Golden Beetle Awards - 2006
January 10th, 2007 by Andre Soares
2006 Swedish Film Institute’s Golden Beetle Awards
The 2006 Swedish Film Institute’s Golden Beetle (Guldbagge aka Golden Bug) award nominations were announced on January 10, 2007.
The 2006 Golden Beetle award winners were announced at Cirkus in Stockholm on January 22, 2007.
2006 Golden Beetle Winners - Article
2006 Golden Beetle Nominees - Article
("*" denotes the winner in each category)

Best Film
Farväl Falkenberg / Falkenberg Farewell - Producer: Anna Anthony
* Förortsungar / Kidz in da Hood - Producers: Peter Holthausen, Pontus Sjöman
Storm - Producer: Karl Fredrik Ulfung
Best Foreign Language Film
Att återvända / Volver - Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Babel - Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
* De andras liv / Das Leben der Anderen / The Lives of Others - Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Best Documentary Film
Alice och jag / Alice and Me - Directors: Rebecka Rasmusson
Jag minns Håkan Alexandersson / I Remember Håkan Alexandersson - Director: Carl Johan De Geer
* Vikarien / The Substitute - Directors: Åsa Blanck and Johan Palmgren
Best Director
Jesper Ganslandt for Farväl Falkenberg / Falkenberg Farewell
* Ylva Gustavsson and Catti Edfeldt for Förortsungar / Kidz in da Hood
Anders Nilsson for När mörkret faller / When Darkness Falls
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Jonas Karlsson, for his role as Anders in Offside
Anastasios Soulis, for his role as Jonas in Underbara älskade / My Open Arms
* Gustaf Skarsgård, for his role as Johan in Förortsungar / Kidz in da Hood
Best Actress in a Leading Role
* Haddy Jallow, for her role as Fatou in Säg att du älskar mig / Say That You Love Me
Oldoz Javidi, for her role as Leyla in När mörkret faller / When Darkness Falls
Amanda Ooms, for her role as Lisa in Sök / Search
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Peter Engman, for his role as Håkan in När mörkret faller / When Darkness Falls
David Johnson, for his role as David in Farväl Falkenberg / Falkenberg Farewell
* Anders A. Rosendahl, for his role as Roffe in Hemligheten / The Secret
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Lia Boysen, for her role as Vera in Sök / Search
Lena Endre, for her role as Vonna in Göta Kanal 2 - Kanalkampen
Lena Nyman, for her role as Edith in Att göra en pudel / White Trash
Best Screenplay
Jesper Ganslandt and Fredrik Wenzel, Farväl Falkenberg / Falkenberg Farewell
* Ylva Gustavsson and Hans Renhäll, Förortsungar / Kidz in da Hood
Anders Nilsson and Joakim Hansson, När mörkret faller / When Darkness Falls
Best Cinematography - George Eastman Award
Crille Forsberg, Om Gud vill / God Willing
Peter Gerdehag, Hästmannen / The Incredible Horseman
* Linus Sandgren, Storm
Best Short Film
* Aldrig som första gången / Never Like the First Time - Director: Jonas Odell
Mannen som inte kom någonstans / The Man Who Got Nowhere - Director: Peter Larsson
Tillväxtsjukan / Radicalized - Director: Klara Swantesson
Achievement in the specialist categories film editing, set design, costumes, make-up, special effects and animation
Marina Krig, Tusenbröder - Återkomsten
Best Achievement in the specialist categories sound engineering, mixing and original score
Fabian Torsson, Förortsungar / Kidz in da Hood
Lifetime Achievement Award
Film critic Nils Petter Sundgren
The 2006 Ingmar Bergman Award
Actress Angela Kovács
The Gullspira (for extraordinary contributions in films for children)
Director Catti Edfeldt
Audience Award
Underbara Älskade / My Open Arms by Johan Brisinger
The 2006 Golden Beetle nominees were chosen by a 33-member jury, except for the Best Short Film and Best Documentary Film categories, whose nominees were selected by a special committee. Only the winners were announced in the "specialist categories."
2006 Golden Beetle Winners - Article
2006 Golden Beetle Nominees - Article
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