Jan Troell's Everlasting Moments, a 2008 Golden Globe nominee and Sweden's entry for the 2009 best foreign-language film Academy Award, received eight Golden Beetle nominations, including best film, director, actor, actress, and screenplay.
Set in the early 1900s, Everlasting Moments follows a young working-class woman (Finnish actress Maria Heiskanen) who wins a camera in a lottery, thus gaining a new outlook in life. The screenplay was written by Niklas Rådström from a story by Troell and his wife, Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell, whose grandmother was the inspiration for the film's lead character.
Troell has previously won five Golden Beetles: two for director (Here's Your Life, 1966, and As White as Snow, 2001), one for cinematography (As White as Snow, shared with Mischa Gavrjusjov), one for producing the year's best film (Il Capitano, 1991), and a career achievement award (1989).
With five nominations apiece, 2009 Golden Beetle runners-up were Tomas Alfredson's vampire drama Let the Right One In and Ruben Ostlund's teen drama Involuntary.
2009 Swedish Film Institute's Golden Beetle nominations: December 30, 2008
2009 Golden Beetle winners: Cirkus in Stockholm, January 12, 2009
A jury of 31 members picked the 2009 Guldbagge Award nominees.
Best Film
De ofrivilliga / Involuntary, Producer: Erik Hemmendorff
Låt den rätte komma in / Let the Right One In, Producers: John Nordling och Carl Molinder
* Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick / Everlasting Moments, Producer: Thomas Stenderup
Best Foreign Language Film
* Lust, Caution, Director: Ang Lee
No Country for Old Men, Director: Joel Coen
There Will Be Blood, Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Best Documentary Film
H:r Landshövding / Mr Governor, Director: Måns Månsson
En enastående studie i mänsklig förnedring / An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation, Director: Patrik Eriksson
* Maggie vaknar på balkongen / Maggie in Wonderland, Director: Mark Hammarberg, Ester Martin Bergsmark, Beatrice Maggie Andersson
Best Director
* Tomas Alfredson, for Let the Right One In
Jan Troell, for Everlasting Moments
Ruben Östlund, for Involuntary
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Lena Endre, for her role as Susanna in Himlens hjärta / Heaven's Heart
* Maria Heiskanen, for her role as Maria Larsson in Everlasting Moments
Cecilia Milocco, for her role as the teacher in Involuntary
Best Actor in a Leading Role
* Mikael Persbrandt, for his role as Sigfrid Larsson in Everlasting Moments
Gustaf Skarsgård, for his role as Göran Skoogh in Patrik 1,5 / Patrik Age 1.5
Peter Stormare, for his role as Klemens in Varg / Wolf
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
* Maria Lundqvist, for her role as Ann in Heaven's Heart
Amanda Ooms, for her role as Mathilda in Everlasting Moments
Marie Robertson, for her role as Birgitta in Rallybrudar
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
* Jesper Christensen, for his role as Sebastian Pedersen in Everlasting Moments
Torkel Petersson, for his role as Sven Skoogh in Patrik Age 1.5
Per Ragnar, for his role as Håkan in Let the Right One In
Best Screenplay
* John Ajvide Lindqvist, for his script for Let the Right One In
Niklas Rådström, Agneta Ulfsäter-Troell and Jan Troell, for their script for Everlasting Moments
Ruben Östlund and Erik Hemmendorff, for their script for Involuntary
Best Cinematography
Marius Dybwad Brandrud, for his cinematography in Involuntary
* Hoyte van Hoytema, for his cinematography in Let the Right One In
Jan Troell och Mischa Gavrjusjov, for their cinematography in Everlasting Moments
Best Short Film and best Documentary Film
Dockpojken / Puppetboy, Director: Johannes Nyholm
Istället för abrakadabra / Instead of Abracadabra, Director: Patrik Eklund
* Lögner / Lies, Director: Jonas Odell
Best Achievement (special awards)
Composer Matti Bye, Everlasting Moments
Production designer Eva Norén, Let the Right One In
Per Sundström and his sound crew Jonas Jansson and Patrik Strömdahl, Let the Right One In
Lifetime Achievement Award: Actress Harriet Andersson
The Gullspira Award (for extraordinary contributions in films for children): Georg Riedel
Audience Award: Arn Riket vid vägens slut / Arn: The Kingdom at Road's End, director: Peter Flinth
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BEST FILM
* Milk
Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E
BEST DIRECTOR
Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
* David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Gus Van Sant, Milk
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEAD ROLE
* Sean Penn, Milk
Frank Langella, Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEAD ROLE
Sally Hawkins, Happy-Go-Lucky
Meryl Streep, Doubt
* Kate Winslet, Revolutionary Road / The Reader
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Josh Brolin, Milk
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Doubt
* Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Viola Davis, Doubt
* Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Marisa Tomei, The Wrestler
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
* The Edge of Heaven
Let the Right One In
Tell No One
BEST CANADIAN FILM
* C'est pas moi, je le jure!
