Writer-director Lena Einhorn's Ninas resa / Nina's Journey (right) was the surprise best film and best screenplay winner at Sweden's 2006 Golden Beetle Awards, that country's equivalent to the Oscars.
Shot on DV, the low-budget, World War II-set drama follows a young Jewish woman as she moves from Warsaw's Jewish ghetto to a new life in Sweden. Nina's Journey, which stars Agnieszka Grochowska, was based on Einhorn's own book, which in turn was taken from her mother's life story.
Björn Runge's Mun mot mun / Mouth to Mouth (right), which received seven nods, including best film, best director, and best actor (Peter Andersson), ended up winning only one Golden Beetle: for best supporting actor Magnus Krepper.
Mouth to Mouth depicts the plight of a young woman who leaves home and ends up in the company of a middle-aged drug addict.