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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. Categories ''The list of categories is incomplete.'' Best Film (Norwegian) 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. Best Director 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. People's Amanda Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Role Given intermittently up until 2007, starting in 2008 this award is given out in both a male and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ice Palace (1987 Film)
''The Ice Palace'' ( no, Is-slottet) is a 1987 Norwegian drama film directed by Per Blom based on the novel of the same name. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Line Storesund as Siss * Hilde Nyeggen Martinsen as Unn * Merete Moen as Moster / Aunt * Sigrid Huun as Mother / Moren * Vidar Sandem as Father * Knut Ørvig as En eldre mann / Old Man * Urda Brattrud Larsen as Bente * Charlotte Lundestad as Den nye jenta See also * List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Petter Moland
Hans Petter Moland (born 17 October 1955) is a Norwegian film director. Moland was born in Oslo. He had received awards for his commercials at major festivals, including Cannes, before he made his feature debut in 1993 with '' The Last Lieutenant''. He followed up with '' Zero Kelvin'' (1995), ''Aberdeen'' (2000) and ''The Beautiful Country'' (2004), which was selected for Competition in Berlin. He also directed the short film ''United We Stand'', which has been awarded prizes at several major film festivals. He is also well known for his collaboration and deep friendship with Swedish actor Stellan Skarsgård, having directed him in three movies; ''Zero Kelvin'', ''Aberdeen'' and ''En ganske snill mann'' (2010), the latter being nominated for the Golden Bear at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival. A fourth collaboration with Skarsgård, ''In Order of Disappearance'', had its premiere in the competition section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Moland made hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kjærlighetens Kjøtere
''Zero Kelvin'' () is a 1995 Norwegian psychological thriller film directed by Hans Petter Moland and starring Gard B. Eidsvold and Stellan Skarsgård. It explores the tensions between three men in an isolated Greenland trapping station in the 1920s. Plot In 1920s Oslo, Henrik Larsen, an aspiring poet, leaves his girlfriend Gertrude to spend a year as a trapper in Greenland. There he shares a small winter hut with the station master Randbæk and a scientist named Holm. Randbaek mocks Larsen's poetry, violin playing, and kindness to the sled dogs. Larsen soon proves himself superior at several tasks, but this only angers Randbaek further. He discovers a letter from Gertrude rejecting Larsen's marriage proposal and taunts Larsen that she is unfaithful. Concerned with their dwindling supplies, Randbaek and Holm agree to kill one of the dogs over Larsen's objections. To spite Larsen, Randbaek deliberately wounds the dog rather than kill it. Randbaek and Larsen fight, and Holm attack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bent Hamer
Bent Hamer (born 18 December 1956) is a film director, writer and producer, born in Sandefjord, Norway in 1956. Biography Hamer studied film theory and literature at the University of Stockholm and the Stockholm Film School. In addition to his feature films, he has written and directed a number of short films and documentaries. His first film, ''Eggs'', premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival where it was shown in the Directors' Fortnight section. That same year, it was shown in competition at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the award for Best First Film; it also received the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1995 Toronto International Film Festival. His 2003 film ''Kitchen Stories'' screened at many international festivals and was the Norwegian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In April 2004, Bent Hamer started shooting ''Factotum'' based on the novel of the same name by US poet and writer Charles Bukowski. The screenplay was writt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eggs (film)
''Eggs'' is a 1995 Norwegian comedy film by Bent Hamer. It was awarded the 1995 Amanda for Best Norwegian film. It was also entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Two old brothers, Moe and Pa, have lived together for their whole life and are content with their daily and weekly routine. This is disturbed later by the arrival of Pa's grown-up and disabled son Konrad, whose existence (due to a two-day trip of Pa to Småland, the only time Pa and Moe were separated) was unknown to Moe. The weirdness of Konrad and the jealousy of Moe and Konrad then disturb the routine, and Moe leaves home in the end. Cast * Sverre Hansen as Moe * Kjell Stormoen as Pa * Leif Andrée as Konrad * Juni Dahr as Cylindia Volund * Ulf Wengård as Vernon * Trond Høvik as Blomdal * Alf Conrad Olsen as Jim * Leif Malmberg Leif is a male given name of Scandinavian origin. It is derived from the Old Norse name ''Leifr'' (nominative case), meaning "heir", "descendant". Use in the N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hodet Over Vannet