Heaven on Earth
The Necessities of Life
BEST DIRECTOR OF A CANADIAN FILM
Atom Egoyan, Adoration
* Philippe Falardeau, C'est pas moi, je le jure!
Deepa Mehta, Heaven on Earth
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Antoine L'Écuyer, C'est pas moi, je le jure!
Jim Sturgess, Fifty Dead Men Walking
* Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
* Marianne Fortier, Maman est chez le coiffeur
Julianne Moore, Blindness
Preity Zinta, Heaven on Earth
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A CANADIAN FILM
Gael Garcia Bernal, Blindness
* Randy Quaid, Real Time
Mark Ruffalo, Blindness
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A CANADIAN FILM
Jayne Eastwood,, Real Time
* Suzanne Clément, C'est pas moi, je le jure!
Maya Ritter, Finn's Girl
BEST BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM
* Fifty Dead Men Walking
Edison and Leo
Stone of Destiny
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE BRITISH COLUMBIA FILM INDUSTRY
William Vince
Photo of Sean Penn as Harvey Milk and James Franco as his lover, gay activist Scott Smith, in Gus Van Sant's Milk: Focus Features.
Palm Springs Film Festival winners
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Narrative Feature: Departures (Japan) directed by Yojiro Takita
Best Documentary Feature: Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman (USA) directed by Eric Bricker
CRITICS AWARDS
FIPRESCI Prize (foreign-language films submitted for an Academy Award): Revanche, directed by Götz Spielmann
FIPRESCI Award for Best Actor: Natar Ungalaaq, The Necessities of Life (Canada) directed by Benoît Pilon
FIPRESCI Award for Best Actress: Martina Gusman, Lion's Den (Argentina) directed by Pablo Trapero
New Voices / New Visions Award: Hooked (Romania/France) directed by Adrian Sitaru
Special Jury Mention: Rain (Bahamas), directed by Maria Govan
John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature (Narrative or Documentary): Amin Matalqa for Captain Abu Raed (Jordan/USA)
Bridging the Borders Award: Waltz with Bashir (Israel), directed by Ari Folman
BAFTA 2009: Nominations Longlist
Brad Pitt in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (top); Frank Langella, Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (bottom)
As usual, Hollywood and Anglo-American productions dominate the longlists of the 2009 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Frost/Nixon have 14 nominations each, followed by Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Revolutionary Road, Changeling, and The Dark Knight with 13; Milk and Burn After Reading with 11; and Doubt, The Wrestler, Mamma Mia!, The Duchess, and In Bruges with 9.
Small British films managed only a handful of nods: three for Hunger and Happy-Go-Lucky; two for Dean Spanley. Non-English-language films fared just as poorly: five nominations for I've Loved You So Long, three for Waltz with Bashir, two for Persepolis, plus screenplay nods for The Baader Meinhof Complex and Gomorrah.
The final nominations will be announced on Jan. 15. The BAFTA ceremony will take place Feb. 8 at London's Royal Opera House.
Longlist for the British Academy Film Awards:
BEST FILM
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
In Bruges
I've Loved You So Long
Milk
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
Wall-E
The Wrestler
ANIMATED FILM
Kung Fu Panda
Persepolis
The Tale of Despereaux
Wall-E
Waltz With Bashir
DIRECTOR
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Burn After Reading
Changeling
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
Hunger
In Bruges
I've Loved You So Long
Milk
The Reader
Revolutionary Road
Slumdog Millionaire
The Wrestler
LEADING ACTOR
Benicio Del Toro - Che Part One
Brad Pitt - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Christian Bale - The Dark Knight
Colin Farrell - In Bruges
Dev Patel - Slumdog Millionaire
Frank Langella - Frost/Nixon
George Clooney - Burn After Reading
Javier Bardem - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Josh Brolin- W.
