Edda Awards

{{Short description|Icelandic film and television award ceremony}}

The Edda Award is an accolade bestowed annually{{Cite web|title=All the glamour of the Edda Awards|url=https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2015/02/22/all_the_glamour_of_the_edda_awards/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Iceland Monitor}} by the Icelandic Film and Television Academy, and is the most prominent film and television award in Iceland, awarded annually in February.{{cite web |url=http://eddan.is/?page_id=5 |website=Starfsreglur - Eddan |access-date=19 April 2019|title=Starfsreglur - Eddan.is }}{{Cite web|title=Woman at War triumphs at the Edda Awards|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/368680/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Cineuropa - the best of european cinema|language=en}} The Edda has awarded for outstanding work in various categories of film and television annually since 1999,[http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1948787 Kvikmyndir órjúfanlegur hluti sagnaarfsins] Morgunblaðið, 20 October 1999, p. 60 (in Icelandic){{Cite web|date=2018-02-26|title=Edda Awards Honour Icelandic Film and TV Success|url=https://www.icelandreview.com/news/edda-awards-honour-icelandic-film-and-tv-success/|access-date=2020-08-27|website=Iceland Review|language=en-US}} except in 2009 due to the economic crash the year before.{{Cite web|last=Nordal|first=Erlingur|title=Life in a Fishbowl wins Iceland's Oscars {{!}} IceNews - Daily News|url=https://www.icenews.is/2015/02/27/life-in-a-fishbowl-wins-icelands-oscars/|access-date=2020-08-27|language=en-US}} In 2010, the event was moved from the usual November date to February, and the eligibility period for that year was from 1 November 2008 to 30 December 2009. Since 2011, the eligibility period is the previous calendar year.