''Hodet over vannet'' is a Norwegian comedy thriller film by director Nils Gaup. It became a big success at the Norwegian box office. In 1993, it was one of the ten most seen films in Norwegian movie theaters. In the year after, 1994, it won the Amanda Award for Best Norwegian Film in Theatrical Release. It is a production of the production company Filmkameratene A/S. In 1996, an American remake of the film was released, '' Head Above Water'', which starred Cameron Diaz and Harvey Keitel. It was filmed at Yxnøy on Østerøya (East Island) in Sandefjord, Norway. It is inspired by Steven Spielberg's '' Jaws'' movies and various Alfred Hitchcock films. Plot The storyline revolves around a married couple, Lene (Lene Elise Bergum) and Einar (Svein Roger Karlsen), who is vacationing in Southern Norway. The husband leaves for a fishing trip with his friend Bjørn (Morten Abel). While they are gone, Lene is visited by Gaute (Reidar Sørensen), a former lover who arrives drunk. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berit Nesheim
Berit Nesheim (born 28 January 1945) is a Norwegian film director. Nesheim graduated from the University of Oslo in foreign languages, literature and psychology to go on to a career as a director of television films. Her first feature-film was Frida – Straight from the Heart in 1991, which was the Norwegian entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1992. Her next feature film was Beyond the Sky (1994, starring with Swedish actress Harriet Anderson. Her film The Other Side of Sunday was nominated to Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1997. She directed the miniseries ''An Immortal Man ''An Immortal Man'' (''En udødelig mann'') is a miniseries on Henrik Ibsen's childhood and youth in three episodes, produced by the NRK in 2006 on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Ibsen's death. It was directed by Berit Nesheim and writt ...'' (2006) on Henrik Ibsen's life. References External links * Norwegian film directors Norwegian women f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frida – Med Hjertet I Hånden
''Frida'' is a 2002 American biographical drama film directed by Julie Taymor which depicts the professional and private life of the surrealist Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Starring Salma Hayek in an Academy Award–nominated portrayal as Kahlo and Alfred Molina as her husband, Diego Rivera, the film was adapted by Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas, Antonio Banderas and unofficially by Edward Norton from the 1983 book '' Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo'' by Hayden Herrera. ''Frida'' received generally positive reviews from critics, and won two Academy Awards for Best Makeup and Best Original Score among six nominations. Plot In 1925, Frida Kahlo suffers a traumatic accident at the age of 18 onboard a wooden-bodied bus that collides with a streetcar. Impaled by a metal pole, the injuries she sustains plague her for the rest of her life. To help her through convalescence, her father brings her a canvas to paint on. Once regaining the ability to walk with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herman (film)
''Herman'' is a 1990 Norwegian drama film directed by Erik Gustavson. The film was selected as the Norwegian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Anders Danielsen Lie as Herman * Frank Robert as Grandfather * Elisabeth Sand as Mother * Kai Remlov as Jacobsen Jr. * Sossen Krohg as Fru Jacobsen * Harald Heide-Steen Jr. as Tjukken * Bjørn Floberg as Father * Jarl Kulle as Panten See also * List of submissions to the 63rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Norwegian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Kingdom of Norway has submitted films in the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category at the Oscars since 1957. They only submitted two films in their first twenty years, but they became a regular fixture in the competition ... References External links * 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Asphaug
Martin Asphaug (born 28 April 1950) is a film director and screenwriter from Trondheim, Norway. With a background in writing and directing short films, industry documentaries and PSAs, Asphaug made his feature film debut with the award-winning 1989 film, ''A Handful of Time''. Since 1992 Asphaug has primarily worked in Sweden, in several cases with SVT, directing episodes of ''Rederiet'' and the first season of ''Skärgårdsdoktorn''. Since 2000, Asphaug has worked on several projects from author Håkan Nesser, the first films of the ''Van Veeteren'' series (adaptations of '' The Mind's Eye'', '' The Return'' and ''Woman with Birthmark'') and the 1962 period film ''Kim Novak badade aldrig i Genesarets sjö'' of 2005. In 2007 he directed the first two films of the ''Irene Huss'' series by Helene Tursten. He lives near Ystad in Skåne. Filmography Feature films: * ''En Håndfull Tid'' (1989, ''A Handful of Time'') * ''Svampe'' (1990) * ''Giftige Løgner'' (1992, ''Toxic Lies'') ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
En Håndfull Tid
En or EN may refer to: Businesses * Bouygues (stock symbol EN) * Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (reporting mark EN, but now known as Southern Railway of Vancouver Island) * Euronews, a news television and internet channel Language and writing * En or N, the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet * EN (cuneiform), the mark in Sumerian cuneiform script for a High Priest or Priestess meaning "lord" or "priest" * En (Cyrillic) (Н, н), a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet, equivalent to the Roman letter "n" * En (digraph), ‹en› used as a phoneme * En (typography), a unit of width in typography ** en dash, a dash one en long * En language, a language spoken in northern Vietnam * English language (ISO 639-1 language code en) Organisations * Eastern National, a US organization providing educational products to National Park visitors * English Nature, a former UK government conservation agency * Envirolink Northwest, an environmental organization in England Religion * En (deity) in Albania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
