7th Edda Awards

The 7th Edda Awards were held on 13 November 2005 at Nordica Hótel in Reykjavík.[1] The Awards were hosted by actor Þorsteinn Guðmundsson and was broadcast live on RÚV.[2]

As in previous years, the public was able to cast their votes online. The Icelandic Film and Television Academy had 70% say in the results and the public 30%. Except for the Best Television Personality where the public had 100% say in the results. This year a total of 53 people were nominated for Best Television Personality.[3] This year also marked the first time the members of the academy were able to submit their votes online. This was done through a special email service.[4]

The film Voksne Mennesker, directed by Dagur Kári was nominated in five categories and won 4 awards. Magnús Scheving's LazyTown was also nominated in 5 categories but only won one award. Silvía Night was prominent as always and did not shy away from the attention on the award night. She was nominated in two categories and won both. One of those awards was the Best Television Personality which was chosen online by the Icelandic public.

New Categories

Results

The nominees and winners were:[1] (Winners highlighted in bold)

Best Film

Best Director

Best Actor/Actress

Best Supporting Actor/Actress

Best Screenplay

Best Documentary

Best Short

Best Editing or Cinematography

  • Bergsteinn Björgúlfsson, for cinematography in Gargandi Snilld
  • Sveinn M. Sveinsson & Ragnar Axelsson, for cinematography in Heimur kuldans
  • Tómas Örn Tómasson, for cinematography in LazyTown

Best Visual Design

Best Sound & Music

  • Bradley L. North, Byron Wilson, Ann Scibelli, for sound in One Point O
  • Slow Slow, for music in Voksne Mennesker
  • Hallur Ingólfsson, for music in Töframaðurinn

Best Television Program (staged)

Best Entertainment in Television

Best Television Program

  • Fólk með Sirrý
  • Í brennidepli
  • Sjálfstætt fólk
  • Einu sinni var…
  • Útlínur

Best Music Video

  • Leaves - Whatever, directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson
  • Bang Gang - Find What You Get, directed by Árni Þór Jónsson
  • 70mínútur vs Quarashi - Crazy Bastard, directed by Sam&Gun

Best Television Personality

Landsbankinn Motivation Award

  • Elvar Gunnarson and his shortfilm Hið ljúfa líf

Honorary Award

Vilhjálmur Hjálmarsson, a former politician on the board of education, for hiss efforts in creating the Icelandic film fund in 1978.

References
  1. "Eddan 2005 - Eddan.is". eddan.is. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. "Eddan veitt í sjöunda sinn". www.mbl.is. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  3. "Vísir - Sjónvarpsmaður ársins:". Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  4. "Fréttablaðið, 29.10.2005 - Timarit.is". timarit.is. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
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