Out Stealing Horses Wins Five Amanda Awards

Out Stealing Horses led the field with five honours, including Best Film and Best Director, when the winners were revealed for this year’s Amanda Awards at the 47th Norwegian Film Festival in Haugesund on Saturday.

Directed by Hans Petter Moland, Out Stealing Horses stars Stellan Skarsgård as a grieving widower who moves to the country where a chance encounter rekindles memories from his past. Its haul of five awards comprises Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Original Score.

Pia Tjelta was named Best Actress for Tuva Novotny’s directorial debut feature Blind Spot in which she plays a mother struggling to understand her daughter’s mental health crisis. Meanwhile, Tobias Santelmann won Best Actor for The Congo Murders, based on the true story of two men convicted of murdering their chauffeur.

The winners of 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 (Out Stealing Horses)
Tobias Santelmann — Mordene i Kongo (The Congo Murders)
Preben Hodneland — Når jeg faller (As I Fall)

BEST ACTRESS:
Pia Tjelta — Blindsone (Blind Spot)
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 (The Quake)

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

THE PEOPLE’S AMANDA
Skjelvet (The Quake) – directed by John Andreas Andersen

GOLDEN CLAPPER
Philip Øgaard, cinematographer

HONORARY AWARD
Petter Vennerød, director and producer