The nominees have been revealed for the 2019 Amanda Awards, which celebrates the achievements of Norwegian cinema. The winners will be announced during the 47th Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on 17th August.

Leading the race with ten nominations is Hans Petter Moland’s Out Stealing Horses which stars Stellan Skarsgård as a grieving widower who moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past.

Close behind with nine nominations is Eirik Svensson’s Harajuku with Ines Høysæter Asserson leading as a teenager who drops out of school to leave for Tokyo, the city of her dreams.

Meanwhile, Magnus Meyer Arnesen’s debut As I Fall received four nominations, and other notable contenders include The Quake, Mordene i Kongo and Sonja with three nominations each.

The nominees for this year’s Amandaprisen are…

BEST FILM:
Harajuku — directed by Eirik Svensson
Ut og stjæle hester (Out Stealing Horses) — directed by Hans Petter Moland
Skjelvet (The Quake) — directed by John Andreas Andersen

BEST DIRECTOR:
Hans Petter Moland — Ut og stjæle hester (Out Stealing Horses)
Magnus Meyer Arnesen — Når jeg faller (As I Fall)
Eirik Svensson — Harajuku

BEST ACTOR:
Jon Ranes — Ut og stjæle hester
Tobias Santelmann — Mordene i Kongo
Preben Hodneland — Når jeg faller

BEST ACTRESS:
Pia Tjelta — Blindsone
Ine Marie Wilmann — Sonja
Ines Høysæter Asserson — Harajuku

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Bjørn Floberg — Ut og stjæle hester
Nicolai Cleve Broch — Harajuku
Eldar Skar — Sonja

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Anneke von der Lippe — En affære
Alexandra Gjerpen — Når jeg faller
Maria Bonnevie — Føniks

BEST SCRIPT:
Hans Petter Moland — Ut og stjæle hester
Martin Lund — Psychobitch
Sebastian Torngren Wartin — Harajuku

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Rasmus Videbæk — Ut og stjæle hester
Karl Erik Brøndbo — Harajuku
John Andreas Andersen — Mordene i Kongo

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Jørgen Stangebye Larsen — Skjelvet
Kalli Juliusson — Amundsen
Lina Nordqvist — Sonja

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Peter Hjort — Ut og stjæle hester
Arne Kaupang, Magnus Olsson, Lars Erik Hansen, Alexander Kadim, Kaj Steveman — Amundsen
Lars Erik Hansen, Torgeir Busch, Magnus Olsson — Skjelvet

BEST EDITING:
Nicolaj Monberg, Jens Christian Fodstad — Ut og stjæle hester
Karsten Meinich, Elise Solberg — Harajuku
Silje Nordseth, Karsten Meinich, Anders Bergland — Tårnet

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Kasper Kaae — Ut og stjæle hester
Fay Wildhagen og Øyvind Mathisen – Harajuku
David Stephen Grant — Når jeg faller

BEST SOUND DESIGN:
Gunn Tove Grønsberg — Harajuku
Gisle Tveito — Ut og stjæle hester
Tormod Ringnes, Niklas Skarp — Mordene i Kongo