LAMB victorious at the Edda Awards 2022
The Edda Awards 2022, the annual film and TV awards in Iceland, took place last night, September 18.
Lamb, directed by Valdimar Jóhannsson, won the Edda Award for Feature Film of the Year. The film was nominated in 13 categories and took home 12 awards, including Director of the Year and Screenplay of the Year.
Winners of the Edda Awards 2022 are as listed:
Feature Film
Lamb
Director
Valdimar Jóhannsson for Lamb
Screenplay
Valdimar Jóhannsson og Sjón for Lamb
Actor in a Leading Role
Hilmir Snær Guðnason for Lamb
Actor in a Supporting Role
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson for Lamb
Actress in a Leading Role
Jóhanna Friðrika Sæmundsdóttir for Sisterhood
Actress in a Supporting Role
María Heba Þorkelsdóttir for Sisterhood
TV fiction
Sisterhood
Documentary
Raise the Bar
Short Film
Heartless
TV Person
Helgi Seljan
News & Interview Program
Kveikur
Cultural TV program
Tónlistarmennirnir okkar
Entertainment program
Vikan með Gísla Marteini
Children- and Youth category
Birta
Human Interest Program
Missir
Sports Program
Víkingar: Fullkominn endir
Makeup
Ragna Fossberg for Katla
Production Design
Snorri Freyr Hilmarsson for Lamb
Costumes
Margrét Einarsdóttir for Lamb
Special Effects
Frederik Nord og Peter Hjorth for Lamb
Editing
Agnieszka Glinska for Lamb
Cinematography
Eli Arenson for Lamb
Sound
Ingvar Lundberg og Björn Viktorsson for Lamb
Original Score
Þórarinn Guðnason for Lamb
TV Production
Salóme Þorkelsdóttir for Tónaflóð á Menningarnótt
TV – Public Voting
Benedikt búálfur
ÍKSA Honorary Award
Þráinn Bertelsson
The Edda Awards
The Icelandic Film & TV Academy (IKSA) unites the film makers associations in Iceland in co-owned organisation, which aim is to enhance the Icelandic film and TV industry. For pursuing this goal, the Academy operates the EDDA Awards, the annual film and TV awards in Iceland.
The EDDA awards are the Icelandic film scene harvesting festival with the aim to encourage professionalism in the industry. Members of the Academy vote on the work and individuals that are awarded each year.
The Icelandic Film & TV Academy is a member of Film Academies Network of Europe and is responsible for nominating Iceland's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
The Icelandic Film & TV Academy was formed in 1999 and the first EDDA Awards where handed out that year. The Academy is a private limited company owned and is operated by:
These Associations appoint two men each to sit on the Board of Directors of IKSA and the Icelandic Film Centre appoints the seventh Director to the Board.