Guldbagge Awards - 2007
January 21st, 2008 by Andre Soares
2007 Swedish Film Institute’s Guldbagge Awards
2007 Swedish Film Institute’s Guldbagge (Golden Beetle aka Golden Bug) award nominations: January 8, 2008. A special six-member jury later picked the Best Achievement winners.
2007 Guldbagge award winners: Stockholm, January 21, 2008
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
Roy Andersson’s You the Living (above), about the day-to-day difficulties of human life, was Sweden’s entry for the 2008 best foreign-language film Academy Award. Late last year, Andersson received a best director nomination at the European Film Awards.
Johan Kling’s Darling, the year’s most nominated film and the Swedish Film Critics’ Association’s best film pick, is a Stockholm-set dark comedy of manners about a young woman whose path crosses that of a 60-year-old man. Darling had its production funding suspended by the Swedish Film Institute and had to be financed independently.
The third best film nominee, Josef Fares‘ Leo, is a low-budget drama about street violence, in which a man wants to avenge his girlfriend’s random murder.
Among the other nominees (and eventual winner) is veteran Bibi Andersson. The former Ingmar Bergman star received a best supporting actress nomination for Arn — The Knight Templar, the most expensive Swedish film to date. Andersson has already won three Golden Beetles: as best actress for Persona (1966), and as best supporting actress for Det blir aldrig som man tänkt sig / Shit Happens (2000) and Elina - Som om jag inte fanns / As If I Didn’t Exist (2002).
A new jury system has been introduced in 2008. Whereas in the past a few dozen representatives of the Swedish film industry picked the winners, this year a group of seven will decide who takes home the Golden Beetle statuettes.
BEST FILM
Darling, produced by Fredrik Heinig
* Du levande / You the Living, produced by Pernilla Sandström
Leo, produced by Anna Anthony
BEST FOREIGN FILM
4 luni, 3 saptamâni si 2 zile / 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Cristian Mungiu
* This Is England, Shane Meadows
Auf der anderen Seite / The Edge of Heaven, Fatih Akin
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Det svider i hjärtat / Aching Heart, Oscar Hedin
* Nunnan / The Nun, Maud Nycander
Paradiset / Paradise, Jerzy Sladkowski
BEST DIRECTOR
* Roy Andersson, You the Living
Josef Fares, Leo
Johan Kling, Darling
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jonas Karlsson, To Love Someone
* Michael Segerström, Darling
Leonard Terfelt, Leo
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Julia Högberg, Den nya människan / The New Man
* Sofia Ledarp, Den man älskar / To Love Someone
Michelle Meadows, Darling
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Hassan Brijany, Ett öga rött / A Red Eye
Dan Ekborg, Se upp för dårarna / Mind the Gap
Nicolaj Schröder, Hate Gothenburg
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
* Bibi Andersson, Arn: Tempelriddaren / Arn — The Knight Templar
Maria Lundqvist, The New Man
Gunilla Nyroos, Nina Frisk
BEST SCREENPLAY
* Roy Andersson, You the Living
Johan Kling, Darling
Kjell Sundstedt, The New Man
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY / GEORGE EASTMAN AWARD
Gustav Danielsson, You the Living
* Geir Hartly Andreassen, Darling
Eric Kress, Arn — The Knight Templar
BEST SHORT
* Hur man gör / What You Do, Gunilla Heilborn, Kim Hiorthøy, Mårten Nilsson
Juni / June, Fijona Jonuzi
Lucky Blue, Håkon Liu
Best Achievement winners:
Stunt coordinator Kimmo Rajala, Arn: the Knight Templar
Costume designer Kicki Ilander, Arn: the Knight Templar
Casting crew Pär Brundin, Frida Hallberg and Charlotta Miller, Kid Svensk / That Special Summer
Lifetime Achievement Award: Gösta Ekman
Gullspira Award 2008 (for extraordinary contributions in films for children): Ulf Stark
Audience Award: Arn: the Knight Templar by Peter Flinth
Jury: TV producer Eva Schwartz (president), actress Pernilla August, producer Katinka Farago, critic Nils-Petter Sundgren, director Jonas Akerlund, critic Maarit Koskinen, producer Vinca Wiedemann
Golden Beetle Awards: 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2007
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards 2007
Visual Effects Society Awards 2007
National Society of Film Critics Awards 2007
Houston Film Critics Society Awards 2007
Metro Manila Film Festival Awards 2007
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