The Garden Named Best Film At Edda Awards

The Garden dominated proceedings at the 22nd Edda Awards in Reykjavik on Sunday, where it was named Best Film in a celebration of outstanding achievements in Icelandic film and television.

Adapted by director Ragnar Bragason from his own stage play, The Garden won nine Edda awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay, with Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir and Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir picking up Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for reprising their stage roles.

The film follows Indíana Jónsdóttir (Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir) who preys on the welfare state and tends to her award-winning laburnum in her private garden at an apartment block largely populated by immigrants, whom she despises. But when her only son turns up with a foreign girlfriend, Indíana’s world is turned upside.

Meanwhile, critically acclaimed drama The Minister, about a bipolar prime minister who increasingly makes erratic decisions as his condition worsens, won Best Drama, with Best Actor for Ólafur Darri Ólafsson and Best Supporting Actor for Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson.

Here are the nominees and winners in full…

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BEST FILM:
Gullregn (The Garden)
Last and First Men
Between Heaven and Earth

BEST DRAMA:
Ráðherrann (The Minister)
Ísalög (Thin Ice)
Venjulegt fólk 3 (Ordinary People)

BEST DIRECTOR:
Þórður Pálsson, Davíð Óskar Ólafsson, Þóra Hilmarsdóttir for Brot
Ragnar Bragason for Gullregn
Jóhann Jóhannsson for Last and First Men
Anní Ólafsdóttir, Andri Snær Magnason for Þriðji póllinn
Örn Marinó Arnarson, Þorkell S. Harðarson for Síðasta veiðiferðin

BEST SCRIPT:
Óttar M. Norðfjörð, Mikael Torfason, Ottó Geir Borg for Brot
Ragnar Bragason for Gullregn
Andri Snær Magnason, Anní Ólafsdóttir for Þriðji póllinn
Sunna Karen Sigurþórsdóttir for Ummerki
Gunnar Björn Guðmundsson for Amma Hófí

BEST ACTOR:
Björn Thors for Brot
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson for Ráðherrann
Angunnguaq Larsen for Ísalög
Þorsteinn Bachmann for Siðasta veiðiferðin
Arnmundur Ernst Björnsson for Venjulegt fólk 3

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Gunnar Jónsson for Brot
Hallgrímur Ólafsson for Gullregn
Þorvaldur Davíð Kristjánsson for Ráðherrann
Nicolas Bro for Ísalög
Ævar Þór Benediktsson for Jarðarförin mín

BEST ACTRESS:
Sigrún Edda Björnsdóttir for Gullregn
Aníta Briem for Ráðherrann
Vala Kristín Eiríksdóttir for Venjulegt fólk 3
Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir for Brot
Edda Björgvinsdóttir for Amma Hófí

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir for Gullregn
Þuríður Blær Jóhannsdóttir for Ráðherrann
Halldóra Geirharðsdóttir for Venjulegt fólk 3
Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir for Brot
Tinna Hrafnsdóttir for Brot

BEST EDITOR:
Valdís Óskarsdóttir, Sigurður Eyþórsson, Guðlaugur Andri Eyþórsson for Brot
Michael Czarnecki for Gullregn
Anní Ólafsdóttir, Eva Lind Höskuldsdóttir, Davíð Alexander Corno for Þriðji póllinn
Sighvatur Ómar Kristinsson for Er ást
Sigvaldi J. Kárason for Síðasta veiðiferðin

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Árni Filippusson for Brot
Árni Filippusson for Gullregn
Sturla Brandth Grovlen for Last and First Men
Anní Ólafsdóttir, Eiríkur Ingi Böðvarsson for Þriðji póllinn
Ásgrímur Guðbjartsson for Ráðherrann

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Heimir Sverrisson for Brot
Heimir Sverrisson for Gullregn
Eggert Ketilsson for Ísalög

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Pétur Karlsson for Brot
Sigurgeir Arinbjarnarson for Ráðherrann
Filmgate, Guðjón Jónsson, Árni Gestur Sigfússon for Ísalög

BEST COSTUME:
Helga Rós V. Hannam for Brot
Helga Rós V. Hannam for Gullregn
Helga I. Stefánsdóttir for Ísalög

BEST MAKE-UP:
Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir for Brot
Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir for Gullregn
Guðbjörg Huldís Kristinsdóttir for Ísalög

BEST SOUND DESIGN:
Jeremy Fong, Keith Elliott, Jón Einarsson Gústafsson forSkuggahverfið
Huldar Freyr Arnarson for Brot
Jacek Hamela for Gullregn
Jana Irmert for Last and First Men
Gunnar Árnason for Á móti straumnum

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Tomas Valent for Skuggahverfið
Pétur Ben for Brot
Jóhann Jóhannsson, Yair Elazar Glotman for Last and First Men
Högni Egilsson for Þriðji póllinn
Margrét Rán for A Song Called Hate