22 Amanda nominations for Film i Väst's co-productions

2025-06-19

Amanda Awards, the Norwegian equivalent of the Guldbagge Awards, is part of the Norwegian International Film Festival in Haugesund, taking place from August 16–22, 2025. Film i Väst’s co-productions The Ugly Stepsister, Armand, Safe House, and Quisling: The Final Days have together received 22 Amanda nominations.

Renate Reinsve and Gard B. Eidsvold receive their third Amanda nominations for their roles in Armand and Quisling: The Final Days , respectively. Ane Dahl Torp and Ellen Dorrit Petersen each receive their fifth nominations for their roles in The Ugly Stepsister and Armand. The most nominated of Film i Väst’s co-productions is Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Armand, with seven nominations, including Best Film.

Eligible films must have premiered in Norway between July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025. The awards ceremony will take place on August 16 in Haugesund as part of the Norwegian International Film Festival.

All nominations for Film i Väst’s co-productions:

Best Costume Design

Karen Fabritius Gram, Quisling: The Final Days
Manon Rasmussen, The Ugly Stepsister

Best Make-Up Design

Eros Codinas, Quisling: The Final Days
Thomas Foldberg & Anne Cathrine Sauerberg, The Ugly Stepsister
Marika Weber Collop, Safe House

Best Production Design/Scenography

Pia Wallin, Quisling: The Final Days
Kate Van Der Merwe, Safe House

Best Cinematography 

Pål Ulvik Rokseth, Armand
Karl Erik Brøndbo, Safe House

Best Visual Effects

Peter Hjorth (VFX supervisor), Henning Szpiro Eriksen (VFX producent), Vincent Larsson (TINT), Theodor Flo-Groeneboom (Rebel Unit), Maciej Rynkiewicz (XANF), The Ugly Stepsister
Andreas Hylander och Alex Hansson (Haymaker), Safe House

Best Sound Design

Mats Lid Støten, Armand

Best Debut Performance

Lea Myren, The Ugly Stepsister

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Armand
Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Armand
Ane Dahl Torp, The Ugly Stepsister

Best Screenplay

Emilie Blichfeldt, The Ugly Stepsister

The People’s Amanda

Quisling: The Final Days (Producers: Stein B. Kvae & Finn Gjerdrum / Director: Erik Poppe)

Best Director

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, Armand

 Best Actor in a Leading Role

Renate Reinsve, Armand
Gard B. Eidsvold, Quisling: The Final Days

Best Film 

Armand (Producers: Andrea Berentsen Ottmar & Dyveke Bjørkly Graver / Director: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel)

See all the nominations here.