The ‘Edda Awards’ are bestowed annually by the ‘Icelandic Film and Television Academy’ and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February for outstanding work in various categories of film and television since 1999. The 2023 prizes were announced on Sunday evening and ‘Blackport’ (Verbúðin), a drama series set in 1980s Iceland and inspired by the laws on the fishing quotas implemented in 1983, took home the most awards (nine), including Best Fictional Series, Best Screenplay, and Best Score, composed by musicians Herdís Stefánsdóttir and Kjartan Holm.
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