By Xuefei Chen Axelsson
Stockholm, Greenpost, Jan. 22–A grand gala awarding ceremony has been held in Stockholm’s Cirkus.
The award winners of the Guldbagge Awards on 22 January 2018. Photo: Pelle T Nilsson
At an awards ceremony, held at Cirkus in Stockholm and broadcasted live, the winners of the Guldbagge Awards 2018 were crowned. The Nile Hilton Incident received five awards, followed by Sámi Blood with three awards, including the Guldbaggen Audience Award. The Square andBorg/McEnroe received two awards each.
Best Film
The Nile Hilton Incident
Producer: Kristina Åberg
Best Director
Ruben Östlund
for The Square
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lene Cecilia Sparrok
for the role as Elle Marja in Sámi Blood (Sameblod)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Fares Fares
for the role as Noredin in The Nile Hilton Incident
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Julia Kijowska
for the role as Agnieszka in Strawberry Days
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Stellan Skarsgård
for the role as Lennart Bergelin in Borg/McEnroe
Best Screenplay
Amanda Kernell
for the screenplay for Sámi Blood (Sameblod)
Best Cinematography
Fredrik Wenzel
for cinematography in The Square
Best Editing
Anders Skov
for the editing of Sámi Blood (Sameblod)
Best Costume
Louize Nissen
for the costumes in The Nile Hilton Incident
Best Sound/Sound Design
Fredrik Jonsäter
for the sound on The Nile Hilton Incident
Best Makeup
Petra Cabbe
for mask/make-up in Solsidan (english title TBA)
Best Original Score
Peter von Poehl
for Ravens (Korparna)
Best Set Design
Roger Rosenberg
forThe Nile Hilton Incident
Best Visual Effects
Torbjörn Olsson and Alex Hansson
for Borg/McEnroe
Best Foreign Language Film
The Salesman
by Asghar Farhadi
Best Documentary Film
Silvana
by Olivia Kastebring, Mika Gustafson and Christina Tsiobanelis
Best Short Film
The Burden
by Niki Lindroth von Bahr
The jury consisted of nine members; Anna Carlson, Daniel Espinosa, Nadja Weiss, Elisabeth Ohlson Wallin, Sören Staermose, Anna Asp, Anne-Marie Söhrman Fermelin, Håkon Skogrand
and Marek Septimus Wieser.
More awards at the Guldbagge Awards Ceremony:
Best Newcomer
director Rojda Sekersöz
for her achievements in Beyond Dreams (Dröm vidare)
Lifetime Achievement Award
The board of the Swedish Film Institute extends the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award to:
director Stig Björkman
Gullspira
A jury consisting of Anna Carlson, Gila Bergqvist Ulfung, Sanjin Pejkovic, Alexander Haridi, Lisa Andrae and Johan Unenge have decided to give Gullspira 2018 to:
BUFF International Film festival
The Guldbagge Audience Award
Sámi Blood (Sameblod)
Producer: Lars G. Lindström
The Guldbagge Audience Award (Guldbaggens publikpris) is a new award at the Guldbagge Awards Ceremony. It includes all 41 Swedish feature length films that premiered in cinemas during 2017. The award is produced by The Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with the Swedish news media Aftonbladet.
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony was held 22 January 2018 at Cirkus in Stockholm. Swedish Television (SVT) broadcasted the event live. Petra Mede was this year’s host.
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish Film Institute’s award for achievements during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a flower chafer beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.