Leonardo DiCaprio - Revolutionary Road
Michael Fassbender — Hunger
Michael Sheen - Frost/Nixon
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler
Richard Jenkins- The Visitor
Sean Penn - Milk
LEADING ACTRESS
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married
Cate Blanchett - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Kate Winslet - Revolutionary Road
Kate Winslet - The Reader
Keira Knightley - The Duchess
Kristin Scott Thomas - I've Loved You So Long
Meryl Streep - Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep - Doubt
Nicole Kidman - Australia
Penélope Cruz - Elegy
Rebecca Hall - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky
Scarlett Johansson - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brad Pitt - Burn After Reading
Brendan Gleeson - In Bruges
David Kross - The Reader
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
John Malkovich - Burn After Reading
John Malkovich - Changeling
Josh Brolin - Milk
Kevin Bacon - Frost/Nixon
Peter O'Toole - Dean Spanley
Philip Seymour Hoffman - Doubt
Ralph Fiennes - The Duchess
Ralph Fiennes - In Bruges
Ralph Fiennes - The Reader
Robert Downey Jr. - Tropic Thunder
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams - Doubt
Charlotte Rampling - The Duchess
Elsa Zylberstein - I've Loved You So Long
Emma Thompson- Brideshead Revisited
Freida Pinto - Slumdog Millionaire
Judi Dench - Quantum of Solace
Julie Walters - Mamma Mia!
Kathy Bates - Revolutionary Road
Marisa Tomei - The Wrestler
Penélope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Rebecca Hall - Frost/Nixon
Tilda Swinton - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Tilda Swinton - Burn After Reading
Vera Farmiga - The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Viola Davis - Doubt
'Slumdog Millionaire' Tops Critics Awards
2009 Costume Designers Guild award nominations: Jan. 13, 2009
2009 Costume Designers Guild award winners: Feb. 17, 2009
EXCELLENCE IN CONTEMPORARY FILM
Iron Man - Laura Jean Shannon & Rebecca Bentjen
Mamma Mia! - Ann Roth
Sex and the City - Patricia Field
Slumdog Millionaire - Suttirat Larlarb
The Wrestler - Amy Westcott
EXCELLENCE IN PERIOD FILM
Changeling - Deborah Hopper
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Jacqueline West
The Duchess - Michael O'Connor
Milk - Danny Glicker
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky
EXCELLENCE IN FANTASY FILM
Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian - Isis Mussenden
The Dark Knight - Lindy Hemming
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - Sanja Milkovic Hays
MADE FOR TELEVISION MOVIE OR MINI SERIES
Bernard and Doris - Joseph Aulisi
Coco Chanel - Stefano De Nardis
Cranford (Masterpiece Theatre) - Jenny Beavan
John Adams - Donna Zakowska
Sense and Sensibility - Michele Clapton
CONTEMPORARY TELEVISION SERIES
30 Rock - Tom Broecker
Big Love - Chrisi Karvonides-Dushenko
Dancing with the Stars - Randall Christensen
Gossip Girl - Eric Daman
Ugly Betty - Eduardo Castro & Patricia Field
PERIOD/FANTASY TELEVISION SERIES
Mad Men - Katherine Jane Bryant
Pushing Daisies - Robert Blackman
The Tudors - Joan Bergin
EXCELLENCE IN COMMERCIAL COSTUME DESIGN
Levi's, HIS, Director: Michael Haussman - Kym Barrett
Milk, White Gold, Director: Tom Kuntz - Casey Storm
Nike, Fate - Donna Zakowska
Swarovski Presidents Award: Michael Douglas
Distinguished Collaborator Award: James Burrows
Lacoste Career Achievement in Film Award: Marilyn Vance
Career Achievement in Television Award: Van Broughton Ramsey
Iowa Film Critics Association award winners were announced on Jan. 13, '09
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Animated Feature: WALL-E
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, The Wrestler
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Christina Barcelona
Best Picture Yet to Open in Iowa: The Wrestler
North Texas Film Critics Awards
Best Film: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best Foreign Language Film: Let the Right One In
Best Documentary: Young @ Heart
Best Animated Film: WALL-E
Best Actor: Frank Langella, in Frost/Nixon
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, in Doubt
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, in The Dark Knight
Best Supporting Actress: Amy Adams, in Doubt
Best Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
