Shame On Dry Land was the big winner at the Guldbagge Awards gala, held at Cirkus in Stockholm tonight. Axel Petersén’s film picked up seven awards including Best Director, a record number. Paradise is Burning won Best Picture, while The Gullspång Miracle won the Best Documentary award, and Leila picked up the award for Best Short Film.
The 59th Guldbagge Awards gala was hosted by actress Shima Niavarani and was broadcast live by Sveriges Television. The following Guldbagge Awards were handed out at the ceremony:
BEST FILM
Paradise is Burning
Producer: Nima Yousefi
BEST DIRECTOR
Axel Petersén
for Shame On Dry Land
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Marall Nasiri
for Maryam in Opponent
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Joel Spira
for Dimman in Shame On Dry Land
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Anja Lundqvist
for Lena in Together 99
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Christopher Wagelin
for Fredrik in Shame On Dry Land
BEST SCREENPLAY
Lukas Moodysson
for Together 99
BEST EDITING
Robert Krantz
for Shame On Dry Land
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Josua Enblom
for Shame On Dry Land
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Andreas Franck
for Shame On Dry Land
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Baba Stiltz
for Shame On Dry Land
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Nora Berecoechea and Stefan Rycken
for The Abyss
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Karen Fabritius Gram and Pierre Vienings
for Hammarskjöld
BEST SET DESIGN
Catharina Nyqvist Ehrnrooth
for Paradise is Burning
BEST MAKEUP
Tove Jansson, Eva von Bahr and Love Larson
for The Conference
BEST SHORT FILM
Leila
Directed by Fariba Haidari
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
The Gullspång Miracle
Directed by Maria Fredriksson
THE GULDBAGGE AUDIENCE AWARD
Beck – Inferno
Produced by Francy Suntinger
GULLSPIRA – for extraordinary contributions in films for children
Inger Nilsson, actress
THE AWARD OF HONOUR (HEDERSGULDBAGGEN)
Marie Göranzon, actress
Guldbagge Awards
Shame On Dry Land – 7 awards
Paradise is Burning – 2 awards
Together 99 – 2 awards
The Abyss, Beck – Inferno, Hammarskjöld, The Conference, Leila, The Gullspång Miracle, Opponent – 1 award each
With seven wins, Shame On Dry Land, written and directed by Axel Petersén, makes Guldbagge Awards history. The previous record, six awards, was shared by three films: Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure (2014) and Triangle of Sadness (2022), and Ali Abassi’s Border (2018).
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 fantastical beetle, was designed by the artist Karl Axel Pehrson.
The 2024 Guldbagge Awards show was produced by The Swedish Film Institute with Leroy Media and Sveriges Television.