Några av de nominerade på pressträffen i Filmhuset. Foto: Pelle T. Nilsson / SPA
At a press conference in Filmhuset in Stockholm today, the nominations for the Guldbagge Awards for the film year 2022 were presented. Triangle of Sadness was presented with nine nominations, followed by Boy from Heaven with seven nominations. Burn All My Letters, Comedy Queen and I Am Zlatan received six nominations each.
The Guldbagge Awards Gala is arranged by the Swedish Film Institute in collaboration with SVT and takes place at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 23, 2023.
A jury of 33 members in four groups came to the following result for the nominations for the 2023 Guldbagge Awards, Sweden’s national film awards. Special committees agreed on the nominations for the categories for Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film.
BEST FILM
Boy from Heaven
Producers: Kristina Åberg and Fredrik Zander
Comedy Queen
Producers: Anna Anthony and Rebecka Lafrenz
Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
Producers: Pelle Nilsson and Mattias Nohrborg
I Am Zlatan
Producers: Fredrik Heinig, Frida Bargo and Mattias Nohrborg
Triangle of Sadness
Producers: Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober
BEST DIRECTOR
Sanna Lenken
for Comedy Queen
Tarik Saleh
for Boy from Heaven
Jens Sjögren
for I Am Zlatan
Ruben Östlund
for Triangle of Sadness
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Sigrid Johnson
for Sasha in Comedy Queen
Bahar Pars
for Nilo in Maya Nilo (Laura)
Vera Vitali
for Lisa in Long Live the Bonus Family
Katia Winter
for Hanna in The Year I Started Masturbating
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Tawfeek Barhom
for Adam in Boy from Heaven
Granit Rushiti
for Zlatan in I Am Zlatan
Oscar Töringe
for Abbe in Comedy Queen
Sven Wollter (posthumously)
for Malte in Day by Day
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Dolly de Leon
for Abigail in Triangle of Sadness
Marika Lindström
for Karin Stolpe in Burn All My Letters
Liv Mjönes
for Ullis in R.S.V.P.
Carla Sehn
for Stella in Locals
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Håkan Bengtsson
for Nils-Åke in I Am Zlatan
Zlatko Burić
for Dimitry in Triangle of Sadness
Fares Fares
for Ibrahim in Boy from Heaven
Sten Ljunggren
for Sven Stolpe in Burn All My Letters
BEST SCREENPLAY
Tarik Saleh
for Boy from Heaven
David Lagercrantz and Jakob Beckman
for I Am Zlatan
Lovisa Sirén and Peter Modestij
for Maya Nilo (Laura)
Ruben Östlund
for Triangle of Sadness
BEST EDITING
Theis Schmidt
for Boy from Heaven
Åsa Mossberg and Line Schou
for Daughters
Fredrik Morheden and Crazy Pictures
for UFO Sweden
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Simon Pramsten
for Comedy Queen
Stellan Runge
for Burn All My Letters
Jonas Alarik
for Black Crab
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Ted Krotkiewski
for All of Our Heartbeats Are Connected Through Exploding Stars
Johan Johnson
for Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
Fredrik Jonsäter and Jan Kasskawo
for I Am Zlatan
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Irya Gmeyner and Martin Hederos
for Comedy Queen
Eirik Havnes
for Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
Lisa Montan
for JerryMaya’s Detective Agency – The Riddle of the Scorpion
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Simon Sandin
for Black Crab
Peter Hjorth, Peter Toggeth Karlsson, Ludwig Källén and Vincent Larsson
for Triangle of Sadness
Jacob Danell and Crazy Pictures
for UFO Sweden
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Denise Östholm
for Boy from Heaven
Ingrid Sjögren
for Burn All My Letters
Sofie Krunegård
for Triangle of Sadness
BEST SET DESIGN
Josefin Åsberg
for Burn All My Letters
Linda Janson
for Black Crab
Josefin Åsberg
for Triangle of Sadness
BÄSTA MAKEUP
Eva von Bahr
for Burn All My Letters
Eglė Mikalauskaitė-Gricienė
for Hilma
Stefanie Gredig
for Triangle of Sadness
Special jury groups for documentary films and short films have decided on the following nominations:
BEST SHORT FILM
Dance My Doll
Director: Jasmijn Kooijman
The Story of Bodri
Director: Stina Wirsén
Little to Big
Directors: Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Daughters
Director: Jenifer Malmqvist
Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
Director: Thomas Jackson
Nelly & Nadine
Director: Magnus Gertten
The Scars of Ali Boulala
Director: Max Eriksson
Other awards at the ceremony
The Award of Honour (Hedersguldbagge) will be presented, as well as the Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children) and the The Guldbagge Audience Award.
Awarded annually since 1964, the Guldbagge (“Golden Beetle”) is the name of the Swedish Film Institute’s award for achievements in film during the previous year. The award itself, in the form of a fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.
About the nominations
In total, 23 films were nominated – 15 features, five documentaries and three short films.
9 nominations: Triangle of Sadness
7 nominations: Boy from Heaven
6 nominations: Burn All My Letters, Comedy Queen and I Am Zlatan
4 nominations: Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi
3 nominations: Black Crab
2 nominations: Daughters, Maya Nilo (Laura) and UFO Sweden
The Guldbagge Awards ceremony will be held at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 23, 2023. Swedish Television (SVT) will be broadcasting the event live.