film Festival, Annonay, France, February 3 - 13. Won the Special Jury Prize and the Youth Jury Price.
Belgrade International Film Festival, Belgrad, Serbia, February 26 - March 6. The Jury Award and Best Debut Film.
Guadalajara FF - Premio Maguey, Guadalajara, Mexico, March 10 - 17. Special Mention in the Premio Maguey section.
BUFF International Film Festival, Malmö, Sweden, March 20 - 25. The Church of Sweden Award.
Febiofest, Prague, Czech Republic, March 23 - 31. Won the Grand Prix.
Dallas International Film Festival, Dallas, USA, March 30 - April 9. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson won Special Jury Prize.
Wicked Queer Festival, Boston, USA, March 30 - April 9. Won the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature.
Crossing Europe Filmfestival, Linz, Austria, April 25 - 30. Won the Audience Award for Best Fiction Film.
Zlín Film Festival, Zlín, Czech Republic, May 26 - June 3. Won the award for Best European Debut.
Cinema in Sneakers Festival, Warsaw, Poland, May 31 - June 11. Won the main award Film Wonder for best Youth Feature.
Transilvania International Film Festival, Transilvania, Romania, June 2 - 11. Won Best Directing Awars and The Audience Award.
FIRE!! Festival, Barcelona, Spain, June 8 - 18. The main award for Best Feature.
Festival MIX, Mílano, Italy, June 15 - 18. The main award for Best Feature.
Art Film Fest Košice, Košice, Slovakia, June 16 - 24. Baldur Einarsson and Blær Hinriksson received the Blue Angel for Best Male Performance.
Filmfestival Münster, Münster, Germany, October 4 - 8. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson received the award for Best Directing within the European Feature Film Competition.
Cape Town International Film Market & Festival, Cape Town, South Africa, October 12 - 21. Best LGBT Film.
Ljubljana International Film Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia, November 8 - 19. Dragon Audience Award.
Cinedays Festival of European Film, Skopje, Makedonia, November 9 - 19. Golden Star for Best Film.
Chéries-Chéris LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Paris, France, November 14 - 21. Won Jury Award.
Du grain à démoudre Film Festival, Gonfreville l'Orcher, Harfleur og Le Havre, France, November 18 - 26. Won Audience Award and Best Feature by youth jury.
International Education Film Festival, France, December 5 - 9. Best feature film.
European University Film Award, Berlin, Germany, December 8. Won the European University Film Award (EUFA).
Reykjavík (dir. Ásgrímur Sverrisson)
Love is Folly, Varna, Bulgaria, August 25 - September 3. Won the Bulgarian Film Critics's Award.
Rift (dir. Erlingur Óttar Thoroddsen)
Outfest, Los Angeles, USA, July 6 - 16. Artistic Achievement Award.
California Independent Film Festival, San Francisco, USA, September 7 - 14. John Wakayama Carey won the Best Cinematography Award.
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA, September 28 - October 1. Award for best feature film.
The Together Project (dir. Sólveig Anspach) – also won awards in 2016
César Awards, Paris, France, February 24. Sólveig Anspach and Jean-Luc Gaget won the César Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Transilvania International Film Festival, Transilvania, Romania, June 2 - 11. Won the Young Francophone Jury Prize.
The Swan (dir. Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir)
Kolkata International Film Festival, Kolkata, India, November 10 - 17. Ása Helga Hjörleifsdóttir was awarded best director by the jury.
Cairo International Film Festival, Cairo, Egypt, November 21 - 30. Award for best film.
Under the Tree (dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson)
Fantastic Fest, Austin, USA, September 21 - 28. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson won Best Director in the Comedy Features category.
Zürich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland, September 27 - October 7. A Special Mention from the Jury.
Hamptons kvikmyndahátíðinni, Hamptons, USA, October 5 - 9. Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature.
Denver Film Festival, Denver, USA, November 1 - 12. Won Special Jury Award.
Winter Brothers (dir. Hlynur Pálmason)
Locarno Film Festival, Locarno, Switzerland, August 2 - 12. Won four awards; lead actor Elliot Crosset Hove won for Best Actor, it won Best European Film - Europa Cinemas award, Junior Jury Award - First Prize and a Special Mention from the Ecumenical Jury.
T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, Wroclaw, Poland, August 3 - 13. Won a Special Mention from FIPRESCI.
CPH PIX, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 28 - October 11. Won New Talent Grand PIX.
Festival International du Film de La Roche-sur-Yon, France, October 16 - 22. Was granted a Special Mention.
Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Þessalóníku, Greece, November 2 - 12. Won three awards; Hlynur Pálmason won the Brons Alexander - a Special Jury Award for Best Director, Special Mention for the sound of the film and a special mention of the FIPRESCI Awards.
Seville European Film Festival, Sevilla, Spain, November 3 - 11. Maria von Hausswolff received Best Cinematography Award.
Camerimage, Bydgoszcz, Poland, November 11 - 18. Maria von Hausswolff won Best Cinematography Deubt.
TV series:
Trapped (Baltasar Kormákur, Baldvin Z, Óskar Þór Axelsson, Börkur Sigþórsson)
Writer's Guild Awards, London, England, January 22. Clive Bradley won Best Long Form TV Drama award.
Short films:
Ártún (dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson)
Third Culture Film Festival, Lan Kwai Fong, Hong Kong, April 20 - 23. Won four awards; Best Narrative, Best Actor (Flóki Haraldsson), Best Director of Photography (Sturla Brandth Grøvlen) and Best Director (Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson).
Búi (dir. Inga Lísa Middleton)
SCHLINGEL – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz, Germany, September 25 - October 1. Won Short Film Award International.
Cut (dir. Eva Sigurðardóttir)
UnderWire Festival, London, England, November 23 - 26. Won Special Mention for Best Screenwriter.
Whale Valley (dir. Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson)
Real Time Film Festival, Lagos, Nigeria, June 25 - July 1. Best Foreign Short Film.
Cubs (dir. Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir)
Flickerfest International Short Film Festival, Sydney, Australia, January 6 - 15. Best International Short Film.
Regensburg Short Film Week, Regensburg, Germany, March 15 - 22. Two acknowledgments .
FEC-European Short Film Festival, Reus, Spain, March 29 - April 2. Won the Audience Award.
ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival, Paris, France, April 21 - 23. Wins Best European Film.
Les Nuits en Or, Paris, France, June 13 - 15. Nanna Kristín Magnúsdóttir won a Special Mention
Promofest, Spain. Special Mention.
Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, Sydney, Australia, September 18. – 22. Won Best Short Film for Youth.
Push! Film Festival, Bristol, USA, October 20 - 22. Won Best Short Film.
Kaohsiung Film Festival, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, October 20 - November 5. Won for Outstanding Selection.
Three Men (dir. Emil Alfreð Emilsson)
International Student Film Festival Cinemaiubit, Bucharest, Romania, December 5 - 9. Award for the best script.
Documentaries:
Baskavígin (dir. Aitor Aspe)
Richmond International Film Festival, Richmond, USA, February 27 - March 5. Won for Best Documentary Feature.
Inside a Volcano (dir. Sævar Guðmundsson)
Kicking & Screening Soccer Film Festival, New York, USA, June 6 - 9. Won the Golden Whistle Awards.