On Monday night, 25th January, the annual Swedish version of the Oscars took place – the Guldbagge Awards! Discover a quick history of the awards, and all this year’s nominees and winners!

About the Guldbagge Awards

Sweden’s leading film awards, named after the rose chafer beetle, have been presented since 1964, honouring outstanding contributions to Swedish film. Back in 1964 there were just 3 categories, now there are closer to 20 awards available annually across various categories.

“The rose chafer likes to fly in the summer sunshine. It shimmers much like a movie strip as it flies by. Something about its behaviour and its way of living can be likened to that of film. ” 

– Artist Karl Axel Pehrson. Taken from the awards website https://guldbaggen.se

Charter has the most nominations this year, in seven categories. We saw and reviewed this great film and can confirm it is an excellent piece of work. There has also been a great podcast released by Girls On Film where they get to speak to both director Amanda Kernell and actress Ane Dahl Torp – listen the podcast HERE

Other highlights include I am Greta, which has been released in the UK and available to watch on BBC iPlayer now; Psykos i Stockholm (Psychosis in Stockholm) which picked up 5 nominations, Orca and Spring Uje, Spring (Run Uje, Run).

Categories, Nominees and Winners

Here is the full list of nominees and winners:

BEST FILM

Charter
I am Greta
Orca
Scheme Birds
Spring Uje Spring (Run Uje Run) *WINNER*

BEST DIRECTOR

Marie Bäck for Psykos i Stockholm (Psychosis in Stockholm)
Nathan Grossman for I am Greta
Amanda Kernell for Charter *WINNER*
Henrik Schyffert for Spring Uje spring

BEST ACTOR

Uje Brandelius for Spring Uje spring *WINNER*
Adel Darwish for Ghabe
Rolf Lassgård for Min pappa Marianne (My father Marianne)
Johan Rheborg for Orca

BEST ACTRESS

Ane Dahl Torp for Charter *WINNER*
Irma von Platen for Inland
Josefin Neldén for Psykos i Stockholm
Josefine Stofkoper for Psykos i Stockholm

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Ahmad Fadel for Ghabe *WINNER*
Sverrir Gudnason for Charter
Erik Johansson for Orca
Ville Virtanen for Den längsta dagen

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Lena Endre for Min pappa Marianne *WINNER*
Marie Göranzon for Se upp för Jönssonligan (Watch Out for the Jönsson Gang)
Eva Melander for Inland
Marianne Mörck for Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent

BEST SCRIPT

Orca
Spring Uje spring *WINNER*
Psykos i Stockholm
Charter

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Samtidigt på jorden (Meanwhile on Earth)
Charter *WINNER*
Spring Uje, spring

BEST EDITING

Breaking Surface *WINNER*
Spring Uje, spring
Orca

BEST WARDROBE

Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent *WINNER*
Andra sidan
Se upp för Jönssonligan

BEST SOUND DESIGN

The Average Color of the Universe
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan *WINNER*

BEST SHORT FILM

Du Gamla, Du Fria
Index
A Legacy of Horses – Directed by Annika Karlsson & Jessica Karlsson *WINNER*

BEST DOCUMENTARY

I Am Greta *WINNER*
Idomei
Scheme Birds

BEST MAKE-UP

Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent *WINNER*
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan

BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Psykos i Stockholm
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent
Only the Devil Lives Without Hope *WINNER*

BEST SET DESIGN

Charter
Se upp för Jönssonligan
Nelly Rapp – Monsteragent

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Se upp för Jönssonligan
Andra sidan
Breaking Surface *WINNER*

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

For Sama *WINNER*
Babyteeth
Mank

HONOURARY AWARD – LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

Swedish actor Sten Ljunggren.

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners, and everyone involved!

Feature by Alex Minnis