List of Amanda Award winners

The following is a list of Amanda Award winners within the main categories awarded at the annual Norwegian International Film Festival since the award’s initiation in 1985. In 1993, the so-called “Nordic Amanda” honoured cinematic achievements from all the Nordic countries. This practice was discontinued the following year, but an award for best Nordic film was awarded until the year 2000.^[1]

Categories[edit]

The list of categories is incomplete.

Best Film (Norwegian)[edit]

1985–2004 the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Film was given to the director. In 2005 this practice was changed, and the award is now given to the film’s producer.

Year	Film	Director/Producer
1985
	Orions belte	Ola Solum
	Galskap! [no]	Egil Kolstø [no]
	The Chieftain	Terje Kristiansen [et; no]
1986
	Wives – Ten Years After	Anja Breien
	Blackout	Erik Gustavson
	Havlandet [no; tr]	Lasse Glomm [no]
1987
	X	Oddvar Einarson
	Hard Asphalt	Sølve Skagen
	The Feldmann Case [no]	Bente Erichsen
1988
	Veiviseren	Nils Gaup
	The Ice Palace	Per Blom
	Etter Rubicon	Leidulv Risan
1989
	For harde livet [no]	Sigve Endresen [da; no]
1990
	En håndfull tid	Martin Asphaug
1991
	Herman	Erik Gustavson
1992
	Frida – med hjertet i hånden	Berit Nesheim
1994
	Hodet over vannet	Nils Gaup
1995
	Eggs	Bent Hamer
1996
	Kjærlighetens kjøtere	Hans Petter Moland
1997
	Budbringeren	Pål Sletaune
1998
	Salige er de som tørster [fr; no]	Carl Jørgen Kiønig [no]
1999
	Bare skyer beveger stjernene	Torun Lian
2000
	SOS	Thomas Robsahm
2001
	Heftig og begeistret [no]	Knut Erik Jensen
2002
	Alt om min far	Even Benestad
2003
	Salmer fra kjøkkenet	Bent Hamer
	Jonny Vang	Jens Lien
	Villmark	Pål Øie [da; it; no]
2004
	Buddy	Morten Tyldum
	The Beautiful Country	Hans Petter Moland
	Bázo [no]	Lars-Göran Pettersson [sv]
2005
	Hawaii, Oslo	Finn Gjerdrum, Torleif Hauge, Erik Poppe
	Colour of Milk	Catho Bach Christensen
	Ungdommens råskap [no]	Margareth Olin
	Uno	Jørgen Storm Rosenberg [no]
	Venner for Livet [de; no]	Ellen Jacobsen
2006
	Free Jimmy	Lars Andreas Hellebust
	The Bothersome Man	Jørgen Storm Rosenberg [no]
	The Giant	Torleif Hauge, Finn Gjerdrum
	Izzat	John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo [no]
	Pitbullterje	Finn Gjerdrum, Torleif Hauge, Stein B. Kvae [no]
2007
	Reprise	Karin Julsrud [no]
	Mirush	Gudny Hummelvoll
	Sons	Eric Vogel [no]
2008
	The Man Who Loved Yngve	Yngve Sæther
	O’ Horten	Bent Hamer
	Gone with the Woman	Olav Øen
2009
	Max Manus	John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo [no]
	Jernanger [no]	Maria Ekerhovd [no], Torleif Hauge
	North	Sigve Endresen [da; no], Brede Hovland [de]
2010
	Upperdog	Asle Vatn [no], Christian Fredrik Martin [de; no]
	A Somewhat Gentle Man	Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae [no]
	Vegas	Tanya Badendyck, Silje Hopland Eik, Maria Ekerhovd [no]
2011
	King of Devil’s Island	Karin Julsrud [no]
	Tears of Gaza	Terje Kristiansen [et; no], Vibeke Løkkeberg
	Nokas	Jan Aksel Angeltvedt [no]
2012
	Turn Me On, Dammit!	Sigve Endresen [da; no], Brede Hovland [de], Jannicke Systad Jacobsen
	The Orheim Company	Yngve Sæther, Sigve Endresen [da; no]
	Pushwagner [da; no]	Carsten Aanonsen
	The Monitor	Turid Øversveen [no]
2013
	I Belong	Yngve Sæther
	It’s Only Make Believe [no]	Gary Cranner
	Before Snowfall [fr; no; tr]	Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae [no]
	Kon-Tiki	Aage Aaberge [et], Jeremy Thomas
2014
	A Thousand Times Good Night	Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae [no]
	Blind	Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Sigve Endresen [da; no]
	Louis & Luca and the Snow Machine	Cornelia Boysen
2015
	Børning	John M. Jacobsen, Sveinung Golimo [no], Marcus B. Brodersen, Hallvard Bræin [no]
	1001 Grams	Bent Hamer
	Out of Nature	Ole Giæver, Maria Ekerhovd [no]
2016
	The Wave	Martin Sundland, Are Heidenstrøm, Roar Uthaug
	Louder Than Bombs	Thomas Robsahm, Alexandre Mallet-Guy [fa; fr], Joshua Astrachan, Marc Turtletaub, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa
	Doing Good [no]	Margreth Olin
2017
	The King’s Choice	Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae [no]
	Børning 2	Marcus B. Brodersen, John M. Jacobsen
	In the Forest of Huckybucky	Ove Heiborg, Elisabeth Opdal, Eirik Smidesang Slåen [no]
2018
	What Will People Say	Maria Ekerhovd [no]
	Thelma	Joachim Trier, Thomas Robsahm
	U – 22 July	Finn Gjerdrum, Stein B. Kvae [no]
2019
	Out Stealing Horses	Turid Øversveen [no], Håkon Øverås [no]
	The Quake	Martin Sundland
	Harajuku	Cornelia Boysen, Synnøve Hørsdal [no]
2020
	Beware of Children	Yngve Sæther
	Hope	Thomas Robsahm
	Selvportrett [no]	Margreth Olin
2021
	The Painter and the Thief	Ingvil Giske
	Generasjon Utøya [no]	Aslaug Holm [no], Sigve Endresen  [no]
	Ninjababy	Yngve Sæther
2022
	Verdens verste menneske	Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Thomas Robsahm
	De uskyldige	Maria Ekerhovd [no]
	Nordsjøen	Martin Sundland, Catrin Gundersen, Therese Bøhn

Best Director[edit]

The award for best director has only been awarded since 2005. Before this the best film award, which is now given to the producer, was given to the director.^[2]

People’s Amanda[edit]

Best Actor[edit]

Best Actress[edit]

Best Supporting Role[edit]

Given intermittently up until 2007, starting in 2008 this award is given out in both a male and female category.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role[edit]

Best Actress in a Supporting Role[edit]

Best Sound Design[edit]

Best Children’s Film[edit]

Best Original Screenplay[edit]

Best Short film[edit]

Best Documentary[edit]

Best Film (International)[edit]

The Amanda Committee’s Golden Clapper (technical award)[edit]

The Amanda Committee’s Honorary Award[edit]

Discontinued awards[edit]

Best Film (Nordic)[edit]

Best Television Drama[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]