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28.06.2006
Lien and Frølich lead the Amanda Race
Five noms each for for The Bothersome Man (Den brysomme mannen) and Pitbullterje, as the candidates for the Norwegian Oscars were announced earlier today (Wednesday, 28 June) at a press conference in Oslo
Kilde: Nordic Film &TV Fund Publisert: 28.06.06 | Sist endret: 06.07.06
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Norwegian directors Jens Lien’s The Bothersome Man and Arild Frølich’s Pitbullterje received each five nominations for the Amanda – Norway’s Oscar – as jury chairman, writer-director-actor Aksel Hennie announced the candidates for this year’s awards during a press conference at the Norwegian Film Institute at Oslo’s Filmens Hus earlier today (Wednesday, 28 June). They were closely followed by Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen’s Izzat, by four nominations, adding the The Canal+/SF Norge award for Best Nordic Newcomer.
The Bothersome Man was nominated for Best Film, Best director, Best Actor (Trond Fausa Aurvåg), Best Supporting Role (Petronella Barker), and Best Original Screenplay (Per Schreiner), while Pitbullterje qualified for Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Kristin Skogheim), Best Original Screenplay (Endre Lund Eriksen), also a contender in the category of Best Film for Children and Youth Audiences.
Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen’s Izzat is considered for an Amanda in four categories, including Best Film, adding the award for Best Nordic Newcomer. Petter Næss’ Love Me Tomorrow (Elsk meg i morgen) got three noms, comprising Best Director. Contenders for Best Foreign Feature: Chinese director Ang Lee’s Brokeback Mountain, US directors Tim Burton’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and James Mangold’s Walk the Line.
After a regular with Norwegian pubcaster, NRK, for the last 20 years, the Amanda ceremony will for the first time be aired by commercial broadcaster TV2, as a Nordisk Film TV production. The event takes place on Friday, 18 August, at the Haugesund Concert Hall, as part of the 34th Norwegian International Film Festival.
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS
BEST FILM (FOR THEATRICAL):
The Bothersome Man | Prod: Jørgen Storm Rosenberg | Tordenfilm
The Giant (Giganten) | Prods: Thorleif Hauge, Finn Gjerdrum | Paradox Spillefilm
Izzat | Prods: John M Jakobsen, Sveinung Golimo| Filmkameratene
Pitbullterje | Prods: Finn Gjerdrum, Thorleif Hauge, Stein B. Kvae | Paradox Spillefilm
Free Jimmy (Slipp Jimmy fri) | Prod: Lars Andreas Hellebust | Storm Studio
BEST DIRECTOR:
Jens Lien | The Bothersome Man
Petter Næss | Love Me Tomorrow
Arild Frølich | Pitbullterje
BEST ACTOR:
Trond Fausa Aurvåg | The Bothersome Man
Emil Marwa | Izzat
Bjørnar Teigen | Import/Export
BEST ACTRESS:
Mariann Saastad Ottesen | Love Me Tomorrow
Kristin Skogheim | Pitbullterje
Ane Dahl Torp | Comrade Pedersen (Gymnaslærer Pedersen)
BEST SUPPORTING ROLE:
Petronella Barker | The Bothersome Man
Talat Hussain | Import/Exsport
Sven Nordin | Love Me Tomorrow
BEST FILM FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AUDIENCES:
Izzat | Dir: Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen
Pitbullterje | Dir: Arild Frølich
Tommy’s Inferno (Tommys inferno) | Dir: Ove Raymond Gyldenås
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Per Schreiner | The Bothersome Man
Leon Bashir, Ulrik Imtiaz Rolfsen | Izzat
Endre Lund Eriksen | Pittbulterje
BEST SHORT FILM:
Lonely Together (Alene menn sammen) | Dir: Trond Fausa Aurvåg
The Danish Poet (Den danske dikteren) | Dir: Torill Kove
Sniffer | Dir: Bobbie Peers
BEST NORDIC NEWCOMER (The Canal+/SF Norge Amanda):
Princess | Dir: Anders Morgenthaler | Prod: Zentropa Entertainments (Denmark)
Beauty and the Bastard (Tyttö sinä olet tähti) | Dir: Dome Karukoski Prod | Helsinki-Filmi (Finland)
Thicker than Water (Blóðbönd) | Dir: Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson | Prod: Pegasus Pictures (Iceland)
Izzat | Dir: Ulrik Imitaz Rolfsen | Prod: Filmkameratene (Norway)
God Willing (Om Gud vill) | Dir: Amir Chamdin | Prod: Chamdin Stöhr & SHE with Sonet Film, Film i Väst (Sweden)
THE DVD AMANDA:
The Ax (Le Couperet) | Dir: Costa-Gavras (Belgium/France/Spain) | Local distr: Warner Bros. Entertainment Norge A/S
Everything is Illuminated | Dir: Liev Schreiber (USA) | Local distr: Warner Bros. Entertainment Norge A/S
Sometimes in April | Dir: Raoul Peck (France/USA/Rwanda) | Local distr: Warner Bros. Entertainment Norge A/S
BEST FOREIGN FEATURE:
Brokeback Mountain | Dir: Ang Lee (USA) | Local distr: Sandrew Metronome Norge
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Dir: Tim Burton | Local distr: Sandrew Metronome Norge
Walk the Line | Dir: James Mangold (USA) | Local distr: Fox Film A/S
A News Item from Nordic Film & TV Fund.
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Related information:
- The Norwegian International Film Festival, Haugesund
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